RadComm Syclone Portable - General System Description; SYCLONE HARDWARE; SOFTWARE; BASIC SYSTEM OPERATION

Sy
clone Portable Gamma-Ray Spectrometer, Revision 10
Ra
dComm – Proprietary Page iii Revision Date: March 3, 2016
Table of Contents
1.0 GENERAL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ............................................................................. 1
1.1 SYCLONE HARDWARE .......................................................................... 1
1.2 SOFTWARE ........................................................................................... 1
1.3 BASIC SYSTEM OPERATION ................................................................. 2
1.4 NORMAL OPERATION (PRIMARY MONITORING FUNCTIONS) ............... 4
1.5 SYSTEM FEATURES .............................................................................. 5
2.0 DETAILED OPERATION GUIDE ................................................................................... 7
2.1 JOYSTICK .............................................................................................. 7
2.2 POWER AND STARTUP FUNCTIONS ..................................................... 7
2.3 SWITCHING SYCLONE OPERATIONAL MODES ..................................... 9
2.4 STATUS BAR MESSGAES ...................................................................... 9
2.4.1 SEARCH 9
2.4.1.1 NEUTRONS DETECTED! ................................................................ 9
2.4.1.2 HIGH DOSE RATE.MOVE AWAY! ................................................... 9
2.4.1.3 DOSE RATE EXCEEDS THRSH! .................................................. 10
2.4.1.4 CPS EXCEEDS THRESHOLD! ...................................................... 10
2.4.1.5 TEMP EXCEEDS AUTO RANGE! .................................................. 10
2.4.1.6 DOSE MEMORY IS FULL! ............................................................. 10
2.4.2 IDENTIFY 10
2.4.2.1 MOVE CLOSER! ............................................................................ 10
2.4.2.2 MOVE AWAY! ................................................................................ 10
2.4.2.3 SPEC MEMORY IS FULL! ............................................................. 10
2.4.3 SEARCH AND IDENTIFY 10
2.4.3.1 STABILIZATION OFF. NO ID! ........................................................ 10
2.4.3.2 STABILIZATION REQUIRED! ........................................................ 11
2.4.3.3 CALIBRATION REQUIRED! ........................................................... 11
2.4.3.4 SCANNING! ................................................................................... 11
2.5 STABILIZATION ................................................................................... 11
2.5.1 STABILIZE 11
2.5.2 STABILIZATION SETTINGS 12
2.5.3 STABILIZATION – AUTO MODE 12
2.5.4 STABILIZATION OFF AND CANNOT STABILIZE 13
2.6 CONNECTIONS ................................................................................... 14
3.0 AUTOMATIC MODE OPERATION............................................................................... 15
3.1 JOYSTICK – NAVIGATION MENUS ....................................................... 15
3.2 STARTUP DISPLAYS ........................................................................... 17
3.3 SYSTEM USE – AUTOMATIC MODE ..................................................... 17
3.3.1 SEARCH 18
3.3.1.1 HIGH DOSE .................................................................................... 19
3.3.1.2 NEUTRON ALARM ......................................................................... 19
3.3.2 IDENTIFY 19
3.3.3 RESULTS 20
3.4 POWER OFF - MANUAL ....................................................................... 21
3.5 BACKLIGHT ......................................................................................... 22
4.0 SIMPLIFIED MODE OPERATION ................................................................................ 23
4.1 STARTUP DISPLAYS ........................................................................... 23
4.2 SYSTEM USE – SIMPLIFIED MODE ...................................................... 24
5.0 MANUAL MODE .......................................................................................................... 25
5.1 SEARCH ................................................................................................... 26