Norsonic NOR150 User manual

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SOUND & VIBRATION ANALYSER

INSTRUCTION

MANUAL

INSTRUMENT SOFWARE 3.0

Norsonic has always been at the

forefront introducing new technology

to sound level meters. The Nor150

Sound and Vibration Analyser sets

a new standard in user-friendliness.

Featuring the largest colour touch

screen in a handheld meter on the

market today, the Nor150 provides

the user-friendliness of a smart phone.

Further features include built in web

server, camera, GPS, sound recording,

voice and text notes, sophisticated

marker handling and event triggers in

addition to high resolution time proﬁle

and multi-frequency spectra 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 covers

software version 3.0, noise monitoring,

building acoustics and sound intensity

market.

Nor150 User Guide – June 2020 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 information.

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.

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

+47 32 85 89 00 | [email protected] | www.norsonic.com

Finding the information you need

NOTE that 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, extensions like the

dual channel option, camera 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 Nor150 has been designed to give you many years

of safe, reliable operation.

Your approach to the Nor150 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 information

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 recommend

reading this chapter before use, and as a minimum,

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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Instruction Manual

Contents

Chapter 1 Important information.....................................................................................................1

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

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

Chapter 2 Taking a closer look at the instrument..........................................................................3

Switching ON/OFF ............................................................................................................................. 4

Keyboard ........................................................................................................................................... 4

Touch sensitive screen....................................................................................................................... 5

The Main Status LED.......................................................................................................................... 7

Input and output connectors.............................................................................................................. 8

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

Charging the Internal Battery ............................................................................................................. 9

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 Nor150 ............................................................................................................................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 # 3, Measurement status ...............................................................................................21

Symbol # 4, 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 ......................................................... 30

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

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

Chapter 7 Input selection Menu ....................................................................................................34

The Sound channel 1 or 2 menu ...................................................................................................... 35

Line and Vibration sensor .......................................................................................................... 35

Microphones .............................................................................................................................. 35

Outdoor microphones................................................................................................................ 36

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

Adding a new sensor ................................................................................................................. 38

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............................................................................................................................ 42

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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

Internal camera................................................................................................................................. 62

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

IP camera. ....................................................................................................................................... 63

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 ......................................................................................................................71

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

Colour assignment ......................................................................................................................76

Display views in Measurement Mode ........................................................................................ 77

Single-Channel views ................................................................................................................ 78

Dual-Channel views ................................................................................................................... 78

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

Setup ................................................................................................................................................ 79

Input - Setup............................................................................................................................... 79

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

Level - Setup (Figure 20.16)....................................................................................................... 80

Reverberation - Setup (Figure 20.18)......................................................................................... 80

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

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

Source (Figure 20.21) ................................................................................................................ 82

Receiving (Figure 20.22) ........................................................................................................... 82

Test Specimen............................................................................................................................ 83

Various parameters (Figure 20.25) ............................................................................................ 83

Signal Generator - Setup (Figure 20.26) ................................................................................... 83

Memory – Setup (Figure 20.27) ................................................................................................. 84

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

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Making the Background noise measurements ..........................................................................86

Making the Reverberation time measurements .........................................................................87

Project Mode ..............................................................................................................................88

Display views in Project Mode .............................................................................................88

Rating views 1 - 4 ................................................................................................................90

Rating View-1 .......................................................................................................................90

Rating View-2 .......................................................................................................................91

Rating View-3 .......................................................................................................................91

Rating View-4 .......................................................................................................................91

Measurements views 1 – 4...................................................................................................92

View 1- 4 for reverberation time measurements .................................................................93

View 1 - 4 for receiving room measurements .....................................................................93

Measurement View-1 ...........................................................................................................94

Measurement View-2 ...........................................................................................................95

Measurement View-3 ...........................................................................................................96

Measurement View-4 ...........................................................................................................97

Exclude measurement positions ................................................................................................98

Adjust reverberation decay line..................................................................................................98

Start a new project .....................................................................................................................99

Continue an existing project.......................................................................................................99

Chapter 21 Sound intensity .....................................................................................................100

Setting up the instrument for intensity......................................................................................101

Assembling and handling the probe .................................................................................101

Probe dismantling ..............................................................................................................103

Transducer setup ...............................................................................................................103

Connecting a smartphone .................................................................................................105

Calibration and phase correction.............................................................................................105

Pressure calibration ...........................................................................................................105

Phase correction ................................................................................................................106

Veriﬁcation procedure........................................................................................................109

Conﬁguring an intensity measurement .................................................................................... 110

Probe and environment parameters .................................................................................. 111

Deﬁning a measurement surface....................................................................................... 111

Measurement settings........................................................................................................ 115

Navigating the Sound Intensity mode ...................................................................................... 118

Introducing the surface scopes......................................................................................... 118

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The views ..................................................................................................................................119

Errors and warnings ..................................................................................................................121

Saving and loading intensity projects.......................................................................................123

Helpful features .........................................................................................................................123

Using the smartphone...............................................................................................................123

Sound power using ISO 9614-2 ......................................................................................................123

Measurement conﬁguration ......................................................................................................124

Measuring .................................................................................................................................125

Reviewing the measurements...................................................................................................126

Segment scope.........................................................................................................................126

Surface scope...........................................................................................................................127

Total scope................................................................................................................................128

Measurement functions and indicators ................................................................................... 129

Warning indicators ................................................................................................................... 129

Sound power using ISO 9614-1 ..................................................................................................... 130

Measurement conﬁguration ..................................................................................................... 130

Measurement time ....................................................................................................................131

Filtering......................................................................................................................................131

Measurement precision ............................................................................................................131

Temporal Variability...................................................................................................................132

Surface deﬁnition ......................................................................................................................132

Measuring ................................................................................................................................ 133

Temporal Variability.................................................................................................................. 133

Main measurement................................................................................................................... 135

Reviewing the measurements.................................................................................................. 135

Total scope............................................................................................................................... 138

Measurement functions and indicators ....................................................................................141

Chapter 22 Instrument Speciﬁc Setup..........................................................................................143

Digital and Analog I/O.................................................................................................................... 143

Digital Output ........................................................................................................................... 144

Headset.................................................................................................................................... 144

Analog Output.......................................................................................................................... 144

Communication .............................................................................................................................. 145

Security .....................................................................................................................................146

Connection:.............................................................................................................................. 150

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