Norsonic Nor145 User manual

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SOUND ANALYSER

INSTRUCTION

MANUAL

INSTRUMENT SOFWARE 3.0

Norsonic has always been at the

forefront introducing new technology

to sound level meters. The Nor145

Sound Analyser sets a new standard in

user-friendliness. Featuring the largest

colour touch screen in a handheld

meter on the market today, the Nor145

provides the user-friendliness of a

smart phone. Further features include

built in web server, LTE and WiFi,

GPS, sound recording, voice and text

notes, sophisticated marker handling

and event triggers in addition to high

resolution time proﬁle, multi-frequency

spectra and on board BA rating

bringing the sophistications normally

found in laboratory instrumentation out

in the ﬁeld. The instrument is designed

to cover a variety of applications

besides being a sophisticated sound

level meter. This instruction manual

is covering software version 3.0

which with its features address the

noise assessment, noise monitoring

and building acoustics market.

Nor145 User Guide – November 2019 Edition

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Norsonic is a registered trademark of Norsonic AS. All

other brand or product names are trademarks or registered

trademarks of their respective companies. Every effort

has been made to supply complete and accurate informa-

tion. However, Norsonic AS assumes no responsibility for

the use of – nor for the consequential damages of the use

of – this information and/or the instrumentation described

herein. Furthermore Norsonic AS assumes no responsibility

for any infringement of the intellectual property rights of third

parties, wherever applicable, which would result from such

use. Norsonic AS reserves the right to amend any of the

information given in this manual in order to take account of

new developments.

If you wish to communicate with us, please feel welcome.

Our address is:

Norsonic AS, Gunnersbråtan 2, N-3409 Tranby, Norway

Find us on the web: www.norsonic.com

Tel: +47 3285 8900,

E-mail: [email protected]

Finding the information you need

The instruction manual describes a fully equipped

instrument. Your version of the instrument may not

have all the optional extensions available. Software

extensions may, however, be installed as retroﬁt at

any time, However, hardware extensions like the

LTE, WiFi and GPS cannot be installed as retroﬁt.

Denotes

Some denotes are used in the manual to ease the use

and distinguish a keyboard key, a soft key or a menu.

VIEW denotes the View button found on the rubber

keyboard.

Stop denotes a soft key mostly found in the lower line

of the display.

Instrument denotes a menu point.

Thank you for choosing Norsonic!

The Nor145 has been designed to give you many years

of safe, reliable operation.

Your approach to the Nor145 documentation depends

on what you want to do and how much you already know.

This manual is divided into several sections plus an

index. Each section provides useful and in depth infor-

mation about the available features. Depending on your

requirements and your familiarity with measurements

as such, you may ﬁnd that you use some parts of this

manual quite often and others not at all.

A brief introduction of the user philosophy and use of

the instrument is described in chapter 2. We recom-

mend reading this chapter before use, and as a mini-

mum, reading the safety instructions and precautions

in chapter 1.

If you do not have this manual at hand, useful help is

found in context sensitive help function in the instrument.

In most pictures there is a red question mark “?“ in the

upper right corner of the display. Tap it to access the

help function.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Important information��1

Safety instructions .............................................................................................................................. 1

Precautions......................................................................................................................................... 2

Chapter 2 Taking a closer look at the instrument��4

Switching ON/OFF ............................................................................................................................. 5

Keyboard ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Touch sensitive screen....................................................................................................................... 7

The Main Status LED.......................................................................................................................... 8

Input and output connectors.............................................................................................................. 9

On the use of the internal battery vs. external DC ............................................................................. 9

Charging the Internal Battery ............................................................................................................10

If power fails ......................................................................................................................................10

Power saving - maximize your battery power ...................................................................................10

Optional extensions...........................................................................................................................11

Software maintenance.......................................................................................................................11

Chapter 3 Your ﬁrst measurement ��12

Turn on the instrument.......................................................................................................................12

Select the transducer ........................................................................................................................12

Check the calibration.........................................................................................................................12

Select a standard set up ...................................................................................................................12

Start and Stop of the measurement ..................................................................................................12

Saving the measurement to the memory ..........................................................................................13

Reducing the inﬂuence of the operator.............................................................................................13

Removing the inﬂuence of the instrument itself ................................................................................13

Limiting the inﬂuence of wind and dust ............................................................................................13

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Chapter 4 The measurement functions available��14

Chapter 5 Setting up the analyser��19

The organisation of the display .........................................................................................................19

The status bar ............................................................................................................................ 20

Symbol # 1 Battery gauge / external power .............................................................................. 20

Symbol # 2; Overload indication.................................................................................................21

Symbol # 7, Measurement status................................................................................................21

Symbol # 8, Application mode....................................................................................................21

The soft key bar...........................................................................................................................21

The measurement picture .......................................................................................................... 22

On-screen menus............................................................................................................................. 23

Activate and deactivate the result displays ................................................................................24

Cursor handling.......................................................................................................................... 25

The main menu system - an overview.............................................................................................. 25

On/Off/Available/Disabled indication........................................................................................ 26

Chapter 6 Selecting the different views and the parameters to display��27

Function selection – selecting the measurement parameters ..........................................................31

SPL Live in ended mode ................................................................................................................. 33

Numerical tables .............................................................................................................................. 33

Chapter 7 Input selection Menu ��34

The Sound channel menu ................................................................................................................ 35

The Transducer menu ................................................................................................................ 36

Adding a new sensor ................................................................................................................. 39

Preampliﬁer selection................................................................................................................. 39

Using other transducers................................................................................................................... 39

Chapter 8 Calibrating the instrument - ﬁeld check��40

When to calibrate ....................................................................................................................... 40

Carrying out the ﬁeld check / calibration................................................................................... 40

Calibrating a vibration sensor ................................................................................................... 42

Microphone check............................................................................................................................ 43

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Chapter 9 Measurement Setup Menu��44

High-pass input ﬁlter.................................................................................................................. 45

Weather Station...........................................................................................................................47

Chapter 10 FFT ��48

Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 48

How to select FFT ............................................................................................................................ 48

Making a measurement.................................................................................................................... 48

Calibration ........................................................................................................................................ 49

Corrections ....................................................................................................................................... 49

Chapter 11 Trigger Selection Menu��50

Global Trigger................................................................................................................................... 50

The Event Trigger ............................................................................................................................. 53

Chapter 12 Working with Markers ��56

Setting up Markers - the Marker Setup menu .................................................................................. 56

System speciﬁed markers................................................................................................................ 57

Adding a marker to an ongoing measurement ................................................................................ 58

Working with markers - post processing.......................................................................................... 58

Chapter 13 Recording the sound - Audio record and replay �� 59

Making a recording .......................................................................................................................... 60

Listening - replaying an audio recording ..........................................................................................61

Insert a reference tone as a recording..............................................................................................61

Chapter 14 Camera ��62

Device camera ................................................................................................................................. 62

IP camera. ....................................................................................................................................... 62

Chapter 15 Voice and Text notes��64

Adding text and voice notes............................................................................................................. 64

Retrieving text and voice notes. ....................................................................................................... 64

Chapter 16 Pausing and resuming a measurement ��66

The difference between a “Pause” and a “Hold” function............................................................... 67

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Chapter 17 Storing a measurement - Memory Organising Menu ��68

File name .......................................................................................................................................... 69

Unique Measurement identiﬁer ........................................................................................................ 70

Save and Manage Measurement setup ........................................................................................... 70

Write Protected Setup....................................................................................................................... 70

Rename, Delete, Move ..................................................................................................................... 70

Set Factory default.............................................................................................................................71

Save Debug Log................................................................................................................................71

Chapter 18 Application Selection Menu - Predeﬁned Setups��72

Creating a user deﬁned setup.......................................................................................................... 73

Chapter 19 Signal Generator (Optional)�� 74

Chapter 20 Building Acoustic��75

Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 75

Measurement Mode ..........................................................................................................................76

Display views in Measurement Mode .........................................................................................76

The views ....................................................................................................................................76

On-screen menus ...................................................................................................................... 78

Setup ................................................................................................................................................ 78

Input - Setup............................................................................................................................... 78

Type - Setup ............................................................................................................................... 79

Level - Setup .............................................................................................................................. 79

Reverberation - Setup) ............................................................................................................... 80

Rating – Setup.............................................................................................................................81

Standard:.....................................................................................................................................81

Source .........................................................................................................................................81

Receiving ................................................................................................................................... 82

Test Specimen............................................................................................................................ 82

Various parameters ................................................................................................................... 83

Signal Generator - Setup ........................................................................................................... 83

Memory – Setup......................................................................................................................... 83

Making the Level measurements ..................................................................................................... 84

Making the Background noise measurements ................................................................................ 85

Making the Reverberation time measurements ............................................................................... 86

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Project Mode ..............................................................................................................................87

Display views in Project Mode .............................................................................................87

Rating views 1 - 4 ................................................................................................................89

Rating View-1 .......................................................................................................................89

Rating View-2 .......................................................................................................................90

Rating View-3 .......................................................................................................................90

Rating View-4 .......................................................................................................................90

Measurements views 1 – 4...................................................................................................91

View 1 - 4 for reverberation time measurements: ................................................................92

View 1 - 4 for receiving room measurements: .....................................................................92

Measurement View-1 ...........................................................................................................93

Measurement View-2 ...........................................................................................................94

Measurement View-3 ...........................................................................................................95

Measurement View-4 ...........................................................................................................96

Exclude measurement positions ................................................................................................97

Adjust reverberation decay line..................................................................................................97

Start a new project .....................................................................................................................98

Continue an existing project.......................................................................................................98

Chapter 21 Instrument Speciﬁc Setup��99

Digital and Analog I/O................................................................................................................99

Digital Output .....................................................................................................................100

Headset..............................................................................................................................100

Analog Output....................................................................................................................100

Communication ........................................................................................................................101

Security ..............................................................................................................................103

Reference Tone ........................................................................................................................106

Power Settings..........................................................................................................................107

Instrument Name......................................................................................................................107

Date and Time ..........................................................................................................................107

Language...........................................................................................................................109

Number Format ..................................................................................................................109

About..................................................................................................................................109

Install new software, service pack or new fonts.......................................................................109

The software license system .................................................................................................... 110

Installing new options............................................................................................................... 111

Activate evaluation license ....................................................................................................... 111

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Chapter 22 Norsonic software�� 112

NorRemote Nor1050 - option 11 .....................................................................................................112

Using the program – Nor145 ...........................................................................................................113

Main display ..............................................................................................................................113

Editing views settings................................................................................................................115

Operating in the graphs ............................................................................................................116

Editing parameters in views ......................................................................................................116

Editing markers .........................................................................................................................117

Conﬁguration ...................................................................................................................................118

Conﬁguration menu...................................................................................................................118

Measurement conﬁguration ......................................................................................................118

Timing........................................................................................................................................119

Functions...................................................................................................................................119

Filter...........................................................................................................................................119

Recording..................................................................................................................................119

Saving conﬁguration .................................................................................................................119

Trigger conﬁguration.................................................................................................................119

Camera......................................................................................................................................122

Alarm channels, only for monitoring .........................................................................................123

Conﬁguration.............................................................................................................................124

Date and Time...........................................................................................................................124

User information........................................................................................................................124

Chapter 23 Technical Speciﬁcations ��126

Firmware version .............................................................................................................................126

Type of instrument ...........................................................................................................................126

Analog inputs...................................................................................................................................127

Input connector.........................................................................................................................127

Microphone input socket (outside view)...................................................................................127

High-pass input ﬁlter .......................................................................................................................128

Nor1227 technical data ............................................................................................................128

Preampliﬁer..................................................................................................................................... 129

Nor1209 data ........................................................................................................................... 129

Nor1209 Technical data in combination with Nor145;............................................................. 129

Windscreen ............................................................................................................................. 129

Cables and cable length ................................................................................................................ 130

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