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1. Saron H current layout button to store the E LT E Te of the current session as a new template Sow BA E m sump 150 4825 5 Template name VE cardia ea m ae myTemplate Save current layout as a template pcr Modification time Aroha le 2013 10 22 11 08 24 Eil amp 2013 10 22 11 08 ite logget Inr p 20 13 10 22 11 08 50 COTES le vopger LL Odave tire templa E 2013 10 22 11 08 56 Be Tr Press this button to use a selected template for arranging the current session Move p archive J Delete Export Use these buttons to set or clear the default template Use these buttons to store used each time a new the template in a selected session is created location on the PC or to load it from an external file Fig 4 11 The Manage templates dialog box The default layout template is used always when a new session is created You can select one of the already saved templates and set it as the default template using the Set as default template button When you clear the default template sessions will be created using a basic layout containing only the header instrument configuration and a panel for the presentation of raw mea
2. 1 3 Oct Acc RMS 1 3 Oct Acc RM Click the header with the 0 63 Hz right mouse button to open ees the unit conversion menu 0 005 Acceleration v none 0 002 m mulli 0 003 Select a power prefix from micro this menu to convert the unit of displayed results 0 001 ibo 0 001 piko Fig 4 32 Converting units in a table in terms of the power prefix using the context menu Table view options Configuration of the Table mode settings is also available in the Table View tab of the Main Options dialog box You can open the Main Options dialog box using the Options command as shown in Fig 4 33 The Table view options are divided into 3 panels The Font and colors panel enables to configure the way text is displayed in the Table view To select the text font press the Choose button A font selection window will appear allowing to set the preferred font To select the text color press the color button A color choice window will appear allowing to select the preferred color The Display panel enables to configure the way functions are displayed in the Table view when viewing multiple functions of different steps The continuously repeating values option SVANTEK 54 Supervisor User Manual causes the fields where the values are not defined because function has greater step than other displayed functions to be filled with the last available value The show single value at start time of greater step option
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4. Ch3 75 2 dB 1 3 OctavQ Vel R 120 7 dB w 1 3 octavd Dil 5 166 3 dB Fig 5 4 Functions list containing the same function for various VLM quantities 5 4 EXPOSURE LEVEL CALCULATOR 5 4 1 NOISE EXPOSURE The Noise exposure panel serves for estimating the daily noise exposure level according to the ISO 9612 standard using data representative of main summary results of LEQ measurement The data are ordered according to the user and task information assigned to data The configurator window located at the left side of the panel contains a list of data files in the current session presented in the form of a tree with users as root items tasks as their subitems and files as subitems of tasks Using the checkboxes located next to the file names you can select the data that will be used for estimation Note You can also modify the assignments in the Noise exposure panel the changes will be applied in the Supervisor s database More details about assigning additional information to data are described in Section 3 3 SVANTEK 75e Supervisor User Manual m Use these buttons to modify the user and task information assigned to the data Use these checkboxes to select data that will be used for estimation of noise exposure level Press this bar to hide the data configurator Fig 5 5 The data configurator in the Noise exposure panel If you created the session using files wit
5. with headers BE Sort by start time 0 0 Sort by name EMEN amp LOGS SVN 11 Chi O HF 4 00 00 03 000 0 018 Fig 4 31 The Copy with headers tool There are three different types of cells in Supervisor s tables Cells with gray background contain headers describing the current data which will be copied when you use the Copy with headers tool Cells with yellow background also contain descriptions for the data values but they are not copied by the Copy with headers tool Cells with white background contain the data values SVANTEK Supervisor User Manual Adjusting the view To configure the size of the fonts displayed in the panels in Table mode you can use the following buttons available on the Toolbar Ul increases the font size e UE reduces the font size sets the default font size The AutoSize Columns tool enables to set the width of the columns equal to the longest text string in each column It can be activated using one of the following buttons located on 5 toolbar located the top right corner of the panel You can easily convert the unit of displayed results in terms of the power prefix using the menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button on the header of a column in the normal view or of a row in the transposed view tL S vM eL OS S vM Chil
6. Settings Fig 3 1 The Download tab in the Instrument window 3 1 1 DOWNLOADING MEASUREMENT RESULTS The Download panel contains a list of files stored in the connected Svantek instrument s memory in the form of a table Various types of files are displayed there e g measurement files voice comment files etc The first three columns of the table contain basic information about the files filename size in bytes and date of creation The last three columns contain additional information concerning location users and tasks assigned to the files it is described in detail in Section 3 3 1 Files that have not yet been downloaded are displayed with bold font Note Only files stored on the instrument selected in the Inventory are displayed For details on using the Inventory see Section 2 2 1 Supervisor Instrument Instrument Ld Data Browser Session 1 Session 2 Instruments Inventory Settings Yes Connected Instrument Clock Mem Firmware ver Setup upload SVAN 971 34238 2013 11 04 13 04 24 3 10096 1 06 3 2013 10 01 20 40 14 Selected SVAN 971 34238 Name L15 SVL L16 SVL L17 SVL 118 5 1 L19 SVL L20 SVL L21 SVL L22 SVL L23 SVL Size B 2 280 2 280 2 280 2 280 2 280 2 280 2 280 2 280 2 280 Date 2013 11 04 08 25 32 2013 11 04 08 25 36 2013 11 04 08 25 40 2013 11 04 08 25 46 2013 11 04 08 25 52 2013 11 04 08 25 56 2013 11 04 08 26 20 2013 1
7. c1 C l un l T LA 1 60 1 1 1 1 l qe 60 1 1 1 1 ra WY be ee x D 3 i us C 1 l 5 mx ae 1 DO ED ME cat eae aaa Ped ET PNE O NNNM EE NER Supervisor User Manual You can also set the aggregation degree manually using the Set aggregation level command 73 from the pulldown menu opened by cliking on the button next to the Zoom Plus Minus buttons The aggregation degree can be then entered in the Set aggregation level dialog box The maximum value of the aggregation degree equals the number of samples in the current the Plot mode is currently active and aggregation is not applied using these buttons you can data increase decrease the number of pixels per sample SVANTEK Another possibility is to set the aggregation degree by time interval The degree will automatically be set to a value for which a single element a pixel or a cell will correspond to a selected time interval For example for measurement results in which each datum corresponds to measurement time of 1 second selecting the aggregation time interval as 1 minute will set the aggregation degree to 60 Aggregation by time Apply time aggregation to active view only Set aggregation level by time interval
8. SVANTEK 83 Supervisor User Manual Click on the Svantek icon to open the menu Import database 2 Main Options gt Export database General Hearing protectors panel J 4 Graph View a ES mE 3l Language Action level Lact dB Z MON 3 E Values formatting ee Table View P Audio Playback 85 You use this Hele to specify Health amp Safety the value of the Action level Logger dose Show columns used for classification of hearing Exposure panels protectors Hearing protectors panel Mean attenuation i Preview 7 Standard deviation You can use these checkboxes to choose parameters should be J 5 Git displayed together with the Select Hearing results of estimation using the Press this button to protectors panel SHEE ENE open the Main Options in the list of dialog box available settings Fig 5 15 Modifying the Hearing protectors preferences in the Main Options dialog box In calculation the following data are used Incase of methods which use the values of the parameters La and Lc these values can be entered manually when None is selected in the File field or loaded from a selected file In case of data acquired from some Svantek instruments the difference Lc La may be available instead of the L4 or Lc value the remaining value is then automatically calculated using the difference and the other available value n
9. Aggregation time interval 15 aggregation level 1 Apply time aggregation to active view only Fig 5 2 Setting the aggregation level by time interval Using the same pulldown menu you can also decide whether aggregation should be applied to the time or frequency domain if it is available in the currently viewed data Aggregation can be applied to the currently viewed panel only if Apply time aggregation to active view only is checked or to each panel generated using the same data as the currently viewed one otherwise 5 3 ACCELERATION VELOCITY AND DISPLACEMENT In case of VLM spectrometric data Supervisor allows for the recalculation of three quantities Acceleration Velocity Displacement To select the quantity you wish to display use the pulldown menu opened next to the button for VLM units selection located on the Toolbar which is available in the Session mode SVANTEK 74 Supervisor User Manual Logarithmic Linear Metric Linear Non Metric Acceleration Velocity Displacement Fig 5 3 Selection of VLM quantities Acceleration velocity and displacement can all be displayed simultaneously In the Plot mode the particular quantities can be recognized in the functions list below the plot by Acc Vel and Dil for acceleration velocity and displacement respectively added to the name of the function Function Main cursor 1 3
10. X 48 4228 LOGGER SPECTRAL RESULTS e 48 002 eg E cR c 49 42 10 T 50 4 2 11 MARKED PERIODS TOTALS mist tn tiia ixi tn bim enr UN 50 51 Bs OP 51 A TABLE MODE 52 432 PLOT MODE e EE E OOT 56 430 SPECTROGRAM MOD m 65 484 qu Pb X 67 AA VIEW CONFIGURATOR Pen 67 AAA JUSING THE VIEW CONFIGURATOR 68 BAD SAVING SETTINGS S E AS R 70 443 SPECIAL CIS ES 70 5 DATAANALYS DEREN A 24 CONVERSION OF UNDES TE ERU FEM a AR 72 Dus LOOM AND AGGREGATION odes buit EE DNI OU SUUM 72 5 3 ACCELERATION VELOCITY AND DISPLACEMENT enna deas 74 Dd EAPO URELEVELCALCULA REND MM 75 54 1 NOISE EXPOSURE cin M IE 75 542 HAND ARM VIBRATION EXPOSURE
11. SVANTEK ra mE 5 Supervisor ver 1 2 2 Copyright 2013 Svantek USER MANUAL v 1 3 Supervisor version 1 2 2 November 2013 L1 0055 3 UEM eis REQUIREMENT 4 1 3 SOFWARE INSTALLATION uitio sona ux RERUM rere ee ere ere RUM da DR SUNRISE 4 1 3 HOV IOUSESUPERVISOR Id 4 2 COMMUNICATION WITH SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS 6 24 ESTABLHISEMNNGCONBECIIOIN d E 6 2 2 MANAGING SVANTEK 5 renun 6 253 JNETR MENTINVENTORI 6 2 25 REPORTS 10 2 3 EDITING THE INSTRUMENTS SETTINGS scccecsussacssssasduedessarvacvarsadeacosteasssedaavadeansassanvacedesaesaneex assdueesvaxtas 11 12 2502 EDITING SE PING ac EMEND EMI 14 2 3 3 APPLYING SETTINGS 15 2 3 4 USING PRESETS 17 3 MANAGING MEASUREMENT DATA 19 D DOWNLOADING FIDES Ub Red 19 3 1 1 DOWNLOADING MEASUREMENT RESULTS 19 3 12 DOWNLOADING AUDIO COMMENTS tttt ttt ttt
12. i Total HP 1000 1 400 m s 2 315 1 000 m s 2 wn on Lt wn E Ca 0 600 m s 2 0 200 m s 2 00 00 00 000 00 01 36 000 00 03 12 000 00 04 48 000 00 06 24 000 Time 00 03 01 000 4 44 example of panel displayed Spectrogram mode To scroll the time axis you can use the blue slider at the top of the spectrogram area or click on the axis below the spectrogram area with the left mouse button and move the mouse without releasing Scaling the x and y axis is not available in the Spectrogram mode The configuration of different parts of panels in Spectrogram mode is analogous to the case of panels in Plot mode for details see Section 4 3 2 Adjusting the view SVANTEK 65 Supervisor User Manual You can choose the parameter displayed on the spectrogram by using the Active function selector in the upper part of the panel in Spectrogram mode This selector is visible only in the Normal mode it is hidden in Data and Results and Only Data modes The selected function defines the values on the z axis Active function 1 3 Oct RMS Fig 4 45 The Active function selector The Auto scale z tool serves to scale the z axis to fit the range of currently displayed data When browsing the time domain the scale will be modified automatically When you disable the Auto scale z option the scale will remain constant pe E Fig 4 46 The Auto scale z checkbox in the panel s too
13. table Start date amp time 2013 09 27 15 03 32 2013 09 27 15 13 32 Duration 00 10 00 000 00 10 00 000 Mame Integration period 10 m Integration period 10 m T1 1 5VL Pi OSHA PEAK Z SR dB T1 1 5VL Pi OSHA HC A Slow SPL SR dB T1 1 5VL 1 OSHA Lin LEQ SR dB T1 1 5VL Pi OSHA A Slow SR dB T1 1 5VL Pi OSHA A Slow SR dB 4 n Fig 4 26 The Marked periods Totals panel Note In the Table mode you can choose to transpose the display of the results so they run down the screen instead of across This possibility might turn out useful in case of the Marked periods Totals panel where the large number of columns may reduce the readability of the report In order to transpose the table press the button at the top left corner of the panel More details about the Table display mode are described in Section 4 3 1 4 2 12 TEXT The Text panel makes it possible to include text in the report It provides some simple text processing options such as font style or size selection Text Times Mew Roman Fig 4 27 The Text panel 4 3 DISPLAY MODES A panel can be displayed in one of four available modes Table Plot Spectrogram Text Each of these modes has its own particular features for each type of panel only some of the display modes are available e g a Session Header panel can only be displayed in Table or
14. Fig 4 25 The Time intersection panel In case of the Time Intersection panels the Data Smoothing tool is available You can enable disable it using the Smoothing is ON OFF button located next to the frequency selection buttons You can also set the size of the sample set used for smoothing using the list box located to the right of that button Note Selecting a point of the time domain in the Time intersection panel will automatically change the time point displayed in the corresponding spectral Logger results panel 4 2 11 MARKED PERIODS TOTALS This type of panel is available for results of measurement saved on integration period When such results are viewed in the Table mode in a panel of type other than Marked periods totals the values are repeated in multiple rows that belong to the same calculation period The repeated values are displayed on grey background In the Marked periods totals panel you can view all these results with their values displayed only once for each period together with information about the period s start time duration and name It can be displayed only in the Table mode The Marked periods totals panel allows to sort the displayed periods by start time or by name To do so click with the right mouse button and in the pulldown menu choose the Sort by start time or Sort by name command SVANTEK 50 Supervisor User Manual Marked periods Totals Transpose i Standard view E El 1
15. File name T2 4 2013 09 27 18 38 44 93 7 Use this field to specify the E zu ae duration of the task labs Lexsh U LEx 8h Or specify the duration of Daily noise exposure Expanded uncertainty samples in format The results are User dB dB hh mm hh mm in this field presented in this table isp 06 0 3 9 Fig 5 7 The Noise exposure panel with the Task based strategy selected The results of at least three independent measurements should be available for a single task According to the ISO standard each measurement should be long enough so that the measured level of noise is representative for the whole duration of the task If the dispersion of the LEQ values exceeds 3dB which is signalized by red background of the cell you can do one of the following perform three or more measurements for the same task divide the task into smaller ones increase the duration of the measured samples for the task Job based strategy The Job based strategy consists in averaging the results of a series of LEQ measurements performed during various fragments of the day and then using a declared value of the effective duration of the working day to estimate the daily noise exposure level SVANTEK 78 Supervisor User Manual Noise exposure ISO 9612 Job based measurement Tit User Lp AeqT n John Elapsed time LEQ of sample n Job sample hh mm dB v T2 1 00 10 96 6 12 2 2013
16. Local plot settings Fig 5 22 Creating a block marker In case of point markers instead of making block selections in the plot area you only have to place the Main cursor at the desired location clicking with the left mouse button in the plot area The rest of the process is analogous to the creation of block markers the only difference being the path in the pulldown menu Edit markers Point marker New marker 5 7 2 VIEWING MARKERS Block markers are visible in the Plot mode as horizontal lines below the plot area above the x axis In case of point markers vertical lines are also drawn Each marker has its own color The markers are listed the table below the plot To show or hide markers click on the icons located next to their names on the list SVANTEK 89 Supervisor User Manual Logger results pixels per sample 2 dB 130 0 Pressure 11 42 32 11 43 04 11 43 36 11 42 29 4 T T 1 11 44 08 11 44 40 11 45 12 11 45 44 Time A point marker Start A Info m Chi P1 A Ch1 P1 A Slow Main cursor 2013 06 20 1 87 2 dB 69 9 dB BlockMarker 1 ivan nar dall 54 8 dB Visible markers w BE Point Marker 1 JUl3 Ub 2U L 71 8 dB 54 8 dB BlockMarker2 lt Hidden marker Buttons for showing hiding markers Fig 5 23 Visualization of markers in the Plot mode In t
17. SR Fig 3 16 The Preview settings in the Main Options dialog box 3 3 USING ASSIGNMENTS Three types of additional information can be assigned to each file downloaded from a Svantek instrument Location where the measurement was carried out User whom the measurement concerned Task which was being performed by the user during the measurement This information can then be used to facilitate searching for particular measurement results and to generate summary reports 3 3 1 ASSIGNING INFORMATION TO FILES You can assign this additional information to the files when you download them from the connected instrument In order to do so in the Instrument gt Download panel described in Section 3 1 select one or more files select the location user task in the respective list box located at the bottom right corner of the window and press Apply Fig 3 17 If you want to add a new location user or task in the list box select new If you want to erase SVANTEK 29 Supervisor User Manual information already assigned select none Chosen values will be assigned upon downloading files to the Supervisor s database no change E Zdzichu z C Tno change 1 Select value Apply none Drillin 2 Press this button Excavating new Fig 3 17 Assigning additional information to downloaded files in the Instrument gt Download panel You can also assign additional information to files
18. Text mode To choose the display mode use the buttons located at the top left corner of the panel SVANTEK 51 Supervisor User Manual Panel name m J fa J Ee Table Plot Spectrogram Text Fig 4 28 Buttons for choosing the display mode 4 3 1 TABLE MODE In the Table mode numeric and text data are displayed in the form of a table This mode is used for displaying the Session header or Instrument configuration as well as for displaying measurement results such as Logger results in numeric form Logger results E ER B 90 0 dB 1300 51 1300 51 1300 51 1300 5 1300 51 Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Pi Pi A Slow P1 Slow Pi Lin 1 Slow PEAK TH dB MAX TH dB MIN TH dB LEQ TH dB LAV TH dB Date amp time 2013 06 20 11 47 37 58 3 51 1 50 5 50 1 5 0 2013 06 20 11 47 38 57 5 50 5 50 3 50 2 5 0 2013 06 20 11 47 39 73 4 50 6 50 2 50 5 5 0 2013 06 20 11 47 40 79 2 53 7 50 4 54 5 5 0 2013 06 20 11 47 41 88 1 55 0 52 3 54 8 5 0 2013 06 20 11 47 42 114 9 78 8 54 0 78 9 52 1 2013 06 20 11 47 43 85 0 767 74 8 52 5 76 0 2013 06 20 11 47 44 112 2 77 5 73 5 74 8 FE 2013 06 20 11 47 45 104 3 747 70 7 59 4 5 0 2013 06 20 11 47 46 108 5 76 5 57 5 75 1 54 0 2013 06 20 11 47 47 92 8 79 7 fli 59 9 52 3 2013 06 20 11 47 48 115 1 70 2 69 6 227 fee 2013 06 20 11 47 49 108 8 76 1 73 1 72 0 58 6 Fig 4 29 An example of panel displayed in Table mode Norma
19. remove a selected command Keyboard shortcuts Fig 6 4 The dialog box for customizing the Quick Access Toolbar SVANTEK 97 Supervisor User Manual
20. 08 27 18 14 32 00 10 98 9 2 4 2013 08 27 18 38 44 00 10 93 7 T25 00 10 102 8 v 2 00 10 105 6 4 Cumulative duration 00 50 Te 08 00 Effective duration of the working Use this field to specify the effective Lp AeqTe LEX gh U LEx an duration of the wo rking day LEQ for the effectiv Daily noise exposure Uncertainty contribu Expanded uncertainty User dB dB dB John 101 5 101 5 0038 13 2 The results are presented in this table 7 fees 3508 5 8 Noise exposure panel with the Job based strategy selected The results of at least five independent measurements should be available for a single job The necessary length of samples specified in the ISO standard depends on the number of workers and number of measurements Full day strategy The Full day measurement based strategy consists in averaging the LEQ values obtained in several full day measurements and using them to estimate the daily noise exposure level according to a declared duration of the working day Noise exposure 150 9612 Full day measurement Lp AeqTn Jahn Elapsed time LEQ of measurement n Measurement hh mm dE FULL DAY 2013 09 30 17 21 36 08 00 11329 2013 09 26 1 7 35 58 08 00 Cumulative duration 16 00 Te Lp AeqTan Effective duration af the w LEQ values difference Use this field to specify the effective duration of the working day Lp A eqTe Lexgh Cau LI L Ex ah LEQ for the effecti
21. 104 the Files manager Archived sessions Summary reports Locations Users Tasks Fig 3 9 The File manager Library The Library sub panel lists all the files stored in the database using a tree view It contains four base items The Sample files item contain some sample files provided with Supervisor grouped further according to the type of measurement they refer to The Catalogue item contains all the files downloaded from instruments You can arrange the Catalogue in any way by adding deleting moving and renaming files and folders You can easily move files and folders as well as add them to the database from any location on the PC using the drag amp drop technique You can also use the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button for various operations on files and folders Note It is also possible to export files from the Supervisor s database using the drag amp drop technique outside the application window dropping files into Windows Explorer The Recent item contains two sub items Flagged which is a folder for grouping a number of selected files in order to add a file to this group you have to set its flag which can be done in the File details panel and Last downloaded which contains a list of files downloaded since the last launch of Supervisor The Assigned item contains all files to which additional information about location user and task performed during measurement have been assigned
22. 35 An example of panel displayed in Plot mode SVANTEK 56 Supervisor User Manual Window configuration A panel in Plot mode is composed of 3 parts Fig 4 36 e Central part the plot together with the axes and additional controls e Upper part a table containing information about the active function the secondary y axis etc e Lower part a table containing the positions of cursors and selections as well as a list of results of measurements and calculations Logger statistics Histogram Histogram pm title Upper part DAY SVL information Show hide upper part Central part plot 104 00 112 00dB Show hide lower part Start v I LEQ Histogram SR Lower part Chi P1 A Lin data selection Main cursar 47 00 0 0 95 TE results Fig 4 36 Parts of the Plot view window You can show or hide the particular parts using the buttons located at the left side of the panel You can also press the button to switch between 3 available modes e Normal all parts visible e Data results upper part hidden e Only data only the central part visible Viewing the plot In the Plot mode the horizontal x and vertical y axes can easily be scrolled and scaled To scroll an axis you can e use the blue slider at the top of the plot area e click with the left mouse button on the axis and move the mouse without releasing To scale an
23. Library gt di Sample files gt di Catalogue gt E Recent 4 E Assigned 4 Excavating 1 John 4 4 Excavating 2 2 cn London 0 John 0 Zdzichu 4 rilling 4 Remove assignment Add task Generate summary report Fig 3 24 Using the Library to generate a summary report A summary report must be created according to a template The first window which appears when the Summary report wizard is opened allows to select a template for the report When you generate your first summary report you need to create a new template but the template will be saved and you can use it later for generating more reports In order to create a template press the Create new button The Summary report template editor window will appear Note You can also create multiple templates later you will be able to select one of them each time you generate a summary report SVANTEK Summary report wizard Step 1 Template selection Please select a template which will be used to generate summary report or create a new one Available templates Fig 3 25 The Summary report wizard initial window Press this button to create a new template and proceed with generating a summary report 34 Supervisor User Manual A template of the summary report consists of a set of parameters i e the parameters of the Svantek instrument parameters of the measurement and measured quantities to b
24. Logger dose For the vibration dosimetry they are contained in the branch named Logger vib dose Fig 5 26 the numbers in brackets correspond to the numbers of channels used for calculation of the RMS or VDV functions 1 3 or 4 6 1 058 513 E V Logger dose 2 1 Hand Arm Drilling DRILL 1 5VN V DOSE v Loager vib dose 1 3 SE 8h v Current exposure Elsa L F TWA o RIMS Profile 2 1 a Noise dosimetry b Vibration dosimetry Fig 5 26 The list in the View Configurator containing dosimetric functions available for calculation for noise and vibration dosimetry 5 8 2 DISPLAYING THE RESULTS OF CALCULATION The results of calculation are displayed in the table below the plot area if it is hidden you can show it using the button located at the bottom left corner of the panel If the table is hidden Duration w DOSE 8h you can show it using Info Chi P1 A Slow this button w Main cursor B Whole data 00 07 32 000 0 7 0 9 Inside blocks 00 01 32 000 1 480 Calculated values of the Outside blocks 00 06 00 000 0 360 DOSE 8h parameter Block 1 00 01 21 000 0 530 Block 2 00 00 11 000 8 450 Fig 5 27 The results of Logger dose calculation displayed in the table below the plot The calculation is performed for the whole data as well as for ran
25. Manual selecting it If you make any changes the Current preset its name will be cleared the currently selected preset will be called None When you select one of the predefined presets the elements of the interface related to the parameters whose values are specified by the preset will be disabled In order to change the values of those parameters you need to select the current preset or a user defined preset Note that the presets do not specify the values of all parameters the parameters whose modification remains possible after selecting a predefined preset do not belong to the presets These parameters are separated from the ones belonging to presets with a blank row You can create a user defined preset by selecting one of the three last presets on the list and configuring the profile in a way you want it to be stored in the preset The changes are automatically remebered by Supervisor You can change the name of the preset using the 24 button Note The three user defined presets correspond only to the currently selected type of Svantek instrument Different three presets are stored for each instrument type SVANTEK 18 Supervisor User Manual 3 MANAGING MEASUREMENT DATA 3 1 DOWNLOADING FILES In order to download files from a connected Svantek instrument open the Download tab in the Instrument window Fig 3 1 Instruments 5 H Data Browser Session Inventory v Supervisor Instrument
26. VLM results SLM results Acceleration Velocity Displacement Logarithmic dB dB dB dB Linear Pa m s2 m s m Linear non metric g ips mil To select the units for sound level values you can use the 8 button located on the Toolbar available in the Session mode and the menu attached to this button Analogously to select E the units for vibration level values use button 5 2 ZOOM AND AGGREGATION The Zoom serves to adjust the amount of displayed data In case of the Plot mode this concerns manipulating the number of pixels per sample In case of the Table mode increasing the zoom from the original level cannot affect the way data is displayed However in each display mode the zoom can be reduced in reference to the original level meaning that multiple samples are represented by one pixel or cell This requires the application of data aggregation algorithms The so called aggregation degree denotes the number of data represented by one element sample in a plot cell in a table Note It is possible to display more than one pixel per sample with aggregation degree higher than one at the same time SVANTEK 72 Supervisor User Manual Plot example Fig 5 1a Fig 5 1b Range of visible data Smaller Larger parameters of data visualisation Less More Table 5 2 Relation between the aggregation degree and other Samples per pixel Aggregation degree Lower Higher pomo om
27. WAV Select one of the audio comments to start its 2013 11 04 10 08 53 3093 WAV playback Fig 3 14 Playback of the audio comments You can adjust the audio playback settings such as the device used for playback and the length of the buffer in the Audio Playback panel of the Main Options dialog box Dragging files outside Supervisor You can easily export files from the Supervisor s database to a selected location on the PC using the drag amp drop technique outside of the application window D Supervisor Data E Instrument H Data Browser Session 2 Library Hand Arm Whole Body Sample files gs orem Date from 2014 01 01 Dateto 2013 09 12 S N gt gj Recent be Filename Logger filename Notes HMM Acne 11298 5 L1299 5VL L1300 5VL Exported fil L1301 5VL 171 51 gt Fig 3 15 Using the drag amp drop technique to export files outside the Supervisor s database Note Exporting measurement files with comments e g WAVE files attached to them automatically exports the comment files too In order to export a single file without the attached comments use the drag amp drop technique with the CTRL button pressed 3 2 3 PREVIEW The panel below the File details table provides a short preview of the data stored in the selected file giving an initial idea of the time history of the measurement results Fig 3 8 In case
28. a file of name longer than 8 characters a dialog box will appear requesting to specify a shorter filename Filename editor Setup file name is too long Please enter a filename with a maximum length of 8 characters measure Fig 2 15 The Filename editor window appearing when a file of name longer than 8 characters is uploaded Note Uploading a setup file with a name equal to the name of a file already stored in the Svantek instrument s internal memory will overwrite the existing setup file so renaming the files after editing is advisable A file can be renamed using the Rename command in the context menu opened by clicking the file s name with the right mouse button see Fig 2 16 Instrument files Local files Selected SV 104 264 Selected Hame Date Date Settings current settings pa DEFAULT 2013 07 03 08 54 46 DEFAULT 2013 07 03 09 55 10 cr EMC 2013 1412 MYSET 2013 08 08 13 15 24 e MYSET 2013 SETT2 2013 08 23 12 31 32 ra e SETT4 2013 Duplicate SETT3 2013 08 23 12 58 24 Settings 1 2013 pu SETT4 2013 08 23 13 00 34 e Settings a E T TRIAL 2013 E Press this button to Export activate the settings TE specified in a selected Delete setup file stored Delete All 1 in the connected instrument s memory Press this button to upload a selected local 4 file to the connected Svantek instrument You can access thi
29. box see Section 4 1 5 Increases the zoom Decreases the zoom Enables to select the sound unit Enables to select the vibration unit Increases the font size for panels displayed in Table mode Decreases the font size for panels displayed in Table mode Sets the default font size for panels displayed in Table mode 39 Supervisor User Manual 4 1 4 GENERATING REPORTS FROM SESSIONS You can easily generate a report containing measurement data displayed in the same way as in the current session by clicking the w button located on the Toolbar The report can be created in one of the following formats DOC if Microsoft Word 2003 or newer is installed PDF if Microsoft Word 2007 or newer is installed RIF You can select the format as well as the paper size using the First run wizard dialog box opened via the main menu see Fig 4 8 N Import database First run wizard gt Export database 2 Reports vi Paper size 21 cm x 29 7 cm Report format MS Word 2003 or newer required Click here to access interactive tutarials for Supervisor at Svantek website 1 Fig 4 8 The First run wizard dialog box The generated file will contain a start page and all the contents of the panels in the same order and with the same graphical settings All the reports created in the current session are listed in the Reports panel located at the bott
30. case of methods which use octave spectra the data is loaded from a file if only 1 3 octave spectrum is available in the selected file the octave spectrum is automatically calculated 5 5 2 CLASSIFICATION OF PROTECTORS Protectors are classified using the calculated effective level of noise according to the EN 458 standard The result of classification is displayed next to the estimate of L in text form and is also shown by the color of the table cells which contain the results The possible classes are shown in Fig 5 16 Fig 5 16 Classification of hearing protectors according to SVANTEK 84 Supervisor User Manual Note The classification is based on the value of the Action level which can be specified the Main Options dialog box see Fig 5 15 The results of classification can also be viewed using the Hearing protectors classification dialog box To open it press the Compare protectors button located below the table cell which contains the classification result for the selected protector Result of classification for the currently selected protector acepte 5 Compare protectors Press this button to view results of classification for all protectors stored in the database Fig 5 17 Button for opening the Hearing protectors classification dialog box The Hearing protectors classification dialog box contains lists of all protectors stored in the database which have been classified as Good or A
31. for working with assignments are here the same as in the case of the Noise exposure panel for details see Section 5 4 1 Once data have been selected for calculation you need to declare the exposure duration for each task and user The daily exposure values for each of the users will then be displayed in the yellow cells at the bottom of the table Whole Body vibration exposure ISO 2631 1 0 E S iem Use this button to select calculator mode Show exposure levels Use this button to change the results presentation mode in case of A 8 calculator User Time to reach EAV Time to reach ELV John Exposure duration RMS X RMS Y RMS Z Partial exposure X Partial exposure Y Partial exposure 2 0 5 m s 2 A 8 1 15 m s 2 A 8 Task hh mm g g g g A 8 g A 8 g A 8 hh mm hh mm Show hide Drilling 08 00 0 018 0 015 0 025 0 026 0 021 0 025 gt 24 00 gt 24 00 detailed data J Filename eBw2 Chi 3 0 023 0 019 0 026 0 033 0 026 0 026 19 26 24 00 for this task 4 Filename BW3 Chi 3 0 019 0 013 0 025 0 026 0 018 0 025 24 00 gt 24 00 v Filename WBW4 Ch1 3 0 012 0 011 0 024 0 016 0 016 0 024 gt 24 00 gt 24 00 Total duration 08 00 Total exposure X Total exposure Y Total exposure 2 g A 8 g A 8 g A 8 0 026 0 021 0 025 Declare exposure duration The results of calculation for this task user Um si are displayed in cells with mes yellow background Fig
32. has been used to create the session and the instrument configuration differs in different files the information is shown in several columns one for each file information that is identical in the files is shown only in the first column Instrument configuration J e Measurement start 2013 06 20 11 42 00 Measurement stop 2013 06 20 11 49 32 Unit type Si 104 Unit S H 40 Software version 1 01 Integration period 0 5 Leq integration Linear Logger step 15 Fig 4 16 The nstrument configuration panel 4 2 3 LOGGER RESULTS This type of panel serves for displaying measurement results as a function of time It can be displayed in Plot or Table mode In the Logger results panel it is possible to modify the measurement data in three ways deleting clipping and shifting The modifications concern all the data if no block selection has been made If there is a block selection the modifications only concern the selected data The Delete tool affects all the functions in the selected time range while the Clip and Shift tools only affect the visible functions the ones selected in the View Configurator SVANTEK 45 Supervisor User Manual e delete data select a range of time and press the button or click with the right mouse button and select the Delete data command There are two methods of deleting data compressing the time domain to keep the signal continuous or leaving an empty region marked wit
33. listed according to additional information assigned to them Such assignments are treated in more detail in Section 3 3 3 2 2 FILE DETAILS The File details panel contains a table in which files corresponding to the selected item of the File manager are described The files corresponding to all sub items of the selected item are also shown in the Files details panel The files can be further processed by using them to create a session In order to create a session select one or more files open the context menu by clicking with the right mouse button and select New session If you want to create a session starting with only one file you can do it by double clicking with the left mouse button the row of the table corresponding to that file Sessions are described in Section 4 SVANTEK 25 gt Supervisor User Manual Note You cannot create a session using files shown by the Other filter Hand Arm Whole Body SLh Noise dosimetry Wave F7 File filters Date from 2013 09 12 Dateto 2013 09 12 svn Filename Show logger Filename User Notes Meas date amp time Duration Channel Profile L1298 5VL John 2013 06 19 12 39 48 00 00 18 Chi P1 L1299 5VL 2013 06 20 11 35 30 00 06 25 Chi P1 L1300 S5VL 13 06 20 11 42 00 00 07 32 Chi Pi L1301 5VL 13 06 20 12 08 06 00 12 55 Chi P1 171 5 1 113 08 06 04 07 00 00 00 01 Chi P1 OSHA HC 171 5 1 198 06 04 07 00 00 00 01 Chi 1 OSHA HC L1300 SVL Renam
34. multiple files are selected the file which is actually used as source of displayed data is specified in the top left corner of the preview panel SVANTEK 28 Supervisor User Manual You specify the kind of data the order of their priority to be displayed the Preview panel using the Preview settings in the Main Options dialog box Different kinds of data are available for different applications such as Hand arm vibration dosimetry Whole body vibration dosimetry SLM and Noise dosimetry To choose the application use the list box at the top of the Preview settings panel It is possible to select different kinds of data for the Parameters amp results panel on the left hand side of the Preview panel displaying data in numerical form and for the Plot panel on the right hand side of the Preview panel displaying data in graphical form 9 Click on the Svantek icon to open the menu Import database Main Options General Preview Graph View Application Parameters amp results panel Audio Playback ania Filter Health amp Safety Available results E Selected results Logger dose Channel i i panels Exposure time PEAK filter Baprotectors panel Criterion level Threshold level Exchange rate MAX Select Preview on Bot pand the list of available Available results i Selected results Autoscale Y Mi MAX TH PEAK SR MIN TH LEQ TH LAV TH MAX
35. panel the multi screen by screen mode represented by the icon consists in exporting all the time history in several figures The two modes are illustrated in Fig 4 40 In order to change the mode use the buttons located at the bottom left corner of the panel SVANTEK 60 Supervisor User Manual 120 0 In single mode only one figure is 100 0 exported 80 0 60 0 In mode 16 50 38 16 51 42 16 52 46 16 53 50 16 54 54 Time several figures are exported in order to present the whole dB time history 120 0 100 0 80 0 60 0 16 55 58 16 57 02 16 58 06 16 59 10 17 00 14 Time 4 40 Modes of exporting panels in Plot mode Local plot settings The graphic options of the Plot view can be configured in the Local Plot Settings dialog box opened with the Local Plot Settings command available in the context menu opened by clicking in the plot area with the right mouse button Settings specified in this dialog box only apply to the particular panel for which it was opened When you save the layout of the session cf Section 4 1 5 these settings are also saved Note Global settings of the same type can be configured in the Graph view tab of the Main Options dialog box SVANTEK 61 Supervisor User Manual Local Plot Settings Grid and background colors Cursor movement Grid color sample Trace current block Grid style X axis descr
36. time hh mm ss parameters of calculation 08 00 00 Lz Vector factors W Channel 1 W Channel 2 Channel 3 Fig 5 29 Modifying the Logger dose calculation parameters in the Main Options dialog box SVANTEK 05 Supervisor User Manual 6 OTHER FEATURES 6 1 DATABASE BACKUP AND EXCHANGE The Supervisor s database including the library of files downloaded from Svantek instruments together with location user and task information assigned to them as well as the created sessions and their templates can be exported to an external file in order to store it as a backup copy or to import it in Supervisor installed on another PC To export import the database use the main menu Fig 6 1 Click on the Svantek icon to open the main menu Import database Use these buttons to save or load the whole Supervisor s database for backup or exchange port database First run wizard Options Fig 6 1 Buttons for importing exporting the Supervisor s database Warning If you backup from an earlier copy of your database any new downloads may be overwritten 6 2 QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR The Quick Access Toolbar can be used to make selected buttons from the main menu easily accessible It can be located above or below the Ribbon Fig 6 2 Its location can be chosen using the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu F
37. 1 04 08 26 24 2013 11 04 08 26 30 Select files on this list and press this button to download files from the connected instrument to the Supervisor s database 9 Location User 4 Task Refresh Change dir Delete Delete all Select all Deselect all Files that have not yet been downloaded are displayed with bold font Download all J Delete file s after downloading no change no change T no change Apply Fig 3 2 Downloading files from a Svantek instrument using Supervisor SVANTEK 19 Supervisor User Manual download files use the Download button located below the files table on the left side of the Download panel If one or more files are selected in the table pressing the Download button will cause the download of the selected files Otherwise pressing this button will cause the download of all of the files stored on the connected instrument Note You can select files by clicking the a row of the table Clicking with the CTRL or SHIFT button pressed allows to select multiple files If you check the Delete file s after downloading box located under the Download button see Fig 3 3 all the downloaded files will automatically be deleted from the instrument s memory after downloading to Supervisor Download all Fig 3 3 The Delete file s after downloading checkbox The buttons located at the right side of the Download panel enable one to perform some bas
38. 2 1 SVANTEK 36 Supervisor User Manual Supervisor Session 1 Instrument L1 Data Browser Session Session 2 Session 3 Rename currently opened sessions Delete session Move session to archive 4 2 Tabs corresponding to the opened sessions You can also close a session using the Move to archive and Delete session buttons located at the bottom left corner of the window Software Integratio Move archive integr Logger str Delete session Fig 4 3 Buttons for closing a session When there are multiple sessions opened simultaneously you can use the Windows dialog box to jump to a selected session or to close some sessions in a quick way SVANTEK F Import database S Use the Svantek icon to open the menu Export database Toggle status bar Show or hide the status bar Use this command to open the Windows dialog box E First run wizard Options Fig 4 4 Opening the Windows dialog box 37 Supervisor User Manual Press this button to jump to the session selected on the list Windows List of currently opened sessions 4 5 The Windows dialog box allowing to manage multiple sessions 4 1 2 SESSION DATA The measurement data used to create sessions are contained in files stored in Supervisor s local database more details about downloading and storing
39. 2013 09 25 12 27 36 00 50 00 2 90 Assigned L13165SVL 2013 09 25 14 34 38 00 10 00 113175544 46 00 10 00 L1348SVL Mew session 57 00 10 00 L131 5V 07 00 10 00 L1320 5V 19 00 10 00 T1 1 SVL 00 50 00 T1 2 SVL Delete 27 16 50 00 10 00 T1 3 SVL 2013 09 27 17 00 00 10 00 T1 4 SVL Rename 2013 09 27 17 18 42 00 10 00 p Assignments Stop Date 2013 09 26 09 35 58 Set flag Duration hh mm ss 08 00 00 Profile P3 Profile3 Clear DOSE 96 Archived sessions TWA dB Summary reports PEAK Z dB Locations 09 35 58 10 35 42 11 35 26 12 35 10 13 34 54 14 34 38 15 34 22 16 34 06 Time sers Tasks E LAV TH Chi B PEAK Z SR Chi Fig 4 1 Creating a new session using the Data Browser For each new session a tab is created on the bar at the top of the application window Fig 4 2 To open a session click on the tab with the left mouse button By clicking on a tab with the right mouse button you can open a context menu allowing to specify a custom name for a session or to close it You can close a session in two ways by deleting it permanently or by moving it to the archive which will allow you to later work with that session again Deleting a session does not cause measurement files to be deleted The archived sessions are available in the Data Browser in the Archived sessions sub panel of the File Manager see Section 3
40. 45 22 PM Channel Chi Overload time Chi PEAK Chi 1 Fig 4 10 The Report options dialog box 4 1 5 LAYOUT TEMPLATES The configuration of a session can be stored in the form of a template This possibility enables to later easily use all the custom settings concerning the way measurement results are displayed with different data The following information is saved in a template e Types of panels and their sequence Most of the panels specific settings such as plot colors and data configurator options e Contents of the Text panels including images In order to save or use a template press the button located on the Toolbar You can also set a template as the default one it will be used every time a new session is created You can also save the template in a selected location on the PC rather than in the Supervisor s database making it possible to later transfer it to another computer To do so use the Export button in the Manage templates dialog box Similarly you can import a template from a selected location on the PC if you acquired the template file in a different way than creating it in Supervisor e g by e mail SVANTEK 41 Supervisor User Manual Microsoft Word by pressing Edit start page pu A metum NU tenga j D Specify the name and press the Save El Thru mer Daks Erzia rer Serdan Hi
41. 5 11 The Whole body vibration exposure panel The calculation can be performed in two different modes 8 calculator VDV calculator To select the calculator mode use the button at the top left corner of the table In case of the A 8 calculator mode the results can be presented as exposure levels or points To switch the presentation mode use the button located to the right of the Show exposure label You can show hide the detailed data for each task by pressing the button labeled with the task s name 5 5 HEARING PROTECTORS The Hearing protectors panel is designed to provide information about the type of hearing protectors recommended for a user given the results of dose measurement It can only be used with noise dosimetric data and is not applicable for vibration dosimetry SVANTEK 81 Supervisor User Manual This type of panel is always displayed the form of table There are two modes in which it can be used HML adjustment and Protectors database To change the mode press the button containing the name of the current mode located next to the Mode label Fig 5 12 You can use this button to switch between HML adjustment 4 Protector dodas modes SULE HML adjustment Im button is the one currently used Fig 5 12 Button for changing the mode of the Hearing protectors panel 5 5 1 PROTECTORS DATABASE The Protectors database mode allows to use the stored information about
42. For details on assigning additional information to files see Section 3 3 Archived sessions The Archived sessions sub panel contains a list of all the sessions that have been moved to archive You can use this list to restore an archived session for viewing and processing it again or to use files which have been used to create that session In case many sessions are archived you can use filters to display only some of them see Fig 3 10 Sessions are described in detail in Section 4 SVANTEK 24 Supervisor User Manual In order to filter archived sessions use the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button Archived sessions or use this button 4 Catalogue t Filter sessions Show session recent report Restore session and remove from archive Restore session and keep in archive Delete Delete all Archived sessions filters Location User zdzichu Date from Date to 2013 09 12 2013 10 16 Fig 3 10 Filtering archived sessions Summary reports The Summary reports sub panel contains a list of Summary reports that you have created The Summary reports can be used to gather selected measurement results according to additional information that has been assigned to them It is treated in more detail in Section 3 3 4 Locations Users and Tasks The last three sub panels of the File manager contain files
43. Summary report wizard and press the Continue button to proceed In the second step of generating the summary report you can select the time interval from which results will be included After specifying the minimum and maximum date press Finish to generate the report SVANTEK 35 Supervisor User Manual 4 SESSIONS AND REPORTING In Supervisor the sessions can be used to work with data downloaded from Svantek instruments and to create reports containing these data Note An interactive guide showing how to use Supervisor as a tool for quick reporting is available on the Svantek website 4 1 SESSIONS 4 1 1 CREATING AND MANAGING SESSIONS To create a session go to Data Browser In the File Details table select the files which contain the data you wish to work with click with the right mouse button and select New session You can create a session with one or multiple files Open the y Supervisor Data Browser Data Browser Instrument Session 1 Session 2 Handa WholeSoy sm Nesedesmey Ote E Sample files 11 Hand Arm Date from 2014 01 01 Dateto 2013 09 12 S N 40 Filename 71 Show logger files Clear filters gt 1 Noise dosimetry Logger filename Notes User Task Meas date amp time Duration Ji Whole Body FULL DAY SVL 2013 09 30 09 21 36 08 00 00 Ji Catalogue L1329 SL 2013 09 26 09 35 58 08 00 00 L1314 SVL
44. able in the Setup Editor correspond to those available via the Svantek instrument s interface For details on the meaning of the available settings please refer to the manual of your particular Svantek instrument The settings can be easily edited using the following elements of the Setup Editor s graphical interface check boxes allowing to select some out of several possiblities list boxes allowing to select one out of several possibilities text fields allowing to specify a text value e g a file name binary buttons allowing to enable or disable an option These elements are shown in Fig 2 13 7 Profile 1 Dosimeter Dosimeter and 1 1 Octave Profile 2 Dosimeter and 1 3 Octave F Profile 3 Dosimeter a Check boxes b List box L1305 Text field d Binary button Fig 2 13 Elements of the Setup Editor s graphical interface In some cases the Settings currently not available message may appear all settings in a particular category being unavailable for modification Fig 2 14 It only occurs if the particular category of settings is triggered by enabling an option from another category in the same setup file For example the Spectrum settings will be available only if a spectral measurement function e g 1 1 Octave is selected in the Measurement category of settings SVANTEK 14 Supervisor User Manual Displa Spectrum General Dd Auto Run e d Scale S
45. ables to preview data contained in a selected file E Supervisor Data Browser Instrument Ld Data Browser Session 1 Session 2 wszystko Hand Arm Whole Body Noisedosimetry Wave Other 4 Samplefiles Hand Arm Date from 2014 01 01 Dateto 2013 09 12 Filename 71 Show logger files Clear filters 4 12 Noise dosimetry Filename Logger filename Task Meas date amp time Duration Channel File J Full day FULLDAY SVL 2013 09 30 09 21 36 08 00 00 Chi File details Task based manager Whole Body X Catalogue gy Recent Assigned L1329 SVL 2013 09 26 09 35 58 08 00 00 Chi 2013 09 30 09 21 36 08 00 00 1 OSHA Preview Archived sessions Summary reports Locations 09 21 36 10 18 08 11 14 40 12 11 12 13 07 44 14 04 16 15 00 48 15 57 20 Users WB TH Chi P1 B PEAK Z SR Chi P1 Fig 3 8 The Data Browser window 3 2 1 FILE MANAGER The File manager panel can be used to select a group of files to be displayed in detail It is divided into six sub panels Library Archived sessions Summary reports Locations Users and Tasks Each of them can be accessed by pressing the horizontal bar with the respective name see Fig 3 9 SVANTEK 23 Supervisor User Manual Press one of these horizontal bars to select a sub panel of Library a di Sample files di Hand Arm Moise dosimetry 11 Whole Body E Catalogue 5
46. additional descriptions if available The text can be copied with the use of the pulldown menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button Instrument configuration ax en Measurement start 2013 06 20 11 42 00 Measurement stop 2013 06 20 11 49 32 SV 104 40 Software version Integration period Leq integration Linear Logger step 1s 4 48 An example of panel displayed in Text mode 4 4 VIEW CONFIGURATOR The View Configurator enables to select the results to be displayed in the panel It is located at the right hand side of each panel SVANTEK 67 Supervisor User Manual Logger results pixels per sample 2 Ri ea E e 3 u no a Profile 2 11 46 48 11 47 20 11 47 52 11 4 4 11 46 56 Time PO F Profile 3 amp Summary results SR Markers Start of A Tt l MINT E v Markers v chi P1 A chi P1 A Deleted data marker w Main cursor 2013 06 20 91 8 dB 85 0 dB Marker o B Marker 2013 06 20 115 1 dB 50 1 dB HONE i The View Configurator Fig 4 49 The View Configurator 4 4 1 USING THE VIEW CONFIGURATOR To show hide the View Configurator use the button located on the panel s toolbar It can also be hidden using the Hide button in the upper right corner of the View Configurator sub panel The results and functions displayed in Plot Table or Text modes are selected in the View Configura
47. afety and Health Administration Permissible Exposure Level e MSHA HC Mine Safety and Health Administration Hearing Conservation e MSHA PEL Mine Safety and Health Administration Permissible Exposure Level e ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Except for these predefined presets you can create up to three user defined presets consisting of the values of parameters which you can specify Use these buttons to Preset 7 OSHA HC MyPreset User select presets Parameters 2 User 1 Current Current profile whose values OSHA HC settings are specified 2 OSHA PEL in presets Detector Slow MSHA HC Predefined MISHA PEL presets Exchange Rate 5 Criterion Level g dEB E User 2 User defined Threshold Level aldB User 3 presets ULT Threshold Level 115 dB e 115 dE parameter unaffected by presets Threshold Level 115 dB 115 dB 115 dB Press this button to change the name of the selected preset Fig 2 17 Configuration of dosimetric profiles using presets Different presets can be selected for each profile independently In order to configure one of the profiles according to a preset use the Preset list box see Fig 2 17 The first preset on the list marked as Current represents the profile configuration currently saved in the edited setup file It is provided so you can reset the changes you made in Setup Editor by SVANTEK 17 Supervisor User
48. ale x settings dialog box Clicking with the right mouse button in the plot area and selecting the Auto scale x to selection command scales the x axis according to the current block selection Note The displayed range of the time history may contain unselected fragments if the block selection is non continuous Note you manually scroll or scale an axis when the corresponding auto scaling tool is enabled it will be automatically disabled Adjusting the view You can specify the way functions are drawn on the plot using the Drawing mode buttons located on the left side of the window SVANTEK 58 Supervisor User Manual Logger results Absolute time ati vam eE AA Primary nmi PEAKI Noise dosimetry Full day FULL DAY SVL y axis Secondary selector y axis selector 130 0 2 120 0 a 110 0 un E 100 0 90 0 80 0 70 0 Drawing Export 09 21 36 09 27 40 90 23 44 00 24 48 09 25 52 09 25 56 09 28 00 09 29 04 09 30 08 Time mode 09 21 37 Start 7 TH v TB max TH Displayed Info v Chi P1 Chi A Slow Chi P1 A Slow functions Main cursor 2013 09 30 09 21 37 117 7 dB 97 8 dB 98 7 dB list Fig 4 38 Controls for adjusting the view in the Plot mode the functions displayed on the plot are listed in the table in the lower part of the Plot view window Clicking on a function name in the list will highlight its p
49. alue of Location User or Task Deleting an item in the Assigned sub tree in the Library sub panel will only remove the assignment from the files but the value will remain available 3 3 3 USING ASSIGNED INFORMATION TO SEARCH FILES You can use the assigned information to filter the list of files in two ways using the Library and using the assignment related sub panels In the Library sub panel of the File Manager you can select an item in the Assigned sub tree corresponding to a Location User or Task in order to display in the File detail panel only the files to which the selected value has been assigned Notice that each file appears in exactly one item of the tree which means that files with multiple types of information assigned will be displayed in lower branches of the tree while files with only one type of information assigned will be displayed separately The numbers in brackets denote the number of files corresponding to the particular items The hierarchy of the types of information that can be assigned is as follows Location gt User Task SVANTEK 32 Supervisor User Manual j Assigned Files to which the Excavating task 44 Excavating 1 is assigned but with no information amp John 4 about location or user 4 Excavating 2 Files to which Excavating and John 1 are assigned but w ith no Such items are deleted from 4 e mod 0 about location the Assigned list aft
50. and table e Quick in blocks recalculations on time history data e Time history data shifting clipping and cutting e 1 1 octave and 1 3 octave bar and spectrogram plots e Statistical levels presentation SVANTEK 3 Supervisor User Manual Additional features e Easy maintenance with assigning measurement data to locations users and tasks e Summary reports across wide ranges of measurement data e Widely used intuitive drag and drop convention e Audio events voice comments and WAVE files support 1 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS e 1 6 GHz CPU e 1GBRAM e 1280x768 pixels color display 50 free disk space more disk space may be necessary in the case of large databases MS Windows XP SP3 Vista 7 or 8 32 or 64 bit e recommended MS Word 2003 or newer for extended reporting capabilities Supervisor supports all Svantek instruments for Health and Safety professionals SVAN 971 SV 104 SV 106 SVAN 977 SV 102 SV 101 SV 100 1 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION USB Drivers The USB drivers installation package can be found on the CD received on purchase of a Svantek instrument or it can be downloaded from the Svantek website Open the installation file and follow the installation instructions To complete the installation of the USB drivers it is necessary to connect the instrument after system reboot and to select automatic USB driver installation It may be necessary to repeat this last step for all USB ports Note Installatio
51. at the bottom of the table Hand Arm vibration exposure 150 5349 2 Show exposure levels lt Use this button to change the results presentation mode User Time to reach to reach ELV John Exposure duration RMS X RMS Y RMS Z AEQ Partial exposure 2 5 5 mj s z Task hh mm g g g g hh mm hh mm Show hide Grinding 08 00 0 167 0 167 gt 24 00 gt 24 00 detailed data W File name Sw ch1 3 0 173 175 17 22 gt 24 00 for this task File name W2 Ch1 3 0 187 0 187 14 48 gt 24 00 7 v File name AWS Chi1 3 0 138 0 138 gt 24 00 gt 24 00 Total duration 08 00 Dally exposure The results of calculation g are displayed in cells with 0 167 yellow background Declare exposure duration for this task user Fig 5 10 The Hand Arm vibration exposure panel The results can be presented as exposure levels or points To switch the presentation mode use the button located to the right of the Show exposure label You can also show hide the detailed data for each task by pressing the button labeled with the task s name SVANTEK 80 Supervisor User Manual 5 4 3 WHOLE BODY VIBRATION EXPOSURE The Whole Body vibration exposure panel serves for estimating the level of daily exposure to whole body vibration according to the ISO 2631 1 standard using vibration measurement results The data are ordered according to the user and task information assigned to data The methods
52. available types of panels are listed in Table 4 2 The following subsections are devoted to the description of several simple types of panels Sections 5 5 and 5 4 are devoted to some special panels that constitute useful tools for the analysis of dosimetric data SVANTEK Table 4 2 Types of panels available in the Supervisor s sessions Icon eo uB 9s cii Session header Instrument configuration Logger results Summary results Logger combined results Logger statistics Statistical results Logger spectral results Spectral results Time intersection Marked periods totals Text Hearing protectors Noise exposure Hand arm vibration exposure Whole body vibration exposure What if 44 Supervisor User Manual 4 2 1 SESSION HEADER This type of panel contains general information about the report such as project s and author s name It can be viewed in Table and Text modes Note The Session header panel is editable only in the Table mode Session header LE amp 88 8 Project name Supervisor Manual Author name Svantek comment o Fig 4 15 The Session header panel 4 2 2 INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION This type of panel contains basic information about the measurement data used for creating the session such as the device used for measurement the instrument settings measurement date and time It can be viewed in Table or Text mode Note In case more than one file
53. axis click on it with the right mouse button and move the mouse without releasing SVANTEK 57 Supervisor User Manual Axis auto scaling The Y axis auto scaling tool serves to automatically scale the y axis to make the function values fill the plot area To enable the Y axis auto scaling use the buttons located at the left hand side of a panel in Plot mode Analogously the X axis auto scaling tool serves to automatically increase or decrease the number of pixels per sample and aggregation degree for time history plots to make all samples visible in the whole plot area To enable the x axis auto scaling use the buttons located at the left hand side of a panel in Plot mode You can also automatically scale the x axis so that only a selected interval of time is displayed using the Auto scale x settings dialog box accessed by selecting the Auto scale x settings command in the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button anywhere in the plot area It also allows for expanding the range of measurement results in order for the x axis to start at a selected hour Auto scale x settings Use this field to select the length of the time Expand measurement to align to selected start time interval to be displayed If this option is enabled the minimum value of the x axis will be as Mote Expanding measurement will affect whole session specified in these fields and all panels Fig 4 37 The Auto sc
54. bration validity period is already exceeded These periods can be modified in the General settings in the Main Options dialog box Connected Instrument Cal validity date Ma SV 104 64 2013 11 03 No SV 104 40 2014 01 01 Fig 2 4 The calibration validity date is colored according to the proximity of the end of the validity period In order to search for the latest firmware for your Svantek instrument in the Internet click on the instrument s name in the Inventory table with the right mouse button and in the context menu select the Look for new firmware command In order to remove the device from the Inventory database select the Remove from Inventory command in the same context menu In order to unlock additional options or measurement functions of a SV 100 SV 101 or SV 104 instrument that are available on purchase use the Manage options functions command in the instrument s context menu When you click on this command Supervisor downloads a list of available functionalities from the connected instrument and displays it in the form of two lists one for options and one for measurement functions Fig 2 5 SVANTEK 8 Supervisor User Manual Manage instrument options functions 5 100 4000 Option Russian Language 1 1 Octave Time Domain Signal Recorder Toc 1 3 Octave WF filter 2 5 The Manage instrument options functions dialog box The State column located at the right hand side of each op
55. cated within any blocks pressing ESC will remove all the selections you will be asked for confirmation SVANTEK 63 Supervisor User Manual The selected data is listed the table in the lower left corner of the Plot view window it is not visible if you select the Only data mode In case of the cursors the point of their position is given In case of block selections the points of begin and end of all separate blocks are given The Main cursor s position is also marked below the X axis of the plot Block cursors Block selection l Main cursor 8 lt lt 4 1 Position of the 09 24 16 09 25 20 09 26 24 09 27 28 09 28 32 09 20 36Tim Main cursor 09 29 56 Fig 4 42 Data selection the Plot mode Labels You can add labels to the plot consisting of a short text and an optional arrow pointing to a selected point in the plot area To add a label click with the right mouse button anywhere in the plot area and select the Add label command e edit the label s text click somewhere close to the middle of the label or click the label with the right mouse button and select the Edit text command e To delete the label click it with the right mouse button and select the Delete label command e To move a label place the mouse close to an edge of the label and when the cursor face turns to cl
56. causes to display values only at the beginning of a greater step leaving the other fields empty The Marker set of values panel enables to configure the way markers are displayed in the Table view Markers contain ranges of the time domain specified by the user or created automatically They can be displayed in the Table view as a function You can select the value displayed in the table corresponding to data contained not contained in the marker Existence value Not existence value Click on the Svantek icon to open the menu Import database P Export database E View k Press this button to open the Main Options dialog box Main Options General Table View Font and colors Audio Playback Health amp Safety Text Exposure panels Display Se Display functions with greater step Preview continuously repeating values E Split date amp time into separate columns Marker set of values Existence value number of occurences r Venet value Fig 4 33 The Table view options in the Main Options dialog box SVANTEK 55 Supervisor User Manual Limiting the time domain The Limit time domain tool enables to display only a limited range of the time domain specified by a selected function or marker In order to enable this option you have to open the View Conf
57. cceptable with the estimated effective noise level value either slightly higher or slightly lower than the optimal one using the selected method of estimation Hearing protectors classification according to EM 458 You can use this list box to select the method used for estimation of the effective level of noise Selected method HML ACCEPTABLE n GOOD ACCEPTABLE lt lt 75 75 lt lt 80 80 lt lt 85 4 After pressing the button the protector selected in one of the lists in this dialog box will also become selected in the Hearing protectors panel Lists of hearing protection devices stored in the database which have been classified as Good or Acceptable Press this button to open the hearing protectors database Fig 5 18 The Hearing protectors classification dialog box 5 5 3 HML ADJUSTMENT The HML adjustment mode enables to check the performance of a hearing protector in some measured conditions by specifying the protector s HML characteristics At the bottom of the panel the estimated effective level of noise when wearing the specified protector together with a comparison to an expected level of noise is displayed SVANTEK 85 Supervisor User Manual The HML adjustment mode also gives the possibility to automatically find the HML characteristics of a protector which will result in the expected level of noise To use this tool
58. ctave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave E Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave thannel 1 VLM 1 3 Octave 7 t Fig 4 51b The View Configurator in Flat view mode The Limit time domain tool enables to show only a selected range of data in the Table display mode Selecting a marker on the list and pressing the Options Limit time domain to button will hide in the table all samples not contained within the selected marker s range SVANTEK 69 Supervisor User Manual Pressing the Options Clear time domain limit button resets the time domain showing all the data once again The time domain limit only affects the Table display mode 4 4 2 SAVING SETTINGS It is possible to save the View Configurator s settings for later use The settings are saved in a package including Selection of data to be displayed colors of the plots To save the current configuration use the Save view settings command from the Options menu All saved settings are available in the list box below the Options button They can be loaded by selecting one of them in the list box and deleted using the Delete selected view settings command in the Options menu Fig 4 52 and 4 53 Lock results Flat wiew Limit time domain to le IC anne Clear time domain limit PEAK Save view settings Delete selected vi
59. cter Fig 2 7 Editing the name of a SV 104 instrument 2 2 2 CALIBRATION REPORTS Word documents and PDF documents representative of the Svantek instrument s calibration report and its calibrator s calibration report can be assigned to each instrument in the Inventory database To add a calibration report click with the right mouse button somewhere in the row of the Inventory table corresponding to the given Svantek instrument and in the context menu select the Add instrument calibration report or Add calibrator calibration report command If the nstrument Calibration report or Calibrator calibration report columns are shown in the Inventory table you can also use the corresponding buttons Fig 2 8 A dialog box will appear allowing for the selection of file to be used as the calibration report Connected Instrument Clock Instrument Ca Calibrator cal No SV 106 20965 2013 10 04 13 09 21 534 7 Edit calibration info Add instrument calibration report Add calibrator calibration report 2 Or use these buttons Click with right mouse button to open the context menu Look for new firmware Remove from Inventory Fig 2 8 Assigning calibration reports to a Svantek instrument Once a calibration report is added you can openthe assigned file using the context menu or the 2 button e select another file to be assigned as the report
60. d Task 1 T1 2 5 history TH E 4 Channel 1 a ie 1 OSHA Selecting this V EQ object also causes the selection of objects B dose between them m and then 3 OSH selecting this 1 7 object with the MAX SHIFT button pressed B 3 F Logger dose b Using the SHIFT button 4 50 Methods for the selection of multiple objects simultaneously in the View Configurator By default the View Configurator is presented in Tree view the hierarchy is Channel Profile Function By activating the Options Flat view command you can view the configurator as a plain list not representing the structure of data This also enables to select all the available data at once by checking the Flat results checkbox j 1 VLM 1 B sm 1 3 Octave Channel 2 Channel 3 VLM Channel 4 SLM Fig 4 51a View Configurator in Tree view mode Check to select i Profile 1 51 all data Pr 1 VLM Profile 1 71 Channel 1 VLM Profile 1 gt I Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM 7 1 3 Octave 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 Octave Channel 1 VLM gt 1 3 O
61. e 13 06 24 1 42 00 00 07 32 Chi Pi Assignments Use this command to create a session using the Set flag selected file you can also double click the file Clear flag Use these buttons to add selected files to the Flagged group 4 t Fig 3 11 The File details panel Customizing the table The table in the center of the File details panel contains some information about the displayed files The contents of this table can be customized by selecting columns to be shown In order to do so click with the right mouse button on one of the columns headers and use the checkboxes in the context menu to show or hide particular columns Fig 3 12 Use the checkboxes to select information to be shown Location User Click with the right mouse button on the column s header in order to open the menu Notes User e Mates Meas date amp time Duratit 11298 5 1 John 2013 06 19 12 39 48 00 00 L1299 SVL gt 2013 06 20 11 35 30 00 06 L1300 5VL S N 2013 06 20 11 42 00 00 07 L1300 5VL Meas date amp time Zdzichu 2013 06 20 11 42 00 00 07 L1301 5VL Channel Zdzichu 2013 06 20 12 08 06 00 12 L71 SVL Profile John 4 2013 08 06 04 07 00 00 00 L71 5VL John 2013 08 06 04 07 00 00 00 Duration Fig 3 12 Customizing the File details table You can also rearrange the order of the columns by clicking on a column s header and dragging it to another place SVANTEK 26 Superv
62. e displayed in numerical form and another set of parameters to be displayed on a plot In order to create a template first specify the application you intend to use it for since it determines the availability of particular parameters The application can be specified using the list box in the top right corner of the window Next select the parameters to be included in the report using the template editor as presented in Fig 3 26 Add remove a parameter to be displayed in numerical form Select filters and Arrange the order of parameters Choose whether the scale of the Y axis in the generated logger display mode plots should be adjusted automatically or set manually Summary report template editor Template name Example summary Parameters amp results panel Available results Channel Prafile Exposure time Criterion level Threshold level Exchange rate PEAK MAX Filter PEAK filter Selected results Date Time Duration displayed in numerical form Available results Er Selected results MAX TH PEAK TH MIN TH LEQ TH LAV TH LEQJLAV TH PEAK SR MAX 5R MIN SR E Autoscale Y Min 0 Fig 3 26 The summary report template editor dialog box Specify the application for your summary report determines the availability of parameters Add remove a parameter to be displayed on a plot After you have created a report template you can select it on the list of the
63. eated by Svantek instruments For details consult the manual of the instrument Note The Whole data marker and the Block selection marker are only applicable in the Table mode 5 8 LOGGER DOSE CALCULATOR 5 8 1 CALCULATION OF DOSIMETRIC FUNCTIONS Supervisor makes it possible to quickly calculate the values of several dosimetric functions using the measurement results In case of noise dosimetry the available functions include DOSE DOSE 8h LAV SEL TWA PDOSE In case of vibration dosimetry the available functions include Current exposure Daily exposure AEQ VECTOR MAXRMS Current dose Daily dose VDV Note The presentation of the values of calculated dosimetric functions is only available in the Logger results panels displayed in the Plot mode The availability of particular functions SVANTEK 92 Supervisor User Manual depends the data used for calculation Similar functions also calculated in a different manner in the What if panel see Section 5 6 You can calculate the values of these functions immediately when viewing data All you need to do is select the desired functions in the View Configurator located at the right hand side of the panel more details on the View Configurator are described in Section 4 4 For the noise dosimetry the functions available for calculation are contained in the branch named
64. ected instrument It is illustrated in Fig 2 10 and described in detail in the following subsections Note for SV 106 Most Svantek instruments store their settings in the form setup text files of the same structure as the ones used by Supervisor but the SV 106 instruments do not In the latter case when acquiring settings Supervisor actually sends a series of inquiries to the SV 106 and generates a setup file according to the provided data Analogously when uploading a setup file to a SV 106 instrument in fact Supervisor sends it a series of commands according to all the specified settings Therefore in case of SV 106 instruments unlike other instruments it is only possible to modify the current settings of the instrument not to store multiple setups with different names in the instrument s memory SVANTEK 11 Supervisor User Manual Supervisor Instrument Instrument Lid Data Browser Session 1 Session 2 Connected Instrument Clock Setup upload Uploaded setup Setup activation Activated setup SV 104 64 2013 11 01 15 06 35 2013 09 13 10 23 23 2013 09 13 10 23 47 SV 104 40 2013 11 01 15 06 36 Select a Svantek instrument to view and edit its settings Instrument files Local files Cue Selected SV 104 64 Selected EMC iic Name Date Name Date 5 Settings current s 6 DEFAULT 2013 07 03 P2 P3 f DEFAULT 2013 07 03 2013 09 13 ll P
65. ections To set a block selection you have to click in the plot area and drag the mouse without releasing until all the elements you need are selected When you select two different blocks the selections will be added previous selections are not removed The selected area is represented with a gray background To deselect blocks click on the icons next to their names in the table below the plot or click in the plot area with the right mouse button and choose the Deselect block s option You can deselect the current last selected block or all blocks at once You can also invert the block selection Choosing this option removes the current selection and selects all the remaining data in the file Additional features e The 1 and 2 cursors can be used for precise selection of blocks When both Block cursors are located on the plot Pressing ENTER will create a new block selection between the two block cursors o Pressing ESC will deselect the part of a block selection from between the cursors if the area between the cursors contains a fragment of a block When you click on a block with the main cursor the slider the table below the plot will be moved automatically to the field containing the range of the selected block Note This feature can be disabled in the Local plot settings dialog box e Pressing ESC if the 1 and 2 cursors are not placed will remove a block selection containing the Main cursor If the Main cursor is not lo
66. er using John 0 the Remove empty locations Zdzichu 4 users tasks command 24 Drilling 4 Fig 3 22 The Assigned sub tree in the Library On the contrary in the Locations Users and Tasks sub panels the lists of files with the respective types of information assigned are generated independently of the other types of information when the Excavating task is selected in the Tasks sub panel all the files with this task assigned will be shown regardless of whether they do or not have an assigned Location or User The Remove empty locations users tasks command deletes all items that do not contain any files from the list It can be accessed by clicking with the right mouse button on the Assigned item 5106 y 17 Recent 0 Assigned re Click the Assigned Add user item with the right Add task mouse button Generate summary report Fig 3 23 The Remove empty locations users tasks command 3 3 4 SUMMARY REPORTS The summary reports can be used to gather measurement results related to a particular location or user in the form of MS Word documents In order to create a summary report click with the right mouse button on an item corresponding to a location or user in the Assigned sub tree in the Library sub panel of the File Manager and select Generate summary report Fig 3 24 This command opens the Summary report wizard SVANTEK 33 gt Supervisor User Manual
67. erent modes Histogram or LN By default Histogram is initially presented To switch the presentation mode the selector located on the panel s toolbar can be used Fig 4 20 SVANTEK 47 Supervisor User Manual Logger statistics Histogram Presentation mode selector B B ag a a Li 72 00 80 00 88 0 104 00 112 00 dB 4 20 The Logger statistics panel 4 2 7 LN SPECTRA This type of panel allows for displaying the results of measurement in the form of LN spectra It can be displayed in Table or Plot mode LM dosimeter result fle syn dosimeter result file svn Left Right P1 Fast P1 Fast spectra mPa LN spectra mPa 130 5617 120 504 32 574 30 269 19 320 18 239 11 75 11 508 7 096 7 015 4 529 4 5 5 3 170 3 027 2 404 2 350 2 046 2 000 1 824 1 782 4 21 The LN spectra panel 4 2 8 LOGGER SPECTRAL RESULTS The name of a Logger spectral results panel contains the type of spectrum 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave or FFT e g Logger 1 1 Octave panel This panel can be displayed in Table mode Plot mode and Spectrogram mode SVANTEK 48 Supervisor User Manual Logger 1 1 Octave m ih 0 1 eie 5 wi an DL Total Freq Hz TIER Fig 4 22 The Logger 1 1 Octave panel While displaying spectral data in Plot mode the spectrum is displayed for a selected interval of time The time history of the spect
68. etric functions to be recalculated 5 7 MARKERS The markers can be used as a tool for data classification A marker denotes a certain range of data specified automatically or selected by the user Markers created by Svantek instruments and markers created in Supervisor are equivalent and can be used in the same Way 5 7 1 CREATING MARKERS Markers divide into two types e Block markers e Point markers The block markers contain a finite range of data while point markers only contain one datum To create a block marker 1 Make a block selection in the plot area simply clicking and moving the mouse with the left button pressed Note A block marker does not have to be continuous i e it can be composed of several separate ranges 2 Press the right mouse button to open a context menu In the menu select Edit markers Use selected blocks New marker 4 Specify the desired name and color for the new marker in the Create New Marker dialog box SVANTEK 88 Supervisor User Manual Logger resul Pressure Add label Delete data Shift data Clip data Marker s name Marker Restore data to original Put 1 Put 2 canel Deselect block s Invert block selection Edit markers Use selected blocks Mew marker Marker to blocks Point marker Add selection Pec Delete marker Remove selection Auto scale x settings
69. ettings currently not available Fig 2 14 An example of a category of settings unavailable due to some other options in the same setup file being disabled Changes that are made in setup files using the Setup editor are not automatically saved You can save the changes by pressing the Save button located below the Local files panel Supervisor also automatically proposes to save the changes every time you perform an action that remove the focus from the currently edited setup file such as uploading the setup file opening another one etc You can also perform several operations on a setup file such as e g renaming or deleting by clicking with the right mouse button on its name The Export command can be used to save a copy of the setup file in a selected location or with a different file name If you want to create a setup similar to one already stored in a file but do not want to lose the original setup you can use the Duplicate command available in the context menu accessed by clicking with the right mouse button on the name of a selected setup file Note The asterisk added at the beginning of a file name in the Local Files list indicates that the settings displayed in the Setup Editor differ from those stored in the file i e changes have been made in the loaded settings but not yet saved However if you try to leave the Setup Editor without saving the changes you will be asked for confirmation Note The list of setup file
70. ew settings E V Profile 2 Profile 2 3 1 3 H E Summary results SR H E Summary results SR E V Markers 21 18 Whole data marker vV High vibration level Markers dots marl ar 4 4 52 Commands for saving and deleting Fig 4 53 List box for loading View Configurator settings View Configurator settings 4 4 3 SPECIAL CASES The View Configurator only functions as described above in case of panels representing the measurement results such as the Logger results panel For some types of panels such as Noise Exposure or Text it is not available at all For some other types of panels such as Session header Instrument configuration What if it also enables to select information to be included but it has a simpler form and does not allow for saving settings SVANTEK 70 Supervisor User Manual 4 54 View Configurator for the Session header panel SVANTEK 71 Supervisor User Manual 5 DATA ANALYSIS 5 1 CONVERSION OF UNITS In Supervisor it is possible to easily recalculate logarithmic to linear and linear to logarithmic units In case of VLM results it is also possible to display the values in linear non metric units The available units are shown in Table 5 1 Table 5 1 Units for displaying SLM and VLM results available in Supervisor
71. g copied from another PC you can use the mport button located below the Local files panel On the other hand by pressing the Export button after selecting setup a file in the Instrument files panel you can store it in a selected location on the SVANTEK 12 Supervisor User Manual Current settings of the Svantek instrument Instrument files Selected SV 104 64 current settings 2013 07 03 09 55 10 2013 08 08 13 15 24 2013 08 23 12 31 32 Local files Selected EMC 2013 07 03 08 54 46 2013 00 13 00 23 20 2013 10 12 14 58 22 2013 10 07 11 28 06 e Settings 1 2013 09 13 09 50 04 2013 09 13 09 56 04 ES TRIAL 2013 07 24 13 24 02 2013 08 23 12 59 24 2013 08 23 13 00 34 m Settings Setup files stored on the Svantek Setup files stored in the instrument local database on the PC Press this button to download a selected setup file or the current settings Apply Export Save Import Delete Delete all Delete Delete all Fig 2 11 Setup files manager The Delete buttons located below both of the lists enable one to delete files selected on one of the lists from the connected instrument s memory or from the local database The Delete all buttons enable one to delete all the files from the connected instrument s memory or from the local database By clicking with the right mouse button on a setup file in the Instrument files list you can open a context menu allowing to perform several actions that a
72. ges selected of two ways as markers and as block selections To show hide results for time ranges determined by markers select the markers in the View configurator in the Markers branch at the bottom of the list To show hide results for whole data or time ranges determined by block selections use the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button anywhere SVANTEK 93 Supervisor User Manual the table area This context menu as well as the selection of data and markers are described in detail in Section 4 3 2 devoted to the description of the Plot display mode 5 8 3 PREDICTING DOSIMETRIC FUNCTIONS FOR SIMULATED DATA The Logger dose calculator tool can also turn out useful for viewing the values of dosimetric functions and manipulating the data simultaneously using shifting clipping and deletion of data as described in Section 4 2 3 You can for example display the DOSE function and see how the dose reduces when a range of measured LEQ values is decreased by 10 dB Such an exemplary procedure is illustrated in Fig 5 28 Logger results pixels per sample 2 e og 80 000 m Select the range of Specify the 2221 data to modified shifting value and a press the Shift data button Pressure 70 000 65 000 60 000 55 000 11 45 44 11 46 16 11 46 48 11 47 20 11 47 52 11 48 24 11 48 02 Duration w v aieo TH Check the
73. ght side of the panel SVANTEK 86 Supervisor User Manual LEQ time history source name Channel Profile L1300 5vL Chi Fast Data source Decide whether Apply logger deletions shifts amp clips Yes modifications of data should be taken into e account or not Parameters Original value New value Threshold dE 0 0 LL Fields for Criterion level dB 80 0 modifying the Exchange rate 3 assumptions Projected time hh mm Function name Original value Recalculated value DOSE 0 1 73 fo m Results of estimation 7 5 for the modified Lay 58 7 dB assumptions LEQ 68 7 dB SEL 05 3 dB TWA 50 7 dB PSEL 50 7 dB LEPd 68 7 dB E 0 0 dB Click on this bar to open the View ESK 0 02 dB Configurator Fig 5 20 The What if panel Using the Apply logger deletions shifts amp clips field you can decide whether modifications of the data such as deletion shifting and clipping done in a Logger results panel should be taken into account when recalculating new values of parameters When set to No original unmodified data is used for calculation SVANTEK 87 Supervisor User Manual v DosE v DOSE 8h V PDose V LAV v LEQ V SEL H TWA PSEL WIE 7 V E 8h Click on this bar to hide the View Configurator Fig 5 21 The View Configurator specific for the What if panel serving for the selection of dosim
74. h no user task information assigned the configurator panel is empty you need add the users and tasks using the buttons located at the top of the configurator panel and assign files to them Fig 5 6 One way to assign the files is clicking on a user or task with the right mouse button pressing the Add files button and selecting the files in the Add files dialog box Fig 5 6b you can also use the drag amp drop technique dragging files from the Session data panel Fig 5 6c Noise exposure ISO 9612 Task based measurement Close the window after all needed users have been added Use this panel to modify users or create new ones Press this button to add a user to the Noise exposure panel Fig 5 6 a Adding users tasks to the Noise exposure panel using the buttons located at the top of the configurator SVANTEK 76 Supervisor User Manual Whole Body vibration exposure ISO 2631 1 Add user Add task Select files 065 5 wew svn empty users tasks A Remove assignment Select one or more files in this list and press the button b Assigning files to users tasks from the Session data panel using the Add files dialog box Session data x Em nas EM TL Z 5VL E Noise exposure 150 9612 Task based measurement 3 5 1 nak mM Tl 5 SVL Assigning files to users tasks from t
75. h the so called Deleted data marker e Clipping means truncating all data above a specified threshold the truncated values are replaced with the threshold value To clip data enter the threshold in the field to the left of the button and press this button You can also click with the right mouse button select the Clip data command and enter the threshold value in the dialog box which will appear e Shifting means adding a constant positive or negative value to a range of data To do so first select a point or a range of data to be shifted using the main cursor or blocks of selection You can then enter the value to be added in the field to the left of the p button and press this button or you can click with the right mouse button select the Shift data command and enter the value to be added in the dialog box which will appear All the modifications can be undone by pressing the la button or selecting the Restore data to original command in the context menu Logger results Controls for modifying measurement data 09 21 36 09 22 40 09 23 44 09 24 48 09 25 52 09 26 56 09 28 00 09 29 04 09 30 08 09 31 12 Time 09 21 39 4 17 The Logger results panel displayed in the Plot mode 4 2 4 SUMMARY RESULTS This type of panel contains the summary results of measurement together with some additional information such as the instrument settings or time elapsed during measurement I
76. hat appear when the mouse is in a position allowing for the modification of a marker range Clicking with the right mouse button on a marker range activates a pulldown menu containing the following commands all these commands can be used for a group of selected ranges e Open comment file opens the comment file that the selected marker corresponds to e Add marker range to selection selects the range that was clicked SVANTEK 91 Supervisor User Manual e Remove marker range from selection deselects the range that was clicked e Selected ranges to blocks adds the selected ranges to the block selection on the plot e Add selected ranges to another marker adds the selected ranges a chosen marker e Remove current range from marker removes the range that was clicked from the marker that it belonged to e Remove all selected ranges from marker removes the selected ranges from a chosen marker 5 7 4 SPECIAL MARKERS Some markers are created automatically and cannot be edited This includes e Audio marker shows the time ranges containing audio data if available in the currently viewed data e Whole data marker contains the whole time domain e Pause or Break marker shows the time ranges containing pauses or breaks if available in the currently viewed data e Block selection marker denotes the current block selection There are more types of special markers which are cr
77. he Session data panel using the drag amp drop technique The daily noise exposure level can be estimated using three different measurement strategies Task based strategy Job based strategy Full day measurement based strategy You will be asked to choose a measurement strategy each time you add a Noise Exposure panel to a session Task based strategy The Task based strategy consists in calculating the values for separate tasks and estimating the daily noise exposure level according to the declared duration of tasks You can specify the total duration of a task using a time picker field or the duration of separate samples In the latter case the average time will be used for calculation The duration of samples needs to be typed in the format hh mm hh mm where the sign SVANTEK 77 Supervisor User Manual separates different samples The value in the Duration of task m field is taken into account only if the Duration of samples of task m field is empty Noise exposure ISO 9612 Task based measurement ih E User Tm Tmj Tm LEX 8h m A Lp AeqTm John Duration of task Duration of samples Average duration of LEQ for task m Noise exposure level LEQ values difference Task hh mm hh mm hh mrm hh mm dB dB dB Drilling 08 00 7 55 8 05 08 00 96 9 96 9 20008000 File name 2 2013 09 27 18 14 32 98 9 File name T2 3 2013 09 27 18 27 30 96 7
78. he Table mode markers are considered as one of the functions available for displaying You can select the values displayed in the table for data contained not contained within range of a marker using the Table view tab in the Main options dialog box 5 7 3 EDITING MARKERS To modify the ranges of markers you can use the pulldown menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button somewhere in a plot area when working with a panel in the Plot display mode Following commands are available e Edit markers Use selected blocks Add selection adds the current block selection to a chosen marker e Edit markers Use selected blocks Remove selection subtracts the current block selection from a chosen marker e Edit markers Point marker Add cursor position adds the sample at the current position of the Main cursor to a chosen marker e Edit markers Point marker Remove cursor position subtracts the sample at the current position of the Main cursor from a chosen marker e Edit markers Delete marker deletes a chosen block or point marker Every time you modify or delete a marker the Choose marker window will appear It serves for selecting the marker you wish to modify or delete You can select multiple markers clicking on their names with CTRL pressed You can also select several successive markers clicking on the first one and then the last one with SHIFT pressed SVANTEK 90 Supervisor User Ma
79. i ttt 22 c 22 3 2 1 FILE MANAGER gape mter uM UNO MINE MUNDI MINE MUN 23 PNE 25 3 2 3 PREVIEW 28 CESJICuiigb c 29 3 3 1 ASSIGNING INFORMATION T PES eode EEUU UMEN 29 3 8 0 MANAGING ASSIGNMENTS csccssssssssssssscsscsssssscessssssssssssnssssceeessessssssssssnssnnsessnecssusussnsssssssnsnsesseeecssusussasssssnenseeeees 32 3 3 3 USING ASSIGNED INFORMATION TO SEARCH FILES ttti ttt 32 3 3 4 SUMMARY 5 33 4 SESSIONS AND REPORTING io rei neu SpA REEAUTRMURRENIAS TAURxES SRRPER FAND X UR S SEU DO Ld 36 4 1 1 CREATING AND MANAGING SESSIONS 36 4 1 2 SESSION DATA 38 Aaa TOODA 39 4 1 4 GENERATING REPORTS FROM SESSIONS 40 LAYOUT TEMPLATES 41 A 43 4 2 1 SESSION HEADER 45 4 2 2 INSTRUMENT 45 203 NEUE 45 RE 46 SVANTEK a Supervisor User Manual 425 LOGGER COMBINED RESULTS a 47 4 2 0 LOGGERSTATISTICS ipte e Ute ide 47 7 1 Je m
80. ic operations concerning the files stored on the connected instrument e Refresh updates the list of files so that all the files created after you entered the Download panel will also be shown e Change dir opens the Change folder dialog box allowing to select a directory in the Svantek instrument s memory from which files are displayed in the Download panel Fig 3 4 Note It is not available for some types of Svantek instruments e Delete deletes a selected file from the Svantek instrument s memory e Delete all deletes all result logger and WAVE files in the instrument s current working directory e Select all selects all files in the table e Deselect all clears the selection Note In case of the SV 100 SV 101 SV 102 and SV 106 instruments it is not possible to delete a single logger file In this case when only logger files are selected on the list the Delete button is disabled pressing Delete when results files and logger files are selected will only delete the results files downloading logger files with the Delete file s after downloading option enabled will not cause the deletion of the logger files SVANTEK 20 Supervisor User Manual Change folder Set to working folder Fig 3 4 The dialog box allowing to select the directory the Svantek instrument s memory from which files are displayed in the Download panel Note Every time the list of files is refreshed a
81. ick with the left mouse button and move the mouse without releasing it e To resize a label place the mouse close to a corner of the label and when the cursor face turns to d click with the left mouse button and move the mouse without releasing it e add an arrow click the label with the right mouse button and select the Add arrow command The arrow can be moved by dragging its end with the left mouse button pressed when the mouse is in a place allowing for moving the arrow the cursor face oo i turns to lt gt To remove the arrow use the Remove arrow command in the context menu SVANTEK 64 Supervisor User Manual Add arrow Click inside the label to edit text You can open this context menu by clicking the label with the right Edit text mouse button Delete label Remove Click close to an edge and drag to move label Drag the end of the arrow to move it Fig 4 43 Editing labels in a plot mode panel 4 3 3 SPECTROGRAM MODE The Spectrogram mode can be used to show the 3D variation of time frequency and amplitude on a 2D plot The x axis represents the time domain the y axis represents the frequency domain and the color variation shows the amplitude domain of the currently selected function The time scale is linear while the frequency scale is logarithmic The range of the color scale is shown down the right hand side of the plot area Logger 1 3 Octave Relative time FA BE
82. ig 6 3 a Above the Ribbon b Below the Ribbon Fig 6 2 Two possible locations of the Quick Access Toolbar SVANTEK 96 Supervisor User Manual By default the Quick Access Toolbar is empty You can fill it with buttons using the More commands button in the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu Fig 6 3 When you press this button the Customize dialog box will appear Use this button to add remove buttons from the Quick Access Toolbar Click here to open the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu Use this button to change the location Shaw Below the Ribbon of the Quick Access Toolbar Minimize the Ribbon Fig 6 3 The Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu The Commands panel at the left side of the Customize dialog box contains a list of all commands available to include in the Quick Access Toolbar To add a command select it and press the Add button The panel at the right side of the dialog box contains a list of commands currently contained in the Quick Access Toolbar You can also configure the order of the commands in the Quick Access Toolbar using the arrow buttons Customize Customize Choose commands from Vie Commands Commands GE Main options already added Available Tipako commands 5 About Br Import database Use these Main options buttons to configure the order of commands Show Quick Access Toolbar below the Ribbon Use these buttons to add
83. igurator select the desired function marker and press the Limit time domain button in the Options menu In order to remove the limit use the Clear time domain limit command 1 Open the View Configurator Logger results a 2 74 50 dB 90 0 dB EL 7 Chi P1 Slow Lock results MAX TH dB Marker Flat view Ma Date amp time EIS i Limit time domain to lt 3 Press this button gt 13 06 20 11 46 51 L x 71 Clear time domain limit 3 2013 06 20 11 46 52 55 0 1 Save view settings 4 2013 06 20 11 46 53 54 9 1 TeSys ore See 5 2013 06 20 11 46 54 54 8 1 TW 4 6 2013 06 20 11 46 55 54 8 1 2 1 7 2013 06 20 11 46 56 54 8 1 3 8 2013 06 20 11 46 57 54 8 1 SR Markers 9 2013 06 20 11 46 59 54 9 1 Le 10 2013 06 20 11 46 59 58 3 1 data marker 11 2013 06 20 11 47 00 57 5 1 V Marker as 2 Select a marker 12 2013 06 20 11 47 01 55 3 1 E _ T Blok selection marker x 4 t Fig 4 34 Limiting the time domain in the Table mode Note The View Configurator in described in detail in Section 4 4 4 3 2 PLOT MODE In the Plot mode functions measured in the time or frequency domain in panels such as e g Logger results or Logger 1 3 Octave are presented in the form of a 2D plot Logger results f 5 0 dB 30 0 dB E Ej HOHE Fig 4
84. iles list of the Download panel Furthermore the are also by default downloaded automatically when the logger file to which they are attached is downloaded However you can modify this settings in order to treat the audio comments files in the same way as all the other types of files downloaded from connected Svantek instruments To do so go to the General settings in the Main Options dialog box and use the following checkboxes Download associated audio comments after downloading logger s if this option is enabled the audio comments will be downloaded automatically when the logger file to which they are attached is downloaded Hide audio comments in Download panel if this option is enabled audio comment files will not be displayed in the files list of the Download panel Click on the Svantek icon to open the menu 3 Import database Main Options 3 Export database General General Sound units Vibration units RPM units Phase units el View d Logarithmic 7 Logarithmic 9 RPM amp Rad Playback 7 Linear 7 Linear Metric 7 RPS Deg b i Health amp Safety amp Linear Non Metric lt Logger dose Time Data exchange Exposure panels e FEM Hearing protectors panel Absolute Im k to confirm uploading setups with different firmware versions gt Preview 7 Relative Download associated audio comments after downloading loqger s 4 First
85. in several ways using the Data Browser In the File details table click with the left mouse button on the Location User Task field corresponding to a selected file and select a value from the menu User Task John none zdzichu Fig 3 18 Assigning User information to a file in the File details table You can also use the Assignments command from the menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button on a row of the table corresponding to a selected file It allows to assign information as well as to edit the information already assigned using a dialog box Fig 3 19 SVANTEK 30 Supervisor User Manual 1 Click with the right mouse S button somewhere in the row corresponding to a selected file in the File details table Mew session Delete Rename Assignments Set flag Clear flag Assignments Location none Fig 3 19 Assigning additional information to files using the Assignments dialog box Another method for assigning information to files is to drag amp drop a file from the File details table to a particular item in the Assigned sub tree in the Library Fig 3 20 Notice that if you for example drop a file to a sub sub item corresponding to both a User and a Task both these values will be assigned to that file Library p Sample files p Cataloque gt Ej Recent be Filename Logger filename a Assigned 1300 SVL 8 John 4 Excavating 2 Lo
86. iption Data background color NR NM Show extended if available Cursors and selections colors Main cursor Inverted Auto Block cursors Inverted Auto Block selection color Functions colors Data visualization Bl 1 1 oct Max 5 Draw mode Pixels per sample 80 Y axis max range 65 4 Double dick to change the color Y axis min range 38 4 Ela sce Y Fig 4 41 The Local plot settings dialog box In the Cursors and selections colors panel you can choose one of three modes of drawing the vertical lines representative of the positions of cursors and blocks marking selected data e Inverted a line of inverted background color e Solid a line of a chosen color drawn over the plotted functions e Transparent a line of a chosen color not hiding the plotted functions below it The selection of Draw mode is equivalent to what can be achieved using the buttons The Total style concerns the way of displaying the Total results drawn at the end of the x axis in case of frequency domain functions Trace current block with this box option enabled clicking with the main cursor on a block selection will automatically jump to the field containing the range of the selected block in the table below the plot area Show extended enabling disabling this option will show hide the extended x axis description SVANTEK 62 Supervisor User Manual Selection of data To select data y
87. isor User Manual Filtering the list of files Buttons at the top of the File details panel serve for filtering the list of files Buttons in the first row correspond to different file types such as WAVE files or types of measurement such as hand arm vibration dosimetry or noise dosimetry After clicking one of these buttons only the files of the selected type or related to the selected type of measurement are displayed on the list The Other filter serves for accessing files other than measurement files coming from Svantek instruments supported by Supervisor e g jpeg or doc files Note Files which are hidden because of different filters being enabled such as S N date filename will remain hidden when the Other filter is enabled Buttons in the second row correspond to different types of filters related with the date of measurement serial number of the instrument used for measurement and filename To set such filter enable it by clicking on its name and set its value in the field next to the name You can also use the Show logger files button to enable disable showing logger files on the list which is applicable for instruments that store main results and time history buffer separately All these filters can be disabled by pressing the Clear filters button all files will be shown after doing it Note The Filename filter supports the MS DOS wildcard characters i e the question mark 2 can be used to substitute for a
88. l Transposed view In general when the Normal view is set the table rows contain different time samples while columns contain results of different measurements or calculations Switching to the Transposed view sets the inverse configuration The Transposed view is particularly useful if you need to view many variables in few points of time To enable the Transposed view you can do one of the following Click on the L button the view will switch to the other than currently set Usethe Table mode menu to choose one of the views SVANTEK 252 Supervisor User Manual Press this button to switch mode Copying with headers Its re Normal View Transposed View Fig 4 30 Selecting the view in Table mode The Copy with headers tool is available in the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button It copies the selected data to the clipboard together with headers describing it located above and to the left of the selection Cells also copied by the Copy with headers tool 2 OGB SVN amp LOGB SVN Chi VLM Chi VLM 1 00 00 01 000 2 00 00 02 000 00 00 03 000 00 00 04 000 00 00 03 000 00 00 06 000 00 00 07 000 00 00 08 000 CO cn Cell types LOGS SwA Chi 1 3 Oct Acc RM 1 3 Oct Acc RMS 1 3 Oct Acc RM 0 400 Hz 0 016 0 0001 0 014 0 012 0 014 0 024 0 016 0 009 0 50 0 63 Hz 0 022 0 005 0 015 0 0009 DFE nmn
89. lbar You can modify the color profile to set the optimal dynamics for the range of data that you need To do so click on the color bar representing the z axis on the right side of the panel in Spectrogram mode Then click on one of the displayed squares to move the range in which the chosen color will be displayed You can set 4 points of the profile to adjust the color dynamics as needed Modifying the color profile does not change the scale of the z axis 100 00 dE 100 00 dB 80 00 dB 40 00 dB 40 00 dB Fig 4 47 Examples of color profiles in the Spectrogram view Selection of data A point of the spectrogram can be selected using the Main cursor To select a point simply click somewhere in the spectrogram area You can also modify the position of the cursor using the arrow keys and the 9 9 buttons above the Spectrogram view window SVANTEK 66 Supervisor User Manual The current position of the Main cursor is represented as the crossing point of grey lines The table below the spectrogram area describes the position of the Main cursor in the time and frequency domains as well as the value of the displayed function in the selected point You can hide show the Main cursor clicking on the 3 icon next to its name in the table below the spectrogram area 4 3 4 TEXT MODE The Text mode can be used for displaying measurement results and other information in the text form Data is presented as simple text with
90. lot in the plot area so you can easily recognize it when many functions are plotted at once The buttons serve for showing hiding the functions Color used for plotting a function can be selected by clicking on the square located next to the function s name You can choose the currently active function used to define the primary y axis and the main cursor domain as well as the parameter to be represented on the secondary y axis using the Active function selector and the Secondary y axis selector located in the upper part of the Plot view window The contents of the table below the plot can be customized using the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button anywhere in the table area The menu contains the following commands Setfont enables one to select the font used in the table below the plot Autosize columns off fit in window fit in column enables one to automatically adjust the table columns width the fit in window option causes the columns to fill the whole width of the panel while the fit in column resizes the columns to fit exactly the width of the contained text Anytime you manually resize a column the Autosize off option becomes automatically selected Show start stop duration enables one to show or hide the columns of the table representative of the information about the time ranges specified by block and cursor selections and markers Show whole da
91. measurement data can be found in Section 3 Several files can be used to create a single session A list of files which have been used to create the currently opened session is displayed in the Session data panel at the top left corner of the window Click on the bar to hide Session data the panel E FULL DAY SVL Fig 4 6 The Session data panel containing a list of files which have been used to create the current session Once a session is created you cannot modify its data source If you want to use different files in a session you must create a new session with these files You can configure the way data will be displayed in the report using the so called panels Various types of panels are available each of which serves for displaying different type of data More details about the panels can be found in Section 4 2 SVANTEK 38 Supervisor User Manual 4 1 3 TOOLBAR The Toolbar consists of a set of useful buttons located at the top of the panels area see Fig 4 12 The effect of each of the Toolbar buttons is described in Table 4 1 LIN T Tx SVANTEK 8 9 PIR ucl Te Te Fig 4 7 The Toolbar eB p Table 4 1 Toolbar buttons Effect Generates a new report according to the configuration of panels in the current session and opens it in Microsoft Word Generates a report preview Opens the Report options dialog box see Section 4 1 4 Opens the Manage templates dialog
92. multiple hearing protection devices in a database to estimate the effective level of noise when wearing different protectors and for different measured levels of noise using three methods the SNR method the HML method and the Octaves method To use the Hearing protectors panel in this mode you first need to fill in the database with the specification of one or more hearing protection devices To do so press the Manage database button located next to the button for switching modes and use the Hearing protectors dialog box Mode Protectors dafa se Manage database Hearing protectors Protectors New Edit Example HPD 1 Name Example HPD 2 Example HPD 3 Entera name for Y the new device 3 25 i000Hz 2000Hz 4000Hz 8000 A list of devices 12 15 2 26 31 3 35 already stored in the database da m 10008 2000Hz 4000Hz 8000 2 characteristics of 3 7 4 9 5 9 4 the new device 250Hz SOOHz 1000Hz 2000Hz 4000Hz 8000Hz 22 3 26 1 31 1 31 Press this button to remove Press this button to save the Press this button to apply the characteristics selected device from the database specified device in the database an existing device of specified name Fig 5 13 The Hearing protectors dialog box serving for managing the hearing protection devices database SVANTEK 82 Supervisor User Manual After you save or more hearing protection devices the database you use them together with d
93. n of USB drivers requires the user to have administrator privileges Supervisor In order to install Supervisor open the installation file which can be found on the CD provided with a Svantek instrument You can also download the installation file from the Svantek website After opening it follow the installation instructions You will be asked whether to install Supervisor for yourself or for anyone who uses the computer on which Supervisor is being installed This choice determines the area in which Supervisor settings and shortcuts are stored and hence its availability to users sharing the workstation 1 4 HOW TO USE SUPERVISOR Supervisor can be used in three modes e Instrument e Data Browser e Sessions You can select the mode using the tabs located below the title bar Fig 1 1 There can be multiple Sessions opened simultaneously and a tab is created for each opened Session SVANTEK 4 Supervisor User Manual Instrument H Data Browser Session 2 Fig 1 1 Buttons for the selection of modes in which Supervisor can be used The Instrument mode allows for e Managing the Svantek instruments used with Supervisor e Exchanging data measurement results as well as the instruments settings between Svantek instruments and PC The Data Browser allows for e Viewing and organizing the database of measurement results downloaded from Svantek instruments e Creating Sessions The Sessions serve for displaying
94. ndon 0 John 0 Zdzichu 3 54 Drilling Fig 3 20 Assigning additional information to files using the drag amp drop technique SVANTEK 31 Supervisor User Manual 3 3 2 MANAGING ASSIGNMENTS You can add a new value of Location User or Task any time you assign this type of information to a file by selecting new from the list A dialog box will appear allowing you to specify the new value Notes can also be added to each value In order to manage the values of assignments use the Locations Users and Tasks sub panels in the File Manager In each of these panels all the values of the corresponding type of assignment are listed Using the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button you can add a new value or delete existing ones Library Update task Archived sessions Summary reports E Grinding Sub panels Locations which allow Notes for viewing Users assignments Tasks Double click a Drilling value to edit it Grinding Use these Exc Add commands to add or delete Delete values for Delete all assignment Fig 3 21 Sub panels of the File Manager allowing for viewing and editing assignments You can also edit a location user or task by double clicking it and making the changes in the Update location user task dialog box Notice that only in these sub panels of the File Manager you can permanently delete a v
95. new downloading session begins i e a new subdirectory is created for the downloaded files This is why sometimes the overwrite warning does not appear even though two files of the same name are downloaded after beginning a new downloading session the file will be stored in a different location thus eliminating the possibility of overwriting By clicking with the right mouse button in the list of files stored on the connected Svantek instrument you can open a context menu allowing to perform several actions on the selected files download them to the local database export to a selected location on the PC or delete them from the instrument s memory as well as delete all the files stored on the connected Svantek instrument 120 5 1 Download 123 svL Export Delete Delete all Fig 3 5 The context menu available for the list of files in the Download panel All the downloaded files are stored in the Supervisor s database and they can be viewed and processed using the Data Browser which is described in the following section The Data Browser is automatically opened each time files are downloaded from a connected Svantek instrument SVANTEK 21 Supervisor User Manual 3 1 2 DOWNLOADING AUDIO COMMENTS SVAN 971 and SV 104 instruments support attaching audio comments in the form of WAV files to logger measurement files Such audio files are by default not shown in the f
96. new chi P1 A Slow chi Pi A Lin value of DOSE 55 9 dB Whole data 00 07 32 000 12 760 90 69 3 dB HOHE Info a Main cursor history TH 1 Select DOSE in the Logger dose branch in the View Configurator E Profile 2 H Profile 3 m Fig 5 28 Using the Logger dose calculator to predict the values of dosimetric functions for simulated data an example viewing how the value of DOSE changes when the LEQ data in a selected range is shifted by 5 5 8 4 MODIFYING PARAMETERS OF CALCULATION The calculations can be performed according to the values of parameters loaded from the measurement file or the values of the parameters can be specified manually To manually modify the parameters values use the Logger dose settings panel in the Main Options dialog box Fig 5 29 SVANTEK Supervisor User Manual 68 Click on the Svantek icon to open the menu Import database Main Options Export database General View k Select Logger dose on the list of available settings Uncheck this box to enable manual configuration of parameters Threshold level Criterion level Exchange rate 8 2 18 21 1 Exposure time hh mm ss Use the fields in this panel to 04 00 00 manually specify the values of Reference
97. nual Choose Marker Choose marker BlockMarker 1 L PointMarker 1 BlockMarker 2 Fig 5 24 The Choose Marker dialog box A marker need not be continuous it can be composed of several disconnected continuous fragments Such an individual fragment is called a range of the marker Note A group of ranges can be selected in order to perform some operations on several markers simultaneously To select deselect a range click on it of them with the SHIFT button pressed You can also use the Add remove marker range to from selection to select deselect ranges Selected ranges are drawn in black You can easily modify ranges in the following ways e Clicking with the left mouse button in the middle of a range and moving the mouse without releasing will move the selected range within the time domain When the mouse is in a position allowing for moving a range the marker s name and the number of the range is displayed Fig 5 25a Note If multiple ranges are selected moving one of them automatically moves the whole group e Clicking with the left mouse button on one of the ends of a range and moving the mouse without releasing will resize the selected range When the mouse is in a position allowing for resizing a marker range the signs are added to the name of the marker Fig 5 25b M1 1 a Clicking and moving mouse will move the range b Clicking and moving mouse will resize the range Fig 5 25 Labels t
98. nventory Settings Download Connected Instrument Clock Setup activation Activated setup Calibrator S N No SV 104 64 2013 11 01 14 45 01 2013 09 13 10 23 47 9876987698 Inventory Instrument files Local files SVAN 971 342 Selected None List of Name Date Name Date instrument 5 2013 08 22 types Select settings file from local list Apply Export Save Import Delete Delete all Delete Delete all Fig 2 1 The Inventory and the list of instrument types in the Instrument window By default the Inventory is displayed in reduced mode containing only one row of the table It can be expanded by clicking on the nventory button in order to display five rows Fig 2 2 In both modes all the instruments of the selected type are accessible using the scrollbar located at the right hand side of the Inventory panel SVANTEK Supervisor User Manual Press this button to expand the Inventory Connected Instrument Clock Setup activation Yes SV 104 64 2013 11 01 14 51 54 2013 09 13 10 23 47 Ma SV 104 40 2013 11 01 14 51 55 7 Fig 2 2 Inventory expanded mode The columns of the Inventory table contain information about the Svantek instruments You can customize the table in order to display only selected information To do so click with the right mouse button on the header to display the context menu then check the options you want to show in the Inventor
99. ny single character and the asterisk can be used to substitute for any sequence of characters 1 Press to enable filtering 2 Specify the filter s value 40 20965 Fig 3 13 Using filter show only the results of measurement performed using an instrument of specified serial number Other filters can be used in a similar way Setting flags By pressing the button located in the first column at the left side of the File details table you can set a flag for a selected file As a result the file will be accessible in the File manager in the Recent gt Flagged group You can flag several files in order to get a quick and easy access to them Audio comments In case there are audio comments attached to a logger file the Notes column of the file details table will contain the button in the row corresponding to that logger file Pressing this button will open a menu containing a list of all comments attached to the selected logger file Fig 3 14 Selecting one of the comments will start its playback SVANTEK 227 Supervisor User Manual Note In order to see the Notes column and enable playback of audio comments you have to check the appropriate option in the File details table s context menu see paragraph Customizing the table above Notes Unit type S N Press this button to show p SV 104 4001 the list of audio comments attached to this logger file 2013 11 04 10 08 33
100. om left corner of the window By double clicking a report s name you can open it in MS Word By clicking with the right mouse button you can open a context menu allowing for opening renaming and deleting reports Reports Click on the bar to hide this panel Date Wt Report 2 2013 10 27 10 1 Double click to open the report iq Report 3 2013 10 22 10 1 in MS Word or right click to access the context menu Fig 4 9 The Reports panel The start page and the style of the report can be customized using the Report options dialog Wl box opened by clicking the ET button Instead of customizing the start page you can also disable adding it to the reports at all SVANTEK 40 Supervisor User Manual S 5 El 5 prescr Seas c Incun Bese uoa ten To customize the start page open it in nnig ni E E T Tal modify and save it You can also use an Sein hada aL LIRE external RTF or MS Word document rm LER Tiru ment ut Lapat Lis cuan a lagger Tec 4 1 paure 1 Report options Pul Measurement Report DATE 10 22 2013 12
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102. osimetric data to estimate the effective level of noise It is not compulsory to fill in all the fields The missing values will be treated as 0 no attenuation Specify the data representative of the measured noise level Select a device from the database Use these buttons to show or hide the results of estimation using particular method Hearing protectors ISO 4869 2 Mode File Channel 5NR method method Octaves method Frequency Hz 125 230 500 1000 2000 4000 n Current L a dB Protectors database database Press button to open the Hearing protectors Example HPD 1 dialog box The contents of this table can be configured using the Main Options dialog box in the Hearing protectors panel category of settings Moise spect Mean att Lf Reduced spect Lt APW 12 0 41 9 16 6 15 0 39 7 19 1 20 0 39 7 20 5 26 0 41 2 18 9 31 0 42 6 rn 37 0 45 8 lisi 49 9 17 8 Press this button to 2 2 Compare protectors protectors classification dialog box Fig 5 14 The Hearing protectors panel in Protectors database mode You can choose which parameters of the hearing protector should be shown in the Octaves method part of the table It can be specified in the Hearing protectors panel settings in the Main Options dialog box Fig 5 15 The available parameters are Mean attenuation Standard deviation APV
103. ou can use the cursors or block selections Each cursor allows to select one element of the data at once while blocks enable the selection of multiple elements at once Main cursor When you open a window with the plot view only the Main cursor is present You can set its position by clicking in the plot area by using the left and right arrow keys or by using the 5 9 buttons located in the upper part of the Supervisor window You can also switch the Main cursor off clicking on the icon next to its name in the table below the plot When passive the cursor s icon turns to By default the position of the Main cursor is marked on the plot with a vertical line in inverted background color Main cursor may be placed where the samples of active function exist 1 and 2 Block cursors There are two additional cursors available named Block cursor 1 and 2 You can set their positions by clicking somewhere in the plot area with the right mouse button and choosing the Put 1 or Put 2 command in the pulldown menu or by pressing CTRL 1 or CTRL 2 keys The selected cursor position is then set at the current position of the Main cursor In default settings the positions of the additional cursors are marked on the plot with vertical lines in inverted background color with numbers written next to them You can clear the selections of additional cursors by clicking on the icons next to their names in the table below the plot Block sel
104. press the Find HML button The optimal characteristics will appear in the H M L fields Specify the data representative of the measured noise level Enter the H M L values of the protector in these fields Hearing protectors ISO 4869 7 Made File L1300 La dB Le dB H dB L dB Current L s dB Expected L a dE HML adjustment Channel Chi Results of effective noise level estimation n E nl I 2009 ___ Press this button to Compare protectors amp open the Hearing Find HML protectors classification dialog box Press this button to find optimal values of H M L for the measured noise level Fig 5 19 The Hearing protectors panel in HML adjustment mode 5 6 WHAT IF The What if panel is a special tool which enables one to estimate the values of dosimetric functions assuming different values of parameters such as threshold or criterion level The recalculation is always based on logger time history data To use it specify the assumptions using the New value fields in the parameters related part of the panel and the recalculated values of the functions will appear in the yellow cells at the bottom of the panel You can select the functions for which recalculation will be done using a special version of the View configurator specific for this type of panel In this case the View configurator can be opened by clicking on the vertical bar with the 4 icon located on the ri
105. re also accessible using the panel s buttons described in this and the subsequent sections viz apply settings download a setup file to the local database export the settings to a selected location on the PC and delete selected or all setup files Fig 2 12 Instrument files Selected SVAN 971 34238 Name Date Settings Apply Download 03 40 24 Click with the right mouse button on Export one of the files to open the menu Delete Delete all Fig 2 12 The Instrument files context menu SVANTEK 13 Supervisor User Manual 2 3 2 EDITING SETTINGS Note Supervisor does not allow for modifying the settings directly in the connected Svantek instrument Therefore prior to editing the settings have to be saved in a SVT file on the PC as described in the previous section In order to edit a setup file select its name on the Local files list All the available settings will be displayed in the Setup Editor panel at the right side of the screen Fig 2 10 The settings are divided into several categories such as General Measurement Spectrum etc They can be accessed using the tabs located on the bar at the top of the Setup Editor panel The availability of particular categories depends on the type of instrument the edited setup file is compatible with In case there are too many categories to display all the tabs simultaneously you can use the 4 and buttons to scroll the bar The settings avail
106. reset 7 OSHAHC User 1 Current User 1 2013 08 08 GA 2013 10 12 T 5 z n 2013 08 23 ff SETT4 2013 10 07 2013 08 23 fAsettings 1 2013 09 13 Peak Filter 2 x 2013 08 23 settings 2013 09 13 Detector f TRIAL 2013 07 24 Exchange Rate 5 M 2 Criterion Level Threshold Level ULT Threshold Level PTC Threshold Level Apply Export Save Import Delete Delete all Delete Delete all Setup files manager Setup Editor Fig 2 10 Using Supervisor to edit Svantek instruments settings 2 3 1 DOWNLOADING SETTINGS First the type of Svantek instrument has to be selected in the nstruments list on the left side of the screen and the particular Svantek instrument has to be selected in the Inventory The list of setup files stored on the selected instrument will be displayed in the nstrument files panel You can then select a setup file on the list and download it to the PC using the gt button All the downloaded files are displayed in the Local files panel Except of SVT files the Instrument files list also contains the Settings entry which represents the current settings of the device When you choose to download it a setup file is generated according to the current settings If you wish to import setup files stored on the PC to the Supervisor Local files list i e files which you downloaded not using Supervisor e g using the SvanPC software or acquired in any other way e
107. rum can be browsed using the buttons located on the panel s toolbar shown in Fig 4 23 Scroll to the beginning Current position Scroll to the end 181 961 E3 Previous sample Next sample Fig 4 23 Buttons for browsing the time history of measured spectrum 4 2 9 SPECTRAL RESULTS This type of panel allows for displaying the results of measurement in the frequency domain concerning the 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave and FFT measurement results It can be displayed in Plot Table or Text mode 1 3 Octave 1 8 889 in amp HE 400 1000 2500 6300 Freq Hz Fig 4 24 The Spectral results panel an example for 1 3 Octave measurement results SVANTEK 49 Supervisor User Manual 4 2 10 TIME INTERSECTION The Time Intersection panel is available in case of data representative of the time history of the spectrum such as Logger 1 1 Octave 1 3 Octave or FFT results It can be recognized by added to the name of the panel This type of panel allows to display data corresponding to one particular value of frequency as a function of time The displayed frequency can be selected using the is buttons located on the panel s toolbar Buttons for selection of frequency Data smoothing rm Fm A r IBA f smoothing is OM Smoothing samples 7 IIIA m E a 0 150 0 100 0 050 0 000 10 03 38 10 03 46 10 04 02 ol F
108. run wizard Inventory cal validity Go to Last Downloaded folder after downloading Options related to al Tm RUNE D EUR LR Hide audio comments in Download panel n expiration down loading audio Compare instrument s directory contents with 90 local data Orange warning days Hide download session folders in Data Browser to expiration comments Warn when uploading Settings files 14 Display warning if data file has been created with a newer firmware version than supported Lc Fig 3 6 Settings of the downloading of audio comments in the Main Options Playback of the downloaded audio comments is described in Section 3 2 2 3 2 DATA BROWSER In order to view all the files downloaded from Svantek instruments and stored in the Supervisor s database open the Data Browser using the button located in the top left corner of the Supervisor window SVANTEK 27 gt Supervisor User Manual Fig 3 7 Button for opening the Data Browser The Data Browser is composed of three panels onthe left side of the window the File manager panel contains a list of all files stored in Supervisor s database and allows to select a group of files to be displayed in detail onthe right side of the window the File details panel contains a more detailed list of files belonging to a selected group and allows to open a file for further processing below the File details panel the Preview panel en
109. s displayed in the Local files panel contains only the setup files compatible with the instrument type currently selected in the Inventory 2 3 3 APPLYING SETTINGS You can upload a setup file selected in the Local files list to a connected Svantek instrument by pressing the button in the Setup files manager panel The uploaded file will be stored in the instrument s memory but the settings will not be automatically applied In order to apply a setup file causing the instrument s settings to become same as specified in the file press the Apply button located below the nstrument files list see Fig 2 16 or use the Apply command in the menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button on a file in the Instrument files list Note A setup file with filename Settings is automatically applied after upload Note for SV 106 As mentioned in the Note for SV 106 at the beginning of Section 2 3 uploading any setup files to a connected SV 106 instrument is always equivalent to configuring the instrument s settings by sending a series of commands Therefore each SVANTEK 15 Supervisor User Manual setup is automatically applied at the moment of the upload This is why the nstrument files list for SV 106 contains only one file called Settings The maximum length of filename for files stored in the instrument s internal memory is 8 characters plus 3 characters of the file extension Therefore when you try to upload
110. s menu by Apply Export Gave Import clicking with the right mouse Delete Delete all Delete Delete all DUERGINOIEHE name of a local setup file Fig 2 16 Uploading and applying settings to a connected Svantek instrument SVANTEK 16 Supervisor User Manual During the upload Supervisor automatically checks the compatibility of the Svantek instrument s firmware version and the firmware version for which the uploaded setup file was created If the versions differ the settings that are incompatible will be converted to match the instrument s firmware You can choose whether or not you want to be asked to confirm the upload every time the setup file is incompatible with the instrument s firmware To do so use the Ask to confirm uploading setups with different firmware versions checkbox in the General tab in the Main Options dialog box 2 3 4 USING PRESETS In case of some types of Svantek instruments the dosimetric profiles available in the Dosimeter category of settings in the Setup editor can be configured using so called presets A presets is a set of values of parameters related to the dosimetric profile such as e g Filter or Detector There are two types of presets predefined and user defined The five predefined presets are provided with Supervisor by default and are compliant with the following health and safety norms e OSHA HC Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hearing Conservation e OSHA PEL Occupational S
111. surement results SVANTEK 42 Supervisor User Manual 4 2 BASIC PANELS Panels are the basic building blocks of the reports created using Supervisor s sessions They can be used to configure the way data will be displayed in the report mnm Supervisor Session 2 Sax Instrument Lid Data Browser Session 1 Session a Session 3 The Toolbar Session data UU D Bea 4 Instrument configuration Lm Jem 88 4 The panels area Delete panel Add panel m Hearing protectors ISO 4869 2 m Instrument configuration m Logger 1 1 Octave M Logger 1 1 Octave TSect 9 Logger combined Logger results x SV 104 40 Software version 1 02 1 04 Integration period 8h Infinity Leq integration Linear Logger step 15 s f Maximi List of all aximize panel available panels Autosize columns Panels Logger results Absolute time pred 2s Lr Session header 3 m Instrument configuration ih ie 234 28800 t3 E 5 0 dB 90 0 Logger results Absolute time WE Logger 1 1 Octave Absolute time List of panels in the current session Pressure Move to archive Delete session Fig 4 12 Panels the Session window The Add panel list at the left side of the window shows all the types of panels available for the current data Yo
112. t can be displayed in Table or Text mode If cases when many results are to be displayed simultaneously it is advisable to display the Summary results panel in transposed view in the Table mode the transposition can be easily done by clicking on the GHI button For details see Section 4 3 1 Table mode SVANTEK 46 Supervisor User Manual Summary results Transpose table Channel Profile Result Elapsed time chi Fi 00 00 24 Overload time chi Fi 0 0 9 Underrange chi Fi D Chi Fi 2 994 9 Chi P1 2 435 g Chi P1 759 994 mg Chi P1 2 7 1 8 mg Chi P1 1 699 g Chi Fi 0 0000002 g Fig 4 18 The Summary results panel 4 2 5 LOGGER COMBINED RESULTS Some types of results cannot be presented on a plot The Combined results view enables to display all available results gathered together in the Table mode It is useful if various types of measurements have been performed simultaneously in the Logger mode Logger combined results xus apa pps FULL DAY SwL FULL DAY SWL FULL DA Y SWL FULL OA Y SWL Pi OSHA amp P1 OSHA HC t P1 OSHA HC C P1 OSHA HC i P1 OSHA HC 2 TH dB MAX TH dB dB LEQ TH dB LAY TH dB Date amp time 2013 09 30 09 26 54 2013 09 30 09 26 55 2013 09 30 09 26 56 2013 09 30 09 26 57 2013 09 30 09 26 58 Fig 4 19 Logger combined results panel 4 2 6 LOGGER STATISTICS The statistical data can be presented in two diff
113. ta inside blocks outside blocks individual blocks enables one to show or hide the rows of the table representative of various ranges of the time domain whole SVANTEK 59 Supervisor User Manual data corresponds to all the available time history inside blocks correspond to the accumulated ranges of all block selections outside blocks correspond to the ranges of all the fragments of the time domain which are not included in block selections and individual blocks correspond to separate block selections displayed individually as Block 1 Block 2 etc Start Info Main cursor 2013 09 27 16 53 31 Whole data 2013 09 27 16 50 38 JUEZ f Use the commands in this gt Autosize off menu to customize the Autosize columns fit in window contents of the table Autosize columns fit in column Show start Show stop lt Show duration v Show whole data v Show inside blocks Show outside blocks Show individual blacks t z TH Chi P1 101 4 dB 00 10 00 000 136 6 dB 103 9 dB 4 Click with the right mouse button anywhere in the table area to open the context menu Fig 4 39 Context menu for customizing the contents of the table below the plot Export modes You can export the plotted results in two modes the single mode represented by the O icon consists in exporting a single figure containing only the range of the time history displayed in the
114. the measurement results downloaded from Svantek instruments stored in the Supervisor s database and using them for reporting More details on using Supervisor for each of these tasks can be found in subsequent sections of this manual as well as in the contextual HTML help available after pressing F1 when using Supervisor SVANTEK 2x Supervisor User Manual 2 COMMUNICATION WITH SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS 2 1 ESTABLISHING CONNECTION Supervisor supports the USB interface for direct communication It requires appropriate drivers being installed as described in Section 1 3 Supervisor will automatically detect a Svantek instrument when it is connected to the PC by USB 2 2 MANAGING SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS 2 2 1 INSTRUMENT INVENTORY When a connected Svantek instrument is detected by Supervisor it is added to the Inventory a database of all Svantek instruments you use with Supervisor The Inventory is displayed at the top of the Instrument window Fig 2 1 Instruments in the Inventory are grouped according to their types SV 106 SV 104 etc To select an instrument type use the list located on the left side of the window Fig 2 1 The currently selected instrument is highlighted in orange The list can be ordered in a custom way to change the position of an instrument type on the list drag and drop it to another position Supervisor Instrument Instrument Lid Data Browser Session 1 Session 2 Instruments I
115. tion function contains the Enabled label for unlocked options functions and the Unlock button for the ones that have not yet been unlocked If you wish to unlock an option or function that you purchased press the Unlock button and enter the unlocking code the window that appears Note If wrong code is entered three times since the instrument was last turned on any later attempt to lock or unlock an option will fail regardless on whether the entered code is correct or not until the instrument is restarted Enter code Fig 2 6 Window allowing to enter code for unlocking an additional option or measurement function You can also lock again an unlocked option function by clicking on its name with the right mouse button selecting Lock and entering the same code that was used for unlocking In case of SV 104 instruments the instrument s name can be specified using the Edit name command available in the menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button on the row of the Inventory table corresponding to the selected instrument Fig 2 7 SVANTEK 9 Supervisor User Manual Inventory v Connected Click with the right mouse button Yez 104 40 to open the context menu Manage options functions Edit unit name Please enter new unit name The name may be up to 12 characters long and may only consist of letters 7 digits 0 9 and underscore chara
116. tor Checking the control next to the name of a result function adds it to the view If you check a branch containing more than one result function all the data inside the selected branch will be displayed If you select in this way more than 30 objects at once you will be asked for confirmation There are two other methods of selecting multiple objects simultaneously Selecting an object with the CTRL button pressed will cause the selection of all available objects of the same type e g selecting the Time history MIN results in Profile 1 will also cause the selection of Time history MIN results in other profiles as well as Summary MIN results in all profiles Selecting one object and then selecting another object in the same subtree with the SHIFT button pressed will cause the selection of all objects in the subtree that are displayed between the two objects These two methods are illustrated in Fig 4 50 SVANTEK 68 Supervisor User Manual dosimetry Task based Task 1 T1 2 5VL EV Time history TH 1 E V Profile 1 OSHA HC Selecting this object withthe CTRLbutton 1 74 2 Pres E B ae dose a IV Profile 2 OSHA PEL LE 7 alsocauses the selection of this object andallother Logger dose MIN type objects a Using the CTRL button z Noise dosimetry Task base
117. u can add a panel to the current session by clicking twice on its name in this list Add panel pa M Click on the bar to hide m Hearing protectors 0 4869 7 this list m Instrument configuration Logger 1 1 Octave Click twice to add a panel to the current session Nu Logger 1 1 Octave TSect e Logger combined ns Logger results Fig 4 13 The Add panel list of all panels available for the current data You can add any number of panels you want including multiple panels of the same types All the panels added to the current session are listed in the Panels list located at the left side of the window You can use this list to jump to a selected panel by double clicking it You can also rename a panel by selecting it and clicking its name To delete a panel use the button located at its top right corner To make it fill the whole panels area use the 2 button Panels are automatically scaled to fit the size of the panels area in horizontal direction Their order in the vertical direction specifies the order in which data will be contained in the report You can change the position of a panel using the drag amp drop technique SVANTEK 43 Supervisor User Manual Click on the bar to hide this panel Double click to jump to the selected panel OR Select panel and click on its name to rename it Fig 4 14 The Panels panel containing a list of panels added to the current session The
118. using the context menu or the meum button SVANTEK 10 Supervisor User Manual e remove the report using the context menu Note In order for the described buttons to be available you have to enable showing the columns corresponding to the calibration reports in the Inventory table To do so check the Instrument Calibration Report or Calibrator Calibration Report option in the context menu opened by clicking with the right mouse button on the header of one of the Inventory table s columns 2 3 EDITING THE INSTRUMENTS SETTINGS The Setup Editor tool available in the Supervisor application enables one to acquire settings from a connected device and modify them using a clear graphical interface as well as to store the setup on the PC for later use In order to use the Setup Editor open the Settings tab in the Instrument window Fig 2 9 Supervisor Instrument Il nsi H Data Browser Session Fig 2 9 The Settings tab in the Instrument window Svantek instruments settings can be edited in Supervisor only in the form of setup files svt stored on the PC That is in order to modify the settings of a connected Svantek instrument you first need to download the setup file This can be done using the Instrument files Local files panels Once a setup file is stored on the PC it can be opened in order to edit it using the Setup Editor located on the right side of the screen and then applied in a conn
119. v Daily noise exposure Uncertainty contribu Expanded uncertainty Wiser dg dB dg dg John 87 9 3 0 The results are presented in this table Fig 5 9 The Noise exposure panel with the Full day strategy selected SVANTEK 79 Supervisor User Manual The results of at least three full day measurements should be available order to use the Full day strategy The dispersion of data is also displayed since if the dispersion is greater than 3 dB two more full day measurements should be performed The expanded uncertainty of estimation is also calculated and displayed next to the results The contribution of uncertainty due to sampling i e caused by limited length of samples is displayed separately If it exceeds 3 5 dB it is advisable to consider a modification of the measurement plan 5 4 2 HAND ARM VIBRATION EXPOSURE The Hand Arm vibration exposure panel serves for estimating the level of daily exposure to hand arm vibration according to the ISO 5349 2 standard using vibration measurement results The data are ordered according to the user and task information assigned to data The methods for working with assignments are here the same as in the case of the Noise exposure panel for details see Section 5 4 1 Once data have been selected for calculation you need to declare the exposure duration for each task and user The daily exposure values for each of the users will then be displayed in the yellow cells
120. was modified in any other way Instrument calibration certificate the title of the calibration certificate Calibration validity date date of calibration certificate s validity Calibrator Serial Number serial number of the instrument s calibrator Note The information about calibration can be specified by clicking with the right mouse button on the table row containing a particular Svantek instrument and in the context menu selecting the Edit calibration info command Fig 2 3 Instrument Calibration Report and Calibrator Calibration Report for details see Section 2 2 2 below SVANTEK 7 Supervisor User Manual Connected Instrument Clock Setup activation No SV 100 202 222 eS Edit calibration info Add instrument calibration report Add calibrator calibration report Click with right mouse button Look for new firmware Remove from Inventory SV 106 20965 Instrument calibration certificate Calibration validity date 2013 10 04 Calibrator serial number Fig 2 3 Editing calibration information The calibration validity date in the Inventory panel is colored according to the time remaining until the validity period is exceeded By default the colors mean the following Black means that there are at least 90 days left Yellow means that there are at least 14 but less than 90 days left Orange means that there are less than 14 days left Red means that the cali
121. y and uncheck the ones you want to hide The available columns are Name the instrument s name only available for SV 104 instruments Clock the date and time set in the real time clock of the Svantek instrument you can adjust it to match the PC s date and time by pressing the button You can also click with the right mouse button on the row corresponding to the selected instrument in order to open a context menu allowing to specify the date and time manually Free memory the amount of free space on the instrument s SD card in percent This option is available only for selected types of Svantek instruments Firmware version the version number of firmware installed on the instrument Last setup upload date the date and time when the last setup file was uploaded from Supervisor to the Svantek instrument Last uploaded setup name the name of the last setup file uploaded from Supervisor to the Svantek instrument Last setup activation date the date and time when the last setup file was activated applied in the Svantek instrument using Supervisor Last activated setup name the name of the last setup file activated applied in the the Svantek instrument using Supervisor Note The information about the last uploaded activated setup files concerns only the setup files uploaded from Supervisor installed on the particular PC so the setup file in the Svantek instrument can be different newer than displayed if it
122. y professionals The Supervisor base module is available for all users free of charge 1 1 ABOUT SUPERVISOR General characteristics e Easy to use intuitive interface e Easy measurement database management and browsing e Very convenient and fast generation of reports with templates and by free hand e Powerful tools for data analysis e Easy installation including sample measurement files e Available in English German Portuguese Spanish e Contextual help coming soon Main applications e Noise dosimetry o Exceedance data presentation from measurement files o Noise exposure recalculations in accordance with ISO 9612 o Hearing protection adjustment in accordance with ISO 4869 2 What if analysis to simulate effects of noise source insulation e Sound level meters o Time history logger based recalculations with possibility of break time and disturbance removal 1 1 1 3 octave band sound analysis e Vibration dosimetry dose recalculations in accordance with ISO 5349 2 Whole Body dose recalculations in accordance with ISO 2631 1 Measurement instruments management e Easy access to instrument configuration and data e Quick measurement data download e Clear setup editor with presets for compliance with health amp safety legislation e Inventory management with calibration certificate validity notifications Analysis tools e Wide range of available charts for adjustable data presentation in plot

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