Met One Instruments LVS-100, User Manual

Front Matter 

MicroVol-1100 User manual 1.6 

Table of Contents 

1

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................ 1

1.1

...................................................................................................................1

D

ESCRIPTION

1.2

..............................................................................................................3

S

PECIFICATIONS

1.2.1

.............................................................................................................3

F

LOW 

C

ONTROL

1.2.2

...........................................................................................................3

I

NLET 

A

SSEMBLY

1.2.3

............................................................................................3

O

PERATING ENVIVONMENT

1.2.4

.................................................................................3

C

ONSTRUCTION AND 

D

IMENSIONS

1.2.5

............................................................................................................................4

P

OWER

1.2.6

.................................................................................................................4

A

CCESSORIES

1.2.7

.................................................................................................4

B

ATTERY 

P

ACK OPTION

1.3

..............................................................................................................5

N

OMENCLATURE

1.4

..................................................................................................6

B

ACKGROUND

/

T

HEORY

1.4.1

...............................................................................................6

P

ARTICULATE 

S

AMPLING

1.4.2

...................................................7

P

RINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF SIZE SELECTIVE INLETS

1.5

.............................................................................................8

I

NSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION

1.5.1

.....................................................................................................................9

I

NLET TUBE

1.5.2

........................................................................9

F

ILTER HOLDER 

/

 IMPACTOR ASSEMBLY

2

INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................... 10

2.1

.......10

C

ONNECTING 

E

QUIPMENT TO THE 

W

IND 

S

PEED AND 

D

IRECTION 

I

NPUT 

P

LUG

2.1.1

..........................................................10

C

ONNECTING A 

W

IND SENSOR OR 

R

AIN

-

GAUGE

2.1.2

..............................11

C

ONNECTING AN 

E

XTERNAL 

T

RIGGER FOR REMOTE ACTIVATION

2.2

......................................11

I

NSTALLING THE 

M

ICRO

V

OL

-1100

 FOR INDOOR SAMPLING

2.3

.....................................11

I

NSTALLING THE 

M

ICRO

V

OL

-1100

 FOR OUTSIDE SAMPLING

2.4

....................................................................................................12

C

ONNECTING POWER

2.4.1

..............................................................................................12

M

AINS POWER ADAPTOR

2.4.2

..........................................................12

C

ONNECTING POWER 

–

B

ATTERY PACK OPTION

2.5

............................................................................................13

T

RANSPORTING

/S

TORAGE

2.6

.........................................................................13

F

ILTER PREPARATION AND HANDLING

2.6.1

...............................................................................14

P

RE

-

COLLECTION EQUILIBRATION

2.6.2

.......................................................................................................14

F

ILTER EXCHANGE

2.6.3

.............................................................................15

P

OST 

C

OLLECTION 

E

QUILIBRATION

2.6.4

..........................................................................................................15

F

INAL WEIGHING

3

OPERATION.................................................................................................................. 17

3.1

......................................................................................18

H

OW THE 

M

ICRO

V

OL THINKS

3.2

......................................................................17

G

ENERAL OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

3.2.1

........................................................................................................19

M

ENU OPERATION

3.2.2

........................................................................................20

C

HANGING 

M

ENU 

S

ETTINGS

3.3

.................................................................................................................21

M

AIN SCREEN

3.4

....................................................................................................22

M

ENUS AND SCREENS

3.4.1

...........................................................................................................23

S

TATUS 

S

CREEN

3.4.2

................................................................................................................24

S

ETUP 

M

ENU

3.4.3

............................................................................................................30

M

ANUAL 

M

ENU

3.4.4

H

IDDEN 

M

ENU

..............................................................................................................45

3.5

................................................................................................................30

W

IND 

S

ENSOR

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