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ISSUE 2.4
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TECHNICAL. MANUAL
Introduction 3
Background 4
Heat Detectors 4
Ionisation Detectors 4
General Optical Detectors 5
Beam Detectors 5
Light Scattering Detectors 6
Light Sensing Detectors 6
Point Detectors 7
High Sensitivity Aspirating Systems (a.k.a. Air Sampling Systems) 9
Specific types of Aspirating Systems. 11
Particle counters 12
Light scatter (mass detection) systems 12
Light sources 13
Absolute v. relative scaling 15
Absolute Scaling 15
Relative Scaling 16
Stratos-HSSD
®
17
Description 17
Histograms and Learning 17
Dust 19
Bargraph Scale 20
Power Supplies 21
Using an external power supply 21
Chart recorder analogue output 22
Examination of referencing systems 22
Stratos detector referencing 32
Local and remote referencing 34
Terminal board jumper link connections 35
Apollo Series 90 Interface 35
Autronica BNX-3 36
Thorn AM521 37
Remote control software 38
Using the remote control software 38
Setup menu 38
Demonstration and log menu 40
Diagnostic menu 41
Chart recorder format 42
Histogram format 43
Product id numbers 43
Remote monitor format 44
Remote monitor programming API 45
Chart recorder sample rates 46
PipeCAD™ for Windows 47
Sampling Pipe Modelling Program 47
System requirements 47
Installation 47
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Contents
Produced by AirSense Technology Publications.
Written by Mark Symonds - Technical Manager, Kit Girling, Technical Director
© AirSense Technology Ltd. 1999
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