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1. FTE LAeg 72 5 dB Logged Ae 12 39 33 12 39 30 dB 110 1007 LAFmax 72 6 dB i A Aarne ho LAFmin 68 7 dB g i R A f ih i iT 4 i i la vik i aa LCpeak 87 9 dB ve iri ii LAeg 71 5 dB 804 l TEF i 70 44 j 12 56 00 12 57 20 12 59 40 13 00 00 13 01 20 13 02 40 13 04 00 18 04 2012 Measurement Start Time Stop Time Elapsed Time LAeq LCpeak LAFmax LAFmin Ove dB dB dB dB Total 18 04 2012 12 54 55 18 04 2012 13 05 01 00 10 06 72 6 106 9 84 0 60 2 0 0 Logged 18 04 2012 12 59 55 18 04 2012 12 59 56 00 00 01 flo 87 9 2 6 66 18 04 2012 12 59 55 18 04 2017 13 00 55 00 01 00 Marker 18 04 2017 12 53 29 18 04 2012 12 39 42 00 00 13 0 Hat lt H Report wl Post Wgt None w View As 1 3 0ct w HW Noon Cursor values Report 18 04 2012 12 59 55 13 00 55 X 800 Hz dB LZeq 64 8 dB 70 60 50 40 30 20 i6 35 63 125 250 500 ik 2k 4k 8k i k AC Hz Measured Calculations Once you have added a report Remove Time Reports becomes available in the wizard Remove Time Reports in the Marker and Report Wizard When you use Remove Time Reports you remove the report applied by Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 Enhanced Logging If the project is an Enhanced Logging project a report was initially created on the instrument Creating a report Measurement Part ner Suite does not overwrite that original report So using Remove Time Reports reverts to the report initially measured wit
2. 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 net work through GPRS 3G NOTE If the router does not support DDNS Dynamic DNS then one can be setup on the instrument Please consult 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 197 166 1 10 IP Address 19 7 166 1 11 Port 80 w Port 80 y Office Network E Firewall Instrument 1 867 100 100 150 Port 100 Instrument 2 877 100 100 150 Port 104 Intametl gt GPRSISG Ne Work WAN IP 87 100 100 150 120223 The scenario shows two instruments behind a router The router has
3. Marker Type Start Time End Time Duration LAeq LCeq LAFmax LAFmin s dB dB dB dB Trucks 18 04 2012 12 55 29 18 04 2017 13 02 71 00 00 36 74 3 80 3 80 3 67 5 75 5 79 7 78 9 Trucks 18 04 2012 12 59 24 18 04 2012 12 59 42 00 00 18 73 2 73 5 803 67 5 Trucks 18 04 2012 13 02 16 18 04 2012 13 02 21 00 00 05 744 84 3 77 0 72 4 gt Cursor values Report A 12 54 55 12 55 55 taB LAeg Ki dB virrie 12 55 36 azii LAFmax 78 3 dB odh ut 4 ih 4 tt te ee Casa a i Want A sieht an 804 1 h l l ily Ht m ke l i J T r L p f h h jl ITE pF j a E A ae ae i HET 3 7 ji THA uA At fi i H m 1 r if j r 12 56 00 12 57 20 12 58 40 13 00 00 13 01 20 13 02 40 13 04 00 18 04 2012 Measured Calculations However if your project contains data from 100 ms logging you can click in the toolbar to change the resolution of the mark ers to 100 ms E Overview E Manual E Level Pe Sound E Annotations Marker Type Start Time End Time Duration LAeg LCeq LAFmax LAFmin s dB dB dB dB Trucks 18 04 2012 12 55 29 0 18 04 2012 13 02 21 0 00 00 36 0 als Trucks 18 04 2012 12 59 24 0 18 04 2012 12 59 42 0 00 00 18 0 Trucks 18 04 2012 13 02 16 0 18 04 2012 13 02 21 0 00 00 05 0 2re ss2 gr gt HW Noon Cursor values Manual Level Trucks Sound Report Loe T a ee Xi 12 54
4. For more information see Signal Recording Project Level To perform Tone Analysis on a complete signal recording you must use the sidebar Lol 1 Open the project with the recording 2 Click Lil and expand Signal Recordings 3 Right click on the sound recording and select Analyze for Tones requires license BZ 5503 C Click for screenshot w SIGNAL RECORDINGS gt ao Soundre Play gt ATTACHME Export Sound Recording Delete Rename Analyze for tones 4 A Tone Analysis window will open displaying the results of the analysis For more information see Signal Recording How to Add an Impulse Marker To add impulse markers 8 NO FPF WN gt Click 2 Select the Impulses tab Select the parameters from the list of available parameters in the drop down menus that will trigger the event More Enter the dB value Check or uncheck Require 10 dB up down slopes of less than 1s using 100 ms LAF More 2 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 Click to add the markers to the Profile view and the Marker Table view How to Search Tones in a Profile To perform Tone Analysis on a logging profile 1 2 1 Open the project with the logging profile Ensure that the Tone Table license BZ 5503 B is open if not click and that the Spectrum graph is open if not click
5. bottom right and the actual weighting of selected spec trum Following weightings can be made From Z to A From Z to B From Z toC 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 cal culations that have already been performed will not be updated Broadband values are not influenced by the post weighting because they are measured values NOTE If a Z weighted signal recording is analyzed for tones the FFT spectrum is post A weighted automatically if is required by the standard for example ISO does DS does not You can override the post weighted recording with A or Z as desired Status text will inform the you if you are no longer in com pliance with the standard Arithmetic Subtraction Constant 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 t 45 Constant 5 0 dB ot iF LI 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 ho
6. Properties Marker Displays the name of the current marker Use the drop down menu to change the selected marker Marker Name Enter a new name for the marker in the text box This changes the name of all markers of that name Marker Function Select e None marks the target but imposes no conditions e Exclude excludes the periods from calculations Excluded periods are marked in the graph e Exceedance places a marker where your selected parameters exceed limits you define See How to Set Up an Exceedence Marker for more information NOTE e Excluded markers added in Measurement Partner Suite cannot be exported back to the hand held analyzer The analyzer project markers will have their original functionality e The exclude settings export to Excel and are shown in as excluded in the Marker Name column See also Annotations and Attachments Marker and Report Wizard Requires BZ 5503 A license Click ki to open the Marker and Report Wizard Reports Add Time Report To add reports covering time periods longer than the logging period 1 Click Select the Reports tab 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 4 Ifyou want the reports to match the current cursor position check the Synchronize reports with profile cursor box 9 Click to add the Report to the Table view Rem
7. Standard and Task chosen For all standards with Airborne and Fa ade 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 Crand 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 pro jects all located in the folder you selected when starting the Export wizard 3 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 stand ards 4 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 a
8. al Impulses can be found by comparing a fast changing parameter such as LAImax or LApeak with a slow changing pu as LAFmax or LASmax The 100 ms LAF value can be checked to see if the upward slope of the impulse rises more than 10 dB in less than 1 s and drops more than 10 dB in less than 1 s Click kd to open the Marker and Report Wizard and click theTone tab Change parameters to meet your specifications Select a marker name or rename a marker that is not currently used click Ia Select the Logged view in the Spectrum graph to see the tone markers How to Set Up an Exceedance Marker Requires BZ 5503 A NO OPW To set up an exceedance marker Add a marker or markers for the period of interest New Marker Click the Marker Properties button Select the marker you set up from the Marker drop down menu or enter a new name in the Marker Name field Select Exceedance from the Marker Function drop down menue Click the Configure button The Configure Exceedance Criteria window will open Stipulate your Reference Periods Select three parameters from the drop down menus under Maximum Levels dB and enter the maximum levels for each in the corresponding fields 9 Youcan set up multiple configurations 10 Click the Configure Exceedance Criteria Ok button click the Marker Properties Ok button 11 Select the marker you added from the Marker drop down menu and click the Finish button CONOARWN gt Parameters that exce
9. allows you to calculate and analyze noise from various noise sources such as industry or traffic With its state of the art calculation power it can be used for all applications ran ging from small scale impact assessments to mapping of large agglomerations For further information see the website for Predictor Type 7810 Type 7815 Noise Explorer Type 7815 is a Windows based application for downloading and reporting noise and vibration data measured with Bruel amp Kjaer Sound Level Meters and analyzers This software allows you to e Format your data for export to spreadsheets noise mapping software or the Windows clipboard e Display print measurement results in graphical or tabular form For further information see the website 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 meas urements 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 international standards such as ISO 8297 and ISO 3744 For further information see the website for Acoustic Determinator Type 7816 Type 7820 Evaluator Type 7820 is a Windows based application for environmental noise evaluation It provides versatile tools f
10. are different screens that depend on the type of data Standard Click for screenshot 2 Select what to export Settings w Setup Calibration and Annotations Export annotation files Total and Periodic Reports w Broadband w Spectra w LN Spectra Logged Data Logged Data 100ms Ww Broadband Broadband vw Spectra LN Spectra Marker Calculations Previous 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 Reports 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 out put 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 output LN Spectra to a single sheet The LN spectra will be output with one logging interval per Excel row Marker Calculations will output Marker Calculations to a single sheet Logged D
11. as the software already knows the Type of Usen 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 g 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 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 If 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 instrument 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 pr
12. e Set up 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 Options Remote Devices 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 providers 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 host name e g MyBK2250 dyndns com identifying the router Devices DEVICES Transfer Data from the Instrument to the Archive Create Users on Instrument On line Display Devices The DEVICES node allows you to connect and disconnect instruments and to
13. 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 Display Settings Graph Settings Render Octave spectra as Select Bar or Step Render FFT spectra as Select Bar or Step Show graph title Selecting Show graph title places the name of the project as the graph title in bold across the top of the graph The graph title is also added to the bitmap when right click Copy Graphis used Show graph annotation only for logging Selecting Show graph annotation only for logging displays an annotation on top of the graph under the graph title if Show graph title is also selected that is used on spectra and statistics graphs in logging projects This indicates whether the data are for Total Logged Report or Marker which marker and what start time Changes are applied when you exit the options window Graph Color 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 Default to reset all colors to their predefined settings Changes are applied when you exit the options window Measurement Partner Licenses The Measurement Partner Licenses window allows you to fulfil your license before first using the software and to see what license is being used You can also check Show
14. for the instrument you will be notified Click for screenshot software Update A newer version of the instrument software is available What s new in VERSION 4 1 1 Software Package 27a a4 ls dB Briiel amp Kj r recommends that you always use the most current software avaiable New versions of the analyzer software which you may want to install are available for download Bug fixes All When instrument dock is synchronized from PC then summer time correcton is erroneously applied during winter tme All Cannot use MPS printer All Incorrect installation of software package when using link in About B2 7131 32 Smileys sometimes appear below spectrum bands when viewing a project B 7131 32 no as Spectrum data are not always displayed when opening a project Download Clase To Upgrade Instrument Software If you do not have the required license to use the software you are installing you must select the Upgrade of licenses is needed to run new applications version Continue checkbox before you can click install the software To upgrade instrument software 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 If there is a newer software package O will be displayed to the right of the relevant instrument 3 Click amp The new window will provide the new version information including bug fixes from the previous version 4 click LAZA A new window will prompt you to verify that you wish to install that software p
15. licenses B2 5503 4 and B2 5503 C Export Sound Recordings license BZ 5503 C Export Region license B2 5503 A Edit license B2 5503 A Delete license BZ 5503 A Marker Properties license B2 5505 4 eee Tht TEA P1 11 56 21 11 57 max 69 4 dB 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 Annota tion Small icons indicate the type of annotation HW Hight Cursor values Level_ Sound Report X 21 05 28 21 11 57 LAeg 65 5 dB Logged i 1 HAHH ai i X 21 11 56 21 11 57 4 Unzoom LAFmax 69 4 dB Autosale H ate poar Sa u raa Annotation araz 70 MAL I li l Marker Properties license BZ 5503 A Note i i i sod Ni AU Report Image Report Octaves b Attachment Logged d Mil Logged Octaves b 40 Copy Graph 30 __ Copy Data d 21 06 00 21 07 00 21 08 00 21 09 00 21 10 00 21 11 00 09 10 2012 Measured Calculations Briiel amp Kj r NOTE The annotation is inserted at the point where you right click not at the position of the x axis cursor On mouse roll
16. 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 net work 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 to External Software 1 Open BZ 5503 and 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 Right click the selected data and select Export from the drop down or click it on the toolbar Select the required type of export in the Export control panel If you want t
17. projects can be viewed using five views Profile Table Spectrum Statistics and Marker Table views e Reverberation Time projects can be viewed using the Table and Reverberation Time Spectrum views e FFT projects can be viewed using the Table and FFT Spectrum Views Views can be enabled disabled using the view selectors in the view toolbar at Fara H ma The first time you open large logging and enhanced logging projects and projects including logged full statistics 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 Tones BZ 5503 B In addition to the above and if the license is available you can use the Tone Table for tone analysis of projects including spectra Tones and noise pauses are shown By default the prominent tone is automatically selected marked with a vertical line and also marks the regression line and mask level Copy Graphics and Data You can copy the displayed graphs to the clipboard by right clicking inside a g
18. spectrum according to Italian Law Ministero dell ambiente Decreto 16 marzo 1998 e Assess tones measured according to the Tonalit Marqu e based on NF S 31 010 2010 11 08 section 7 5 2 4 2 More 1 e Assess tones measured according to the Western Australia standard More 2 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 e Assess tones in a measured FFT spectrum according to the Danish standard Denmark 1984 1991 Details on how the calculations are made can be found in the User Manual for FFT Analysis Software BZ 7230 and Tone Assess ment Option BZ 7231 BE1778 Marker Table View Requires license BZ 5503 A The Marker Table view lis used in conjunction with the Profile view for Logging and Advanced Logging projects When Over view 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 1 Tones will be calculated marked in the spectrum and listed in the tone table Additionally the calculated left and right level differences are displayed in the tone table In the main table the tone standard and status text are updated
19. the Marker Properties button Click Finish to add the markers to the Profile view and the Marker Table view If you want to remove existing markers of the type you have selected select Remove existing marker occurrences Click to add the markers to the Profile view and the Marker Table view Impulse Marker To add impulse markers 1 PP WON gt a Click 2 Select the Impulses tab Select the parameters from the list of available parameters in the drop down menus that will trigger the event More 1 Enter the dB value Impulses can be found by comparing a fast changing parameter such as LAImax or LApeak with a slow changing such as LAFmax or LASmax Check or uncheck Require 10 dB up down slopes of less than 1s using 100 ms LAF More 1 Select the type of Marker to use To adjust the marker properties click the Marker Properties button 7 If you want to remove existing markers of the type you have selected select Remove existing marker occurrences 8 Click to add the markers to the Profile view and the Marker Table view Signal Recordings Playing Signal 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 se eci ect Play 3 Place the cursor at the marker to be played and click 2 in the tool
20. 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 guaranteed for other languages where the parameter names might change over time Changes are applied when you exit the options window Remote Devices 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 Ifthe instrument is located on another network e g behind a router to be accessed through the internet You should then insert the global IP address of the router on this tab See also Connect an Instrument Through a Router e Ifthe 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 toa DynDNS account which resolves the address see Connect an Instrument Through a Router e Ifthe instrument is located on a network highly protected by firewalls and a VPN then it may be necessary 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
21. 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 for wards 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 Instrument 1 100 TCP 192 168 1 10 80 Type 2250 Instrument 2 101 TCP 192 168 1 11 80 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 0003 settings table BZ 5503 settings Addresses 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 connection With BZ 5503 you need to specify the static external IP address of the router The address is set up in the RM options Remote Devices 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 connecti
22. view or select jobs projects on connected instru ments 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 A 5503 Measurement Partner Suite v ARCHIVES DEVICES gt fo B amp K Demo Data gt amp Quiet Side Appartments Connected I Name Connection Info Y 100019 USB 2507234 LAN 94 144 49 114 DEVICES 100019 w a 2270 v ff Internal Disk gt fe frq gt amp Office gt fe Skt a alll gt fe Webex 41 dB Project 001 gt Ye 2507234 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 DEVICE list view when you click DEVICES 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 instru ment is in use the Status column reads In Use Uncheck the checkbox or right click and select Disconnect Instrument to free the instrument aga
23. 04 2012 16 58 0000 75 57 4 60 9 53 7 Ba a ae ee i HW Evening 116 KE rija M 16 04 2012 17 11 0005 51 74 1 82 0 68 6 Soe 55e a 6H 0020 20 631 42 61 7 dj HWY evening 2 SSE ai ie 162707 0000 FAI 760 enai d HW evening 2 SSK a 16rd 0000 20 70 5 17 0648 AL HW Rapin iage Peer 09 10 2012 21 05 0006 29 65 5 758 22 A HW Hoon S013 KE tein ete EOD LESA 0010208 72 6 4839840 60 2 You can then filter your search with the Type selector The following types of items can be found Projects Job Folders Annota tions 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 available e View in External Window Use this option to view the measurement data stored in the currently highlighted 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 B Edit Note Ea
24. 2012 21 03 28 09 10 2012 21 05 37 09 10 2012 21 06 21 End Time 09 10 2012 21 05 28 09 10 2012 21 11 03 09 10 2012 21 05 35 09 10 2012 21 05 45 09 10 2012 21 06 33 6 Se Ol aa Ce 00 03 59 00 00 07 00 00 08 00 00 12 Duration LAeq LCeq LAFmax LAFmin s dB dB dB dB 67 0 79 0 75 8 26 2 65 0 77 3 72 6 26 2 66 0 77 7 724 49 6 66 6 61 9 73 0 46 4 NOTE Sound markers have WAV files attached If you have added attachments at the sample level in the Profile view you can display a list of them in the Marker Table view Table Body Right click Menus Depending on the type of marker selected the following menu items may be available Copy Copies a row of the table to the clipboard 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 must select a specific marker not Overview Delete Deletes the marker cannot be undone Play Plays the wave file attached to the selected marker Export Sound Recording Save the selected sound as a WAV 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 Marker Properties Saves the new name to the marker file and refle
25. 55 12 55 55 dB o EE L eq 73 0 dB 110 Logged i Ae 12 55 35 12353236 1004 LAFmax 78 3 dB LAFmin 75 2 dB LAeq 76 6 dB 18 04 2012 Measured Calculations You can use this if you wish to view the data in greater detail particularly if 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 Right click Options Unzoom If you have zoomed in on the profile Unzoom will be available in the right click menu Autoscale Scales the Profile view to fit in the allocated area Add Annotation License BZ 5503 A 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 Marker Properties License BZ 5503 A Opens the Marker Properties dialog Report and Report Octaves To view a report in the Profile view the report must have been created manually using the Marker and Report wizard or created on the instrument 1 Right click in the profile view 2 Select Report or Report Octavesto open the that menu 3 Select the data you wish to add To view a report in the Spectrum view and Statistics view 1 Select the Report line in Table View 2 Click the time period you wish to see in the Profile view HW Noon Cursor values Manual Level Trucks Sound Report X 12 59 55 13 00 55
26. B 05 20 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 cE ior 17 KB 05 10 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 gt IE Removable Disk D pal ENHLOGSLM 14 KB 05 10 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 jog FFT 9 KE 05 10 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 Fa FET ANALYZER 14 KB 05 20 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 eq FET QUALITY 11 KB 05 20 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 7 Locca 16 KE 05 10 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 PE LOGSLM 13 KB 05 20 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 7 MMT 18 KB 19 03 2013 12 31 16 11 2011 16 03 a REVERSERATI 7 KE 05 10 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 J SLM 7 KE 05 10 2011 15 01 05 10 2011 15 01 ae SLMAdy 8 KE 05 10 2011 15 01 05 10 2011 15 01 a6 SLMBasic SKB 05 10 2011 15 01 05 10 2011 15 01 Data Templates Briel amp Kj r mo To do so use lt Ctrl A gt or a combination of lt Ctrl gt lt Shift gt click to select the templates Then right click and select Copy or To Archive or click 4S You now have backup templates for your instrument that can be copied to the instrument or any other instrument of the same type as required Note that Types 2250 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 Yo
27. 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 limitations of Excel Make your own filter to extract data for export 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 1 2 Right click a data se 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 Paste the data into Excel To Export All or a User selected Combination of Data Sets Using the Export Wizard 1 Right click the selected data in the ARCHIVES tree and select Export from the drop down or click it on the toolbar 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 You can choose to launch Microsoft Excel immediately or save the output to your chosen Excel file Master Files Two default Master Files are su
28. GPS Note 1 the GPS is required aAa c w NOTES BS Notei Edit gt IMAGES Cut gt COMME Copy ofp Delete gt SIGNAL gt ATTACHMENTS rr 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 To avoid mixing different data types only spectra measured with the same transducer can be put into the same calculator instance The following functions can be used in the Calculationswindow Logarithmic Addition and Subtraction Background Correction Arithmetic Subtraction Constant Arithmetic Subtraction Post weighting Spectra Cursor values Logarithmic Subtraction w 48 x 800 Hz LogSubtract 50 51 Hi evening 1 LAe Show Ref Spectrum Status E47014 Lieg PW ASO 53 3 dB HW evening 1 LAeg S2 HWW evening 3 Laeg S3 HW evening 2 Aeq ll RO PW A 50 Ri LogSubtract 50 51 31 5 125 500 2k 6k AC Hz Measured Calculations Br el amp Kj r You can add or subtract spectra that have the same axes such as 1 1 or 1 3 octave for example for subtraction 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 hav
29. Introduction to the Measurement Partner Suite Bruel amp Kj r www bksv com handheld BZ 5503 Measurement T Partner Suite ge BM bats als 2 A ah mis gD Initializing data model Copyright Broel amp kj r All rights reserved What Can You Do with Measurement Partner Suite Measurement Partner Suite Licenses Free A B and C The Latest Version of the Software Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 Software Help for Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 What can you do with the Measurement Partner Suite for Hand held Analyzers BZ 5503 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 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 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 multipurpose Windows based soft ware package for calculating environmental noise It
30. 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 the network an IP address which consists of four sets of three digit num bers e g 010 116 121 016 Typically the instrument is set up to automatically obtain 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 your hand held analyzer s 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 instrument 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 ANALE me 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 toolb
31. 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 Select your instrument in DEVICES w DEVICES gt 2507234 The License Mover appears to the right of the list of installed software 3 100019 rB i Description License Mover 3000 6405 kd af ii dB Sound Lever Meter Software ap signal Record ng Option 627222 4 1 5 BZ7726 4 1 5 Frequency Analysis Software BZ7223 4 1 5 Logging Software A 977224 4 1 5 SUE LSE Logging Software BZ7225 4 135 signal Recording Option ess 6272726 4 1 5 a Reverberation Time Software B7227 4 1 3 i Building Acoustics Software 577228 4 1 5 m PU ea oe imk Add license to sound level meter Type in the number and click 4dd License A Users lg Licenses A Software Briel amp Kj r Select the license s that you want to move to or from the License Mover and click wf or Kp as appropriate NOTE You cannot move licenses with a limited availability e g licenses expiring after a number of days License version 3 x indicates that the license is valid for versions 3 1 3 2 3 3 etc of the mod
32. License expires within 137 days R772265 3 5 License expires within 137 days BzZ7230 3 5 1 License expires within L37 days BF7251 3 5 1 License expires within 137 days B77292 3 5 1 License expires within 137 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 DEVICES and selecting Service Info The window can be copied to your clipboard then pasted into an email and sent to your local Bruel amp Kjeer 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 Kj r representative to enable Bruel amp Kj r support staff to deal with the problem Logging Post pro Spectrum Post pro Wave File Analysis sing Module BZ 5 sing Module BZ 5503 Module BZ 5503 C Managearchives X fF Upgrade instrument X License install on instru xX ment epore xm asem Xx OSS o Templatemaintenance x Jo ooo List view small graphs projects total val N Logging Post pro Spectrum Post pro Wave File Analysis sing Module BZ 56 8si 5503 Module BZ 5503 C a 5 O a D U N X X X x lt Display wind speed and or direction Change L percentiles X Synchronize instrument t
33. Send data to ache L Select an archive for data storage hope there ri ome Rone ilui int 2 Automatic deletion of data from the inshument Deri dit trom thee iether alter Soest ul brane er to Ghee archie 3 Start tandemiga data to archive Tren haar doe Trenaler Al date gee Leber than Set Labs The transferred data are stored in the archive using the same user and job folder structure as on the instrument However no dis tinction 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 to 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 Tran
34. These tones are present if a band in the L A spectrum is more than 8 dB higher than the average of the neigh max ee boring bands The L oq Spectrum can alae used but the criteria is 3 dB instead and you must manually verify that the duration of the tone is more than 10 of the RAP period Ifa parameter other than L or L is used the 3 dB criteria is used for L__ parameters and the 8 dB criteria for non L oq parameters and you will receive a warning that a non standard parameter is being used NOTE To allow for L and the L Aeq same marker ASmax be assessed you will have to run the marker wizard twice you can use the HW Night ARCHIVES Quiet Level_2 E e ee a sona Marker Type Start Time By End Time ll 21 06 00 21 07 00 21 08 00 21 09 00 09 10 2012 Measured Calculations Total exclud 09 10 2012 21 05 28 09 10 2012 21 11 57 09 10 2012 21 05 30 09 10 2012 21 11 00 Duration s 21 10 00 00 06 29 00 01 50 21 11 00 LAeg LCeq LAFmax LAFmin LC dB dB dB dB d 65 5 77 6 75 8 26 2 69 3 81 1 75 8 375 Cursor values Report A 21 05 28 21 11 57 L eg 65 5 dB Logged X 21 11 56 21 11 57 LAFmax 69 4 dB LCpeak 85 7 dB Briel amp Kj r lt When a single marker type is selected for example Sound the table lists all markers of that type Sound Sound Sound Sound E Qeriew Level Marker Type Start Time 09 10
35. 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 If you need to edit the note later select the project in the list view and click i 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 lon gitude in one of the following formats Degrees DD ddddddY DD ddddddX Example 55 816730N 12 532855E Degrees Minutes DD MM mmmmY DD MM mmmmx Example 55 49 0038N 12 31 9713E Degrees Minutes Seconds DD MM SS sssY DD MM SS sssX 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 B Edit Note vx Position 55 916730M 12 5328556 Alttude 16 6 Position Error 12 1 Save Cancel 2 Click Save 3 Rename the Note to for example
36. a limited region click and drag in the profile view and select Export Region from the pop up menu to open the Export wiz ard Zooming You can zoom in on part of the profile by clicking inside the profile and dragging the mouse pointer horizontally When you release the mouse button select Zoom from the pop up menu ic aye a ae 12 55 00 12 56 00 12 57 00 12 58 00 12 59 00 13 00 00 13 01 00 13 02 00 13 03 00 13 04 00 13 05 00 a0 65 HW Noon Cursor values Manual Level Trucks Sound Report ey X 12 54 55 12 55 55 da L E E te LAeq 73 0 d ii Logged A 12 35 31 1253 100 LAFmax 70 9 dB LAFmin 68 9 dE 90 LAeq 69 8 dB l BO i 1 I L ii Ta Tae ae eT Sa tt tga io ect A A fh 70 AT tebe p i a i a HP i K Pas a 12 56 00 12 56 30 12 57 00 12 57 30 12 58 00 12 38 30 12 59 00 18 04 2012 The overview of the profile is displayed above the zoomed profile a little box on the overview profile indicates 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 E Qverniew E Manual 8 Level Beem E Sound E Annotations
37. a single sheet L1 will output L1 spectra for each position to 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 Decay will output reverberation decays for each position to a single sheet lf Export annotations files is checked BZ 5503 will copy all annotations made on the data to the project name Annotation folder Each selection will output data to a separate sheet 3 Name the file and click O nish iT Export 3 Settings tor the pack and go file Destination file Project 00A Create fast package no compression Open in file explorer Previous Finish Cancel You can select Create fast package no compression to drastically speed up the process however this will also increase the file size You can also select Open in file explorer to have the file automatically open after export Settings for export to Excel 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 Language Launch Excel after export Export projects in separate files More 1
38. abled To Switch Between Users Cases 1 Select Log Off lt user name gt from the Main Menu on Type 2250 2270 PREFERENCES 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 Click the Export button it on the toolbar Click Next in the Export dialog which will default to Export to Pack and Go file gt A V N Select a destination for the backup i Export last 3 Settings for the pack and go file Destination file B amp K Demo Data o 7 Open in file explorer Previous Finish Cancel 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 a new archive will appear in the ARCHIVES tree NOTE If BZ 5503 is not running this method will start BZ 5503 and a new archive will appear in the ARCHIVES tree When the file is added a New Archive availablewindow will pop up Clicking will select the new archive in the ARCHIVE tree and open it Or e Navigate to the Pack and Go file in Windows Explorer and drag and drop
39. ackage on the specified instrument 5 Click Yes to complete the installation Warning Do not interrupt the installation process The installation will take several minutes The instrument will automatically restart when the installation is finished NOTE If you click No the Download button changes to Install and will remain by the instrument Installing and Deleting Licenses for Instrument Software 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 software 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 Certificate 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 Instrument 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
40. alifying version 4 software packages are installed Moved in licenses are not changed on the instrument they are moved to but when the license is transferred back to the instrument that owns that license the license is then upgraded To Transfer Data from Your Instrument to an Archive via USB 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Click the instrument serial number on the instrument you wish to transfer data from then click on a user or disk Internal Disk SD Card or CF Card DEVICES v Wy 2507234 w 2250 gt W Internal Disk gt 5D Card Basic Data Transfer 3 Click AS on the toolbar and the send data to archive dialog will pop up i Send data to archive L Select an archive for data storage E hega Cee inl paces Brie el i Ee Sree ot hea 2 Automatic deletion of data from the inshument Delete dita trom thee inher alter Soest ul bras cer bo thee SFL hirs 3 Start transferring data to archive Translar sabt Lata Transier all date maiii later rhai at D Select an archive for data storage in the Select an archive for data storage section Select Automatic deletion of data from the instrument and you will not have to clean up the data on your instrument after wards Select Transfer new data and you will transfer all data saved since your last transfer Set Date lets you change the date as required Click and the data will be transferred into the selected archive Transferred data will be st
41. anguages are installed automatically 6 Click Install or g download then 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 If you are downgrading software templates are reset i e overwritten Installing Applications 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 Manual 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 Troubleshooting 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 Copy the content of the required 2250 Software Package to the root of an empty CF Card size between 64 and 512 MB and formatted with FAT 16 You should now have the following layout GG ca Computer Removable Disk E Organize Include in library S
42. ant 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 archive will no longer be dis played 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 can mean two things either the archive will be removed from BZ 5503 and can be added again later or that
43. ar 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 dis connect by closing the online display and unchecking the instrument in DEVICES This means other people can now connect to the instrument The DEVICES 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 user disconnects NOTE Because connecting to another instrument does not disconnect the previously selected instrument you must disconnect the instru ment before another user can access it To Install an Instrument Application 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Select the instrument by clicking on the serial number in DEVICES 3 Click the Software tab at the bottom of the application window to see the installed versions of the software modules By default only software that matches the selected instrument type is displayed To display the full list of available pack ages hold down lt Ctr gt 1 while clicking on the drop down menu to the right of Select Software Package to Install 4 Select the software package to install and click g Downoad 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 langua
44. ard 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 removable 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 selecting Show Data Viewer BZ 5503 allows you to view the data in your previously saved projects Depending on the license available you can also post pro cess data Click on any project in your archives to open it A This button shows the data in an external viewer with a reduced toolbar SEMEES Flr Ol ai 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 Data can be displayed 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 projects can be viewed using the Table and Statistics views e Frequency Analysis projects can be viewed using the Table Spectrum and Statistics views e Logging and Enhanced Logging
45. are 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 parameters 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 Storage Settings Preferences to L1 L2 B2 or T2 match ing the current function you want to measure then Type 2250 will automatically do the position numbering Gi Export to Qualifier 1 Make sebechons and input values Standard 50 F Task Arbome Area 10 0 mi Volume 30 0 me 2 Atagn Hessuremans Remove Add gt Remove mat gt Remove wt gt Remove 3 Export dala and launch Ouais Type 7630731 1 Select the desired Standard and Task from the drop down lists a detailed description of the standards and tasks is avail able in the Qualifier Online Manual Chapter 6 A number of extra values for the calculation can be set depending on the
46. as w Join Recordings Export Folder C Users kboldt Documents screenshot Remove Excluded Areas Creates the wave file excluding any exclude markers This also affects overlapping exclude markers that are non sound markers Join Recordings Joins individual recordings into one continuous recording NOTE on Excluding and Joining When sound recordings are joined or areas are excluded the wave files are dampened in the merge points using half a Hanning Window This ensures that the transition is click free and that there is no non linearity giving an effect if the recordings are later analyzed the Hanning window used is the same as normally used by FFT algorithms Click How to Export a Signal Recording for more information Tone Analysis of Signal Recordings License BZ 5503 C NOTE 1 If Auto Gain is used the exported file will no longer work with Tone Analysis Cannot analyze wave files where automatic gain control is used NOTE 2 You will be warned if you try to analyse with a low sampling frequency however if you used an accelerometer or direct transducer the analysis is allowed but no audibility and penalty is calculated and the status text warns you that this is beyond the standard Warnin Sample frequency of wave file is low Only tones below 3 3 kHz can be found NOTE 3 The BZ 5503 C license is tied to a specific instrument Only wave files recorded with this instrument can be analysed The l
47. 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 network e f aschedule 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 Donot 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 vI TASKS Clear list Transfer completed Mio Details Transfering from 2706841 to Eric Transferred Job 01 Transferred Project 001 Transferred Project 002 You can then click i to open the Scheduled Data Transfer dialog and set a schedule for future transfer of data for the job folder as described above Create Users on Instrument Type 2250 2270 Only The Create Userwizard is used to create a new user on the instrument g Create a new user on the instrument 1 Type the name of the new user Cl 2 Settings for the new user Use default settings Copy settings from an existing user 3 Type of User 2250 Two sections of the wizard are used
48. ata 100 ms Broadband will output LAeg and or LAF to a single sheet The data will be output with one 100 ms interval per Excel row 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 Reverberation Click for screenshot if Export 2 Select what to export Settings Setup Calibration and Annotations Export annotation files Reverberation Time Data Room Spectra Spectra Decay 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 lf Export annotations files is checked BZ 5503 will copy all annotations made on the data to the project name Annotation folder e Building Acoustics Click for screenshot if Export 2 Select what to export Settings Setup Calibration and Annotations Export annotation files Building Acoustics Data Result Spectra Li Decay L2 B2 Previous Settings Setup and Calibration parameters will be output to one sheet Building Acoustics Data Result will output the result spectrum together with L1 average L2 average B2 average T20 and T30 to
49. bar The player canbe paused orstopped E by clicking the relative button in the toolbar a lt Ctrl p gt toggles between play and pause a lt Ctrl 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 commentaries 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 II when playing lt Ctrl p gt is shortcut e Click tostop lt Ctri s gt is shortcut e Select anew 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 1 The 100 ms LAF value can be checked to see if the upward slope of the impulse rises more than 10 dB in less than 1 s and drops more than 10 dB in less than s Volume Control Volume Control 4 is common for all sound playing in Measurement Partner Suite It controls three properties 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
50. caling from a project Engineering Unit Resolution of Readings Use the drop down menu to select Normal or Extended Help and Support In this window are links to Measurement Partner Suite Help About Measurement Partner Suite Tutorial Videos Give us Feedback Install Demo Data
51. 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 dB Clicking 4 will cause it to expand q O EL GE and allow you to mute a channel If you listening to a 2 channel recording you can mute one channel at a time muting one will cause the other to unmute Export Signal Recordings License BZ 5503 C You can export 24 bit recordings from all markers and sound annotations If you do not have the BZ 5503 C only the Save recording option is available Scale Sound Recording Auto Gain The export can be done with either Auto Gain which gains as much as possible without overloading NOTE If Auto Gain is used the exported file will no longer work with Tone Analysis Auto Gain is calculated from all the selected files so gain is determined by the file with highest level Gain The gain can be specified Green indicates that there will not be an overload and red indicates that an overload will occur Click for Export Sound Recordings Scale Sound Recording Auto Gain cain 010 20 30 40 50 60 ce Remove Excluded Are
52. chments NOTE Please do not use Feedback to request support or help For product support click here to open our service page The attachment options are e Click 4dFile to browse to and attach any file smaller than 100 Mb e Click Paste to insert a bitmap from your clipboard e g your print screen key e Click Ad Screenshot to launch the Microsoft Snipping tool to catch part of the screen and annotate it If the snipping tool is not installed this button is disabled Double clicking an attachment will open it and you can use the right click options to delete it 16 januar 2014 Bruel amp Kj r Tutorials Tutorial Videos and Demo Data The first time you open Measurement Partner Suite the Tutorial Videos window will pop up Deselect Show Player at Start Up in the player s lower left corner to disable this action The Tutorial Videos window can be opened again at any time by clicking fa Demo Data Click Install Demo Data also found in Help and Support to install the demo data used in the tutorials The Demo Data comprise a selection of projects that make it possible to explore licensed and non licensed functionality of Meas urement Partner Suite without a license The Demo Data enable all licensed functionality for these data except for pasting in text based clipboard data e g from Excel Step by step How To Fulfil Your BZ 5503 License Connect an Instrument Install an Instr
53. cts 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 Table Header Right click Menus Right clicking on the Marker Table heading row allows you to stipulate the data displayed in the table Duration End Time Leg LAF1 0 LAF10 0 LAFS 0 LAFS0 0 LAFSO 0 LAFS5 0 LAFS9 0 LAFimax LAFimin LASmax LAS min Leq LCFmax LCRmin LOSFmax LCSFmin Marker Type start Time Std Dev Wind Dir avg Wind Speed avg h as 4 amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp FF amp amp amp KF amp amp EEE Click to see full list Rename Markers There two ways to rename markers 1 Inthe 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 2 b Select the Add Event Marker button c Click Marker Properties d Enter the new name in the Marker Name box and click Ok 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 hand held analyzer it will show the original marker names Marker
54. e installing a new version If you need to install a previous version of a software module see Installing Earlier Versions Installing Earlier Versions To install earlier versions 1 Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Select the instrument by clicking on the serial number in DEVICES DEVICES gt Ye 2507234 3 Click the Software tab to see the table showing the installed versions of the software modules 290 234 Select Software Package to install 2250 2270 SW Package No 27d 2013 07 11 download 2250 SW Package No 19a 2009 11 30 download Software Module 2290 2270 SW Package No 24d 2011 06 28 download dB Sound Level Mi elel Software 2250 2270 Package No 25b 2012 04 25 download isn BZ7222 2250 SW Package No 23 2010 06 04 ihi Freguency Analysis Softwar 2230 2270 SW Package No 27d 2013 07 11 download iili r inn le ors Trew BZ7223 nh meilgi 3 5 2 1 6 io at shal Enhanced Logging Software 3 5 2 416 BZ7225 4 Select the software package to install NOTE e download next to the package indicates that the software package is available for download online O indicates that the package may not match your instrument 5 Ifyou 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 l
55. e a project with 1 3 octaves and open Calculations window 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 NO a F WRN gt Now only 1 1 octave spectra can be added so any 1 3 octave spectrum that is added will be automatically converted to 1 1 octave 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 is 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 You can use t and E 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 window Noise Curves You can display a noise curve for a single Lzeq spectrum If more than one Led spectrum is visible or there is not an Led spectra is visible Noise Curves are disabled Noise curves can be shown together with other Gen values NOTE Noise curves are copied to clipboard together with the visible spectra See als
56. e 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 Help for Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 Help is provided with Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 Press lt F1 gt or click kj at any time during use of this program 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 Feedback for Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 You can provide feedback for Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 by clicking e or clicking gt Help and Support and then Give us Feedback You can provide feedback on bugs enhancement suggestions remarks etc in text form or as atta
57. ed 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 e You can re organise the columns by clicking a column header and dragging it to another position e Youcan sort the list in accordance with any of the columns by clicking on the column header Click again to reverse the sort ing e Youcan hide archives from the tree view by unchecking the Connected checkbox on the left of list view e The Graph column shows your measurements as thumbnails Neither Sound Level Meter data nor Logging data from soft ware versions below 2 0 contain graphics content e For Logging data the thumbnail shows the Logging Overview measured by the instrument e For Frequency Analysis data the thumbnail shows the Lo spectrum e 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 e Hover the mouse over the thumbnail to show it as a small graph like this 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 move the mouse pointer again Context Menus To help you manage your data in this view various cont
58. ed the level settings will be outlined with a red box in the Marker Table NOTE Ensure that the marker or markers you added encompass the periods specified in the excedance marker see Marker Properties for more information How to Export a Signal Recording WARNING If Autogain is used the exported file will no longer work with Tone Analysis From the Marker Table or Profile view 1 Right click on a sound marker 2 Select Export Sound Recordings license BZ 5503 C NOTE If the Sum Marker is selected all the recordings related to markers will be exported From the signal recording attachments in the Side Bar 1 Right click on a signal recording 2 Select Export Sound Recordings license BZ 5503 C Continued The Export Sound Recordings dialog opens Click for screenshot oo Export Sound Recordings Scale Sound Recording Auto Gain cain 0 10 20 39 4050 60 ce w Remove Excluded Areas w Join Recordings Export Folder C Users Nestor Documents E 3 Select whether or not to e Scale Sound Recording f you scale the recording you can select Auto Gain or Manually set the Gain NOTE If you use Auto Gain you will not be able to perform Tone Analysis on the exported signal recording e Remove Excluded Areas e Join Recordings e Specify the Export Folder 4 Click the OK button For more information click Export Signal Recordings Networks Connect to a Local Area Network LAN or Wirel
59. els The statistics are based on the statistics made on the instrument Total Project 003 Cursor values Total x 67 0 68 0 dB 1 L2F 800 Hz 100 ms Class width 1 0 cB Level 2 1 100 ou Cumulative 32 6 wf Level w Cumulative BU 40 Copy Graph 20 Copy Data z0 0 100 140 JB 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 press ing lt Enter gt Double click on the axis to return to the original setting You can add a graph title and an annotation that indicates the type of data and marker information by clicking then Display Settings 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 cal culations 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
60. ept 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 NOTE The filter must match the measured data If for example LAeq and LCeg appear in the list of filtered information and you use the fil ter on data measured with Broadband Frequency Weighting set to AZ instead of AC then you will only get LAeq LCeq 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 LAeg then make a new fil ter 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 MyReport xls 2 Add one or more sheets containing calculated data tables and graphs Create links between the report sheets and the data sheets if you want to delete the data rows in the data sheets after wards use the Clear Contents option from the Edit menu then Excel will preserve the links to the empty cells 4 Save MyReport xls with the other Master Files 5 Export your data using MyReport xls as the Master File the resulting Excel file will contain the required data and reports NOTE It is essential that the filter matches the measu
61. er Licenses 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 NOTE Demo licenses do not require serial numbers Continue to step 4 Click Fulfil Check that all information is entered correctly then click Confirm Click Save to File to save the license file lic to a disk drive Once you have the flle transfer the file to the PC that has the environmental software installed If the software is not yet installed do it now 7 Open the software and click the Options icon click Measurement Partner Licenses 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 Open your BZ 5503 application and click RANAY LE 5S Switch on your Type 2250 2250 L 2250 M 2270 instrument and wait a few seconds for the instrument to go through its ini tialisation and start up routine 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 DEVICES gt Ye 2507234
62. ess LAN WLAN Connect to an Instrument Through a Router Connect to a Local Area Network LAN or Wireless LAN WLAN SD WLAN optional with UL 1025 1 4 i Wireless Ethernet Bridge 10164 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 instrument on the network can not 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 Remote Devices Connect to an Instrument Through a Router BZ 5503 BZ 5503 GPRS 3G Network Office Network Intemet BZ 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 it s MAC Address in the router s DHCP table Setting up the Ro
63. eter to use for tone assessment Right click inside the spectrum to select which parameters to display Total Post Wgt None View As 1 30 Logging Noise and Wind Total dE mii z0 60 0 w LAFmax 407 w LASmax W LAsg 307 LASmiIN LAFmin 20 LA Copy Graph Copy Data Copy LXeg Data to Calculations license BZ 5503 5 10 16 315 63 125 250 500 ik ok 4 ok isk AC Hz NOTE With a BZ 5503 B license you can copy Ly eqdata to the Calculations tab Noise Curves Cursor values Aa GOO Hz LAFmax 54 9 dB LASmax 49 9 dB L eg 37 4 dB LAaSmin 28 6 dB LAFmin 27 1 dB Logged w Post Wot None w View As 1 1 Oct w HW Noon Cursor values Logged 18 04 2012 12 59 55 12 59 56 w 9 kHz dB LZeq 63 2 dB 60 70 NCE Hiss NCE Rumble NCE RV Clearly 60 NCE RV Moderately 30 NR RC ie RC Hiss Autascale RC Rumble a Te RC RV Clearly TE pec RC RV Moderately Copy Graph Copy Data Copy LAeg Data to Calculations license B2 5503 B Render Graph as el 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 See also Noise Curves FFT Spec
64. ext 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 pro jects The various menu options may or may not be available depending on which part of the tree you are in Most tasks and func tionality in the Archive View 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 explanation See below some are common options found in most software packages such as Expand Collapse 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 navigating 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 button When you have fin ished click Create to create the new user Properties Use this option if you w
65. g displayed as a sound marker can be played back by right clicking the marker and selecting Play or by placing the profile cursor to the left of or inside the marker and then pressing the Play button or lt Ctri p gt in the upper left corner Click the Pause button nj 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 dis played 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 1s values NOTE LN values will not be available for compressed profiles Drag click Options Adding a Marker License BZ 5503 A 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 Alternatively you can add event markers by clicking on kA to open the Marker and Report wizard You can also rename markers from the Marker Table Export Region License BZ 5503 A To export
66. ge selection is possible all available languages are installed automatically 6 click PI The installation will take several minutes The instrument will automatically restart when the installation is finished NOTE e f you 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 f 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 applic ation s the relevant license s will come pre installed on the instrument If you purchased a separate application for your instru ment you must install the license on the instrument To Install a License for an Instrument Application o_o Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 2 Select the instrument by clicking on the serial number in DEVICES 3 Onthe right side click the Licenses tab to show the installed versions of the software modules and the licenses already available 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 9 Click and the license will be installed You can now use the application NOTE Version 1 3 licenses are automatically upgraded to version 4 when qu
67. h the instrument Logged and Logged Octaves License BZ 5503 A To view logged data in the Profile view 1 Right click in the Profile view 2 Select Logged or Logged Octaves Logged Octaves requires BZ 5503 A to open that menu 3 Select the data you wish to add Independent Y axes CPB and logging graphs can display two independent y axis When graphs with two y axes are loaded the axes are scaled so the ticks align Copy Graph Copy the entire Profile view graph Copy Data Copy either the Report or Logged data Table View The Table view E 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 selec ted by the Profile cursor The Marker row contains parameters from the marker selected in the profile NOTE This feature requires a Logging Module license Measurement Start Time Stop Time Elapsed Time LAeg LCpe a dB dB Calibration dB dB Tatal General CIC 1 Dev from Reference Logged ISO EU Occ Health t CIC 1 Result ie Report Leq CIC 2 Dev from Reference 2 Marker Lmax CIC 2 Result Lmin d Elapsed Time LN d Overload Lpeak Start Time Noise Parameters d Stop Time Post Processing Setup b Special Tone Parameters d US Oce Health d Weather b gt Measured alculations Right cl
68. hare with New folder E d T a Mame Date modified Type E Pictures a BKAPPS 12 04 2012 10 55 File folder E Videos di Languages 12 04 2012 10 55 File folder A eboot bin 24 11 2010 01 42 BIN File 191 KE A eboot CN bin 24 11 2010 02 04 BIN File 191 KE a eboot KR bin 24 11 2010 02 27 BIN File 191 KE A nk bin 24 11 2010 01 43 BIN File 18 908 KB A nk CN bin 24 11 2010 02 05 BIN File 21 310 KB A nk EKR bin 24 11 2010 02 28 BIN File 20 614 KB A package bin 25 11 2010 23 47 BIN File 4 KE Computer g Local Disk C cow Removable Disk E th Network 9 tems Power off the instrument and insert the CF card in the CF slot on the instrument Press and hold down the Commentary and Save pushbuttons while switching on the instrument The Main tenance Mode initial screen will be displayed Press the Accept pushbutton to Update 2250 2270 Software This takes a few minutes Then press the Accept s 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 7 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
69. hat Background is at the bottom AN gt 1 1 gt OE Ole N S01 Select both spectra and click 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 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 A smiley is displayed for the status of the entire correction corresponding Position status in Building Acoustics 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 correction Arithmetic Subtraction 1 Select one or more spectra 2 Select Arithmetic Subtraction from the Operator drop down menu andclick t 45 A result is calculated where the selected spectra are subtracted from the first spectrum 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 License Table Installing Applications on the Instrument NOTE If you do not have the required license to use the software you are installing you m
70. icense check is performed both on the project containing the wave file and on the wave file itself Only wave files recorded with version 4 3 software or newer are permitted All other wave files will prompt an error message i Only wave files recorded with version 4 3 or later of the instrument P software can be used Tone Analysis can be performed on any signal recordings in the project or inside a profile and it will result in a free floating window with an FFT and configurable Tone Analysis If you have license BZ 5503 A and BZ 5503 C you can analyze select a region in the profile using either markers or the profile cursor and have all overlapped wave files analyzed in one go You can e Analyze the part of a signal recording that overlaps a specified marker by right clicking the marker in the profile or in the marker table and selecting Analyze for tones licenses BZ 5503 A and BZ 5503 C e Analyze all signal recordings in one go by choosing the sum sound marker e Analyze specified sections of more signal recordings in one go by choosing a marker that spans these or selecting an area in the profile using the mouse e Exclude specified areas of the signal recording s by adding an exclude marker before starting the analysis For more information see How to Search for Tones in a Profile and How to Perform Tone Analysis on a Signal Recording Annotations and Attachments When you transfer data from your instrument to BZ 5503 any notes
71. ick 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 li 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 minimum values typing ina new value and pressing lt Enter gt Double click on the axis to return to the original setting Independent Y axes CPB and logging graphs can display two independent y axis When graphs with two y axes are loaded the axes are scaled so the ticks align CPB Spectrum View The CPB Spectrum view shows CPB spectra in graphical form You can add a graph title and an annotation that indicates the type of data and marker information by clicking 4 settings then Display 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 param
72. ime View logged octaves in pro file view Resumeable downloads instrument software v 4 Export region New edit delete markers Marker calculations Marker wizard weather tone and impulse tions attachments Export marker calculation data x F710 1M octave conversion x J Calculation add subtract compare octave spectra background X correction on CPB or FFT spectra X Tone assessment for CPB Logging Post pro Spectrum Post pro Wave File Analysis sing Module BZ EE Module BZ 5503 Module BZ 5503 C or FFT spectra Tone assessment for wave files Advanced export for Signal Recordings scale exclude areas and join recordings 1B7 5503 A license also gives capability to do Tone Analysis on portions of WAYV files when selecting a region of a profile Options Click or press Alt to open the Optionsmenu with Language Remote Devices Measurement Partner Licenses Display Settings Calculation Settings Help and Support NOTE All changes are automatically enacted Language 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
73. in 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 instru ments 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 explanation See below some are common options found in most software packages such as Expand Collapse Explore Cut Copy Paste 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 fro
74. isting user 3 Type of User 2250 The panel is split into three sections Section 1 allows you to type in the name of a new user to be created in archives 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 selected 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 Create User from the drop down menu or clicking Z onthe toolbar NOTE If your instrument hasn t been upgraded to the latest version of the software then you should clone an existing user instead of using the default user The default user might contain setups incompatible with older versions of the software The Export Wizard NOTE If nothing is selected that can be exported to a specific target or the target program is not installed the option is disabled and a tool tip appears explaining why If some projects in a multi file selection are not allowed for a specific export the export is permitted but the illegal projects are removed from the export Information about their removal is added to the task Select a project or the data to export right c
75. l mo ree 2507234 A D Select Software Package to install fee lO SV Package Wa 27d 201 07 11 Rolin Mehika instalka Versign Hew Verein Acartronal lana Web es dB P opa users Licenses DI software Bruel amp Kjaer aie 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 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 f 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 Settings e f 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 applic ation s the relevant license s will come pre installed on the instrument If you purchased a separate application for your instru ment you must install the license on the instrument Troubleshooting If you ha
76. lable will be available If there is a new version of the software available a notification should pop up over i on start up Clicking will shut down Measurement Partner Suite and perform the installation If there are ongoing file transfers the transfers will be paused for the installation process so that there is no data loss If there are instrument software updates in progress the Measurement Partner Suite installation will be paused until the instrument updates are complete or manually stopped Measurement Partner SuiteBZ 5503 Software Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 view contains all tasks commonly associated with data in archives or data saved on an instru ment The purpose of the archives is to store data in a secure and effective way in the same structure as used on the instrument Data are kept in projects organised in job folders per user You also get access to 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 Th
77. lick on it and select Export or click it on the toolbar to export selected data from your instrument in various formats l Select the type of export you want to perform then click Finish if no more selections are necessary or click to display wizard dialogues for further selections it Export 1 Select the type of export required Export to 7810 7816 XML file Export to a Pack and Go file Export to Noise Explorer Type 7815 Export to an Excel file Export to Evaluator Type 7820 21 Export to tab separated asci file Export to Protector Type 7825 Export to an XML file Export to Qualifier Type 7830 31 Export to NSI Type 7752 The choices are normally Pack and Go Excel or XML format but if you are using one of Br el amp Kj r 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 Select what to export There
78. lows 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 the website for Protector Type 7825 Type 7830 Qualifier is a Windows based application for calculating documenting and reporting sound insulation curves and indexes Designed to work with the family of Bruel amp Kjaer 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 the website for Qualifier Type 7830 Microsoft Excel Measurement Partner Suite Licenses Free A B and C There are four packages available one free and three licensed Each license adds specific capabilities and tools If a specific license is required to perform a function described in this help the required license will be specified in the section title The com plete list of licenses and their features is in this Table The Latest Version of the Software To ensure that you have the latest version of Measurement Partner Suite click E If the software is up to date You are using the latest version of the Measurement Partner Suite will be displayed If an update is avai
79. m 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 transferred to the archive Click the Start Transfer button to start the pro cess 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 your PC If the instrument uses a different time zone it will be offset accordingly To synchronize the instrument right click the instrument in DEVICE and select Synchronize Instrument Clock with PC Clock You can synchronize multiple instruments at one time Transfer Data from the Instrument to the Archive Right click on the data you want to transfer and select To Archive from the pop up menu or press 4s 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 a
80. me 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 connection or you can remove the card 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 and under DEVICES w DEVICES v Removable Disk D w a 2270 gt fe 20V gt fe CIC For a quick overview you can view some of the stored data directly on the removable before transferring it to an archive On trans fer 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 c
81. n deg box e To stipulate a range of wind direction that will trigger the marker check the Wind Direction deg box and enter the range 4 Define the Wind Speed m s line e Totrigger a marker for any wind regardless of direction uncheck the Wind Speed m s box e To stipulate a range of wind speed that will trigger the marker check the Wind Speed m s box and enter the range 5 Select the type of Markerto use To adjust the marker properties click the Marker Properties button If you want to remove existing markers of the type you have selected select Remove existing marker occurrences Click Finish to add the markers to the Profile view and the Marker Table view 8 9 If you want to remove existing markers of the type you have selected select Remove existing marker occurrences Click to add the markers to the Profile view and the Marker Table view NOTE Weather unit values can be changed to SI or US UK in the Calculation Settings window Tone Marker To add tone markers N gt O 13 14 15 oC ON Oa F ON gt Click 2 Select the Tone tab Define the Minimum duration of tone Define Low frequency Hz Define High frequency Hz Define Tone Standard Define Low Freq Last Band Hz Define Level Difference Low dB Define Level Difference Middle dB Define Level Difference High dB Define Based on Select the type of Marker to use To adjust the marker properties click
82. nd 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 If there is a name clash on projects the imported projects are renamed using the normal BZ 5503 naming convention e g project 1 e If there is a name clash between users or between jobs they are treated as the same combined e Templates are only copied from the 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 Right click on the ARCHIVES node and select Add Archive from the pop up menu or click a in the toolbar to create a new archive or connect an existing one using the Add Archive dialog Add Archive create new or connect existing Archive Name CL Archive Path C Documents and Settings kboldt My Documents Bruel and Kjaer B25 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 ea to find the archive When the archive has been selected its na
83. ng to a PC or instrument on an IP address then it is done through a port with a number between 0 and 65535 sev eral 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 Ifthe network behind the router contains a Web server all traffic into the router on port 80 is forwarded to the Web server thus Type 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 Remote Devices tab in BZ 5503 F Language Ais lt i Add ress Port Description HHA Dal ealt my SLM dmdan Measunement Partner Licenses ada Henbwote Devos fF x Add IP Addr BR alt Chspaay Settings IN oription Thiel ynin Calculation Setinas IP Address Port p a Ba Li 354 LL g Help and Support Ckee Hemurement Paire Suite idj Rennie NOTE A router is required when connecting to an instrument where the default port is not used The router must support NAT and con version of ports
84. o Noise Curves FFT Spectra FFT spectra can undergo calculations like CPB spectra if they meet the following requirements e The FFT spectra must have the same x axis and transducer e Only RMS spectra can be added Logarithmic Addition and Subtraction To add or subtract spectra 1 Select a project in archives to show it in the Data Viewer and select the Calculations tab 2 Make sure that the calculations sidebar is open 3 Click and drag other projects to the sidebar 4 Click ona 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 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 Calculations sidebar Select Post Weight from the Operator drop down menu in the top right corner of the Calculations sidebar 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 t 45 Post Weighting The post weighting applied depends on the setting of Post Weight Setting
85. o 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 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 Use the Export wizard a Select the data for export b Export the selected data which creates an Excel output file c Select Launch Excel after export and export the complete set of data 2 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 Export your data using MyFilter xls x as the Master File the resulting Excel file will contain only the required sheets and parameters 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 Master File This is the file used when you want export the complete set of data It consists of an empty Excel file Filtering Data for Export Use the Export wizard select Launch Excel after export and export the complete set of data 1 2 After Excel has opened delete the unwanted data columns parameters 3 4 Delete all data rows exc
86. ogged Ls 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 ihl 2 Select Calculation Settings 3 Check Generate spectral statistics on markers based on Leq license BZ 5503 A Lo based statistics calculations are now added to the marker calculations Select a marker to display the full statistic in the stat istics graph and the spectral statistics and broadband statistics in the spectrum graph The marker called Total will display the Cen based statistics for the entire measurement excluding areas marked with the Exclude marker NOTE ForL_ 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 Unit Settings To change the unit of measure to SI or US UK for Wind Speed Temperature Dimensions or Vibration 1 Click ihl 2 Select Calculation Settings 3 Select S or US UK from the drop down menu next to the units to be changed Scaling Check or uncheck Use s
87. or analysing measured data from the family of Bruel amp Kj r Sound Level Meters 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 international standards For further information see the website for Evaluator Type 7820 Type 7825 1Updates 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 Protector is a Windows based application for post processing simulating and archiving noise exposure data Designed to work with the family of Bruel amp Kj r sound level meters noise dose meters and sound level analyzers Protector allows you to quickly download sample noise profiles for specific locations or persons Protector can use this data to calculate noise exposure for people or positions 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 profile of a persons movements to simulate their personal noise expos ure This software al
88. ored 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 pro jects in the list view Right click on the selected data and select To Archive or click 4s on the toolbar Select an archive for data storage in the Send data to archive wizard Select Transfer selected data Click and the data including the data in subfolders will be transferred into the selected archive using the same user and job folder structure as on the instrument Repeat steps 3 6 until you have transferred all required data Delete the projects no longer required on the instrument by right clicking on the project s and selecting Delete from the con text 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 pro jects 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 Data Transfer During data transfer progress is monitored in the TASKS area below the tree M TASKS Clear list Qo Transfer Paused y E KB s Transferring Day0O1 from 100019 to Quiet Sic Transfer completed 5 Details Transfe
89. otection 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 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 2672079 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 Create 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 connect disconnect or hide archives from the tree view It consists of an archive tree and a list view Archive Tree View The archive tree view allows you to quickly navigate to the job folder and project you ne
90. ove Time Reports When you use Remove Reports you remove the report applied by Measurement Partner Suite BZ 5503 Enhanced Logging If the project is an Enhanced Logging project a report was initially created on the instrument Creating a report in Measurement Partner Suite does not overwrite that original report So using Remove Reports reverts to the report initially measured with the instrument Markers You can also add remove or rename markers on the Marker Table view Rename Markers To rename a marker 4 5 a Click Click Marker Properties Enter the new name in the Marker Name box 3 Click O k to close the Marker Properties dialog Click to close the wizard Event Marker To add event markers 1 Click 2 2 Select the Event tab 3 Entera Trigger Level dB the Leq level that will trigger an event 4 Enter values for Minimum Duration s Pre Trigger s and Post Trigger s marker extensions 5 Select the type of Markerto use To adjust the marker properties click the Marker Properties button 6 If you want to remove existing markers of the type you have selected select Remove existing marker occurrences 7 Click to add the markers to the Profile view and the Marker Table view Weather Marker To add weather markers 1 Click 2 Select the Weather tab Define the Wind Direction deg line e Totrigger a marker for any wind regardless of direction uncheck the Wind Directio
91. over 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 Search becomes available ARCHIVES ARCHIVES gt TS BAK Demo Data E Quiet Side Appartments Connected I Nan Path Date Pboclif ied fa Appartment Pr C archives Appartreent Project DEVICES Fj E Bk Dems Data CiUsernimechokiDooument anel and kjen z S0 archives Ba 23 01 2013 13258 gt a 101g O E Bird Protection C Archives Bied Protection Area gt i Removable Disk 0 Cs BH Fresh Drinks Inc Co dechivesFresh Drinks Incl O fo Hebo Consin CiArhhes Hobo Constuctioni E Heto Fang 2 C archives Metro Rina 74 fo Middle Cath H Ceechives Middle Earth Mine Quiet Sade fee Coercive Quiet Side Appartments D 1 2003 20 56 cs 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 Bf 5503 Measurement Partner Suite Searching ARCHIVES gt Bak Demo Data gt Quet Side Appartments Type NodeType Al mA U meme al Start Time Duration Laeq LAFm LAFmin N Co v DEVICES d Ambient at bul 67h KE lie EDO 1657 O0200 20 49 5 530 47 3 gt Te 100019 i d E4700 ETA KE ai 18
92. pplied with BZ 5503 1 This create one Excel file per project which makes it possible to use an Excel master file that was designed for usage with one project to create multiple reports at one time 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 software e EmptyMaster xls e EmptyMaster xlsx e FilterExample xls e ReportExample xls Export to Qualifier Select Export to Qualifier Type 7830 37 in the Export Wizard to export data for calculating Building Acoustics parameters in accord ance 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 dia log 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 meas uring 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 Softw
93. r completed 5 Details The task area can be minimized in which case progress is indicated as shown below A TASKS Creating User 2250 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 feature 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 Plug the SD CF card into the card reader on the PC and the card will automatically appear under DEVICES w DEVICES w Removable Disk D v 2 2270 gt fe 20V gt fe CIC 2 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 Ctri c gt then right click in the archive where you want the data and select Paste or press lt Ctrl v gt 3 Delete the projects no longer required on the removable disk To Transfer Data from or Control an Instrument via LAN WLAN Using DEVICES 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
94. raph and selecting Copy Graph You can then 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 Add Note Opens a simple text editor so that you can add a note to the project Ss Add Annotation Opens the Add Annotation dialog that lets you attach a file to the project commentary signal recording note image or other attachment ET lshow 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 The Profile view 2 shows measured broad band parameters LA__ L etc as a function of time Parameters from Log l eq AFmax ging 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 markers made with the instru ment 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 recordin
95. 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 e 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 Commentary N Note S Signal Recording columns shown below Three buttons in the 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 Ss 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 clicking a job folder or project in the ARCHIVES node Ll Show Hide Side Bar Toggles the display of a sidebar providing the same features as the Add Annotation above When using the sidebar you can click one of the buttons and browse to the file you want to attach Alternatively you can drag a file from Windows Explorer and drop it on the side bar Files are placed according 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 14 button If you have BZ 5503 A license
96. red 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 preferences templates and job s projects completely invisible to other users This can also be very useful when organising large jobs or cases you can sep arate 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 users cases To Create a User Case on the Instrument Connect your instrument to BZ 5503 Select the instrument in the tree view 1 2 3 Click the Add User button g on the toolbar or right click the instrument and select Create User 4 5 Type the name of the new user case in the Create User dialog Type inthe 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 instrument 6 Click Create 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 Multi user parameter to Enabled on the instrument under Users in the Preferences menu PREFERENCES Display Settings Power Settings Regional Settings storage settings Headphone Settings ae Users Multi user Dis
97. sfer 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 i Schwcuie Data Transfer Ale ae fa Gem dew fot i a x Sarl T ah 1i Sa oe EE Ert Lyte Start Dat 11 303 FH Interval Daty Start lrei wt At CHAT drii ol nee I tela the Weira r Ditin Aeh Dikin iar SER iiiar SE rity j A tay SA if 1 erally Ota Laana irre rir Di1 1 20120 HA i Deihy ard Suber hele ie ef ella beeen hee inaire Select Start Immediately or enter a Start Time and select a Start Date Set Execute to Infinitely or to This many Times and enter the number of times Set the nterval at which to transfer data If you select Custom the format is Days Hours Minutes Seconds Check or uncheck Automatic deletion of data from the instrument to automatically delete the data after transfer or not Check the details and click OK ar wn gt 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
98. so that an incoming port X can be forwarded to port 80 on the instrument 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 Options Remote Devices tab Example when port 80 is not 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 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
99. splays it in the Spectrum view Copy Graph Copies the graph itself Copy Data Copies the data that comprises the graph Copy FFT Data to Calculations license BZ 5503 B Copies FFT data for conversion to octave spectra for use in the Calculator See FFT Spectra and How to Convert FFT Spectra to Octave Spectra Render Graph as Render the graph as Step or Bar Shown Main v RMS w Wot A Freg Correction Project 002 Cursor values l X 10 003 kHz MAX 14 3 dB FFT 22 6 dB Copy Graph Copy Data Copy FFT Data to Calculations license B2 3503 B Render Graph as Hz 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 Reverberation VESIES 2 is Af a E Measurement Total Reverberation Cursor values s X 315 Hz PPS 120 2 0 2 00 f a EDT 1 5 1 60 3 1 20 f Autoscale i i T30 0 80 T20 EDT 0 40 Copy Graph Copy Data a 125 250 500 ik 2k 4k Hz Building Acoustics Spectrum View The Building Acoustics Spectrum view shows the Building Acoustics Result Spectrum determined by Type 2250 2270 in graphical form Sound insulation Cursor values dB X 630 HZ 3 i R 57 4 dB 63 60 3 EE 30 45 125 250 S00 ik 2k 4k Statistics View The Statistics view x shows the Level and Cumulative distribution of the noise lev
100. 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 Select the data to transfer right click on it and select To Instrument or click 4s on the toolbar to transfer projects and or set tings from a selected archive to the selected instrument using the Send Data to Instrument dialog Send data to Instrument Selact instrument 2907259 Select memory device on the instrument Internal Disk Start Transfer Cancel The transferred data is stored in the instrument on the selected memory device in the same job folder structure 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 2 Create a new user in the archive BldgAc_Archive 1 Type the name of the new user CL 2 Settings for the new user Use default settings Copy settings from an ex
101. the file to a job node in the tree When the file is added a New Project s available inwindow will pop up Clicking will select the new project node in the ARCHIVE tree and open it 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 instru ments 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 delete 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 tem plates you want to copy for example from a user tab 2270 in the screenshot below ARCHIVES 7750 a gt E BAK Demo Data p Quiet Side Appartments I Name i Size Date Modified Date Created NI Si GJ BUILDACOUST 11 KB 05 20 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 Ll cra 10 KB 05 20 2011 15 00 05 10 2011 15 00 al casd 11 K
102. there will be a link in each annotation signal recording group that will open the marker table and browse to the cor rect 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 commentaries open images as well as cut copy paste rename and delete Marker Attachments Attachments can be made at the marker level by right clicking on a marker in the marker table or profile view and selecting Edit Level_2 ns Ovenviey i Marker Type Start Time E Sound End Time Duration LAeg LCeg LAFmax LAFmin s dB dB dB dB Level_ 09 10 2012 21 05 30 09 10 2012 21 11 00 00 01 50 69 3 81 1 75 8 37 5 A Level_2 l 72 0 48 6 _ Play Levez ERANA Analyze for tones licenses BZ 5503 A and BZ 5503 C 2A sida Level 2 0910 2012 21 Export Sound Recordings license BZ 5503 C 7 68 480 Lewel_2 09 10 2012 21 went Ranian diran SENZA 73 0 458 4 Verse Export Region license B2 5503 A C SS Edit aigi 7 gt Delete Cooy rsor values Level 2 Sound oe a eport de Copy entire table 21 05 28 21 11 57 Marker Properties Aeg 65 5 dB wa Ao iia Inn Td an pogged or HW Night Cursor values Level_2 Sound Repor oe ee ele SS ia a de Play license BZ 5503 A een RAAS dB bq 65 5 d 90 80 an Analyze for tones
103. trum 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 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 Right click Menu Zoom in X Zoom in centred around current main cursor position 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 Zoom out X Zoom out centred around current main cursor position Unzoom Unzoom both the x and y axes You can unzoom one axis at a time by double clicking that axis MAX Selecting this parameter displays it in the Spectrum view FFT Selecting this parameter di
104. u 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 NS How to Convert FFT data to Octave Spectra To convert FFT data to octave spectra requires license BZ 5503 B Open an FFT project Right click the graph area and select Copy FFT data to Calculations license BZ 5503 B Open a CPB project Click the Calculations tab Right click in the graph area and select Paste Synthesized Octave spectra license BZ 5503 B OPWN gt How to Perform Tone Analysis on a Signal Recording Requires License BZ 5503 C Profile View To perform Tone Analysis on a section of a signal recording in the Profile View 1 Open the project with the recording 2 Click and drag in the Profile view to select the area of interest a menu will automatically pop up and select Analyze for Tones licenses BZ 5503 C and BZ 5503 C 3 A Tone Analysis window will open displaying the results of the analysis For more information see Signal Recording Marker Table To perform Tone Analysis on one marker directly from the Marker Table 1 Open the project with the recording 2 Right click on the sound marker in the Marker Table and select Analyze for Tones license BZ 5503 C 3 A Tone Analysis window will open displaying the results of the analysis
105. ule but not for version 4 0 for example 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 You cannot move licenses directly from one instrument to another you have to move them to a License 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 software licenses Version 1 3 licenses are automatically upgraded to version 4 when qualifying version 4 software packages are installed Moved in licenses are not changed on the instrument they are moved to but when the license is transferred back to the instrument that owns that license the license is then upgraded 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 Kjeer 6 Instrument Service Information Info 2507279 Instrument Serial Sumber Hardware Version 2 0 Semice Code DCH Poo FF 74 008D BH 91LEC Z72222 3 5 1 License expires within 137 days BZ7223 3 5 1 License expires within 137 days ce ee ie IE j pL zr pe n nth i Et Tr a j CHEESE BERIPES WiN Loy Ooye Br 7225 3 5 1 License expires within 137 days Bf y226 3 5 License expires within L37 days BZ7227 3 5 1
106. ument Application nstall a License for an Instrument Transfer Data from Your Instrument to an Archive via USB Transfer Data from an SD card or a CF card ina PC Card Reader Transfer Data from or Control an Instrument via LAN WLAN Export Data from 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 Import Pack and Go Files Organise Templates in Archives Password Protect Your Instrument Convert FFT Spectra to Octave Spectra Perform Tone Analysis on a Signal Recording oearch for Tones in a Profile oet up an Exceedance Marker Export a Signal Recording To Fulfil Your BZ 5503 License Before you can use the post processing modules of Measurement Partner Suite you need to fulfil your license online The complete list of licenses and their features is in this Table 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 can be performed using the Internet browser option on a PC that does not have the software installed Steps 7 and 8 require soft ware installation 1 Start by doing one of the following Open the software and click the Options icon click Measurement Partn
107. ust select the Upgrade of licenses is needed to run new applications version Continue checkbox before you can click Install 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 applic ations and if you have hardware version 1 3 install your preferred 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 the serial number in DEVICES w DEVICES gt Ye 2507234 3 Click the Software tab to see the table showing the installed versions of the software modules The instrument software package consists of a number of software modules All software modules are installed 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 instal
108. uter 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 Set up the router to assign reserve a fixed IP address for the instrument Many routers handle this using a DHCP reser vation list ora Static DHCP list Please add the instrument to this list and then select an IP address for it Often the instru ment must be identified by either the host name of the instrument this is BK2250 nnnnnnn or BK2270 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 Preferences 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 Set up the router to forward port 80 TCP to the IP address of the instrument the IP address set in the first step This is typ ically done in a section called Port Forwarding Network Address Translation NAT or Applications amp Gaming e The router needs to have a static external IP address
109. ve experienced serious problems in starting and using the software you have tried the Reset Options 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 update 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 inDEVICES 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 oa FF wn gt Repeat for other users 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 However 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 befor
110. warnings about expiring licenses if you want to be informed before your license expires The complete list of licenses and their features is in this Table NOTE Version 1 3 licenses are automatically upgraded to version 4 when qualifying version 4 software packages are installed Moved in licenses are not changed on the instrument they are moved to but when the license is transferred back to the instrument that owns that license the license is then upgraded Calculation Settings Statistics Settings 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 shown 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 ihl 2 Select Calculation Settings 3 Check or uncheck Use fractiles from project LN Fractiles To show LN fractiles 1 Click ye 2 Select Calculation Settings 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 Leg If a logging or enhanced logging project does not contain raged Statistics but does contain 1 s of l
111. wever 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 t 4 Standard SO w Field L B Max dB L B Min dB Max Correction dB 3 Stipulate Background Correction Settings 4 Click Specify Background and Noise Markers for Logging Profiles Both a BZ 5503 A license and a BZ 5503 B license are required to perform this calculation To manually specify sections of a logged measurement Create markers titled Background for the periods to be designated as background Create markers titled Noise for the period to be designated as noise Open the Marker Table and click on the Background marker Select Marker in the drop down list by the spectrum usually set to Total The spectrum will be updated to represent the background averaged from all of the Background markers Right click the spectrum and select Copy L _ data to Calculations Repeat steps 3 through 5 for the Noise markers Click the Calculations tab Delete the Total spectra Select Correct for Background Noise from the Operator drop down menu Arrange the spectra so t

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