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General Description<br />

Windows-Based Software<br />

SECONDS”. The results of the two measurements as well as the<br />

shielding factors for each detector, are displayed on the PC's<br />

monitor.<br />

iv. If “Quit” is selected after performing any of the other functions<br />

displayed on the menu, the operator will be presented with the<br />

message: “WARNING: A Save Will Overwrite the Existing<br />

Calibration File for This Portal”. The function key options allow<br />

one of three options:<br />

• Return to Calibration Menu<br />

• Save Calibration<br />

• Quit.<br />

If or “Q” for Quit are pressed without first saving the data, the<br />

message “Calibration Parameters Have NOT Been Saved! Save<br />

Them? (Y/N) will appear”. Pressing > Y, for Yes, will execute a save<br />

to both disk and Portal; > N, for No, will exit to the first sub menu<br />

without a save. After saving the parameters, the operator is given an<br />

opportunity to print a calibration report. A printer must be<br />

connected to LPT1: on the computer before the report can be<br />

printed. If the report is not printed at this time, it can be printed<br />

later, because it is saved as a text file under the name <strong>PM</strong>7xx.REP<br />

where xx is the portal address (01-15).<br />

b. Utilities<br />

When “Utilities” is selected from the first submenu, a lower-level<br />

submenu is displayed that presents “Poll, Diagnostics, Scaler,<br />

Reboot, Quit” to the operator.<br />

i. The “Poll” routine displays the portal number (address) and<br />

count time as well as the following detector parameters:<br />

background count rates, RDA levels, Status (Normal or Failed),<br />

and program name and version number. The count time,<br />

background count rates, and RDA levels are displayed in real<br />

time, updating every second.<br />

ii. The “Diagnostics” routine presents a submenu with selections<br />

“Annun”, “Switch”, “Range”, “Variance”, and “Quit”.<br />

Thermo Fisher Scientific<br />

Personnel Monitor -7 Techical Guide_5-7_

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