Lighthouse ApexP3, Operating Manual

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Page 3: ...Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions ApexPortable Airborne Particle Counter Operating Manual...

Page 4: ...isclosed such information except as permitted in writing by Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions is not re...

Page 5: ...se Part I General Requirements IEC 61010 1 2010 EMC EN61326 1 2013 Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Laboratory Use EN 61326 1 2013 Supplementary information The product herewith compli...

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Page 7: ...pter 2 Introduction Overview 2 1 Description 2 1 Accessories 2 2 ApexP3 Specifications 2 3 ApexP5 Specifications 2 4 Chapter 3 Get Started Unpack and Initial Inspection 3 1 Configuration Kit 3 1 Inter...

Page 8: ...8 OPTIONS 5 19 Contrast Adjust 5 20 Audible Beep Adjust 5 20 ALIGN Touch Screen 5 20 Autostart Mode 5 22 Diff Cuml Zoom 5 22 One Channel 5 23 One Second Realtime Modbus Output 5 23 Language 5 23 COMM...

Page 9: ...2 Chapter 7 Program with the MODBUS Protocol General Info 7 1 Protocol Settings 7 1 Power On Auto Start 7 1 Running the Instrument Using MODBUS 7 1 AUTOMATIC Counting Mode 7 2 Configuring with the MOD...

Page 10: ...a Channel A 9 Threshold Setup Registers A 10 Setting the Alarm Threshold Value A 10 Data Registers A 11 Device Status Word A 14 Data Enable Registers A 15 Data Type Registers A 15 Data Units Register...

Page 11: ...in italics WARNING A warning appears in a paragraph like this and indicates a condition which if not met could cause serious personal injury or death and damage to the instrument boldface Introduces...

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Page 13: ...work Connect pertaining to communication ports and instrument damage LASER Safety Information This product is considered to be a Class 1 LASER product as defined by FDA 21 CFR 1040 10 and IEC 60825 1...

Page 14: ...damage to this instrument Attempts by untrained personnel to disassemble alter modify or adjust the electronics or optics may result in personal injury and damage to the instrument and will void its...

Page 15: ...to AC Figure 1 1 ApexPortable Power Input Connector Electrostatic Safety Information Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage or destroy electronic components Therefore any service or maintenance work s...

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Page 17: ...pexP3 and Table 2 2 lists the ApexP5 Figure 2 1 ApexPortable Airborne Particle Counter The instrument uses a LASER diode light source and LASER beam shaping optics to illuminate a cross section of the...

Page 18: ...er Refer to Specifications in this manual for additional instrument information The ApexPortable integrates seamlessly with large facility monitoring and management systems and transfers particle coun...

Page 19: ...ngth to ISO 16 feet Calibration NIST Traceable Communication Modes MODBUS ASCII MODBUS RTU MODBUS TCP Supporting Software LMS Pharma Pro v7 3 1 or higher LMS Express 7 5 or higher Operating Altitude S...

Page 20: ...Source LASER diode External Connections RS485 RJ45 RS485 and RS232 data DIN factory Ethernet RJ45 Ethernet data calibration port Zero Count Level 1 count 5 minutes per ISO 21501 4 Max ISO Probe tubin...

Page 21: ...re the contents with the pack slip invoice parts list Immediately report any damaged or missing parts to Lighthouse Damaged cartons may be replaced by calling Lighthouse Sales Keep an undamaged carton...

Page 22: ...rtable be placed in the environment where it will be used and attached to its power supply for several hours to ensure its battery is fully charged before putting the instrument into service Set Chann...

Page 23: ...Choose Particle Figure 3 4 Particle Channel ON OFF Setting Press a to change its state to a to enable the channel Press a to change its state to a to disable the channel Touch the CONFIG button Then...

Page 24: ...rm Enable Disable Figure 3 7 Alarm Threshold Change Screen When CONFIG screen returns press ALARM to enter the Particle Alarm screen Disabled Enabled press a button to change the alarm threshold Press...

Page 25: ...s that have alarms enabled in this case both channels At this point pressing the START button will start the ApexPortable counting cycle on the enabled channels Please refer to Chapter 5 Operating Cou...

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Page 27: ...o Ethernet equipment such as network switches hubs and the like To connect the instrument to a computer using USB to RS232 cable 1 Remove power from the instrument 2 Connect the RJ45 end of a USB to R...

Page 28: ...IONS RS485 Mode of Operation Differential Total Number of Drivers and Receivers on One Line One driver active at a time for RS485 networks 32 Drivers 32 Receivers Maximum Cable Length 4000 ft 1 219 2...

Page 29: ...h the instrument If it becomes necessary to replace the power cord or the power supply contact Lighthouse Service Failure to heed this warning may subject the user and equipment to a shock or fire haz...

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Page 31: ...water solvents or other liquids of any kind must never be allowed to enter the ApexPortable via the inlet tube Failure to heed this warning can void the warranty Never operate the instrument with the...

Page 32: ...splay after each cycle and FINISHED will display when all the cycles are complete 12 Press the STOP button to stop the instrument before the cycles are complete STOPPED will display on the screen Touc...

Page 33: ...ndicative of actual values Figure 5 2 MAIN Screen Battery Operation Figure 5 3 MAIN Screen AC Operation When an AC powered power supply is attached the battery changes to one with a lightening bolt It...

Page 34: ...ount of battery life left is depicted by the fill inside the battery icon and the percentage above the icon When the battery reaches 20 charge the ICON will start blinking and display a BATTERY LOW me...

Page 35: ...6 CYCLES Indicates the number of times the count will be taken at a given location in Auto mode 1 3 indicates the count is the first of three samples to be recorded at this location The maximum numbe...

Page 36: ...may be stopped during sampling by an error checking process for insufficient battery power pump over current or instrument over temperature Acknowledge the popup by pressing the OK button to try to re...

Page 37: ...mpleted It waits for the user to ackowledge the change by pressing the Start button to continue counting at the new location Press the MAIN button to return to the MAIN screen Whichever location that...

Page 38: ...STOPPED or HOLDING the user may touch anywhere in the white data area to return to the MAIN Screen view Viewing Two Columns of Data The ApexPortable can display both Differential and Cumulative data...

Page 39: ...ctions are the same as on single display screen Figure 5 11 Diff Cuml Zoom Screen Button Actions To return the instrument to the default single column zoom view return to the MAIN Screen press CONFIG...

Page 40: ...n Screen DATA SETUP provides buttons to enable disable particle channels set sample record parameters sample settings thresholds enable disable alarms and clear the data buffer DEVICE SETUP provides b...

Page 41: ...ticle screen A checkmark is displayed next to each enabled channel See Figure 5 15 Figure 5 15 Particle Channel Configuration The button on the right of each channel size is an ON OFF toggle Press onc...

Page 42: ...actually starts counting The Initial Start Delay gives the operator time to exit the area under test so that the measurement is taken under a controlled condition The maximum delay time is 23 hours 5...

Page 43: ...to set the Sample time Note When the particle volume is ft3 the minimum sample volume is 0 1 ft3 If the particle volume is liters or m3 the sample volume will be displayed in liters If the particle v...

Page 44: ...nt is in Manual Mode it will start counting when START is pressed and stop at the end of one programmed Sample Time Note BEEP mode only works with CUMULATIVE data and for Sample Times equal to or grea...

Page 45: ...sed or the sample time runs out The sample time for Concentration mode is six seconds As the sample time on the MAIN screen counts from one to six the particle counts are updated continuously Concentr...

Page 46: ...channel press the ICON to the right of the channel When the is displayed the channel is enabled for alarming Press the ICON to change it to the and disable the alarming for that channel Alarm Thresho...

Page 47: ...ure 5 22 Note If alarms are enabled on two channels and the user presses the screen to acknowledge the alarm when the first channel goes into alarm the alarm will not sound if the second channel thres...

Page 48: ...display options data output and security can be enabled or disabled See Figure 5 24 Figure 5 24 Device Setup Options CLOCK The Date Time screen allows the user to change the instrument s date and tim...

Page 49: ...Y M D button displays the date as year first See Figure 5 26 and 5 27 Figure 5 26 Date Option Day First Figure 5 27 Date Option Year First Press the TIME button to set the instrument s time See Figur...

Page 50: ...P and DOWN arrows Audible Beep Adjust Adjust the audio level of the BEEP by pressing the lower UP and DOWN arrows ALIGN Touch Screen Align the the touch screen by pressing the ALIGN button so the loca...

Page 51: ...displayed in the upper left corner Release the touch to move to the next alignment circle The tip of a stylus is suggested to successfully complete the alignment by being on target more accurately tha...

Page 52: ...n Figure 5 33 instructs the operator to Touch anywhere on the screen to complete the process Touch anywhere on the screen to return to the OPTIONS screen Autostart Mode Autostart mode starts the instr...

Page 53: ...gure 5 34 Figure 5 34 One Channel Option Enabled One Second Realtime Modbus Output Set One Second Real time MODBUS Output to change the instrument s settings to the following Note Alarming is not avai...

Page 54: ...return to MAIN screen The default language is English COMM Press the COMM to set the ApexPortable communication mode Press the SERIAL s toggle button to select SERIAL mode press the ETHERNET s toggle...

Page 55: ...RESS button to open the Address input screen Figure 5 38 and use the numeric keypad to type the address press ERASE to erase a digit if needed and ENTER to accept the value and return to the Comm SERI...

Page 56: ...de Press the ETHERNET button to open the COMM Ethernet Settings screen Figure 5 40 which is displaying the original default values Figure 5 40 COMM Ethernet Settings Screen Press a number button to op...

Page 57: ...he ApexPortable are a static IP SUBNET empty zeroes and default Gateway is empty Lighthouse recommends using a static IP adress OUTPUT The Output Setup screens Figure 5 42 provide formatting and other...

Page 58: ...m When an alarm threshold is exceeded a report of that data is printed Cumulative Data is reported in cumulative format Differential Data is printed in differential format USB Output When a USB flash...

Page 59: ...ill not leave screen until it is set A message will not be displayed when the save is completed Records are always stored on the ApexPortable in LSD Figure 5 44 Example of USB Output Options Security...

Page 60: ...word for the POWER ON press the POWER ON button then type in a password using the numeric keypad Press the ERASE button to delete the last character if needed Press ENTER to save To set the Configurat...

Page 61: ...view load and unload a recipe Figure 5 47 MAIN Screen Abbreviated Recipe Screen To edit add or delete recipes though one must press the Recipe button from the CONFIG screen to display the full Recipe...

Page 62: ...ure 5 50 Recipe Second Screen Use the LOAD and UNLOAD buttons to add or remove the highlighted recipe Press the ADD button to display the RECIPE name screen shown in Figure 5 51 The recipe may be name...

Page 63: ...utton to change a highlighted RECIPE settings If the ApexPortable has the recipe loaded it will prompt the user for permission to UNLOAD the recipe Once it is unloaded the user must press the EDIT but...

Page 64: ...e AUTO INC option automatically selects the next location after completing the current location s number of cycles After initial power up the default is AUTO INC OFF as shown in Figure 5 54 The ApexPo...

Page 65: ...sing the alphanumeric and underscore keys Press the ERASE button to erase the last character typed if needed Press ENTER when done Use the Arrow keys to go to the next location to be edited and press...

Page 66: ...perated by the different LMS data retrieval and facility monitoring software products such as LMS Express RT LMS Net LMS Professional and LMS Pharma Remote data retrieval via these products is easy an...

Page 67: ...ata screen displays the following information for each data record Note When the buffer has wrapped the record that is first displayed in the Data screen is the last record in the data buffer This may...

Page 68: ...in the configuration MM DD YYYY DD MM YYYY or YYYY MM DD Time Indicates the instrument time at which the data was recorded HH MM SS Instr Indicates the state of the instrument at the time the data wa...

Page 69: ...INT button shown in Figure 5 60 the printer will print the record shown on the display example contents shown in Figure 5 61 Formatting of the printout is based on the settings established via the Pri...

Page 70: ...press ENTER If a character is mis typed press ERASE to remove it Press the STOP button and enter the ending record to be stored Figure 5 63 shows an example where 21 is the total number of records to...

Page 71: ...ample Date Time Stamp Status LSD format only Location Number of Samples Sample Volume Particle Channel Data LSD files require LMS Express to decrypt the information stored LMS Express provides a new f...

Page 72: ...the cleanroom Each particle size is given one of the following results a classification rating which will be one of the possible classifications 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 Unable to Classify if it fai...

Page 73: ...exact minimum volume Figure 5 65 Typical Reports Screen When the REPORT mode is enabled the currently selected report type and minimum required samples will be displayed on the MAIN screen as shown in...

Page 74: ...mpt Set Up Report Room Parameters When one of the report options buttons is pressed the instrument uses the current Room Area Class Level Air Flow and Room Status parameters to determine the minimum n...

Page 75: ...screen Figure 5 70 Select Class Level The selected level will be highlighted in blue Class Levels vary based on which standard has been selected in the PRINT REPORT field Below are the available Class...

Page 76: ...d is 6 ft2 or 1 m2 The maximum area that can be entered depends on the number of locations available on the unit With all 200 locations available the Max area that can be entered is limited to a 5 dig...

Page 77: ...the BACK button to return to the SETUP screen which will display the values that were configured so far Press the PARTICLE button to enable or disable particle channels as shown in Figure 5 74 and pr...

Page 78: ...add or delete locations or enable AUTO INC as shown in Figure 5 77 Note If the location is already assigned to another recipe or if there are no available free locations the user will not be able to...

Page 79: ...d SAVE buttons are not displayed See Figure 5 79 Figure 5 79 Report Setup Screen No Locations The next section contains an example of setting up the instrument to run a report Set Up Counter to Run Re...

Page 80: ...rs Entering more than 2 will work though if needed Once the primary settings of Class and Area are entered the values are set for sample time volume and cycles Unless required by SOP there is no need...

Page 81: ...session the user will be informed if the Report Session passed or failed and prompted if the user would like to save the report Saving the report allows the user to print the desired report s at a la...

Page 82: ...ts do not support the web page feature The web page feature requires a valid TCP IP address to be assigned to the ApexPortable Generate a Report From Data Figure 5 84 Reports Main Screen From the MAIN...

Page 83: ...E button to save the Report Label it so its configuration is easily understood Figure 5 87 Save Report Prompt 7 The ApexPortable will validate the data and display a REPORT PASS or FAIL and prompt the...

Page 84: ...0 choose a report format by pressing REPORTS then enable the REPORT check box and choose a report format Press the REPORT button then select a previously saved report Press the PRINT button and the re...

Page 85: ...have this feature work The PC locating and printing these reports must be connected to a LAN that has access to the instrument s LAN Refer to Figure 5 36 and Figure 5 39 through Figure 5 41 for detail...

Page 86: ...ble Operating Manual 5 56 248083440 1 Rev 5 Web Page Reports Examples of passed and failed reports available via the ApexPortable s Web interface are shown in Figure 5 94 and Figure 5 95 Figure 5 94 P...

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Page 88: ...ard ft3 Report Fed Std Ft3 ApexP3 Serial 1412105005 Report Name FS_26_2_D Targeted Class 1000 Room Area 10 76 ft 2 Air Flow Unidirectional Room Status In Operation Minimum Samples 5 Minimum Locations...

Page 89: ...t Operational Air Flow Unidirect Min Loc 2 Min Samples Room 2 Recipe ISO TEST 01 10 2016 13 10 17 Particle Size 0 5 Cumulative p m 3 Vol Req 2 000 L Concen Limit 3520000 Loc Samples AvgConcen LOC001 3...

Page 90: ...P 2009 ApexP3 Serial 1412105005 Targeted Class C Room Area 9 00 m 2 Room Stat Operational Air Flow Unidirect Min Loc 3 Min Samples Room 3 Recipe EU GMP TEST 01 10 2015 14 12 09 Particle Size 0 5 Cumul...

Page 91: ...n Table 5 2 Table 5 2 Levels of Battery Life Battery Icon Description FULL 75 50 25 20 The battery ICON will flash to indicate the charge is getting low Empty at this level the instrument will begin t...

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Page 93: ...instrument it should be recalibrated annually by a Lighthouse Authorized Service Provider Zero Count Test This section provides the user with the particle counter zero count test procedure A purge fi...

Page 94: ...the instrument does not pass the Purge Count test perform the following procedure 1 Check the data over the last 6 five minute sample times 2 If sporadic counts are occurring over all channels the un...

Page 95: ...32 or RS485 interface with Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity None Flow Control None Power On Auto Start When powering up the instrument it will begin sampling using the default configurat...

Page 96: ...ameters as described in Changing the Default Instrument Parameters on page 7 4 write these commands to the Command register 40002 11 Start Instrument to start recording 12 Stop Instrument to stop reco...

Page 97: ...respectively which are the Data Set registers See Table 7 3 Then write the command 13 to the command register 40002 This will write the values in the Data Set registers 40035 and 40036 to the RTC regi...

Page 98: ...on settings can be sent to the counter through these registers Sensor Setting Registers 40001 and 40003 through 40023 are protected and should not be changed Table 7 4 Instrument Parameters Register D...

Page 99: ...onds To set the Hold Time to a value less than 9 hours 6 minutes 7 seconds enter the number of seconds in the low register 40032 During Hold Time the Device Status bit is 0 Idle Sample Time Registers...

Page 100: ...only works for Particle Channels Enabling the Alarm for a particle channel requires the channel be enabled as well setting the bit in the low word of that channel The user can enable any or all activ...

Page 101: ...ld registers to set the alarm threshold value This is described in the next section Threshold Setup Registers Threshold data is stored in the input registers in the 45xxx series which are read write A...

Page 102: ...en time each threshold value applies to the corresponding channel Setting a value for channel 1 as 100 will not affect channel 2 setting of say 500 See Table 7 9 Table 7 8 Alarm Threshold Registers Re...

Page 103: ...e particle counter Supported MODBUS Commands Visit www modbus org for documentation on how to use these commands Table A 1 MODBUS Communications Settings Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity...

Page 104: ...it 1 SAMPLING bit 2 NEW DATA 40004 unsigned integer Firmware version Major version digits are hundreds Minor version digits are tens and ones For example 235d v2 35 40005 unsigned integer Serial Numbe...

Page 105: ...was recorded Must be 1 to 200 maps to location names associated with registers 40200 40999 40027 signed integer Real Time Clock RTC high Displays instrument s real time clock Works in conjunction wit...

Page 106: ...high Indicates when instrument is due for calibration This number can be generated by the ANSI C C time function 40048 signed integer Calibration Due Date low 40050 signed integer Device Options 4005...

Page 107: ...us 40003 40057 Bit Description 0 RUNNING Set when a start command is executed via Command 11 instrument start or through the user interface The flag will remained set until a stop command is executed...

Page 108: ...tional Device Status 40056 Bit Description 0 ApexPortable LASER POWER STATUS Set to 1 when unit s LASER current is out of spec else set to 0 1 ApexPortable LASER CURRENT STATUS Set to 1 when unit s LA...

Page 109: ...te else set to 0 Table A 5 Additional Device Status 40056 Bit Description Table A 6 Command Register Value Action 1 Saves all writable 4xxxx register values to the EEPROM 2 Reserved for future use 3 C...

Page 110: ...rks for Particle Channels Any or all channels and their alarm thresholds can be enabled and configured independently of each other To enable the Alarm for a particle channel set the bit in the low wor...

Page 111: ...45xxx series which are read write All threshold data items are 4 bytes long and are stored across 2 registers Byte and word ordering is big endian Thus data items are formed by placing the high bytes...

Page 112: ...d be 45016 Setting the Alarm Threshold Value Note Thresholds are independent of each other so the value set for one channel does not affect another The Alarm Threshold Value is set in the low register...

Page 113: ...ire series of registers represents one data record in the device The Record Index Register 40025 must be changed to index other records here The first record in the data buffer is located at Index 0 T...

Page 114: ...t LASER Supply low 30064 IEEE Float LASER Supply high percentage based on LASER Supply Reference Value 30065 IEEE Float Background Voltage low percentage based on Calibration Reference value ApexPorta...

Page 115: ...wer in spec 1 LASER power out of spec 8 ApexPortable LASER current status 0 LASER current in spec 1 LASER power out of spec 9 ApexPortable LASER supply status 0 LASER supply in spec 1 LASER supply out...

Page 116: ...thin the Device Status Word are flagged to indicate particular conditions of the currently indexed data record If multiple states occur the bits are added together For example a Flow Alert and a Parti...

Page 117: ...16 The 31xxx register states are 00000000h Disabled FFFFFFFFh Enabled Data Type Registers Note All data records have the same data types assigned to them The user does not have to read the data type r...

Page 118: ...by the Data Registers For example Data Register 30010 s Units Register is 33010 Note Not all data types have units Units are stored as 4 character ASCII strings across 2 registers If the Units string...

Page 119: ...ption Count For Particles ft m Feet per minute Percent m s Meters per second s Seconds H2O Inches of water min Minutes Hg Inches of mercury hour Hours mmWa Millimeters of water F Fahrenheit mmHg Milli...

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Page 123: ...FG password Enabling 5 30 Changing Locations 5 6 Channel Thresholds 2 3 2 4 Charging Indicators 5 4 Class 1 LASER 1 1 Class Level 5 45 5 49 Clear Buffer 5 17 Clear the Data Buffer 7 2 Clock 5 18 COMM...

Page 124: ...5 4 Date Time Setup 5 18 DC connect first then AC 3 2 DC Power Input Connector 1 3 Default Instrument Parameters Changing 7 4 Delay 5 12 Device Setup 5 10 5 18 Device Status Word A 14 DiffCuml on Zoo...

Page 125: ...ticle Data Items A 16 Instrument Current Status A 12 Instrument Stop 7 2 MODBUS Communications Settings A 1 MODBUS Registers A 1 Sensor Settings Registers A 2 MODBUS Instrument Start 7 2 MODBUS output...

Page 126: ...mple Volume 5 13 Save 7 2 SCAN MODE button 5 3 Security 5 29 Select Location 5 3 5 6 Sensor Settings Registers A 2 Location 7 5 Sample Time 7 5 Using Sensor Setting Registers 7 4 Service 5 30 Service...

Page 127: ...W Warning Electrostatic Discharge 1 3 Port Connect 1 3 Warnings Port Connect 1 3 Web Reports Interface 5 55 Weight 2 3 2 4 Z Zero Count Check Troubleshooting 6 2 Zero Count Level 2 3 2 4 Zero Count Te...

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