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Compliance Module

BlastMate III Operator Manual

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Use the

Right Arrow

to move the cursor between hours and minutes, and the

Up Arrow

change the time, then press

Enter

to save your changes.

c. Sensorcheck

(Compliance Module Only)

This setting chooses when to automatically run Sensorcheck to test the monitor and its sensors.
You can run Sensorcheck manually by pressing the

Test

key. You can choose not to run

Sensorcheck, to run Sensorcheck after recording each event, or only once before monitoring
starts. If you choose Disabled, Sensorcheck does not run and the sensors are not checked. If you
choose After Each Event, Sensorcheck runs after recording each event. Results are saved with
each event and appear on the monitor display. If you choose Before Monitoring, Sensorcheck runs
once before monitoring starts, when you enter the monitor mode. The results of this single
Sensorcheck appear with each event recorded during the monitoring session. This reduces
processing time, by not having to run Sensorcheck for each event, and speeds up recording
especially when using the continuous record mode.

To set when to run Sensorcheck, press the Setups

Special

key when the Main Window is

displayed. Press the

Enter

key to scroll through the windows until the Sensorcheck: Window

appears. Press the

Down Arrow

key to display the Disabled, After Each Event, or Before

Monitoring choices. Press the

Enter

key to select a choice when it appears on the BlastMate III

display.

d. Measurement System

(Compliance Module Only)

The BlastMate III uses the Metric or Imperial measurement system.

To choose either Metric or Imperial units, press the Setups

Special

key when the Main Window is

displayed. Press the

Enter

key repeatedly to scroll through the windows until the Measurement

System: Window appears. Press the

Down Arrow

key to display the Imperial or Metric

choices. Press the

Enter

key to select a choice when it appears on the BlastMate III display.

e. Basic Channels

(Compliance Module Only)

You can operate four and eight channel monitors with all recording channels on or you can turn
off either the geophone or microphone recording channels. On eight channel monitors, choosing
to turn off either the geophone or microphone channels turns off all geophone channels (channels
1, 2, 3, and 5, 6, 7) or both microphones (channels 4 or 8). Also, all channels can be turned off
except one or two geophone channels.

You may, for example, turn off the microphone if your are monitoring inside a building where the
microphone is not applicable. This reduces the amount of memory required to save and store a
single event and therefore increases the overall number of events the BlastMate III can record and
store.

To turn basic channels on or off, press the Setups

Special

key when the Main Window is

displayed. Press the

Enter

key repeatedly to scroll through the windows until the Basic Channels:

Window appears. To monitor with only one or two geophone channels, choose the Geophone
Channel 1 or Geophone Channels 2 option. Choose 4 Channels ON on four channel monitors or 8
Channels ON on eight channel monitors to disable this feature. Another Basic Channels window
appears.

On eight channel monitors, press the

Down

Arrow

keys to select either four or eight

recording channels. Press the

Enter

key. Press the

Down

Arrow

key to display the choices.

Choose the All Channels On setting to record events with all the geophone and the microphone
channels on. Choose the Geo Channels OFF setting to record events without recording
information from the geophone channels. Choose the Mic Channel OFF setting to record events