Teledyne 633 Carbon Monoxide Alarm User Manual


 
Teledyne Advanced Pollution Instrumentation Model 633 Aethalometer
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Black Carbon Monitor User Manual
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1 second time-base
30 per. Mov. Avg. (1 second time-
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131 ng/m
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119 ng/m
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Point-to-point variation @ 1 second:
126 ng/m
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Figure4.‘Zeroair’checktheModel633Aethalometerswitchesfromsamplingambientairtofiltered
air1secondtimeresolutionpointtopointvariationisverystable.
TheresponseoftheopticaldetectorsoftheModel633Aethalometermaybeverifiedusinga
standardkitofNeutralDensityopticalfilters.Theseareglasselementswitharangeofknown
and stable optical absorptions, from light to dark, which aretraceable from manufacturing
records back to primary standards. When these are inserted into the Model 633
Aethalometer, its photodetectors will give a certain output signal.Thestabilityand
reproducibility of the relationship between optical signal and ND Filter density from one
validationtesttoanother;andthecomparisonwiththeoriginalfactoryvalues;isameasureof
theconsistencyofperformanceoftheinstrument’soptics.
1.1.3 User and Communications Interfaces
The Model 633 Aethalometer incorporates the following user, data and communications
features:
• 21‐cm(8.25”)colorgraphicstouch‐screenfordatadisplayandlocaluserinterface;
• USBportsforinsertionofamemorystickforlocaldatadownload;
• USBportsforconnectionofakeyboard,ifnecessaryforinitialsetup ofparameters,
suchasstationidentification;
• RS‐232COM portsfor datatransmissionfrom auxiliaryinstrumentsortothedigital
datalogger;
(Ethernetportinstalledforfuturesoftwareimplementation).