EPD/HB/40521/000
ISSUE 5
EPD TECHNICAL HANDBOOK Page 96
Feature Characteristic
Button Sealed and recessed to prevent inadvertent operation.
Tactile, with button beep facility ( sounder ).
Teledosimetry May be attached to Thermo Electron teledosimetry
adapter using clip attachment features.
Environmental Temperature -10°C to +40°C ( operating ), 25°C to 70°C
(storage ).
Humidity 20% to 90% RH non-condensing
Sealing IP55
Vibration 2g, 15 min, 10 - 33 Hz
Communicat-
ions & Internal
Data
Type IR communication to front of unit, range up to 1m. May
use standard IrDA adapters ( physical level 1 ) with
Thermo Electron supplied DLL and application s/w as
required ( EasyEPD2, Access Control s/w etc. ).
Also provides IR communication to rear or unit for
teledosimetry applications ( two way data transfer ).
Memory Large non-volatile store for dosemeter control
parameters, dose data storage, dose profile, system
scratchpad etc. 10-year data retention.
Issue / Return Issue and return times of circa 1 second ( EPD
communications time only ).
Incident
assessment
Internal event & alarm historical log. 23 entries (for time
recording of alarms etc.). Peak dose-rate recording.
Dose Profile Interval programmable from two seconds to 35 hours.
Stores Hp(10) and Hp(0.07) to a resolution of 1µ
Up to 579 records for transitions up to 127 µSv or less
but extending greatly in zero fields.
Alarms &
Other
Functions
Alarms 2 x Hp(10) dose and dose rate alarms. 1 x Hp(0.07)
dose and dose rate alarms. Count down alarm (stop-
watch). Return for read alarm. Fault alarms. Over-
range alarms. Dose-rate and over-range alarm status
is latched for subsequent system analysis.
Special Total
Dose Store
12 entries (for recording end of month dose etc)
Count-down
Timer
Configurable up to 1 hour 39 minutes and 59 seconds
(1 second resolution).