NARDA FieldMan User manual
FieldMan
Measurement Device for
Electromagnetic Fields
User manual
Narda Safety Test Solutions GmbH
Sandwiesenstraße 7
72793 Pfullingen, Deutschland
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Narda FieldMan 3
English
1 About this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1 About the measurement of electromagnetic fields . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2 About the Narda FieldMan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Supported probes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 General safety instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 Using these operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2 Intended use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.3 Non-intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4 Dangers due to electromagnetic fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5 Correct handling of rechargeable batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 About this operating manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1 Structure of the operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2 Language of the user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.3 Characters and symbols used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4 Connection and commissioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1 Unpacking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 Equipping the case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 Device overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4 Power supply/rechargeable battery operation . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.5 Connect and test probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.6 Initial commissioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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5 Controls and display elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5.1 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2 LED display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.3 Display overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.4 Display of probe info on the display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.5 Status bar symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.6 Symbols of function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6 General operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.1 The operating concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.2 Basic operating steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
6.3 The display in measuring mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7 Device settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7.1 Setting types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7.2 Personalizing device settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.3 General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.4 Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.5 Expert Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
7.6 Position and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.7 Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.8 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.9 Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
7.10 Data Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
8 Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8.1 Overview of operating modes and probe types . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.2 Field Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.3 Spatial Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.4 Timer Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
8.5 Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
8.6 Shaped Time Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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9 Data Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
9.1 Structure of the Data Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
9.2 Managing projects (Project) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.3 Managing measurements (Measurements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
9.4 Managing screenshots (Screenshots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
9.5 Managing media (Media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
10 Cross-mode functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
10.1 Post-Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
10.2 Selection of a standard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
10.3 Offset correction – Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
10.4 Commenting on measurement results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
10.5 Alarm function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
10.6 Acoustic intensity display (HF probes only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
10.7 Peak marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
10.8 Display of overdriven measured values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
11 PC software and updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
11.1 Narda-TSX PC software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
11.2 Firmware update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
12 Care, maintenance and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
12.1 Cleaning the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
12.2 Replacing/removing rechargeable batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
12.3 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
13 Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
13.1 EU Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
13.2 UKCA Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
13.3 Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
13.4 Radio approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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Narda FieldMan 7
1About this product
In this chapter you will find some useful information about
measuring electromagnetic fields, about the Narda
FieldMan and about the probes.
1.1 About the measurement of electromagnetic fields
(page 8)
1.2 About the Narda FieldMan (page 8)
1.3 Supported probes (page 9)
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1.1 About the measurement of
electromagnetic fields
In the modern world, people live and work virtually permanently in the vicinity of technical
equipment that generates electromagnetic fields. With increasing research into their effect
on humans, there is an increasing awareness of the problem and availability of information
on this topic. Limits have long since been defined by various bodies to protect users from
exposure to emissions.
1.2 About the Narda FieldMan
The Narda FieldMan measures non-ionizing radiation and low frequency fields with the
highest accuracy. With its digital measuring probes for electric and magnetic field
strengths, the instrument covers the range from static and low-frequency fields in medical
and industrial applications to mobile phone frequencies and millimeter waves. Both
broadband HF probes with a flat frequency response and “shaped probes” are available,
which evaluate the field strength according to a personal protection standard. Probes
with integrated FFT analysis allow spectral measurements and analysis in the time
domain up to frequencies of 400 kHz. All probes have a digital interface that transmits the
measurement data to the base unit without interference. This eliminates the need for cal-
ibration of the base unit.
The newly developed, extremely powerful Narda-TSX PC software is available for evalu-
ating and documenting the measurement results, media and other information. It is
Narda's new software platform that will support other Narda products in the future in addi-
tion to FieldMan. The firmware update is also performed via the PC software
(see 11 PC software and updates on page 109).
1.3 Supported probes
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Applications and standards
The FieldMan enables precision measurements to ensure the safety of people, espe-
cially in working environments where high electric or magnetic field strengths are
expected. A key task is to demonstrate compliance with general safety regulations such
as FCC, IEEE, ICNIRP or the EMF Directive 2013/35/EU. Examples of measurement
environments are:
• Broadcast transmitters (e.g. IEC 62577)
• Radio base stations (e.g. IEC/EN 62232)
• Induction heating and melting (e.g. EN 50519)
• Household appliances (e.g. IEC/EN 62233)
• Electric welding equipment (e.g. IEC/EN 62822)
• Railroad environment (e.g. EN 50500)
• Vehicle environment (e.g. IEC 62764)
• Power supply systems (e.g. IEC/EN 62110)
• Medical electrical equipment (e.g. IEC/EN 60601)
• TEM cells and absorber chambers for the verification of electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC)
1.3 Supported probes
A variety of isotropic field probes are available for the FieldMan. All of them transmit their
information and measurement data as a digital signal to the FieldMan, either via an elec-
trical USB interface or via an optical COM interface. In this way, interference is almost
completely eliminated compared to high-impedance analog interfaces. The specially
developed screw connectors and electrical contacts are extremely robust and resistant.
The probes are automatically detected after connection to the FieldMan.
The characteristics of the probes are listed in the respective data sheet. The following
probe types are supported:
• Broadband probes with digital interface for FieldMan (P/N 2462/xx)
• Selective probes with digital interface for FieldMan (P/N 2463/xx)
• EHP-50F and EHP-50G field analyzers with optical interface (P/N 2404/xxx)
• HP-01 magnetometer with optical interface (P/N 2405/xxx)
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