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Basic Tutorial

BlastMate III Operator Manual

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d) Choose a Record Stop Mode

Choose a record stop mode if using the single shot or continuous record modes. The record stop
mode sets how the BlastMate III stops recording after being triggered. You can choose between a
Fixed Record Time setting or an Auto Record setting. Fixed Record Time sets the record time to a
specified length. In Auto Record, unlike the Fixed Record Time, the BlastMate III continues to
record event activity as long as that activity remains above the trigger level. We will set a fixed
record time of two seconds.

To set the record time, press the Record

Time

key when the Main Window is displayed. Press the

Down Arrow

key to display the Fixed setting. Press the

Enter

key. The Record Time

Window appears. Enter a record time of two seconds. Press the

Enter

key to save this setting.

e) Set the Current Time

The BlastMate III supports the twelve hour, 11:55:23 PM, and twenty four hour, 23:55:23, time
formats. You can choose either format.

To set the time, press the

Time/Day

key when the Main Window is displayed. Use the

Right

Left

Arrow

key to move the cursor and the

Down Arrow

key to set the current time. To

select either the 12 or 24 hour time format, position the cursor under the AM/PM/24 hour
indicator. Press the

Up Arrow

key to display the required setting. Press the

Enter

key to save

your setting.

f) Set Today’s Date

The BlastMate III supports the Month/Day/Year date format.

To set the date, press the

Time/Day

key when the Main Window is displayed. Press the

Enter

key

to display the Date Window. Use the

Right

Left Arrow

key to move the cursor and the

Down Arrow

key to set today’s date. Press the

Enter

key to save your setting.

Step 6: Record Events

At this point, you are ready to record events. Press the

Start Monitor

key to begin monitoring. To

see an event being recorded, clap your hands once in front of the microphone. The BlastMate III
beeps indicating an event’s activity has exceeded the trigger level. The event’s results appear on
the BlastMate III display. The BlastMate III then returns to the monitoring mode ready to record
another event. Now bump the standard transducer. Again, the BlastMate III beeps. The results
appear on the display and the BlastMate III returns to the monitoring mode. Press the

Cancel

key

to stop monitoring.

We have just recorded two events and stored them in the BlastMate III memory. In the next steps,
we view these events and print their Event Summary Reports.

Step 7: View the Events

Let us view the events we just recorded. From the Main Window, press the Events

List/Delete

key. Press the

Enter

key to display the most recently recorded event. In our tutorial, this is the one

we triggered by bumping the transducer. Next, press the

Down Arrow

key to display the

event we recorded caused by clapping our hands in front of the microphone. We would like to
print all the events stored in the BlastMate III at once, so we will follow the next step to print the
events.