CONTENTS
INDEX .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 12
1.1 SVAN 979 AS SOUND LEVEL METER & ANALYSER ................................................................................................. 13
1.2 SVAN 979 AS VIBRATION LEVEL METER & ANALYSER ............................................................................................ 13
1.3 GENERAL FEATURES OF SVAN 979 ..................................................................................................................... 13
1.4 ACCESSORIES INCLUDED .................................................................................................................................... 14
1.5 ACCESSORIES AVAILABLE .................................................................................................................................... 14
1.6 FIRMWARE OPTIONS AVAILABLE .......................................................................................................................... 14
2 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 15
2.1 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATIONS AS SLM ........................................................................................................... 15
2.2 MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATIONS AS VLM .......................................................................................................... 16
2.3 INPUT AND OUTPUT SOCKETS OF THE INSTRUMENT ................................................................................................. 16
2.4 CONTROL KEYS ON THE FRONT PANEL ................................................................................................................... 18
2.5 WORKING WITH THE INSTRUMENT ...................................................................................................................... 20
2.5.1 Measurement mode ............................................................................................................................ 21
2.5.2 Configuration mode ............................................................................................................................ 22
2.6 INSTRUMENT POWER ........................................................................................................................................ 24
2.7 DEFAULT SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................................... 25
2.8 DESCRIPTION OF ICONS ..................................................................................................................................... 26
2.9 SAVING DATA .................................................................................................................................................. 27
2.10 FILES DOWNLOADING AND UPLOADING ................................................................................................................ 32
2.11 ACTIVATION OF OPTIONAL FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................. 32
3 FUNCTIONS OF THE INSTRUMENT – FUNCTION............................................................................................ 34
3.1 SELECTING THE INSTRUMENT MODE – MODE ........................................................................................................ 34
3.2 MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS OF THE INSTRUMENT – MEASUREMENT FUNCTION ........................................................... 34
3.3 INSTRUMENT’S CALIBRATION – CALIBRATION ......................................................................................................... 35
3.3.1 System Check ...................................................................................................................................... 36
3.3.2 Calibration by Sensitivity (Acoustic signal) .......................................................................................... 36
3.3.3 Calibration by Sensitivity (Vibration signal) ........................................................................................ 37
3.3.4 Calibration by Measurement (Acoustic signal) ................................................................................... 37
3.3.5 Calibration by Measurement (Vibration signal) .................................................................................. 38
3.3.6 History of performed calibrations – Last Calibration .......................................................................... 39
3.3.7 Erasing calibration records – Clear Calibr. History .............................................................................. 40
3.3.8 Automatic calibration – Auto Calibration ........................................................................................... 40
4 CONFIGURING MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS – MEASUREMENT ................................................................ 42
4.1 SETTING UP GENERAL MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS – GENERAL SETTINGS .................................................................. 43
4.2 SETTING MEASUREMENT TRIGGER – MEASUREMENT TRIGGER .................................................................................. 45
4.3 SETTING PARAMETERS FOR PROFILES – PROFILES .................................................................................................... 47
4.4 DATA LOGGING – LOGGING ............................................................................................................................... 48
4.4.1 Setting logger general parameters – Logger Setup ............................................................................ 49
4.4.2 Selecting results for logging – Logger Results ..................................................................................... 51
4.4.3 Selecting additional summary results for saving – Summary Results ................................................. 51
4.4.4 Configuring Logger trigger – Logger Trigger....................................................................................... 51
4.4.5 Setting markers – Marker Setup ......................................................................................................... 53
4.4.6 Configuring signal recording – Wave Recording ................................................................................. 54
4.5 SETTING SPECTRA – SPECTRUM ........................................................................................................................... 57
4.6 SELECTING MICROPHONE COMPENSATION – COMPENSATION FILTER .......................................................................... 57
4.7 SELECTING MEASUREMENT RANGE – RANGE ......................................................................................................... 58
4.8 SETTING WORKDAY EXPOSURE TIME – EXPOSURE TIME ........................................................................................... 58
4.9 SETTING STATISTICAL LEVELS – STATISTICAL LEVELS ................................................................................................. 58
4.10 SETTING RPM MEASUREMENT – RPM MEASUREMENT .......................................................................................... 59
4.11 PROGRAMMING THE INSTRUMENT’S INTERNAL TIMER – TIMER ................................................................................. 59
4.11.1 Example of timer execution ................................................................................................................ 60