PM-7 Operating Manua.. - Voss Associates

Introduction
Configuration
Select > DISK EDIT from the main menu by scrolling to DISK EDIT and
striking > ENTER. This could have been accomplished by pressing “D”
then > ENTER. In the following text the technique to select commands will
be scrolling to the command then pressing > ENTER. The alternate
method of typing the first key of the command works equally well. This
technique has been omitted to keep the text brief. From the submenu scroll
to SYSTEM and strike > ENTER to display the existing system parameters.
Review the parameters and adjust them as desired. To edit a field, position
the cursor over the field to be editing by moving it with the cursor control
(arrow) keys and then strike > F1. Enter information pertinent to the
calibration sources that will be used in the appropriate fields. The source
activity that is entered should be the activity as of the calibration date that is
entered; the decay-corrected activity is automatically computed. If a source
that is comprised of a mixture of two isotopes will be used, enter the
information for each isotope on a separate line as though they were
individual sources.
When all system parameters are set as desired, strike > F2 to save the
parameters to the disk and exit the routine.
From the submenu, scroll to PM-? and strike > ENTER to display the PM-7
parameter file. Edit any instrument parameters that differ from those
required by your facility. The Scintillator parameters will be set during
calibration and need not be edited at this time. When the instrument
parameters are set up as desired, strike > F2 to exit the routine. From the
submenu, scroll to QUIT and strike > ENTER to leave the submenu and
return to the main menu.
Plug the PM-7 into a source of clean, 110-125 Vac, 60 hz electrical power.
Behind the door adjacent to the AC power cord is the AC POWER switch.
Turn the switch on. Next, turn on the DC POWER switch that is located
behind the left-hand fore door. Exit the portal; PM-7 will begin a
background update. The initial background update is indicated by flashing
blue “Out of Service” lamps. At the completion of the update the green
READY light will start flashing. Connect to the portal from the program on
the laptop by scrolling the cursor to CONNECT and striking > RETURN.
If the portal has not completed the initial background update and the
instrument senses that the portal is occupied, the computer will be unable to
connect, the blue lamp will flash, and the horn will sound intermittently.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Personnel Monitor -7 Techical Guide_2-3_