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Introduction to the Measurement Partner Suite

1. Export to an Excel file C Export to tab separated ASCII file i r C Export to Evaluator Type 7820 21 C Export to Protector Type 7825 C Export to Qualifier Type 7230 31 C Export to 7810 7816 XML file Export to an XML file C Export to NSI Type 7752 C Export toa Pack and Go file Select which type of file format you would like your data exported to The choices are normally Excel text or XML format but if you are using one of Bruel amp Kjzer s other post processing software packages they will also appear in the list of radio buttons and can be selected If none of these products have been installed they will be greyed out in the list Export only part of the project can be used to export data from a specific time period of a logging project to Excel ASCII Evaluator Protector 7810 7816 or XML You can set the region by selecting a marker in the Marker Table View by clicking and dragging and selecting Export Region in the Profile View or by manually entering times Once you have chosen which data is to be exported click the button The button will be a Finish button if no more selections are necessary or a Next button to display wizard dialogues for further selections like in Export to an Excel file One of the following screen appears depending on the type of data to be exported Select what to export There are two screen possible compositions depending on the type of data the primary and alternat
2. Degrees Minutes DD MM mmmmY DD MM mmmmxX Example 55 49 0038N 12 31 9713E Degrees Minutes Seconds DD MM SS sssY DD MM SS sssxX Example 55 49 0 288N 12 31 58 278E where X E or W and Y N or S If you use degrees only then you can use instead of N S and E W example 43 08011N 79 071007W 43 08011 79 071007 You can use instead of space between latitude and longitude The GPS note can be used to locate the measurement on Google Maps 1 Create a Note for example we Edit Note Position 55 916 730N 12 532855E Altitude 16 6 Position Eror 12 1 2 Click Save 3 Rename the Note to for example GPS Note 1 the GPS is required NOTES B Note 1 _ Edit p Cut IMAGES PY Delete H COMME BBR SIGNAL RECORDINGS P ATTACHMENTS 4 Right click on the Note and select Show in Google Maps which has now been added to the menu or open the Note for editing and click the new button Map Calculations Unless a particular section states otherwise a BZ 5503 B license is required to perform calculations The following functions can be used in the Calculations tab Logarithmic Addition and Subtraction Background Correction Constant value Arithmetic Subtraction Post weighting Spectra When you select the Calculations tab of the Data Viewer Hl toggles the Calculations sidebar on and off os bs tiles Xi ie est OT mt ma Project 006
3. Logged LFmin X A4 B I Logged LXPeak OGABCZ Me Leg A A 6 0 2 EE Fmax X 4 6 C 2 E Fmi X4 B C 2 All parameters in graphs have a predefined color Use this tab if you want to adjust the colors Click on the color to open a palette with colors to choose from Click Apply to set the colors immediately on an open graph to view the result Click Default to reset all colors to their predefined settings Once selected click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel any changes for which you have not clicked Apply and close the dialog IP Addresses w Options Language Graph Color F Addresses License Statistics Description Use this for instruments that have a known IP Address Normally BZ 5503 can recognise Type 2250 2270 instruments on a Local Area Network however in some cases it is not possible for example e lf the instrument is located on another network e g behind a router to be accessed through the in ternet You should then insert the global IP address of the router on this tab See also Connect an Instrument Through a Router e lf the instrument is located behind a GPRS or 3G modem with a global IP address If the IP address is fixed then you can insert the IP address here otherwise you can insert an address to a DynDNS account which resolves the address see Connect an Instrument Through a Router e Ifthe instrument is located
4. 0 dE Level 842 4u Cumulative 2 7m Select which statistics to display using the selector above the graph Total Logged or Report This setting is linked to a similar parameter in the Spectrum view The frequency of the Spectrum cursor selects the statistics from the spectral statistics this requires that spectral statistics have been measured You can change the x and y axis ranges by double clicking on the maximum or minimum values typing in a new value and pressing lt Enter gt Double click on the axis to return to the original setting Tone Table View Requires license BZ 5503 B The Tone Table View lists the tones found from tone assessment of FFT or 1 3 octave CPB spectra according to the setting chosen in the Tone Analysis Setup Select the settings you need from the drop down lists and enter or scroll to change dB values Then click Analyze to make the calculations For CPB you can e Assess tones in a measured 1 3 octave spectrum according to ISO 1996 2007 Annex D e Assess tones in a measured 1 3 octave spectrum according to Italian Law Ministero dell ambiente Decreto 16 marzo 1998 Project 008 ARCHIVES Test archive SW Package 8 2250 Project 008 n Tone Frequency Level Left Diference Right Difference Hz dB dB dB Tone Analysis Setup Analyze 1000 93 8 20 20 2 Tone Standard ISO 1996 2 2007 Low Freg Last Band 125 Hz Middle Freg Last Band 400 Hz Level Differenc
5. 2011 Measurement Start Time Stop Time Elapsed Time LAeg LCpeak LAFmax LAFmin Ove dB dB dE dE 3 Total 05 10 2011 13 34 19 05 10 2011 13 36 37 00 02 18 J37 86 4 70 2 20 4 0 0 Loaged 05 10 2011 13 35 49 05 10 7011 13 35 50 00 00 01 99 2 79 0 61 0 56 8 05 10 2011 13 33 49 05 10 2011 13 35 59 00 00 10 63 1 70 2 31 0 TERE 05 10 2011 13 34 19 05 10 2011 13 36 37 00 02 18 ee 70 2 20 4 lt Repot Post vigt None l View As 3 Oci Tone L2eq dE Cursor values ef X 800 Hz L eq 53 3 dB 55 4 i6 315 63 1275 250 500 ik 23k 4k ok i6k Ac Hz Once you have added a report Remove Time Reports becomes available in the wizard Note When you use Remove Time Reports you removes the report However if the project an Enhanced Logging project a report has already been created on the instrument Creating an report in the application retains the original report so when using Remove Time Reports you can revert to the original report that was meas ured with the instrument Export Region To export a limited region click and drag in the profile view and select Export Region from the pop up menu to open the Export Wizard Zooming You can zoom in on part of the profile by clicking inside the profile and dragging the mouse pointer horizon tally When you release the mouse button select Zoom from the pop up menu Project 007 ral 0 aT E losar il 1 _ fi m PH 4 4 i 40 yas a re
6. Delete and Rename which are self explanatory Context Menus Specific to BZ 5503 Software On line Display Use this option to start the on line display which allows you to view the instruments display remotely on your PC and use the simulated keyboard to control measurements and data Create User Type 2250 2270 only Use this option to create a new user on the instrument by typing the new name into the entry field provided Select which method you want to use to create the new user you can choose either the default user or clone an existing one by selecting it from the user drop down list Once you have selected what you want click the Create button To Archive Use this option to transfer the currently selected data from your instrument to the archive Select an archive from the drop down list that appears in the pop up window or click the New button to create a new archive Check the checkbox if you want to delete the data from the instrument once it has been trans ferred to the archive Click the Start Transfer button to start the process Create Job Folder Use this option to create a new job folder in the archive Type the new name into the entry field of the window that pops up then click the Create button to add your new folder to the archive Disconnect Instrument Use this option to disconnect the connection between the PC and the instrument Instrument Clock Synchronization You can synchronize your instrument clock with
7. Mover VP 0647 first and then to the other instrument afterwards You can also move licenses between two License Movers VP 0647 The License Mover VP 0647 can hold Type 2250 2250 Light MATRON 3 Light 2260 and 2270 soft ware licenses Instrument Service Information Should you encounter any problems with your instrument the Service Information window provides you with all the information you will need to enable you to contact Bruel amp Kj r Instrument Service Information 3 0 DCBA 1767 7975 DBD B345 938E License expires within 202 days License expires within 202 days License expires within 202 days License expires within 202 days License expires within 202 days License expires within 202 days License expires within 202 days License expires within 202 days License expires within 02 days License expires within 202 days This includes e The serial number of your instrument e Hardware information for your instrument e Software information for your instrument The dialog can be accessed by right clicking on the instrument in the INSTRUMENTS node and selecting Service Info The window can be copied to your clipboard then pasted into an email and sent to your local Bruel amp Kj r representative If you experience severe problems with your instrument then use Save Error Logs to retrieve error logs from the instrument and save them on your PC Then please zip these logs and send them to your local Bruel amp K
8. Settings gt BZ 5503 login required 3 Select Yes or No The user name and password defined in the instrument s preferences is reused for this purpose which will be found under Remote Access Settings gt Password lf password protection is enabled when connecting instruments to Measurement Partner you will be prompted for a username and password that has been stored encrypted in the PC registry for this instru ment If the instrument has not been connected before you will be prompted to type in a user name and password or to cancel the connection attempt If password protection is enabled old versions of the PC software can no longer access the instrument and new versions of the PC software can connect only if the credentials are known NOTE If an old version of BZ 5503 tries to connect to a protected instrument it will deny the connection If a remote display is attempted anyway the old versions of BZ 5503 will crash On line Display The on line display and keyboard connect to the instrument you have selected in explorer They allow you to control and monitor your measurements remotely from your PC 26 4079 Note The on line display can be active while transferring data to the archive or to the instrument More than one on line display can be active at the same time this means that different instruments can have their own on line display Archive Archives Node Transfer Data from the Archive to the Instrument Cre
9. a single sheet L2 will output L2 spectra for each position to a single sheet B2 will output B2 spectra for each position to a single sheet T2 Spectra will output T20 and T30 spectra for each position to a single sheet T2 Decay will output reverberation decays for each position to a single sheet Each selection will output data to a separate sheet Select the data you want to export and the final screen appears Settings for Export to Excel 3 Settings for the export to Excel Destination file Excel master file Empty Master xlsx a iY Launch Excel after export eee ace i aoe Bi at ge Se rei e E ai Be Ea Previous You can e Save the output in an Excel file either by typing the name into the entry field or browsing to it using the browse button e Select an Excel Master File either by typing the name into the entry field or browsing to it using the browse button Note The parameters in the header row will be in the language selected in Options Language e Launch Excel after export Export Data to Excel You can View all data for each Sound Level Meter or Frequency Analysis Project in one row View all data for each logging interval in Logging Projects in one row View all data for each Report interval in Periodic Reports in one row View Reverberation Time data or decays Export as much data as you want in one go within the scope of a single User s data and the limita t
10. drop down above the graph Clicking with the mouse on the graph sets the Main cursor unless you point at one of the special cursors to drag it to another position or change the width The other drop downs above the graph allow you to choose the scaling PWR RMS PSD ESD Peak Peak Peak the frequency weighting A or Z Acceleration Velocity or Displacement Accelerometer measurements only and Linear or Logarithmic Y axis if data has been saved with Engineering units set Check the Frequency Correction checkbox if you want corrected amplitude and frequency to be calculated for peaks between FFT lines You can zoom in on part of the spectrum by clicking with the left mouse button inside the spectrum and drag ging it while pressing lt Shift gt When you release the left mouse button the spectrum is zoomed The overview of the spectrum is displayed above the zoomed spectrum a box on the overview spectrum indicates the zoomed part Use the mouse pointer to drag the box to another part of the x axis for a Zoomed display of this part Double click on the x and y axes to unzoom Right click inside the spectrum to select which parameters to display Plate RU ARCHIVES Plate RU 2 50 Motor RU Plate RU Main RMS wat z Acceleration M Freg Correction dE re lum s2 Cursor values 140 xX 2 938 kHz y MAX MAX 47 0 dB re 1pm w FFT FFT 40 2 dE re ium s 120 be 100 Copy Graph ctrl E lain Copy Data Corr Fr
11. hardware version 4 no language selection is possible all available languages are installed automatically 6 Click Install Warning Do not interrupt the installation process The installation will take several minutes The instrument will automatically restart when the installation is finished Note e lf you are upgrading software your preferences are maintained but you will have to o adjust the touch screen using Main Menu gt Preferences gt Display Settings gt Adjust Touch screen o select you preferred language and time zone using Main Menu gt Preferences gt Regional Set tings e lf you are downgrading software templates are reset i e overwritten A valid license is required to run an application on the instrument If you have purchased your instrument together with the application s the relevant license s will come pre installed on the instrument If you pur chased a separate application for your instrument you must install the license on the instrument Troubleshooting If you have experienced serious problems in starting and using the software you have tried the Reset Op tions described in the Troubleshooting section of the User Manual for the instrument and you are not able to install software using the USB then you can install instrument software using a CF card Templates The templates for user 2250 or 2270 will be updated when installing upgrading 2250 2270 software You have to manually up
12. in BZ 5503 so changes to these settings will also be used in fu ture calculations however calculations that have already been performed will not be updated A smiley is displayed for the status of the entire correction corresponding Position status in Building Acous tics It is not possible to see the status for each octave band It is not possible to make background correction on a spectrum that is already a result of a background cor rection Maintenance Installing Software Modules on the Instrument Installing Software Modules on the Instrument Using a CF card Installing Licenses for Instrument Software Moving Instrument Licenses Instrument Service Information Enhancements Log Installing Software Modules on the Instrument BZ 5503 can be used for updating or upgrading new software applications on your instrument It can even downgrade to specific software versions if required by type approval authorities Using BZ 5503 you can also install licenses for the specific applications and if you have hardware version 1 3 install your pre ferred language with G4 hardware all languages are pre installed in the instrument Installation requires a USB connection between BZ 5503 and the instrument BZ 5503 clearly indicates whether the new software version is an update free of charge or an upgrade license fee To install software modules 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Select the instrument by clicking on
13. marker extensions Select the type of Marker to use If you want to remove existing markers of the type you have selected select Remove existing marker occurrences 6 Click Finish to add the markers to the Profile View and the Marker Table View SiS a You can also rename markers from the Marker Table Adding a Report y You can also add reports covering time periods longer than the logging period by clicking on the Marker and Report Wizard to open 1 Click on Add Time Reports 2 Select a Report Period or enter a value for Use logging time the number of logging periods to include in each report period Changing one of these values changes the other 3 If you want the reports to match the current cursor position select Synchronize reports with profile cursor 4 Click Finish to add the Report to the Table View You can view the data in the reports in e the Profile View by right clicking in the Profile View and choosing the Report parameters to display e the Spectrum View and Statistics View by selecting the Report line in Table View and clicking in the Profile View Manual Level MarkerS Sound Cursor values Report dE Mt 13 35 49 13 35 59 op 1 E L eg 63 1 dB sadin E Logged T ji jig H Ss ull T w 13 95 49 19 35 50 ii LAFmax 61 0 dB pa LAFmin 56 8 dB 40 a oe a0 LL pear 75 0 gB Hate l LAeq 59 2 dB Lais4i20 13 34 40 Ls 35 00 13 35 20 13 35 40 13 36 00 13 36 20 05 10
14. templates Then right Ic Name Size a BUILDACOUST CPB li CPBAdv fh ENHLOGCPB HE ENHLOGSLM aa FFT 4 FFT ADVANCED FFT ANALYZER ADVANCED a FFT QUALITY CHECK FFT VIBRATION ANALYZER m FFT VIBRATION METER fia LOGCPB h LOGSLM NMT REVERBERATION TIME SLM dB SLMAdv SLM Basic Licenses ES Software click and select Copy or To Archive or click 45 Date Modified 11 KB 19 08 2009 19 14 48 10 KB 19 08 2009 19 14 48 11 KB 19 08 2009 19 14 48 17 KB 19 08 2009 19 14 48 14 KB 19 08 2009 19 14 46 OKB 19 08 2009 19 1446 10 KB 15 05 2009 15 76 24 14 KB 21 05 2009 07 42 54 11 KB 27 04 2010 11 26 28 9 KE 15 04 2010 06 54 24 OKB 15 03 2010 14 16 23 16 KB 19 08 2009 19 14 46 13 KB 19 08 2009 19 1446 18 KB 20 09 2012 07 58 54 7 KB 19 08 2009 19 1446 7 KB 19 08 2009 19 1446 amp KB 19 08 2009 19 1446 5 KB 19 08 2009 19 14 46 Date Created 19 08 2009 19 1448 19 08 2009 19 14 46 19 08 2009 19 14 48 19 08 2009 19 14 48 19 08 2009 19 14 46 19 08 2009 19 14 46 13 05 2009 13 26 24 21 05 2009 07 42 54 27 04 2010 11 26 28 15 04 2010 06 34 24 15 03 2010 14 16 28 19 08 2009 19 14 46 19 08 2009 19 14 46 24 10 2009 14 35 56 19 08 2009 19 14 46 19 08 2009 19 1446 19 06 2009 19 14 46 19 08 2009 19 1446 A 2250 B 2270 You now have backup templates for your instrument that can be copied to the instrument or any other in strument of the same type as required Note that Types 2250
15. the Pack and Go file in Windows Explorer and drag and drop the file in the tree To Organise Templates in Archives Templates that are in archives can be copied to any number of instruments if the same template setup is required for the instruments This means that BZ 5503 can be used as an backup archive for templates in case they are deleted from or modified in the instrument 1 Configure the templates on the instrument according to how you want the data to be saved 2 Create a new archive one in which you will not store any data in BZ 5503 and add a default user to this archive Default templates provided with BZ 5503 are added to the user so before you go on to the next step you may want to delete these However there must always be at least one template so you can de lete all but one and then right click select Rename and give it a meaningless name You can then delete it later after step 3 3 Copy the templates you have created on the instrument to the archive you have created in BZ 5503 by selecting the templates you want to copy for example from a user tab of the MAINTENANCE tab 2270 in the screenshot below ae 62 5503 Measurement Partner Suite DATA MAINTENANCE P mra ra c m ARCHIVES ae Tey Test Archive SW Package 13 Te Test Archive SW Package 8 2507259 INSTRUMENTS 2507259 INSTRUMENTS Xe 2507259 Ready To do so use lt Ctrl A gt or a combination of lt Ctrl gt lt Shift gt click to select the
16. the network an IP address which consists of four sets of three digit numbers e g 010 116 121 016 Typically the instrument is set up to automatically ob tain the IP address Consult the User Manual and local IT administrator if there is a problem If you use WLAN network name and security settings must be specified please consult the User Manual Typically no extra settings are necessary for BZ 5503 to connect to instruments on the same LAN as the PC When an instrument is connected to the LAN it is automatically detected by BZ 5503 If the instru ment is not found then either it is not turned on or there is a router between the instrument and the PC If not found you can try to use the Refresh button on the toolbar to re search for instruments 5 Click i INSTRUMENTS to show the Instrument view and check the checkbox for the instrument to which you wish to connect All instruments detected on the network are listed here Click on the toolbar to search for instruments on the network An instrument can only be connected to one version of BZ 5503 at a time If you are not using the instrument anymore you can disconnect by closing the online display and unchecking the instrument in the INSTRU MENTS node This means other people can now connect to the instrument The instruments view indicates which instruments are in use by displaying n use next to them If an instrument is in use you cannot connect to it before the other us
17. the serial number in the INSTRUMENTS node INSTRUMENTS Ars 2907259 3 Click the Software tab to see the table showing the installed versions of the software modules The software packages available at the time were copied to your PC when you installed BZ 5503 Later versions of these software packages may now be available on the Support site at www bksv com The 2250 software package consists of a number of software modules All software modules are in stalled when you install a package you cannot pick out a single module from a package and install it separately In general it is recommended to keep your instrument updated with the latest software modules please check the Support site on www bksv com at regular intervals See Type Approved Software Versions below 4 Select the 2250 2270 Software Package to install select package to install 2250 2270 SW Package No 26 2012 03 13 Description Currently installed To be installed li ate Analysis Software m i ig 3 3 m oy ow Logging Software a n go Recording Option z M AU ssi Time Software 7 7 a Acoustics Software z 7 a ae pogani Acoustics SW T m Dy sal Gii Software m 7 on Pai ane Option ae a in nn Software a a0 ni eden Intensity Software a F 5 If you are installing on an instrument with hardware version 1 to 3 select up to three languages in addition to English for the user interface If you are installing on an instrument with
18. to External Software 1 Open BZ 5503 and click the DATA tab at the top of the window to show the Data view 2 Select the data to export in the Archive Explorer you can select multiple projects and or Job folders in the list view on the right t 3 Right click the selected data and select Export from the drop down or click L amp I on the toolbar Se lect the required type of export in the Export control panel If you want to export to Microsoft Excel see Export Data to Excel ASCII XML or Pack and Go click Next and specify what to export if required and a destination file for the output 4 Click Finish to export the data The external software will automatically be started and display the result To Create Your Own Master Excel Files 1 Select the data for export 1st screen of the Export wizard Export the selected data which creates an Excel output file 2nd screen of the Export wizard 3 Use that file to create your own Master Files for filtering or reporting by deleting the data you want to filter away and or adding the report features graphs tables etc you want 3rd screen of the Export wizard N To Export to a Customized Master Excel File Export a Complete Set of Data Use the Export wizard to select the data for export and the EmptyMaster xls EmptyMaster xlsx as the Mas ter File This is the file used when you want export the complete set of data It consists of an empty Excel file Filte
19. with the other Master Files 5 Export your data using MyReport xls as the Master File the resulting Excel file will contain the re quired data and reports Note It is essential that the filter matches the measured data To Create New Users on Your Instrument Note This topic is for Type 2250 2270 only Type 2250 2270 can handle more than one user of the instrument Each user has their own set of prefer ences templates and jobs projects completely invisible to other users This can also be very useful when organising large jobs or cases you can separate the cases completely from each other by handling each case as a user The transducers the calibration setup and the calibration histories of the transducers are common to all us ers cases To Create a User Case on the Instrument Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 Select the instrument in the tree view Type the name of the new user case in the Create User dialog Type in the name of the new user select whether the settings preferences and templates for the new user will be the default settings or the same as the settings of a user already defined on the in strument 6 Click Create 1 2 at 3 Click the Add User button 4 on the toolbar or right click the instrument and select Create User 4 5 Note New users can also be created in the archive using the Data tab and then transferred to Type 2250 2270 To Enable the New User Case 1 Set the
20. 10 2011 13 35 17 00 00 32 35 2 IAA 67 9 Sound 05 10 2011 13 35 42 05 10 2011 13 36 03 00 00 21 60 2 61 2 70 2 Sound 05 10 2011 13 36 17 05 10 2011 13 36 31 00 00 14 57 3 49 1 66 5 lt NOTE e Sound markers have wav files attached e f you have added attachments at the sample level in the Profile view you can display a list of them in the Marker Table view Right click Menus Depending on the type of marker selected the following menu items may be available e Copy Copies a row of the table to the clipboard e Copy entire table Copies the entire table to the clipboard Includes all marker types Edit Opens the Marker Edit dialog allowing you to change marker type and position and to attach a file Export region Opens the Export Wizard allowing you to export the region covered by the marker Delete Deletes the marker cannot be undone Play Plays the wave file attached to the selected marker Save Recording Save the selected sound as a wave file Join Recordings Saves all sounds as wave files combining adjacent markers i e markers with no time interval between them into a single file e Marker Properties Saves the new name to the marker file and reflects it in the Marker Table and profile NOTE The setup file is not modified The marker names in the setup are not updated and if you transfer the project back to a 2250 it will show the original marker names Rename Markers There two ways to rename markers 1 I
21. 2005 22 59 00 Exclude Event Level dE ii 100 ye 50 f j 18 00 no 00 00 00 Oe a0 OO 15 12 72005 Measured Calculations lyric Eland fat th brat thy LAeq dE 34 6 36 6 32 0 ui h ah ry 12 00 00 However if your project contains data from 100 ms logging you can click resolution of the markers to 100 ms LCeq LAFmiax Lf dE dE c 61 9 64 5 61 9 64 5 01 8 41 3 gt Cursor values Report jx 0000 00 01 00 00 L eg 31 9 dB Logged x 00 36 00 00 37 00 ILAFmax 34 4 dB ILAFrmin 30 1 dB L eg 31 8 dB 100 ms IM 0036 45 00 37 15 LAF 30 32 33 53 dB in the toolbar to change the Proj ect O11 RCHIVES Test Archive SW P M Overview E Exclude E Level Marker Type Start Time End Time Event 14 12 2005 21 02 14 8 14 12 2005 22 58 46 2 Event 14 12 2005 21 07 14 8 14 12 2005 21 41 38 1 Event 14 12 2005 22 06 15 1 14 12 2005 22 58 46 2 lt Exclude Event Level dE 100 F 50 f MMI aE i n 18 00 00 00 0000 06 0000 15 12 2005 Measured Calculations lackage 842250 Project 011 Duration s 01 31 54 00 39 23 00 52 31 LAeg dE 34 6 36 7 32 0 12 00 00 LAFmax dB Cursor values Report 00 00 00 01 00 00 L eg 31 9 dB Logged s 00 36 00 00 37 00 LAFmax 34 4 dB LAFmin 30 1 dB L eg 31 8 dB 100 ms A 00 36 45 00 37 15 LAF 30 32 33 53 dB You can use this if you wish to view the data in greater detail particularly i
22. 250 Source User 2250 Source Internal Disk Will transfer above data Infinite times starting 19 04 2012 11 13 12 with this interval Daily Cancel Ok 1 Select Start Immediately or enter a Start Time and select a Start Date 2 Set Execute to Infinitely or to This many Times and enter the number of times 3 Set the Interval at which to transfer data If you select Custom the format is Days Hours Min utes Seconds 4 Check the details and click OK The schedule appears in the TASKS area below the tree view and you can view details such as source destination next schedule etc and any errors that may have arisen such as attempting to transfer data to an archive that has been deleted or from an SD card that has been removed You can also edit the schedule or delete it To ensure that your schedule task is running properly e The instrument must be turned on running and have a connection to BZ 5503 via either USB or net work e fa schedule is set up to retrieve data from an SD CF card then do not remove the card e BZ 5503 must be left running on the PC to which the data are to be transferred e Do not remove disconnect the Archive in which the scheduler has been set to save data Drag and Drop You can also transfer data by dragging it from the instrument and dropping it in an archive If you drag and drop a job folder a button is added in the TASK information for the transfer You can then click Ec t
23. 6 Select Transfer new data and you will transfer all data saved since your last transfer Set Date lets you change the date as required 7 Click and the data will be transferred into the selected archive Transferred data will be stored in the archive using the same user and job folder structure as on the instrument Advanced Data Transfer 3 Navigate to the data in the Instrument you want to transfer by using the tree You can select multiple job folders and or projects in the list view 4 Right click on the selected data and select To Archive or click 65 on the toolbar Select an archive for data storage in the Send data to archive wizard 5 Select Transfer selected data 6 Click and the data including the data in subfolders will be transferred into the selected ar chive using the same user and job folder structure as on the instrument 7 Repeat steps 3 6 until you have transferred all required data 8 Delete the projects no longer required on the instrument by right clicking on the project s and select ing Delete from the context menu that appears Advanced Using Drag and Drop 3 Navigate to the data in the Instrument you want to transfer by using the tree You can select multiple job folders and or projects in the list view 4 Drag and drop data to its final destination in an already created archive 5 Navigate to the archive to which data was transferred to find your data again in the Archive Explorer Pausing D
24. 70 nnnnnnn where nnnnnnn is the serial number of the instrument or by the MAC address of the LAN adaptor the MAC address is available under Prefer ences on the instrument If the router can reserve a static IP address for the instrument then the instrument can keep the Set IP Address Automatically otherwise you need to manually set the instrument up for an IP address in the range allowed by the router e Setup the router to forward port 80 TCP to the IP address of the instrument the IP address set in the first step This is typically done in a section called Port Forwarding Network Address Trans lation NAT or Applications amp Gaming e The router needs to have a static external IP address this is arranged with your Internet Service Provider Often this is the standard setting If you don t know the address then you can look it up by using a PC connected to the LAN behind the router Use the web address www myipaddress com or similar services Additional Settings for the GPRS 3G Router In addition to the settings needed for the router to phone the Network Operator please consult the manual for the router and a SIM card with Data subscription you need a static and global IP address for the GPRS 3G connection Please consult your Network Operator If it is not possible to get a static IP address for the router then the router will get an IP address every time it connects to the network through GPRS 3G Note If
25. 8 908 KB 21 310 KB 20 614 KB amp package bin 25 11 2010 23 47 BIN File 4 KE 9 items 3 Power off the instrument and insert the CF card in the CF slot on the instrument 4 Press and hold down the Commentary and Save pushbuttons while switching on the in strument The Maintenance Mode initial screen will be displayed 5 Press the Accept vo pushbutton to Update 2250 2270 Software This takes a few minutes 6 Then press the Accept fo pushbutton to Reset to Default Settings This will install the rest of the applications and reset the instrument to the SLM template with no transducer selected This takes a few minutes When done the instrument initialises in SLM mode Please adjust the touch screen in Preferences Display Settings Select your transducer again in the topmost line of the Transducers display Remove the CF Card Instrument Software Updates When an instrument is connected to BZ 5503 and a new software package is available for the instrument you will be notified Click for screenshot A newer version of the instrument software is available This pop up can be disabled in Tools gt Options gt Update Software Package 26a version 4 0 1 software Bugs fixed in version 4 0 1 Not possible to use memory devices that fails speed test SMS and e mail notifications doesn t work correct G4 only Free space on internal disk not reported correctly G4 only BZ7224 25 Problems controling manu
26. B Annotations and Attachments When you transfer data from your instrument to BZ 5503 any notes recordings images etc associated with the data are also transferred BZ 5503 also allows you to add annotations and attachments to data in the Archives At the project level e At marker level e Atsample level Project Annotations and Attachments Annotations and attachments at the project level can be seen in the Data View in columns like the C Com mentary N Note S Signal Recording columns shown below Se 67 5503 Measurement Partner Suite DATA kri Tk i a Et J ARCHIVES i Measurements with Signal Recording fc Hame Ore Graph Start Time Curation Lisg Lifmax L fmin W 1 i ii Project 008 2707 KE Ds OS 10 2011 133100 On13a 60 2 772 wi b eo al Ai Project 007 S376 yi nw Lig a0 aaa oaoa 557 702 w B nn Project O08 321KB i Peer OF M0201 135653 000137 577 761 203 B H E Test Archive SW Package 3 INSTRUMENTS TASES Three buttons in the Data Viewer toolbar allow you to add attachments and annotations to your data at the Project level E Add Note Opens a simple text editor so that you can add a Note to the project Also available by right clicking a job folder or project in the ARCHIVES node U Add Annotation Opens the Add Annotation dialog that lets you attach a file to the project Commentary Signal Recording Note Image or Attachment Also available by right clicki
27. CE tab and select your instrument in the INSTRUMENTS node The License Mover appears to the right of the list of installed software r Te BESO Miniemen Piire hate m MAIN TOHLANCE EI FACE at al ARCHIVES 2 z liN H tian 2672079 pm H E re E ya Record my TEG Ti E ie Eg ere hipp uT An E Taek Archive Si Package d kitar Coma it a dg or ar AE RSS i marae okt Frequency Anahss Software H BMS TRUMEMTS hen mraz 3s Te SET di Frequency Analysis Software 4 SPOT E PEE Fa Logging SOS We a BITIM 40 aad r x I ae Enhanced Logging Software re ead Sa A aS on Signal Recording Croton I ari Reverberabon Time Software Gi Building Acoustics Sotware m prt EET Anais Software fe TASES ENHA E P Add licens fo sound kere meter Ae beers oe 5 Ly Licenses EJ cotwan 2 Di F er 3 Select the license s that you want to move to or from the License Mover and click wf or W as appropriate Note e You cannot move licenses with a limited availability e g licenses expiring after a number of days e License version 3 x indicates that the license is valid for versions 3 1 3 2 3 3 etc of the module but not for version 4 0 for example e You cannot install a license again after it has been moved out from an instrument you have to move it back again to make the module available e You cannot move licenses directly from one instrument to another you have to move them to a Li cense
28. ENA ini it i PA A i LC lr UP ll Pal i i 4 Pha i AI I 12 59 20 12 59 40 13 00 00 13 00 20 13 00 40 13 01 00 13 01 20 13 01 40 13 02 00 13 02 20 13 02 40 LAF 40 3 dB 30 10 2006 Meanurement Start Tene Stop Tire Elapsed Tiree Larg L peak L fmes LAFmin Gwerloae dE dE dB da Total 30 10 2005 12 5505 30 10 2006 1 Nn i A Logged 30 10 2005 L30241 30 10 2005 10247 000001 425 679 43 0 38 6 100 ms 30 10 2006 130241 9 30 10 2005 1402420 0000001 13 Repeat 30 10 2006 L30000 30 10 2006 130242 Ue ff 1229 419 314 oo Klarker 30 10 2006 LASS 30 10 4005 1302da OM 63 5 65 6 31 Total Post wot None view as Laod tone ited a Tots dB Cursor values 95 800 Hz Cursor values K BOO Hz 1 X 67 0 68 0 a L2Fmax 82 4 dB B Level 46 1m L Smax 75 3 de 6a Lfeg 57 4 da L 5man 22 1 08 LiFmin 20 0 d 20 Cumulative 1 9 o Add annaiahons useng LLL L it ie at T the buttons above o 35 125 500 2k ak AC o 2 40 60 100 120 140 poner a Hz dB 3j ara teasured a This button shows the data in an external viewer with reduced toolbar and reduced functionality for example you cannot add attachments and annotations using the side bar In this way you can view more than one project at a time The Data Viewer displays the data in up to six different views Profile View Table View Spectrum View Statistics View Tone Table View and Marker Table View e Sound Level Meter proj
29. Hint To help you with data housekeeping when doing the measurements please create a job folder on your Type 2250 for each building acoustics task you want to perform Set the Project Name Prefix under Stor age Settings Preferences to L1 L2 B2 or T2 matching the current function you want to measure then Type 2250 will automatically do the position numbering Ci Export to Qualifier 1 Make selechons and input values Standard 150 Task Arbome Ares 10 0 om Volume 30 0 me 2 sagn Mesturennents 3 Export dala and launch Qusibe Type 7630731 1 Select the desired Standard and Task from the drop down lists a detailed description of the stand ards and tasks is available in the Qualifier Online Manual Chapter 6 A number of extra values for the calculation can be set depending on the Standard and Task chosen For all standards with Airborne and Fagade tasks you can set the Area of the partition For all standards with Airborne Fa ade and Impact tasks you can set the Volume of the room For NEN standard with Fa ade task you can set Cr and Traffic Type For NEN standard with mpact task you can set Rubber Hammer and Floor For ASTM standard with Fa ade task you can set O LR Corr and OITL Corr 2 Select the data to be exported In the Project list you can select data from Frequency Analysis and Reverberation Time projects all located in the folder you selected when starting the Export wizard 3
30. Introduction to the Measurement Partner Suite Briel amp Kj r www bksv com handheld BZ 5503 Measurement dB Partner Suite Er FF llth oh w ali Initializing data model Copyright Briel amp Kj r All rights reserved What Can You Do with Measurement Partner Suite About the BZ 5503 Software Help for Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 What can you do with the Measurement Partner Suite for Hand held An alyzers BZ 55037 Measurement Partner Suite is the primary application for processing data measured with Type 2250 Type 2250 L 2250 Light Type 2250 M 2250 used with MATRON 3 Light or Type 2270 The application can export to all major Bruel amp Kj r Environmental Software applications such as Noise Explorer Type 7815 Evaluator Type 7820 21 Protector Type 7825 or Qualifier Type 7830 31 It enables you to e Setup or control Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M 2270 from a PC Upgrade and update software on the instrument or install licenses for the instrument software 1 Software Upgrades To upgrade from one major version for example 3 3 to a new major version say 4 2 please contact your local Bruel amp Kj r representative Retrieve data from Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M 2270 Manage and archive data from Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M 2270 Post process your data Export data to Type 7810 Predictor Type 7810 Environmental Noise Prediction and Control Software is a multi purpose Win
31. Leg 75 8 dB LAFmin 11 0 dB a0 40 20 20 10 7 LAFmax LAS man v LAeg LAS nin j LAFmin 16 31 5 63 125 250 300 Hz LI _ Copy Graph Measured Calculations Copy Data Copy LXeg Data to Calculations license BZ 5903 B NOTE With a BZ 5503 B license you can copy Lx data to the Calculations tab Noise Curves Logged Post Wot A View As 1A 0ci Logged dE Cursor values X 2 kHz mee 70 Lzeg 56 a NCE 60 NCB Hiss NCE Rumble NCB RW Clearly NCB RY Moderately a0 40 NR RC RC Hiss aa v LFeqg RC Rumble Post Weighting b RC RY Clearly RO RY Moderately Moise Cu b 3 5 Noise Curves OO O U Copy Graph 50 Copy Data Measured Copy LXeg Data to Calculations license BZ 5503 B To display noise curves the measurement must meet the following conditions e Noise curves require use of a Mic You must select a microphone e Noise curves can only be displayed together with LZeq e Noise curves can only be displayed for 1 1 octaves NOTE For RC and NCB you can display the limit curves for Rumble and Hiss and for Rattle and Vibration together with the 1 1 octave LZeq spectrum FFT Spectrum View The FFT Spectrum view shows the FFT spectra in graphical form Main Delta Reference Harmonic and Symmetric Delta cursors are available together with Auto Peak functionality as in FFT Analysis software BZ 7230 You select the cursor type in the
32. Multi user parameter to Enabled on the instrument under Users in the Preferences menu PREFERENCES Display Settings Power Settings B Regional Settings Storage Settings Headphone Settings Users Multi user Disabled To Switch Between Users Cases 1 Select Log Off lt user name gt from the Main Menu on Type 2250 2270 PREFERENCES AS 7 Ee ion 2 Select the new user name in the login screen and tap Login To Backup Archives The archives containing the instrument data have typically been created on the local disk of your PC or on a disk drive on your company network If you want to backup an archive use BZ 5503 as follows 1 Locate the path to the archive you want to backup 2 Click the Export button if on the toolbar Click Next in the Export dialog which will default to Export to Pack and Go file 4 Select a destination for the backup va 3 Settings for the pack and go fle Destination file Eldg cD ata brz ce W Open in file explorer 5 You can create a CD or DVD with your backup If you want to use your backup again see How to Import Pack and Go Files To Import Pack and Go Files To import Pack and Go files e Navigate to the Pack and Go file in Windows Explorer double click on the file and the file will appear in Archives NOTE If BZ 5503 is not running this method will start BZ 5503 and the file will appear in Archives or e Navigate to
33. RO BGCor 50 51 Rl PWASO SO Project 005 L7eq oy THA A C1 tat A result is calculated where the constant value defined in the setup is subtracted from each band in the spectrum If the value of a band is undefined NaN the result will also be undefined Subtraction constant settings are global in BZ 5503 so changes to these settings will also be used in future calculations however calculations that have already been performed will not be updated Background Correction A calculation is performed so that the upper spectrum in the list is corrected with the values in the lower spectrum The algorithm for used for this calculation is the same as in Building Acoustics Type 2250 and Reflex To perform Background correction 1 Select two spectra 2 Select Correct for Background Noise from the Operator drop down menu Correct for 5 Logarithmic Addition Corect for Background Noise Arithmetic Subtiattion Constant Post Weight Logarithmic Subtraction C Max Correction 20 dB Ref Spectrum Stat S1 Projet 005 Total 01 RO BGCor 50 51 Rl PWASO SO Project 005 Lzeg 3 Stipulate Background Correction Settings 4 Click l The corrections are made according to the settings that have been stipulated in Background Correction Settings You can select a standard with the corresponding parameters shown as read only or define your own parameters Background correction settings are global
34. S k E Tet forte OW Package b Test forbs SW Package TOTAAL ATS FO Sor F BMV AIL TS b BD Bertie Dat ft p Ga inohi hee Rettig ghee oH l THERES Randy Archive Tree View The archive tree view allows you to quickly navigate to the job folder and project you need in the archive List View The list view to the right of the tree view allows you to sort the data The list view contains job folders and projects with a number of details listed in the columns Right click on the column header to display the columns that are available Select deselect from the list that pops up hp LIHI MMeaserervest Partner Sune SEACHEN ARCHIVES bE Vet Archive Merten Mioter RU aachevesiten achive Sy b eect Arha DW Package 10 b E Tet Archive DA Package Li ke E M Tift irah lite Medea Cate Cate he B ao Liig Lafai difi b Test chie DA Package 1 Pid v E Te Ache PA Package 15 kichonfi eee ee no go 730 f vo beter Pe Pah stara Michail CUE OR Oe oe aa Marto w C rH i Fiabe RED pin eee WALLIGLL GEES LG GH g9 teat Bin Clee beer r ao Ficarei j bniar xo Hime vo Piai Fell Sigs het Piste RU AD J angh amp Froeci Gy 7 Start Tone h T Tees iuthar DA Feki La P ay Test Auchive SW Package 21 aap Tina e Test Archive SW Package 3 Durston b E Ten duchess SW Package o LAr a L frr n x AS TRLMEMTS Pe fp eee You can re organise the columns by clicking a column header and dragging it to anothe
35. Select the files and press the relevant Add or Remove buttons to add them to or remove them from the Sending Room L1 Receiving Room L2 Background Noise B2 or Reverberation Time T2 lists to the right of the Project list Note NEN and BREW standards require measurements from two source locations the lists appear when selecting these standards When you have selected and organized the data correctly in the lists click the Export button to start the export to Qualifier Pack and Go Files Files backup archives that have be exported to Pack and Go files B7Z can easily be imported Pack and Go files can be dragged to various levels in the archive tree e Anew archive will be created with the same name as the Pack and Go file name The archive entry will contain all the users templates jobs and projects that are included in the Pack and Go file e All the jobs and projects from all the users in the Pack and Go file will be added to this current user e All the jobs and projects from all the users in the package will be added to this job When copying users jobs and projects from the Pack and Go file to the new destination the following rules are applied e lf there is a name clash on projects the imported projects are renamed using the normal BZ 5503 naming convention e g project 1 e lf there is a name clash between users or between jobs they are treated as the same combined e Templates are only copied from t
36. Your Instrument to External Software Type 7810 12 15 16 20 25 30 Microsoft Excel or Pack and Go Create Your Own Master Excel Files Export to a Customized Master Excel File for Reporting Create New Users on your Instrument Backup Archives lmport Pack and Go Files Organise Templates in Archives Password Protect Your Instrument To Fulfil Your BZ 5503 License Before you can use the post processing modules of Measurement Partner Suite you need to fulfil your li cense online License Fulfilment Procedure In order to complete license fulfilment for BZ 5503 the software must be installed on the PC on which it will be used Steps 1 6 below can be performed on a PC that does not have the software installed Steps 7 and 8 require software installation 1 Start by doing one of the following Open the software and select Options click E License and click Fulfil Open an Internet browser and go to http license bksv com In the Login field enter your Authorisation Code from your Authorisation Card and click Submit In the Host ID field enter your Instrument Serial Number see the back of your instrument w N Note Demo licenses do not require serial numbers Continue to step 4 Click Fulfil 4 5 Check that all information is entered correctly then click Confirm 6 Click Save to File to save the license file lic to a disk drive If using another PC transfer the file to the PC
37. al CIC when signal recording is enabled BZ 7226 Sound markers become inaccurate for sound recording gt 10 minutes A number of minor bugs and speed optimizations Enhancements in version 4 0 e Supports version 4 hardware G4 Supports GPS units 77 0249 from Briel amp Kj r and ND 1008 and BU 353 from Globalsat Supports insertion of a GPS note Download Exit The check is done asynchronously so it does not slow down the connection process The update server that is checked is the one specified in the instrument on the about page under Check for Updates on the Web NOTE This URL is only available in versions 4 and later of the instrument software For older versions use lt http update bksv com 2250 latest gt and for Turbo Mecha use lt http update bksv com 2250 latestTM gt Old Turbo Mecha instruments are identified by the presence of a template TM333 or ARRIEL 1 FRONT The update dialog will only be displayed once However as long as the instrument software is older than the latest version an icon will be displayed on the instrument in the tree Click for screenshot Ye DK W7 2BFD6R1 cal 2 2250Light gt i CF Card NT t I Internal Disk t E D Card NT H i USE Disk NT vinnie _ A A e i U n 05 cbs cfs oma 26 C INSTRUMENTS Nsu connected te name pdate Available a o0 aao m Installing and Deleting Licenses for Instrument Softw
38. and 2270 use different templates so if you are using both you should create two new archives or two default users 2250 and 2270 in your archive As added security you can also backup this archive by exporting it to a Pack and Go file Note You can clone templates using Copy Paste in the same archive For example if you copy FFT Analyzer the pasted template will be called FFT Analyzer 0 You can then right click and select Rename How to Password Protection for the Instrument To turn on password protection Tap Tap Remote Access Settings Tap Password and enter your password using the keypad Tap BZ 5503 login required and select Yes Poe iS Networks Connect to a Local Area Network LAN or Wireless LAN WLAN Connect to an Instrument Through a Router Connect to a Local Area Network LAN or Wireless LAN WLAN SD WLAN Office Network Wireless Ethernet Bridge 120164 Set up the Instruments and Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 See Connect an Instrument Detection Problems Depending on the type of firewall the VPN and the security level of the network the detection of the instru ment on the network cannot be made automatically in some cases This could mean that the instrument is not visible in the Instruments list In this case you need to specify the IP address of the instrument and then BZ 5503 will search for the instrument at this address Click and go to the P Addresses tab Connec
39. and or LAF to a single sheet The data will be output with one 100 ms interval per Excel row FFT Data FFT will output the FFT spectrum to a single sheet MAX will output the MAX FFT spectrum to a single sheet RPM will be output the RPM to a single sheet Tolerance Results will output tolerance results and the FFT spectrum at the time of Max Delta Sum to a single sheet Broadband will output broadband and weather data to a single sheet Export annotations files lf Export annotations files is checked BZ 5503 will copy all annotations made on the data to the project name Annotation folder Alternative Export 2 Select what to export Settings WW Setup Calibration and Annotations Reverberaton Time Data IY Room Spectra W Spectra W Decay Building Acoustics Data Result l LI Be T2 Spectra Decay Export annotation files Settings Setup and Calibration parameters will be output to one sheet Reverberation Time Data Room Spectra will output Room Reverberation Time Spectra T30 Room T20 Room and EDT Room to a single sheet Spectra will output Reverberation Time Spectra T30 T20 and EDT for each position to a single sheet Decay will output the decays for each position to a single sheet Building Acoustics Data Result will output the result spectrum together with L1 average L2 average B2 average T20 and T30 toa single sheet L7 will output L1 spectra for each position to
40. arch becomes available EIR fastener oes ements Goan way i AE gt E Building Acoustics ARCHIVES aromes HE FFT A search starts from this point and searches through all sub folders The results are shown in the Search View In the text field the one with the magnifying glass enter the text you want to search for and press lt Enter gt The search will check through all the names of items and the contents of notes b E Guiding Acoustics Searching ARCHIVES arctaves t Soy FFT E Signal Recordings Project 5 Node Type fan T A 2250 at Sine Graph Start Time EP Measurements with Sigr i LOOT KE 11 03 2005 06 54 01 Lih Project 006 d kE 08 08 2008 0113 Fin Project 007 Aln Project 008 204 08 02 2005 ORSa29 2707 KE i A 135100 S2TOMB dy fa Wl age 05 10 2011 135429 796 KB 06 03 2005 122124 aan e 05 10 2011 133653 1535 EB 08 03 2005 122344 06 03 2005 122604 03 03 2005 2204 20 02 2012 OR2IM5 Search ARCHIVES Results found 14 You can then filter your search with the Type selector The following types of items can be found Projects Job Folders Annotations Users and Archives For Projects you can refine your filter using Node Type to select the kind of project for example Frequency Analyzer Logging etc and for Annotations you can refine your filter using Node Type to select which kind of annotation Note Signal Recording etc The following context menus are
41. arcxives milk 2250Light Project 006 Logarithm te PE values Ref Spectrum Stat i 1 kHz HE Logadd so Ro 100 22 Project 096 LAeq roect ULB Leg H RO ArSub 50 BGCor S0 R0 98 1 R2 BGCor S0 RO Bocor SO ROU 98 1 Ri BGCor SO RO ArSub SO 94 4 dB R3 LogAdd 50 R0 ILS 125 s00 2k Sk AL Hz gt Measured Calculations You can add or subtract spectra that have the same axes such as 1 1 or 1 3 octave for example for sub traction of background noise using e Logarithmic addition e Logarithmic subtraction The first spectrum in the Calculations sidebar determines what spectra can be copied into the Calculations sidebar For example You have a project with 1 3 octaves and open Calculations tab The spectrum shown in the calculator is the Total 1 3 octave spectrum You can add and subtract 1 3 octave spectra or continue to step 4 to work with 1 1 octave spectra Delete the 1 3 octave spectrum Copy a 1 1 octave spectrum from another project or convert the total spectrum of the current project to 1 1 octave Now in the Calculator there will only be one spectrum the 1 1 octave spectrum 7 Now only 1 1 octave spectra can be added so any 1 3 octave spectrum that is added will be auto matically converted to 1 1 octave LS oY gt For the calculations 1 3 octave spectrum can be converted to 1 1 octave spectrum by dragging the 1 3 octave spectrum into a 1 1 octave spectrum The result i
42. are Install Licenses See To Install a License for an Instrument Application Delete Licenses You can limit the range of functionality of your instrument for example when lending the instrument out to other users by deleting the licenses of certain software modules Delete a license by right clicking the soft ware module in question in the list and selecting Delete You install the license again as described above using the 16 character license code from the License Cer tificate You received the License Certificate from Bruel amp Kj r together with the software module Moving Instrument Licenses If you have more than one instrument you may want to share application software between instruments of the same type You can do this by moving the license from one instrument to another by using Move Instru ment Licenses together with the License Mover VP 0647 If you for example lend out your Type 2250 you may want to temporarily un install applications not needed This can be achieved by moving the license of the application to License Mover VP 0647 When needed again you move the license back to your Type 2250 1 Connect the License Mover VP 0647 to a USB or Parallel Printer Port of your PC the License Mover is a USB device as standard but can be delivered as a parallel port device please consult your local Bruel amp Kj r representative and connect your instrument to another USB port on your PC 2 Goto the MAINTENAN
43. ata Transfer During data transfer progress is monitored in the TASKS area below the tree E40 Transferring Project N 51 3 KB s Transferring from 2706641 to Eric Transferred Project 001 Transferred Project 002 The task area can be minimized in which case progress is indicated as shown below kS Transferring Project 006 to Test The button expands collapses the TASKS area If your instrument has version 4 software you can avoid the risk of having to restart downloads of large measurement projects due to an unstable Internet connection With BZ 5503 s resumable download fea ture the software automatically pauses and restarts downloads if your connection fails To Transfer Data from an SD card or a CF card in a PC Card Reader 1 Open the BZ 5503 application and select the DATA tab at the top of the window to show the Archive view 2 Plug the SD CF card into the card reader on the PC REMOVABLE DEVICES node will appear in the Archive Explorer with the data from your instrument REMOVABLE DEVICES v fg Removable Disk H v 2250Light 3 Select the job folders and or projects on the removable disk and either o Drag them to the desired archive or o Right click one of the selected folders and select Cut or press lt Ctrl x gt or Copy or press lt Ctrl c gt then right click in the archive where you want the data and select Paste or press lt Ctri v gt 4 Delete the projects no longer r
44. ate Users in Archives The Export Wizard Export Data to Excel Export to Qualifier Add Archive Removable Disks SD SDHC and CF cards Data Viewer Profile View Table View Spectrum View Statistics View Tone Table View Marker Table View Annotations and Attachments Search Add Edit Note Calculations Master Files Archives Node The ARCHIVES Node allows you to view or select jobs projects in the archive for further action and to con nect disconnect or hide archives from the tree view It consists of an archive tree and a list view An example Archive Tree and List View for the DATA tab are shown below _ 7 ee BS Heiner Pyne Tamie tel Ta DATA MAINTENANCE balio xio Cite P EJ ARCHIVES Ty ee es 1 i a Fe Tit Arahi hirbe Motor RU ancervesvtes Antor SW Package i b E Tact Arh Si Package 10 b Foe Tet Archive OW Puckase 11 k oC Hir tite Grp Dive Ree Cate Creaobd Tuer AO Lig afemp Lifrin Teel sheers Tact F i TERT ARROTA Te b Tet Fecha DA Package 15 v abb MR aid Moimir LIM LI ee ekidi oo G Ee i a E E Vent Archive SW Package 15 e Raotor PH RETS eens LMG Gc g Fi x eee As Aih araka fi clitetestii TA ISAT heksa Ge on z b g TURE AARE ATEA E o Piste PLLRD zen Djini LLLE M S L A rA AALA ah i Cbba iE T dcr eS OEE ANMOTATIONS h Cae P p ifu ie Bipi EI ET c La A Poced Go E k Tet ioie OW Package 1s b E Tet ihi OW Package 21 b ATTACHMENT
45. available e View in External Window Use this option to view the measurement data stored in the currently high lighted project using the BZ 5503 data viewer e Edit Use this option to edit a text note e Locate Use this option locate the selected item in the ARCHIVES node The item is outlined in the Tree View Add Edit Note To add a new note right click on a job folder or a project in the Archive Node and select Add Note from the list of options click E in the Data View toolbar or in the Data View sidebar Type your notes into the Edit Note dialog see example below and click Save ae Edit Note Type in a note and click Save When you click on a job folder in the tree view all notes attached to each project in the job folder appear as paperclip symbols in the list view Similarly when you click on an individual project in the tree view all notes attached to that project if there are any are visible in the list view mal If you need to edit the note later select the project in the list view and click Hl to show the sidebar locate the note and select Edit from the list of options and edit as required Add GPS Note You can manually key in a measurement position in a GPS note A GPS note starts with Position and includes the latitude and longitude For manual entries please enter the latitude and longitude in one of the following formats Degrees DD ddddddY DD ddddddx Example 55 816730N 12 532855E
46. can mean two things either the archive will be removed from BZ 5503 and can be added again later or that the archive is removed and deleted from disk in which case you will not be able to retrieve it Hide Use this option to hide a removable disk that is not relevant to your instrument Show Use this option to display a removable disk that was previously hidden Transfer Data from the Archive to the Instrument he Select the data to transfer right click on it and select To Instrument or click 45 on the toolbar to transfer projects and or settings from a selected archive to the selected instrument using the Send Data to Instru ment dialog 2 Select memory device on the instrument intemal Disk The transferred data is stored in the instrument on the selected memory device in the same job folder struc ture as in the archive and under the same user The panel is split into 2 sections Section 1 allows you to choose an instrument for storing your data Section 2 allows you to select the memory device on the instrument Internal disk SD card or CF card Once you have selected what you want click Start Transfer Create Users in Archives The Create User wizard is used to create a new user in the archives Create User b Create a new userin the archive Test Archyve Sv Package 15 1 Type the name of the new user 2 Settings for the new user f Use default settings O Copy settings from an
47. d like to connect to a Type 2250 that is connected to a small home office network behind a router but port 80 is used for an server or something else e Type 2250 is setup for Set IP Address automatically in Preferences Network e The DHCP setting for the router has already been setup for generating IP addresses in the range from 192 168 0 100 to 192 168 0 199 Select an address not used already e g 192 168 0 150 and reserve it for the Type 2250 in the DHCP Reservation List or the DHCP Static List e Setup router to forward port X where X is an port between 0 and 65535 to port 80 to the IP Address 192 168 0 150 e The external address of the router is 152 115 123 456 This address is inserted in BZ 5503 in Op tions IP Addresses tab together with the port X that has been chosen DDNS DDNS is a network service that provides the capability for a router to notify a domain name server to change in real time ad hoc the active DNS configuration of its configured hostnames and addresses If the router supports DDNS then it can be configured to notify the DDNS service provider each time the IP address of the router is set or changed When BZ 5503 connects to the instrument through the router then the IP address of the router must be specified However the IP address is only known to the router itself and the DDNS service provider BZ 5503 then looks up the address at the DDNS service provider There are several DDNS service provi
48. date the templates for the other users afterwards This is done by copying templates from user 2250 2270 to the other users Select the instrument by clicking on the serial number in the INSTRUMENTS node Select the 2250 or 2270 tab Press lt Ctrl A gt and with the mouse pointer in the highlighted area right click and select Copy Select a user s tab Press lt Ctrl A gt and with the mouse pointer in the highlighted area right click and select Paste Repeat for other users 2 Oe OI Type Approved Software Versions National bodies that type approve sound level meters generally approve specific versions of the sound level meter software Whenever Bruel amp Kj r revises software an extension of the approval is applied for How ever new versions can be published on the Support site at www bksv com before the new approvals are finalised If use of your instrument relies on the use of an approved version you should check with your type approving authority or with your local Bruel amp Kj r representative before installing a new version If you need to install a previous version of a software module then select the Software Package containing the version of the software module required and install it as described above Installing Software Modules on the Instrument Using a CF card Note This topic applies only to hardware versions 1 2 and 3 For version 4 hardware please refer to Chapter 9 of the Type 2250 2270 User Man
49. ders available some providers have free services For example a typical world wide DDNS service provider is dyndns org You need to make an account at a DDNS service provider specifying a username and a password for the account and a hostname e g MyBK2250 dyndns com identifying the router Instruments Instruments Node Transfer Data from the Instrument to the Archive Create Users on Instrument On line Display Instruments Node The INSTRUMENTS Node allows you to connect and disconnect instruments and to view or select jobs projects on connected instruments for further action Tree View The tree view of an instrument allows you to quickly navigate to the job folder and project you need List View The list view to the right of the tree view allows you to sort the data and see more detail BZ 5503 Measurement Partner Suite DATA MAIN TENANCE i Ars c Ea P ARCHIVES INSTRUMENTS instauments ki 2307239 Connected Ic Name Connection Info v Xe 25591305 Fa Ye 2507259 LAN 100 116 125 130 v a 2750 z S l F Ye 2551305 LAN 10 116 125 181 v i Internal Disk f to 2706838 LAN 10 116 121 125 ai BAUALIN3CO ai BAUFA IN3CO ai BAUIM IN3CO d SD Card Instrument When you connect your instrument to the PC via the USB cable the instrument is automatically detected and the serial number and location are displayed in the Instruments list view when you click the INSTRU MENTS n
50. dows based software package for calculating environmental noise It allows you to calculate and analyze noise from various noise sources such as industry or traffic With its state of the art calcula tion power it can be used for all applications ranging from small scale impact assessments to map ping of large agglomerations For further information see Product Data for Predictor Type 7810 Type 7815 Noise Explorer Type 7815 isa Windows based application for downloading and reporting noise and vibration data measured with Bruel amp Kj r Sound Level Meters and analyzers This software allows you to e Format your data for export to spreadsheets noise mapping software or the Windows clip board e Display print measurement results in graphical or tabular form For further information see Product Data for Noise Explorer Type 7815 Type 7816 Acoustic Determinator Type 7816 is a Windows based application for acoustic engineers who want to find out the sound power level of industrial sources by measuring sound pressure levels in the field Using data from field measurements Acoustic Determinator can guide you in the determination of sound power levels of various sources in accordance with a wide range of leading national and in ternational standards such as ISO 8297 and ISO 3744 For further information see Product Data for Acoustic Determinator Type 7816 Type 7820 Evaluator Type 7820 is a Windows based applicat
51. e 2250 2270 cannot be reached In case you cannot use the default port setting in BZ 5503 the default port can be changed in BZ 5503 to another port in the Options IP Address tab in BZ 5503 wo Opens Eo d Langues Compattliny Gash Casy F Aditama Update Linerse raag Bow or epee ov BO TO TSN na umes eS ae a E A E eh 10 1 Note A router is required when connecting to an instrument where the default port is not used The router must support NAT and conversion of ports so that an incoming port X can be forwarded to port 80 on the instru ment This is because the instrument uses port 80 which is fixed and cannot be changed Example when port 80 is available From a company network you would like to connect to a Type 2250 that is connected to a small home office network behind a router e Type 2250 is setup for Set IP Address automatically in Preferences Network e The DHCP setting for the router has already been setup for generating IP addresses in the range from 192 168 0 100 to 192 168 0 199 Select an address not used already e g 192 168 0 150 and reserve it for the Type 2250 in the DHCP Reservation List or the DHCP Static List e Setup router to forward port 80 to the IP address 192 168 0 150 e The external address of the router is 152 115 123 456 This address is inserted in BZ 5503 in Op tions IP Addresses tab Example when port 80 is not available From a company network you woul
52. e Ifyou are upgrading software your preferences are maintained but you will have to adjust the touch screen and select you preferred language and time zone e lf you are downgrading software templates are reset i e overwritten A valid license is required to run an application on the instrument If you have purchased your instrument together with the application s the relevant license s will come pre installed on the instrument If you pur chased a separate application for your instrument you must install the license on the instrument To Install a License for an Instrument Application 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Select the instrument by clicking on the serial number in the INSTRUMENTS node INSTRUMENTS a ars 2307259 3 On the right side click the Licenses tab to show the installed versions of the software modules and the licenses already available W EZ 5503 Mesasurement Partner Suite e amp MAINTENANCE Aloe z J r fia i F l ARCHIVES 4 a ies Building Acoustics 9607259 E FFT E Signal Recordings Detonption License Expire date Test Archive SW Package 3 l i E Test Archive SW Package 3 Sound Level Meter Software dB Ets Bz7222 2 5 INSTRUMENTS Te 2507259 a Frequency Analyser Software ee BZ7223 3 5 1 Aa Logging Software Enhanced Logging Software Birce gt J p signal Recording Option JO AFT 25 Reverberation Time Software a0 Gi Building Acoustics Software Brr22 a
53. e Low dB Level Difference Middle dB Level Difference High dB Based on 7eq lt Details of how the calculations are made can be found in the User Manual for Hand held Analyzer Types 2250 and 2270 BE1713 For FFT you can e Assess tones in a measured FFT spectrum according to ISO 1996 2007 Annex C Plate RU ARCHIVES Plate RU 2250 Motor RU Plate RU Name Tone Frequency Tone Level Mask L Hz Lot dB Lpn d Tone Analysis Setup Analyze Prominent Tone 96 9 131 3 FOF Tone Standard ISO 1996 2 2007 Tone 1 46 9 0 5 70 7 Tone Seek Criterion dB Tone 2 96 9 131 3 fof Tone 3 163 3 13 fae Tone 4 196 9 105 3 715 Tone 5 228 1 63 3 69 6 Tone 6 362 5 95 5 82 9 Tone 7 393 8 78 4 82 8 Tone 490 6 102 6 83 3 Tone 9 390 6 72 0 80 4 Tone 10 712 5 92 7 84 2 v lt e Assess tones in a measured FFT spectrum according to the Danish standard Denmark 1984 1991 Mame het ey ae Tone Analysis Setup Analyze Prominent Tone 296 9 48 1 Tone Standard Denmark 1984 1991 Tone 1 96 9 44 0 Tone Seek Criterion dB Tone 2 128 1 41 6 Tone 3 143 8 40 1 b Tone 4 168 8 42 9 Tone 5 212 9 40 6 Tone 6 293 1 36 7 Tone 7 296 9 46 5 Tone amp 337 9 41 6 Tone 9 381 3 33 6 Tone 10 421 9 33 0 Tone 11 465 6 30 9 Tann 17 P E ied lt Details on how the calculations are made can be found in the User Manual for FFT Analysis Software BZ 7230 and Tone Assessment Option BZ 7231 BE1778 Marker Table View Require
54. e of a persons movements to simu late their personal noise exposure This software allows you to e Make comparisons between measured calculated and permitted noise exposure values e Create a corporate database for all occupational health matters related to noise exposure e Identify high exposure areas and jobs for planning noise reduction measures For further information see Product Data for Protector Type 7825 Type 7830 Qualifier is a Windows based application for calculating documenting and reporting sound insu lation curves and indexes Designed to work with the family of Bruel amp Kj r sound level meters and analyzers Qualifier allows you to e Calculate reverberation time and sound insulation e Edit measurement results including manual input of data e Document and report your measurements For further information see Product Data for Qualifier Type 7830 Microsoft Excel About the BZ 5503 Software Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 comprises two views 1 Data view 2 Maintenance view Data View To show the Data view click on the Data tab at the top of the window The Data view contains all tasks commonly associated with data in archives or data saved on an instrument The purpose of the archives is to store data in a secure and effective way stored in the same structure as used on the instrument Data are kept in projects organised in job folders per user Data view also gives access t
55. e played back by right clicking the marker and se lecting Play or by placing the profile cursor to the left of or inside the marker and then pressing the Play a button or lt Ctrl P gt in the upper left corner Click the Pause button lt Ctrl P gt to pause playback or the Stop button lt Ctrl S gt to stop playback and move the profile cursor to the start of the recording If the data to view in the profile covers too many samples to be displayed efficiently then the compressed version of the data is displayed The compressed data shows the minimum and maximum values within the compression intervals e g if you have several days of data sampled with 1 s resolution then if the profile displays all the days then each displayed sample might cover 1 minute with the minimum and maximum value displayed for the minute You then have to zoom in on part of the profile to see the profile of 1 s values Note LN values will not be available for compressed profiles Adding a Marker To add a marker click and drag in the profile view and select Add Marker and the type of marker from the pop up menu When you add a marker it is also added to the Marker Table View x Alternatively you can add event markers by clicking on to open the Marker and Report Wizard Click Add Event Marker Enter a Trigger Level the Leq level that will trigger an event Enter values for Minimum Duration and Pre Trigger and Post Trigger
56. e the mouse pointer again Context Menus To help you manage your data in this view various context menus have been provided These pop up when you right click on the selected item For instance menus have been provided for each of the tree nodes each of your job folders and each of your projects The various menu options may or may not be available depending on which part of the tree you are in Most tasks and functionality in the Archive View can be ac tivated from the context menus While some of the options on these context menus are specific to this BZ 5503 software and need expla nation see below some are common options found in most software packages such as Expand Col lapse Explore Cut Copy Paste and Rename which are self explanatory Context Menus Specific to BZ 5503 Software Add Archive Use this option to add a new archive or connect to an existing one Type the new name into the entry field of the Add Archive window that pops up then select where to create the new archive by nav igating to it using the browse button Click OK to accept or Cancel to abort Create User Use this option to create a new user in the currently selected archive Type the new name into the entry field and then select which settings you want to use for the new archive Use either the default settings or copy the settings from an existing user in the archive selecting the user from the drop down list that appears when you select the radio but
57. ects can be viewed using the Table and Statistics views Frequency Analysis projects can be viewed using the Table Spectrum and Statistics views Logging and Enhanced Logging projects can be viewed using five views Profile Table Spectrum Statistics and Marker Table views Reverberation Time projects can be viewed using the Table and Reverberation Time Spectrum views FFT projects can be viewed using the Table and FFT Spectrum Views In addition to the above and if the license is available you can use Tone Table for tone analysis of projects including spectra Views can be enabled disabled using the view selectors in the view toolbar The first time you open large logging and enhanced logging projects and projects including logged full sta tistics the system needs to build compressed versions of the data for easy zoom and overview facilities in the profile and it also needs to build profiles of LN values The compressed information is stored within the project in the archive for faster access on successive openings Note If the archive is write protected then this compression is not possible and the zoom facilities will be limited Note In the various table views means that the value cannot be calculated for example with 100 ms marker resolution or is covered by an Exclude marker Copy Graphics and Data You can copy the displayed graphs to the clipboard by right clicking inside a graph and selecting Copy Graph You can t
58. ent excluding areas marked with the Exclude marker NOTE For L based statistics calculations to function there must be at least one marker in the project No spectral statistics is added on the enhanced logging reports The statistics are only generated on markers The statistics are not included in the exports You can however copy the data from the spectrum or statistics graph and paste them into Excel
59. eq MAX Hz Corr Ampl MAXi dB Main Come Preqi FE SH Com tAm hese ou 60 40 soo ik 15k 2k 25k 3k 35k 4k 45k 5k Hz gl Reverberation Time Spectrum View The Reverberation Time Spectrum view shows the Room reverberation time spectra in graphical form Right click inside the spectrum to select which parameters to display i JH pa Lal Project O01 ARCHIVES Test archive SW Package 8 2250 Project 001 Measurement Elapsed Time s l Cursor values F aot 630 Hz 1 00 Tatras h T20 0 70 5 i EDT 0 54 0 50 0 60 r w Ta Gia w T20 w EDT 0 20 Copy Graph Ctrl C Copy Data i 125 20 v00 ik ok dk Hz Building Acoustics Spectrum View The Building Acoustics Spectrum view shows the Building Acoustics Result Spectrum determined by Type 2250 2270 in graphical form LSC Al13 2 ARCHIVES Guiding Acoustics 22501L5C_BA_ProjilSC ALL3 2 de F F 3 OnT 38 4 dB 407 ik 125 Statistics View mae The Statistics view XS shows the Level and Cumulative distribution of the noise levels The statistics are based on the statistics made on the instrument Project 028 arcuivesitest archive Total 100 90 ol r 60 a0 40 30 20 10 T Lil E w Level w Cumulative Copy Graph Ctrl C Copy Data T 20 40 ag ou 100 dB Measured Calculations W Package 8 2250 Project 028 a00 Hz 140 Cursor values 67 0 68
60. equired on the removable disk To Transfer Data from or Control an Instrument via LAN WLAN Using INSTRUMENT Node 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Right click the instrument serial number and select Online display Using the Toolbar 1 Click Ea on the toolbar If only one instrument is connected the online display will automatically pop up If multiple instruments are connected a list of instruments will pop up 2 Select the desired instrument s and click OK To Export Data from Your Instrument to External Software Type 7810 15 16 20 25 30 Microsoft Excel or Pack and Go Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M 2270 data can be processed by BZ 5503 itself and by the following external tools Predictor Type 7810 Noise Explorer Type 7815 Acoustic Determinator Type 7816 Evaluator Type 7820 21 Protector Type 7825 Qualifier Type 7830 31 Microsoft Excel 7821 Evaluator Light for 2250 Light and 2250 MATRON 3 Light data only 7830 31 for 2250 2270 Reverberation Time and Building Acoustics data only PULSE ASCII for FFT data only Note You cannot open instrument data directly from the external software Transfer the instrument data to an archive on the PC using Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 see USB PC card reader or network for specific instructions Then you can export data from the archive to any of the types mentioned above or to Excel Export is controlled by your BZ 5503 software To Export Data from an Archive
61. er disconnects Note Connecting to another instrument in the Instruments list does not disconnect the previously selected instru ment You must explicitly disconnect the instrument To Install an Application Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 Select the instrument by clicking on the serial number in the INSTRUMENTS node Nea INSTRUMENTS Y 2307239 3 Click the Software tab at the bottom of the application window Fal Software to see the table showing the installed versions of the software modules 4 Select the 2250 2270 Software Package to install Select package to install 2250 2270 5W Package No 24c 2011 05 13 You can click _ to browse to the software package location the default location is 64 bit Windows C Program Files x86 Common Files Bruel and Kjaer SWP 32 bit Windows C Program Files Common Files Bruel and Kjaer SWP It is important to choose the SWP folder and not the underlying folders otherwise software packages will not be found 5 If you are installing on an instrument with hardware version 1 to 3 select up to three languages in addition to English for the user interface If you are installing on an instrument with hardware version 4 no language selection is possible all available languages are installed automatically See Install 6 Click o The installation will take several minutes The instrument will automatically restart when the installation is finished Note
62. es 1 Select the commentary in the annotation tab in marker table right click the annotation and select Open 2 Hover over the commentary with the mouse in dataview Commentaries on Projects Playing commentaries is controlled in the Project Properties Panel Hover over a commentary with the mouse and the player appears e Click NY when playing lt Ctrl p gt is shortcut m e Click to stop lt Ctrl s gt is shortcut e Select a new playing position by dragging the slider click the progressbar use the scroll wheel on the mouse or use left and right arrows on the keyboard Signal Recordings on Projects Same functionality as Commentaries on Projects above Volume Control Volume Control n is common for all sound playing in Measurement Partner Suite It controls three prop erties 1 Analog gain to the Windows Volume mixer It does not affect the common device volume Full analog gain is reached at the middle volume control setting NOTE Extra analog gain can be obtained from the computer s master volume 2 When full analog gain is reached digital gain is applied Max obtainable digital gain is 60 dB NOTE If the recording level is relatively high a distorted output will be experienced 3 In order to avoid damage digital gain is automatically set to 0 dB when you start playing a 16 bit WAV file NOTE If a sound marker is being played and the cursor hovers over a voice annotation digital gain will be reduced to 0 d
63. existing user 3 Type of User f User for Type 2250 C User for Type 2270 is Create Section 1 allows you to type in the name of a new user to be created in archives The panel is split into three sections Section 2 allows you to select which method you want to use to create the new user You can choose either the default user or clone an existing one by selecting it from the user drop down list Once you have se lected what you want click the Create button Section 3 if you select Use default settings in step 2 this section allows you to select which type of user you would like to create Type 2250 or Type 2270 The Create User wizard can be displayed by right clicking on an archive node in the tree view and selecting aF Create User from the drop down menu or clicking amp onthe toolbar Note If your instrument hasn t been upgraded to the latest version of the software then you should clone an ex isting user instead of using the default user The default user might contain setups incompatible with older versions of the software The Export Wizard t Select the data to export right click on it and select Export or click H on the toolbar to export selected data from your instrument in various formats depending on your post processing software using the Export wizard which consists of three screens Select the type of export you want to perform 1 Select the type of export you want to perform
64. f you zoom in on the profile NOTE With 100 ms marker resolution the number of parameters calculated is reduced as only parameters for fast logging are calculated Annotation and Attachments You can attach files to markers and add annotations to the spectrum at sample level at a point in the profile by right clicking and selecting Add Annotation See Annotations and Attachments Table View The Table view shows measured broadband parameters in tabular form There can be up to five rows with parameters from Total Logged 100 ms Report and Marker The Logged 100 ms and Report rows contain parameters from the sample period selected by the Profile cursor The Marker row contains parameters from the marker selected in the profile Note This feature requires a Logging Module license Project 007 ARCHIVES Signal Recordings 2250 Measurements with Sound Recording Project 007 Measurement Start Time Stop Time _ E Elapsed Time LAeg LCpeak LAFmax LAFmi Calibration dB dB dB dB Total 05 10 2011 13 24 19 05 10 20 CIC 1 Dev from Reference M Logged 05 10 2011 13 36 36 05 10 20 pdaNey occ Health CIC 1 Result 2 Report 05 10 2011 13 35 59 05 10 20 Leq t ces Dev from Referen 6 Marker 05 10 2011 13 34 19 05 10 20 Bll Heneo mesa 4 Lmin t Elapsed Time LN t Overload Loeak tow Start Time Noise Parameters w Stop Time Post Proces
65. he Pack and Go file when it is imported at the Archives level To create a Pack and Go file see The Export Wizard To import a Pack and Go file see To Import Pack and Go files Add Archive TF Right click on the ARCHIVES node and select Add Archive from the pop up menu or click in the tool bar to create a new archive or connect an existing one using the Add Archive dialog Add Archive create new or connect existing Archive Name Archive Path IC Users Default Documents Create a New Archive 1 Enter the Archive Name 2 Use the browse button to select the Archive Path 3 Click Create to insert the new archive or Cancel to abort Connect an Existing Archive 1 Use the browse button to find the archive When the archive has been selected its name will automatically be entered in the Archive Name field 2 Click Create to insert the archive or Cancel to abort Removable Disks SD SDHC and CF cards In the Archive tree you can get access to removable disks memory cards like SD Cards SDHC Cards or CF Cards this requires that your PC has slots for these cards or you connect an SD Card SDHC Card or a CF Card reader to the USB port of the PC If you have stored instrument data on a memory card and the card is in the SD CF slot on your instrument then you can transfer the data from the card to an archive using the To Archive task through the USB con nection or you can remove the ca
66. hen paste the graphics into your documentation tool for example Microsoft Word You can copy the displayed data to the clipboard by right clicking inside the graph and selecting Copy Data You can then paste the data into your documentation tool for example Microsoft Excel Adding Attachments and Annotations Three buttons in the Data Viewer toolbar allow you to add attachments and annotations to you data at the Project level Ty i E Add Note Opens a simple text editor so that you can add a note to the project U Add Annotation Opens the Add Annotation dialog that lets you attach a file to the project commentary signal recording note image or other attachment Show Hide Side Bar Toggles the display of a sidebar providing the same features as the two buttons above You can also add annotations and attachments to markers and points of the display in Profile view For details see Annotations and Attachments Profile View Th mii The Profile view shows measured broad band parameters LAgg LaFmax etc as a function of time Parameters from Logging 100 ms and Reports can be displayed Right click inside the profile to select which parameters to display Above the profile you may see the mark ers made with the instrument during the measurement or added later as colored horizontal bars Hover the mouse pointer over the marker to see details of the marker A signal recording displayed as a sound marker can b
67. ion for environmental noise evaluation It pro vides versatile tools for analysing measured data from the family of Bruel amp Kj r Sound Level Me ters and it is a complete solution for determining Rating Levels according to various national standards Evaluator is used in noise profile measurement to measure industrial residential and road rail traffic noise and in environmental noise evaluation against noise limits according to national and interna tional standards For further information see Product Data for Evaluator Type 7820 Type 7825 Protector is a Windows based application for post processing simulating and archiving noise ex posure data Designed to work with the family of Bruel amp Kj r sound level meters noise dose meters 2 Updates are free of charge if you already have a license for a version of the module with the same most significant digit in the version number e g version 1 2 is a free update of version 1 0 and 1 1 if you have a license for version 1 0 or 1 1 and sound level analyzers Protector allows you to quickly download sample noise profiles for spe cific locations or persons Protector can use this data to calculate noise exposure for people or po sitions under investigation It calculates noise exposure according to ISO 9612 2 For situations where only work point noise measurements are available and workers move about Protector can combine work point measurements with a profil
68. ions of Excel Make your own filter to extract data for export e Make your own Excel report format including charts and tables Note Data can only be exported from the archive Transfer the instrument data to an archive on the PC using the Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 To Export a Specific Data Set from the Data Viewer 1 Right click a data set from the Data Viewer and select e Copy Data in a graph e Copy or Copy entire table in a table Note In the Marker Table View copy acts on all markers of the same type while copy entire table copies all markers 2 Paste the data into Excel To Export All or a User selected Combination of Data Sets Using the Export Wiz ard 1 Right click the selected data in the ARCHIVES tree and select Export from the drop down or click t Using the Export wizard you can select which data you want to export and with an Excel Master File you can format the exported file on the toolbar You can choose to launch Microsoft Excel immediately or save the output to your chosen Excel file Master Files Two default Master Files are supplied with BZ 5503 e EmptyMaster xls compatible with Microsoft Excel 2003 and earlier e EmptyMaster xlsx compatible with Microsoft Excel 2007 and 2010 These files are used to export the complete data sets from your instrument and should not be modified Four Master files referred to as such only in the wizard are supplied with the BZ 5503 sof
69. ive The examples below are for export to Excel Primary Export 2 Select what to export Settings W Setup Calibration and Annotations Total and Periodic Reports W Broadband IY Spectra RF LN Spectra Logged Data Broadband Wv Spectra M LN Spectra M Marker Calculations Logged Data 100ms W Broadband FFT Data FFT MAX RPM Tolerance Results M Broadband W Export annotation files Settings Setup and Calibration parameters will be output to one sheet Total and Periodic Reports Broadband will output broadband data to a single sheet Total data will be output to one row Periodic Re ports will be output with one Report interval per Excel row Spectra will output Spectral data to a single sheet Total data will be output to one row Periodic Reports will be output with one Report interval per Excel row LN Spectra will be output to a single sheet Total spectra will be output to one row Periodic Reports will be output with one Report interval per Excel row Logged Data Broadband will output Broadband data to a single sheet The Logged data will be output with one logging interval per Excel row Spectra will output Spectral data to a single sheet The Logged data will be output with one logging interval per Excel row LN Spectra will be output to a single sheet The LN spectra will be output with one logging interval per Excel row Logged Data 100 ms Broadband will output LAeq
70. j f ll Wir LIM z ET oe aA meee l PF el l i ia lt O E B0 f iig i 3 Ca Le a a party 13 58 15 12 50 30 12 50 45 13 00 00 13 00 15 13 00 30 13 00 45 LODO 130I D301 LELAS 10RO0 1302 19 1302 30 Enche Evin Level Marker4 Afar cer Sound dE 120 100 80 Haaf A 0 l mi La m a kr ron op a a N 13 00 42 12 00 44 1300046 13200 48 13 00 30 14 00 5 30 10 2006 Cursor wales Report A IED laos LAeg 67 7 da Logged X LUD 140A LAF max 83 6 dB LAeqg 80 3 a 100 ms Mi IRGO 13 00747 1000 LAF 81 0 de The overview of the profile is displayed above the zoomed profile a little box on the overview profile indi cates the zoomed part Use the mouse pointer to drag the box to another part of the overview profile for a zoomed display of this part You can select a new zoom range either in the zoomed profile or in the overview profile the latter can be used for zoom out Double click on the x axis to unzoom or right click in the profile and select Unzoom 100 ms Resolution of Markers As default markers cover a multiple of the logging period Project 011 Duration s 01 33 00 00 40 00 00 53 00 ARCHIVES Test Archive SW Package 842250 Project 011 Overview E Exclude E Level Marker Type Start Time End Time Event 14 12 2005 21 02 00 14 12 2005 22 59 00 Event 14 13 2005 21 02 00 14 13 2005 21 42 00 Event 14 12 2005 22 06 00 14 12
71. j r representative to enable Bruel amp Kj r support staff to deal with the problem Options Click to open the Options dialog with tabs for Language Graph Color IP Addresses Update License Statistics Note Clicking OK applies changes to all five tabs and closes the dialog Clicking E3 cancels changes to all tabs for which you have not clicked Apply Language w Options Language Graph Color IP Addresses License Statistics Select user interface language English Select export language Invariant English Select User Interface Language Use this to select the language to be used for the User Interface Select Export Language Use this to select the language to be used for export You can use the export language to get parameters in your local language for example when exporting to Excel Note If a program or macro is going to interpret the parameters then we recommend that you select Invariant English from the drop down list of export languages This setting will output parameters in English and the names of the parameters will be kept over time from version to version of the program This is not guaran teed for other languages where the parameter names might change over time Once selected click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel and close the dialog Graph Color es Options Cumulative ma Leve i EE Logged LXeg X 4 B GE Logged L F max A B GE
72. king on a marker in the marker table or profile view and selecting Edit Overview E Manual O Level E Sound Marker Type Start Time End Time Du s Level 05 10 2011 13 26 05 10 2011 13 sats 9 00 Leve i u 0 E 00 Level 00 Level 00 Level Delete 35 00 Level 5 10 21 Copy 36 00 E Copy entire table or Manual Level Sound dE Play ol Save Export Region Delete 1ss4i240 133440 13 33 00 13 35 20 13 33 40 13 36 00 13 36 20 05 10 2011 Either of these options opens the Marker Edit dialog where you can browse for the file to attach or open a file that is already attached You can also change the marker type and start end time for the marker If you wish to add a new marker see Adding a Marker Sample Annotations and Attachments You can add annotations or attachments at the sample level by right clicking anywhere in the profile and selecting Add Annotation Small icons indicate the type of annotation Manual Level Sound dB Ce A ol 70 H T ad 4dd Annotation license aaa Commentary Mote Si Report aged Image 40 i Attachment 30 Copy Graph Chrlto Copy Data b Last 13 36 30 05 10 2011 Note The annotation is inserted at the point where you right click not at the position of the x axis cursor On mouse rollover images and notes are shown in a pop up window while sounds are played Search When you right click on a job folder a user an Archive or the ARCHIVES node Se
73. le disks on your PC will be displayed in the Archive View If a disk is not relevant as storage media for the instrument then you can hide it by right clicking on it and selecting Hide from the context menu You can reveal hidden removable disks by right clicking at the top most level in the Archive View and se lecting Show Data Viewer The BZ 5503 Data Viewer s Measured tab allows you to view the data in your previously saved projects Depending on the license available you can also post process data Click on any project in your archives to open a data viewer similar to that shown below FAAC CALCE C eee a Re Project 00 7 ARCHES Test archive SW Package L92250 Project O01 Exclude E Eseni E Level E ldarkerd E hiser E Sound E Annotation NOTES RAL res Typ Start Tiree Ered Tiree Curation Lau Lorg ie Ante i aD amp Hobe z Commentary 30 10 2005 12 59 25 20 10 2006 1301 14 b IMAGES 4 Note 30 10 2008 LASA 2 0 7 LASS gt Ewe hdd 30 10 2006 130012 30 10 2006 140013 Cel d 0 0 e COMMENTARIES Level 3 10 20 1 30K 20 10 0006 10 POH i Bald bd i ma P SIGNAL RECORDINGS Eecude Event Level Markert PIETEI Saute Cursor valpes 7 e m T A e Bi fe T idg DEE EI E X LS 00000 13 024 120 i LAeq 67 7 di 1 Log 100 i Mi 13 02 41 13 02 42 LAFmax 48 0 de gi 4 LAFmin 36 6 d H h ia T Fi a aM r l i VAI Il P a i ae ey ag i H ript yl HHL i T H J
74. mp 3 5 1 T ae q a 5 7 ae ge TEL Anahi Sofware js 91 07 2012 Add license to sound level meter Add License Lal Licenses a Software i You will have received a License Authorisation Card from Bruel amp Kj r together with the application 4 Enter the 16 character license code from the certificate into the four placeholders at the bottom of the License view 5 Click LAdd License and the license will be installed You can now use the application To Transfer Data from Your Instrument to an Archive via USB 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Make sure you are on the DATA tab of BZ 5503 and click the instrument serial number on the instru ment you wish to transfer data from then click on a user or disk Internal Disk SD Card or CF Card INSTRUMENTS v Ye 2621773 v i Internal Disk v 2 mihai v i Internal Disk Basic Data Transfer 3 Click 65 on the toolbar and the send data to archive dialog will pop up Se drt toh O O A New Delete data from the instrument after successful 3 Start transfeming data to archive Transfer new data Transter all data modified later than 01 01 2004 00 00 Set Date Transfer selected data be be Schedule Start Transfer 4 Select an archive for data storage in the Select an archive for data storage section 5 Select Automatic deletion of data from the instrument and you will not have to clean up the data on your instrument afterwards
75. n in the main table which will show the current fractile definitions Specify Fractiles To specify fractiles other than those used in the project or return to the project definitions 1 Click 2 Select the Statistics tab 3 Check or uncheck Use fractiles from project LN Fractiles To show LN fractiles 1 Click 2 Select the Statistics tab 3 Check or uncheck Show LN fractiles in profile If this is selected LN fractiles are calculated for the entire project when this is first opened or when the fractile setup is changed Generating Spectral Statistics Based on Leq If a logging or enhanced logging project does not contain logged statistics but does contain 1 s of logged Leq spectra then spectral and broad band statistics can optionally be automatically generated If no spectral statistics are logged but broadband statistics are logged spectral statistics can be generated and displayed together with the measured broadband statistics To enable automatic generation of spectral statistics 1 Click 2 Select the Statistics tab 3 CheckGenerate spectral statistics on markers based on Leg license BZ 5503 A L based statistics calculations are now added to the marker calculations Select a marker to display the full statistic in the statistics graph and the spectral statistics and broadband statistics in the spectrum graph The marker called Total will display the L based statistics for the entire measurem
76. n the Marker Table a Right click on a marker b Select Marker Properties from the pop up menu c Enter the new name in the Marker Name box and click Ok 2 Using the Marker and Report Wizard a Click b Select the Add Event Marker button c Click Marker Properties Enter the new name in the Marker Name box and click Ok Q The new name is saved immediately to the marker file and reflected in the gui marker table profile etc NOTE The setup file is not modified so the marker names in the setup which can be displayed in the main table are not updated and if you transfer the project back to a 2250 it will show the original marker names See also Annotations and Attachments Playing Sound Recordings There are three different type of files to play Sound Markers on Profiles There are three ways to play sound markers 1 Right click the sound marker in the marker table and select Play 2 Right click the sound marker in the data view and select Play 3 Place the cursor at the marker to be played and click in the toolbar m The player can be paused Mor stopped m by clicking the relative button in the toolbar lt Ctrl p gt toggles between play and pause lt Cirl s gt stops the player Where to start the playing of the marker is controlled by cursor placement Before moving the cursor to a new position the player must be stopped Commentaries on Profiles There are two ways to play commentari
77. ng a job folder or project in the ARCHIVES node Hl Show Hide Side Bar Toggles the display of a sidebar providing the same features as the Add Anno tation above Y NOTES i Note 1 Y IMAGES ro Engine Front COMMENTARIES oe Comment 1 Y SIGNAL RECORDINGS oo Soundrec 1 oo Soundrec 2 oo Soundrec 3 ATTACHMENTS de gi Engine Descripton docx he Add annotations using the buttons above or drag drop When using the sidebar you can click one of the buttons and browse to the file you want to attach Al ternatively you can drag a file from Windows Explorer and drop it on the side bar Files are placed accord ing to file type e NOTES txt files e IMAGES jpg files e COMMENTARIES wav files e SIGNAL RECORDINGS None To add wav files as recordings you can only use the button If you have BZ 5503 A license there will be a link in each annotation signal recording group that will open the marker table and browse to the correct tab annotations sound The feature is disabled if there is no logging license e ATTACHMENTS All other file types The sidebar also has right click menus that allow you to edit notes play signal recordings and commentar ies open images as well as cut copy paste rename and delete t NOTES IMAGES P COMMENTARIES SIGNAL RECORDINGS Play Save Recording Delete Rename Marker Attachments Attachments can be made at the marker level by right clic
78. o data post processing if license is available for the particular module The following suggestions are considered good practice when using the archives Keep all data related to the same case in the same archive Make new archives for major new cases Keep data in the archive even if you export data then you always have the raw data in a secure way Create the archive on a network drive then your colleagues will also have access to the data Create users for Type 2250 2270 only and templates in the archive for easy setup of the instrument to a specific case The following suggestions are considered good practice when organising data on the instrument e Create a user for each user of the instrument Type 2250 2270 only all data and setups for each user are then effectively secure from being altered by other users e Create job folders to distinguish between different jobs To organise larger jobs or cases consider creating a user as a case this will ease working on several cases at the same time Type 2250 2270 only see also How To Organise Templates in Archives Use the archive as the basis for the following activities with your instrument Transfer and store data from the instrument Set up the instrument View data Export data Access Logging or Spectrum post processing module Note It is strongly recommended that you never change an existing archive file structure with Windows Explorer Maintenance View To sho
79. o open the Scheduled Data Transfer dialog and set a schedule for future trans fer of data for the job folder as described above Create Users on Instrument Type 2250 2270 Only The Create User wizard is used to create a new user on the instrument Create User Create anew user onthe instrument 1 Type the name of the new user EE 2 Settings for the new user Use default settings O Copy settings from an existing user 3 Type of User f User for Type 2250 C User for Type 2270 ai ik Create Two sections of the wizard are used as the software already knows the Type of User Section 1 allows you to type in the name of a new user on the instrument Section 2 allows you to select the method to use to create the new user You can choose either the default settings or copy existing settings from another user by selecting the user from the drop down list Once you have selected what you want click Create The Create User wizard can be displayed by right clicking on an instrument in the tree view and selecting Create User from the drop down menu or by clicking an instrument and then clicking amp on the toolbar Password Protection for the Instrument It is possible to protect an instrument from unwanted access A user name and password is provided from BZ 5503 RemoteAPI or PULSE Reflex when connected to the instrument To turn on or off the password protection 1 Tap 2 Tap Remote Access
80. o rename it The panel is split into 3 sections Section 1 allows you to choose an archive for storing your data or create a new one if required Section 2 allows you to delete the data from the instrument once it has been successfully archived if you check the checkbox If you do not check the checkbox the data you transferred remain on the instrument Section 3 allows you to choose between transferring selected data i e data selected in the explorer tree list view or transferring all data modified by the current user after the specified date Set Date lets you change the date if required Once you have selected the data to transfer click Start Transfer Scheduled Transfer Scheduled transfer can be used to transfer data at a specific time with recurring transfer at a set interval For example if you are using Enhanced logging and produce a project every day scheduled transfer can be set to retrieve that measurement automatically every day as long as long as BX 5503 is running and the instrument is available The Schedule button in the lower left of the dialog only appears if you transfer data at Job level or higher It opens the Schedule Data Transfer dialog ae Schedule Data Transfer Name Transfer from 2672079 to BAData Start Immediately Execute Start Time Infinitely 11 13 12 Interval Start Date Daily 1 00 00 00 19 04 2012 Task Details Destination Archive BAData Destination User 2
81. ode If you connect more than one instrument or connect using LAN this is where you select the instrument s you wish to connect to use the checkboxes in the Connected column or right click and select Connect Instrument The Location is set up on the instrument in Preferences Network Settings Note Connecting to an instrument using LAN locks the instrument from being connected to from other PCs on the network If an instrument is in use the Status column reads In Use Uncheck the checkbox or right click and select Disconnect Instrument to free the instrument again User If you have defined more than one user on the instrument Type 2250 2270 only then navigate to the user whose data you wish to view If you need to show all users data expand all users in the tree Context Menus To help you manage your data in this view various context menus pop up when you right click on an item For instance there are menus for each of the tree nodes each of your job folders and each of your projects Each of these menus has various options some of which may or may not be available depending on which part of the tree you are in Most tasks and functionality on instruments can be activated from the context menus While some of the options on these context menus are specific to this BZ 5503 software and need expla nation see below some are common options found in most software packages such as Expand Col lapse Explore Cut Copy Paste
82. on a network highly protected by firewalls and a VPN then it may be nec essary to insert the IP address on this tab Instruments on these addresses will automatically be visible in the connection list for Instrument View for online display Click Add to add an IP address and a description of the address To edit addresses in the list simply click on the content Use Remove to remove entries no longer in use Note Entries no longer in use should be removed to prevent BZ 5503 from trying to connect to these addresses as this can degrade the overall performance of the program License Instrument License Name Expire days p All BZ 55034 Logging Post Processing Module 7 All B 55036 Spectrum Post Processing Module T The License tab allows you to fulfil your license before first using the software and to see what license is being used You can also check Show warnings about expiring licenses if you want to be informed before your license expires Statistics w Options Fractiles Fractile 1 d Fractile 5 Fractile 6 Fractile 7 Fractile 4 iW Use fractiles from project M Generate spectral statistics on markers based on Leg license B7 5503 A Show LN fractiles in profile Fractiles Fractiles are always displayed in the main table and in the spectrum graph for the total measurement and the report and displayed for Logged and Marker when full statistics have been logged Fractile setup can also be show
83. own menu in the top right corner of the Calculations sidebar 3 Select the desired post weighting A B or C from the Post Weighting drop down menu 4 Click anda post weighted spectrum will be generated for each individual spectra you selected Post Weigl w t 4 Logarithmic Addition Corect for Background Noise Arithmetic Subtraction Constant Stat F Ld Logarithmic Slittraction RO BGCor 50 51 Rl PW A S0 SO Project 005 Lreq 9 The post weighting applied depends on the setting of Post Weighting Setting bottom right and the actual weighting of selected spectrum Following weightings can be made From Z to A From Z to B From Z to C From C to A From C to B From B to A When attempting to apply other weightings you will receive an error message Post weighting settings are global in BZ 5503 so changes to these settings will also be used in future calculations however calculations that have already been performed will not be updated Broadband values are not influenced by the post weighting because they are measured values Constant value Arithmetic Subtraction A constant value can be subtracted from each band in a spectrum 1 Select one spectrum 2 Select Arithmetic Subtraction Constant from the Operator drop down menu and click Arithmetic w Logarithmic Addition Corect for Background Noise i ic Subtraction Constant Post Weight K Logarithmic Subtraction
84. r position You can sort the list in accordance with any of the columns by clicking on the column header Click again to reverse the sorting You can hide archives from the tree view by unchecking the Connected checkbox on the left of list view 3 BF 5503 Measurement Partner Suite DATA MAINTENANCE ARCHIVES b Building Acoustics ARCHIVES anane H E Test Archive SW Package 3 Connected Ic Name f Path Boho hain Sq Building Acoustics C Users env Documents Brus rr E FFT CAUsers env Documents Bruel al E S Fi Te Test Archive SW C Users env Documents Brue The Graph column shows your measurements as thumbnails Neither Sound Level Meter data nor Logging data from software versions below 2 0 contain graphics content For Logging data the thumbnail shows the Logging Overview measured by the instrument For Frequency Analysis data the thumbnail shows the Leg spectrum The thumbnail is green for data below 30 dB and red for data above 100 dB and then from green through yellow to red from 30 to 100 dB Hover the mouse over the thumbnail to show it as a small graph like this a FEL ara hiinlasi JH LE LLL ENEE Pipes Le EF E l fi i i dali 33 18993 Fri Jas PEG 7 Eg Yi ABA 2 i eS oe re Learns FFT 20 ot 70 a a 4 3 e Hover the mouse pointer over the Note icon to display the content e Hover the mouse pointer over a Comment or Recording for immediate playback it stops when you mov
85. rd from the instrument and insert it in the slot or card reader on your PC The card will then be available in the Archive View as a Removable Device j By u hiegi ptre P aa Gate DATA MALIA ERENCE FIs all g ARCHIVES Ll bay Tent Archive Rito REMOVABLE DEVICES E mE Arar SY HLEA bE Tt Archie DA Parkes 11 ko Rpr ime DU Lig iain ie Tart decree Sil Peite l im Fe EE be Dii E E rub arat SA I E mt Acer SY Pecks i Gor Tent Archeee Si Packs E mE Arh IT i Ce a a oom b Soy Tate Arche SWE Pa F RS TRUMERTS REMOVABLE DEVICES E af Pe a JE E Iii For a quick overview you can view some of the stored data directly on the removable before transferring it to an archive On transfer all the data are available You can copy or move data projects jobs or even users to an archive Right click on the data you want to copy select Copy from the context menu or move select Cut from the context menu and then right click at the position in the archive where you want the data and select Paste The data will then be transferred from the card to the archive You can also drag and drop the data from card to archive Click and drag the data you want to transfer to its new position in the archive When you release the mouse button the data will be copied You can move or copy data from an archive to the card If you press lt Ctrl gt while you release the mouse button then the data will be copied Note All removab
86. ring Data for Export Use the Export wizard select Launch Excel after export and export the complete set of data After Excel has opened delete the unwanted data columns parameters Delete all data rows except row 1 the header row Save the Excel sheets as MyFilter xls or MyFilter xlsx depending on the Excel version together with the other Master Files 5 Export your data using MyFilter xls x as the Master File the resulting Excel file will contain only the required sheets and parameters Pe a Note The filter must match the measured data If for example LAeq and LCeq appear in the list of filtered infor mation and you use the filter on data measured with Broadband Frequency Weighting set to AZ instead of AC then you will only get LAeq LCeg will not be present in the data and LZeq has not been set in the filter If you want LZeq to be present together with LAeq then make a new filter Note The filter must match the selected Export Language in Options Language Reporting 1 Export complete data or filtered data as shown above naming the Excel file as an example MyRe port xls 2 Add one or more sheets containing calculated data tables and graphs 3 Create links between the report sheets and the data sheets if you want to delete the data rows in the data sheets afterwards use the Clear Contents option from the Edit menu then Excel will pre serve the links to the empty cells 4 Save MyReport xls
87. s Port Description 87 100 100 150 100 Instrument 1 87 100 100 150 101 Instrument 2 Set Up BZ 5503 The PC running BZ 5503 needs access to the Internet either via the office network or viaa GPRS 3G con nection With BZ 5503 you need to specify the static external IP address of the router The address is set up in the Pontons IP Addresses tab Additional Settings for DDNS If the address is static then you just need to specify the address If the address isn t static then you need to insert the hostname specified at the DDNS service provider e g MyBK2250 dyndns com BZ 5503 will then get and use the correct IP address from the DDNS service provider Port Numbers When connecting to a PC or instrument on an IP address then it is done through a port with a number be tween 0 and 65535 several of these numbers are reserved BZ 5503 uses default port 80 to connect to the instrument This port is also used for accessing the Internet using Internet Browsers The main advantage of using this port is e On company networks all ports are often closed for security reasons with the exception of a few One of the exceptions is port 80 otherwise Internet access would not be possible You will then be able to access the Type 2250 2270 from a PC on a restricted company network The drawback is e fthe network behind the router contains a Web server all traffic into the router on port 80 is forward ed to the Web server thus Typ
88. s license BZ 5503 A The Marker Table view E a is used in conjunction with the Profile view for Logging and Advanced Logging projects When Overview is selected as in the figure below it lists the types of markers used from the start of the first marker to the end of the last marker and the individual marker for the selected row are indicated in the Profile view You can right click in the header to select the columns to display Project 007 ARCHIVES Signal Recordings 2250 Measurements with Sound Recording Project 007 E Manual E Level E Sound Marker Type Start Time End Time Duration LAeq LCeq LAF tr s dB dB dE Total 05 10 2011 13 34 19 05 10 2011 13 36 37 00 02 18 55 7 97 3 70 2 Level 05 10 2011 13 34 26 05 10 2011 13 36 29 00 01 16 58 3 59 4 70 2 Manual 05 10 2011 13 34 44 05 10 2011 13 36 29 00 01 04 58 0 39 0 70 2 Sound 05 10 2011 13 34 45 05 10 2011 13 36 31 00 01 07 57 7 28 7 70 2 lt gt Manual Level Sound Cursor values Report Mt 13 34 19 13 35 59 L eg 56 5 dB Logged x 13 35 19 13 35 20 LAFmax 22 0 dB LAFmin 21 0 dB i L eg 21 5 dB 13 34 20 13 05 10 2011 Measured Calculations When a single marker type is selected for example Sound the table lists all markers of that type End Time Overview E Manual E Level Marker Type Start Time Duration LAeg LCeq LAFIT s dB dE dB Sound y 10 2011 13 34 745 10 2011 13 36 31 00 01 07 37 7 Sound 05 10 2011 13 34 45 05
89. s listed in the sidebar and displayed along with the original spectra You can show the result on its own by right clicking in the graph and deselecting the original spectra t You can use and to rearrange the order of the projects listed in the sidebar Results of the calculations are saved in the first project that was shown in the Calculations tab Logarithmic Addition and Subtraction To add or subtract spectra Select a project in archives to show it in the Data Viewer and select the Calculations tab Make sure that the calculations sidebar is open Click and drag other projects to the sidebar Click on a project in the sidebar then press lt Shift gt or lt Ctrl gt and click on the project s you want to add to or subtract from the first 5 Select Logarithmic Addition or Logarithmic Subtraction from the Operator drop down menu and click oY Logarithmi t 4 Logarithmic Correct for Background Noise Stat Arithmetic Subtraction Constant Post Weight Logarithmic Subtraction pra HLO SU RU Rl BGCor SO0 RO R3 LogAdd 50 R0 For the calculations 1 3 octave spectrum can be converted to 1 1 octave spectrum by dragging the 1 3 octave spectrum into a 1 1 octave spectrum Post weighting Spectra To post weight spectra 1 Select the spectrum or spectra you wish to post weight from the list of available spectra in the Cal culations sidebar 2 Select Post Weight from the Operator drop d
90. sing setup b Special Tone Parameters US Occ Health b gt Measured Calculations Right click on the column header to display the available columns Select deselect from the menu You can reorganize the columns by clicking a column header and dragging it to another position One of the rows is highlighted to indicate whether data from Total Logged 100 ms Report or Marker are selected for display in the Spectrum and Statistics views Spectrum View Spectrum View ha The Spectrum view shows the measured spectra in graphical form Select which spectra to display using the selector in the Table view above the graph Total Logged or Report This setting is linked to a similar parameter in the Statistics view Scaling x and y axes In the spectrum views you can change the x and y axis ranges by double clicking on the maximum or min imum values typing in a new value and pressing lt Enter gt Double click on the axis to return to the original setting CPB Spectrum View The CPB Spectrum view shows CPB spectra in graphical form You can add A B or C post weighting to the display so that both the weighted and the unweighted spectra are shown view data as 1 1 or 1 3 octaves and with a BZ 5503 B license select the parameter to use for tone assessment Right click inside the spectrum to select which parameters to display Post wat None w ViewAs 1230c ce l Cursor values ou X BOD Hz LAFmax 80 1 dB ue
91. t to an Instrument Through a Router BZ 5503 BZ 5503 GPRS 3G Network Office Network Internet B2Z 5503 Router Home Network 720240 Setting up the Instrument The instrument is connected to the Router Modem using an Ethernet cable connected directly to the LAN socket of Type 2270 or connected via an Ethernet CF card UL 1016 inserted in the CF slot of Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M or 2270 The instrument needs a static IP address however you can typically set the instrument up to automatically obtain the IP address and then set up the router to reserve a static IP address for the instrument by using its MAC Address in the router s DHCP table Setting up the Router In addition to the settings needed for the router to access the WAN Wide Area Network the Internet please consult the user manual for the router and your Internet Service Provider and the settings needed for setting up the LAN a number of steps are necessary to allow access to the instrument from the Internet Please consult the user manual for the router but the main steps are as follows e Setup the router to assign reserve a fixed IP address for the instrument Many routers handle this using a DHCP reservation list or a Static DHCP list Please add the instrument to this list and then select an IP address for it Often the instrument must be identified by either the host name of the in strument this is BK2250 nnnnnnn or BK22
92. that has the environmental software installed If the software is not yet installed do it now 7 Open the software if it is not already open Go to Options click EA and select License 8 Click Browse to navigate to the license file that was saved in step 6 Click Open Your newly added license will now be added to the License list and you can start using the software To Connect an Instrument 1 Open your BZ 5503 application click on the Maintenance button at the top of the window and click NS LE to show the Instrument view 2 Switch on your Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M 2270 instrument and wait a few seconds for the instru ment to go through its initialisation and start up routine 3 Connect your instrument via USB Cable to PC 4 Connect the instrument directly to the PC via USB and wait for the instrument to be recognised automatically This can be confirmed by checking that the instrument serial number appears in the INSTRUMENTS node INSTRUMENTS LAN or WLAN 4 Connect an instrument or instruments to the network using o An Ethernet cable connected directly to the LAN socket of Type 2270 o An Ethernet CF card UL 1016 inserted in the CF slot of Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M or 2270 o ACF WLAN card inserted in the CF slot of Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M or 2270 o A wireless Ethernet bridge The analyzer supports TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol on the LAN The analyzer must have a unique address on
93. the router does not support DDNS Dynamic DNS then one can be setup on the instrument Please con sult the instrument user manual Setting up Multiple Instruments Behind a Router In order to connect multiple instruments behind a router and be able to communicate with them you must have a router that can convert ports from the WAN side to the internal side of the network IP Address 1927 168 1 10 IP Address 197 168 1 11 Port 80 y Port 80 y Office Network Firewall Instrument 1 87 100 100 150 Port 100 Instrument 2 867 100 100 150 Port 101 GPRSSG Network WAN IP 87 100 100 150 120223 The scenario shows two instruments behind a router The router has two interfaces an internal interface where the instruments are connected to and have the IP addresses 192 168 1 10 and 192 168 1 11 and its WAN interface where the router in this example has the external IP 87 100 100 150 To configure the router for following scenario see the NAT table which shows the port forwards that needs to be done in order to be able to connect to the instruments from BZ 5503 NAT table Application name Port from Protocol IP Address Port to Type 2250 Instru 100 TCP 192 168 1 10 80 ment 1 Type 2250 Instru 101 TCP 192 168 1 11 80 ment 2 Note For BZ 5503 to detect the above two instruments the static P Addresses tab in Options must have the settings given in the BZ 5503 settings table BZ 5503 settings Addresse
94. ton When you have finished click Create to create the new user Properties Use this option if you want to check the path of the currently selected archive Create Job Folder Use this option to create a new job folder for the current user in the currently selected archive Type the new name into the entry field of the window that pops up and click Create to add your new folder to the archive To Instrument Use this option to transfer selected data to the instrument First select the instrument from the drop down list Then select the memory device in the instrument to which you want to download the data and click Start Transfer Add Note Use this option to add a text note to either the job folder or a project within the folder Add Attachment Use this option to add an attachment to either the job folder or a project within the folder Export Use this option to export the selected jobs or projects View in External Window Use this option to view the measurement data stored in the currently selected project using an external BZ 5503 Data Viewer Disconnect Archive Use this option to hide an archive from the Archive Explorer Once hidden the ar chive will no longer be displayed To show the archive again click the ARCHIVES node and check the checkbox for the archive Delete For a data project this means that the project will be deleted from the archive on your disk This cannot be undone so use it with caution For an archive it
95. tware EmptyMaster xls EmptyMaster xlsx FilterExample xls ReportExample xls Export to Qualifier select Export to Qualifier Type 7830 37 in the Export Wizard to export data for calculating Building Acous tics parameters in accordance with international and national standards You can either export Building Acoustics data measured with 2250 2270 Building Acoustics Software directly or you can export Frequency Analyzer and Reverberation Time data using a special data selection dialog described here Data from Building Acoustics Software If you have used the Building Acoustics Software BZ 7228 or the Dual channel Building Acoustics Software BZ 7229 for measuring source and receiver room levels the background noise and the reverberation time then all data are kept in a single project You then just need to select the project for export Data from Frequency Analyzer and Reverberation Time Software e Use BZ 7223 Frequency Analyzer Software to perform L1 L2 and B2 measurements Note Version 2 of this software can control the built in generator e Use BZ 7227 Reverberation Time Software to perform T2 measurements e Use BZ 5503 to archive the data on your PC e Use this dialog to select which data to export to Type 7830 as L1 L2 B2 and T2 data and to select standard task surface and volume see typical dialog below e Use Type 7830 version 2 9 or higher to calculate and report the relevant building acoustics param eters
96. ual BE1713 You can see the hardware version by displaying the About tab of your instrument s help If you cannot install software using the USB and have have tried the Reset Options described in the Trou bleshooting section of the User Manual for the instrument then you can install the instrument software using a CF card Procedure for Hardware Versions 1 2 and 3 1 Locate the required 2250 2270 Software Package in the folder where you have installed BZ 5503 The default path is 32 bit Windows 7 and XP C Program Files Common Files Bruel and Kjaer SWP SW 64 bit Windows 7 C Program Files x86 Common Files Bruel and Kjaer SWP SW 2 Copy the content of the required 2250 Software Package to the root of an empty CF Card size be tween 64 and 512 MB and formatted with FAT 16 You should now have the following layout G cow Computer Removable Disk E Organize Include in library Share with New folder gt a Music a Name E Pictures F Videos Date modified Type gh BRAPPS 12 04 2012 10 55 File folder JE Computer amp Local Disk C coq Removable Disk E hi Network ae Languages A eboot bin a eboot CN bin a eboot KR bin A nk bin A nk CN bin A nk KR bin 12 04 2012 10 55 24 11 2010 01 42 24 11 2010 02 04 24 11 2010 02 27 24 11 2010 01 43 24 11 2010 02 05 24 11 2010 02 28 File folder BIN File BIN File BIN File BIN File BIN File BIN File 191 KB 191 KB 1
97. w the Maintenance view click on the Maintenance tab at the top of the window The Maintenance view contains all the tasks commonly performed on the instrument The purpose of these tasks is to organise data and users Type 2250 2270 only on the instrument and to install new software or licenses Help for Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 Help is provided with Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 Press lt F1 gt at any time during use of this pro gram to get detailed help on the current task If required a print friendly PDF version is also available on the Environmental Software DVD BZ 5298 Friday October 26 2012 Bruel amp Kjeer How To Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M 2270 software modules are collected together in a 2250 Software Package The software packages available at the time of installation were copied to your PC when you installed BZ 5503 Later versions of these software packages may now be available on the support site www bksv com All software modules are installed when you install a package you cannot pick out a single module from a package and install it separately Fulfil Your BZ 5503 License connect an Instrument Install an Application Installa License for an Instrument Application Transfer Data from Your Instrument to an Archive via USB ransfer Data from an SD card or a CF card in a PC Card Reader Transfer Data from or Control an Instrument via LAN WLAN Export Data from
98. your PC If the instrument uses a different time zone it will be offset accordingly To synchronize the instrument right click the instrument in the INSTRUMENT node and select Synchronize Instrument Clock with PC Clock You can synchronize multiple instruments at one time Transfer Data from the Instrument to the Archive i Right click on the data you want to transfer and select To Archive from the pop up menu or press 45 To Archive Instrument on the toolbar to transfer projects and or settings from the instrument to the selected archive using the Send Data to Archive wizard Send data to archive an 1 Selectan archive for data storage A New 2 Automatic deletion of data from te instument Delete data from the instrument after successful transfer to the archive 3 Start transfeming data to archive C Transfer new data Transter all data nvoditied later than 01 01 2004 00 00 Set Date Transfer selected data be i gt Schedule Start Transfer The transferred data are stored in the archive using the same user and job folder structure as on the instru ment However no distinction is made in the archives between memory devices in the instrument i e data in a Job001 folder on a SD card and data in a Job001 folder on the internal disk will all be stored in Job001 in the archive During transfer of data if a project with the same name already exists in the archive a dialog appears asking you t

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