Manual – uK

Model 300

Model 310

Model 320

SoundEar®3

Ver. 4.1.2

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Congratulations on your new soundear®3 deviCe 3

Box Content 4Mounting your Soundear®3 on the wall 5• Model300or310 5• Model320 5Set tiMe 5ForMatting the uSB Key 6uSing the touCh diSplay 7

what noise limits to Choose 8

how to use your soundear 3 deviCe 9

ConneCting your Soundear®3 9• SoundEar3–300and310 9• SoundEar3-320 10

how to use the soundear software 11

Soundear SoFtware inStallation 11opening the Soundear SoFtware 12• Ifthedeviceisnotconnected 12• Ifthedeviceisconnected 12preSetS 13DEfInESEttIngS-SounDEar®3 14• Lightday(300–310) 14• Lightnight(300–310) 15• noiselevels(320) 16• Display(300–310–320) 17• alarm(300–310–320) 18• ExportsettingstouSB(300,310,320) 19navigating the SoFtware 20• Viewmeasurementsandtime 20• Zoomfunction 21

measurement data 22

live MeaSureMent 22• Chart 22• ChartStatistics,peakcount 23• Showinchart 23

• Summary 24iMport data FroM uSB 25liBrary 26• Showinchart 29• Chartstatistics 30• Exportdataaspdf,jpgorcsv 30Show MeaSureMentS in Folder 31ChooSe deStination Folder 31

how to use your wireless soundear®3 deviCe 32

Setting up the wireleSS SySteM 33• Ifthesystemisconfiguredforyou beforehand 34• Configuringthewirelesssetupyourself 37• IfallyourdevicesarenotappearingintheLive Measurementview 38LIVEMEaSurEMEntS-MonItorthECurrEntnoiSe level For your deviCeS 39• Lookatmeasurementsforasingledevice orchangesettingsforasingledevice 40Setting up an autoMated noiSe report 41

setup 43

deviCe inFo 43aBout Soundear®3 43uSer Manual 43

advanCed settings 44

analog output 44MiCrophone CaliBration 46

FaCtory SettingS 48MaintenanCe 48• Disinfection/cleaning 48• Disinfectionbywiping 48teChniCal SpeCiFiCationS 49

taBle oF ContentS

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CongratulationS on your new

SoundEar®3Wearepleasedthatyouselectedoneofourproductstohelpyoucreateabetterauditoryenvironmentforyourselfandothers.thisinstructionmanu-alprovidesinformationonhowtofullytakeadvantageofyourproduct.

for a complete understanding of the features and possibilities ofSoundEar®3,weadviseyoutoreadthismanualcarefullybeforeyoustartusingyourSoundEar®3. Pleasefindthelatestupdatesforsoftwareandthemanualonourwebsitewww.soundear.com/downloads

Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorcommentspleasecontactusat:soundear@soundear.com

Yourssincerely,

SoundEara/S

SE300 SE320 SE310

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Box Content

Check package contents depending on the package purchased.

1. SoundEar®32. uSBkeywithsoftware3. Externalmicrophone4. fourpoleextensioncablesforcalibration5. PoweradaptorwithEu,uSanduKplug6. uSBadaptorcable

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Mounting Soundear®3 on the wall

when choosing a location for your soundear®3, please make sure to follow the instructions below: 1. Makesurenottocoverthemicrophoneatthebottomofthedevice.2. avoidplacingSoundEar®3closetosoundabsorbingmaterials.

direCtly on the wall:model 300 or 310Checkifthereisanavailableplugsocketnearby.fastenascrew(diameter8-9mm.)tothewall150-200cmabovethefloor.Checkifthecabinetisattachedsecurely.IfyouareusingaVesawallmount,pleaseconsulttheincludedusermanual.

model 320

Loosenthescrewtoremovethewallmount.

fastenthewallmounttothewallwith4screws.hangSoundEar®3-320ontothewallmountandfastenitwiththescrew.

Set tiMeSoundEar®3hasabuilt-intimeanddatefunctionthatwillsetautomaticallywhenyouconnectthedevicetoyourPC.

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ForMatting the uSB Key

the usB key included is formatted in the format called ”fat32”.

If youwish to use an alternativeuSB keywith a largermemory,itisimportantthatithasthesameformat.PleasefollowthestepsbelowtoformatyouruSBkey.

note! remember to export any files youmay have onyour uSB key before formatting, as the formattingwilloverrideallexistingfiles.

1. ConnecttheuSBkeytoyourPC.2. right-clickontheuSBdrive.3. Select“format”fromthedrop-downmenu.

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4. Select“fat32”underfileSystem.

5. Checkthebox“Quickformat”.

6. Click“Start”.

7. theuSBkeyisnowreadyforuse.

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Clock – see the time in the mini displaythetimesettingswillsyncautomaticallywhenyouconnectSoundEar®3toyourPCforthefirsttime.

al – set alarm levelSetthevisualalarmlevel.

Withthehorizontalarrowheadsselectthe”aL”function.Placeafingeroneitheroftheverticalarrowheadstosetthealarmlevel.holdyourfingerdownuntilthedesiredalarmlevelisreached.

example: Ifthealarmissetto80dB,theredlightwillbelitwhenthenoiselevelreaches80dB.asastandardsetting,theyellowlightwillbelit5dBbeforethealarmlevelisreached,inthiscaseat75dB.

please note! Changingthealarmlevelonthetouchdisplaywilloverrideanyspecialsettingsmade in“LightSettings”inthesoftware.

laeq1s –Showsthecurrentnoiselevelasanaweightedaverageoverthelastsecond.

off–turnofftheminidisplay.Whenturnedoff,asmallredlightwillbelittoindicatethatthedeviceisturnedon.

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located on the front of soundear®3 you will find a touch display from which you can control the device manually.

thefunctionsof thetouchdisplay includesettingalarmlevels,time,currentnoiselevel(Laeq1s),andon/offfunc-tionfortheminidisplay.

use the horizontal arrow heads to navigate between thedifferentoptions.

usetheverticalarrowheadstosetthealarmlevel. please note! tolockthetouchdisplay,pleasegoto”DisplaySettings”inthesoftware.

touCh display options

uSing the touCh diSplay

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what noiSe liMitS to ChooSe

SettingtherightnoiselimitonyourSoundEa®3deviceisanimportantstep.thismeansthedifferencebetweentheSoundEarflashingredallthetime,ornotatall.Werecommendthatyoustartoutwithanestimatednoiselimit,andmakesuretore-evaluateafteraweekortwo.

here are our recommendations on noise levels for different auditive environments:

auditive environment noise limit in dB

Exam-nodisruptivenoise-Intenseconcentration 35-45dB

operatingrooms,neonatalDepartments 35-45dB

Educational,schools 50-60dB

open-planoffices,callcenters 55-65dB

IndustrywithoutnoisymachinesStorage,assemblyandlaboratorywork 60-70dB

Daycare 70-80dB

factorieswithnoisymachines 75-85dB

Concertsetc.,rehearsalrooms,musicschools(shorterstays) 92-105dB

Youmayalsofindinspirationtosettingtherightnoiselimitsatsoundear.com/blog

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ConnECtIngYourSounDEar®3–300/310anD320

24 VDC/150 mA

USB Log/config.

SoundBusterPower5 VDC/PC data

Ext. mic.

Power24 VDC

Analogue 0-10V/Outputs 4-20 mA

3 4 5+ -

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find out how to get started using your soundear®3 device here. if you prefer a video instruction of the soundear®3 device, look at the presentational video on youtube.

1. analogoutput.Connectyourexternalsystemhere,ifyouhaveone2. uSBport.InsertSoundEaruSBdriveheretodownloadmeasurementsor uSBdongleforwirelessconnectivity3. Powersupply.Insertpowersupplyhere4. SoundBuster.ConnectyourSoundBusterhere,ifyouhaveone5. Externalmic.Insertyourmicrophonehere6. Connectyourdevicetopower

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24 VDC/150 mA

USB Log/config.

SoundBuster Power5 VDC/PC data

Ext. mic.

Power24 VDC

Analogue 0-10V/Outputs 4-20 mA

5 4 3 2 1- +

Out 2

GND

Out 1

ConnECtIngYourSounDEar®3–300/310anD320

model 320

1. Externalmic.Insertyourmicrophonehere2. SoundBuster.ConnectyourSoundBusterhere,ifyouhaveone3. Powersupply.Insertpowersupplyhere4. uSBport.InsertSoundEaruSBdriveheretodownloadmeasurementsor uSBdongleforwirelessconnectivity5. analogoutput.Connectyourexternalsystemhere,ifyouhaveone6. Connectyourdevicetopower

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how to uSe the Soundear SoFtwarethis chapter helps you get acquainted with the software

Soundear SoFtware inStallationplease find the software on the included usB key

InserttheuSBkeyinyourPC’suSBport.

Double-clickontheSoundEar®3installationprogrammetobeginthesoftwareinstallation.

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Selectlanguagetobeusedforthesoftwareinstallation.ClickoK.

followtheinstructionsandcompletetheinstallation.

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opening the Soundear SoFtware

if the deviCe is not ConneCted

the SoundEar software will asstandardrunwiththeskinfortheSoundEar®3 – 300 but you canchooseadifferentskindependingonwhichdeviceyouareusing.

note!Checkthebox“runasstan-dard” before choosing which skinyou want to use if you want thesoftwaretorunwithyourselectionasyourstandardskin.

if the deviCe is ConneCtedIfyourdeviceisnotconfigured,thiswelcomescreenwillappear.hereyoucan:

1. namethedevice.Ifnotconfigured,thesoftwarewillstorethemeasure-mentsusingthedevicesuniqueID.

2.Location.

3.Setathresholdforwhenyouwanttoreceiveanalarmemail.

4. Click“oK”tosaveyourconfiguration.Click“X”intheupperrightcornertoclosethiswindow.

note!thesesettingscanalsobedoneinthemenu“Definesettings”inthesoftware.

Youwillbemetbytwodifferentpopupwindowsfirsttimeyouopenthesoftwaredependingonifyouhaveyourdeviceconnectedtoyourlaptopornot.

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preSetgreen, yellow and red ear - setting the noise limits on your device using presets

Inthemenu‘presets’ thereareseveraldifferentpresetnoiselimitstochoosefrom.useanyoftheseiftheycorrespondtoyourexpectednoiselevel.

note!Ifyouholdthecursoroverthedifferentpresetsyoucanseethelightsettingsandreactiontimeforthepre-set.

Inthisexample,wearechoosing“hospital–sleepingward”whichhasvisualredearalarmwhenthenoiseexceeds36dBLaeq1sformorethan1sec.

2.Press“Configure”1. Selectthepresetnoise-limitthatmeetsyournoiseexpectations.

presettingthepersetsonlyrelatestotheredalarmsignal.theyellowalarmindicatorisactivated5dBpriortotheredalarmwhilethegreenpartoftheearisalwayslit.

location visual alarm reaction time

fitnesscenter redearabove85dBLaeq1s 1,5sechospital-Intensivecare redearabove45dBLaeq1s 1sechospital-Sleepingward redEarabove36dBLaeq1s 1secIndustry redearabove85dBLaeq1s 1secLibraryorstudyarea redearabove55dBLaeq1s 1secMusicvenue redearabove90dBLaeq1s 2secoffice-noisy redearabove70dBLaeq1s 2secoffice-normal redearabove65dBLaeq1s 2secoffice-Quiet redearabove60dBLaeq1s 2sec

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deFine SettingS – Soundear®3if the presets do not match your expected noise level, you can use ‘define settings’ to make your own settings.

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light day (300 – 310)

1. usetheslidertosetthelimitforthegreen,yellowandredear.fornow,wewillsettheyellowearto60dBandredto75dB.

2. Choosehowlongthenoiselevelshouldbeexceededbeforetheredearturnson.herewehavechosen2sec.

4. asastandard,thevisualalarmismeasuredinLaeq1s.IfneededyoucanalsochoseLafmax,LaSmaxorLCpeak*.here,wewillchooseLaeq1s.

3. Choosewhethertheredearshouldflashorjustbelit,andforhowlong.

5. Pressconfigure.

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light night (300 – 310)Ifneeded,youcanhaveanalternatesettingduringthenight.

deFine SettingS – Soundear®3

1. Checkthe‘night’boxandsetthetimeperiodforyournightsettings.Inthisexample,itissettostartat22:00intheeveningandendat07:00inthemorning.

2. Setthelimitsforgreen,yellowandredearusingtheslider.Inthisexample,wewillsetthemallto60dB.thisallowsyoutoturnoffthelightemanatingfromthedevice,preventingitfromdisturbingpeoplewhiletheysleep.

3. Choosehowlongthenoiselevelshouldbeexceededbeforetheredearturnson.here,thewholeearwilllightupifthenoiseexceeds60dBformorethantwoseconds.

4. Youcanalsochooseifyouwanttheredalarmtobelitorflashingandforhowlong.

5. Pressconfigure.

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noise levels (320)Eventhoughthe320doesnothaveavisualalarmyoucanstillsetthebackgroundinlivemeasurementstomakeiteasyforyoutoseewhenthenoiselevelhasbeenexceeded.

Setgreen,yellowandredsettings.

deFine SettingS – Soundear®3

when looking at the live measurements, your screen background will show your settings.

red:80–120dB

Ifyouwantanalternatenightsetting,checkthebox‘night’andcreateyoursettings.

after22:00yourscreenwillnowshowyournightsettings:•green:20–60dB•red: 60–120dB

green:20–70dB

Yellow:70–80dB

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deFine SettingS – Soundear®3

display (300 – 310 – 320)ChoosewhattoshowintheminidisplayforyourSoundEar®3

1. Chooseinthedropdown,whetheryouwantthedisplaytoshowthetime,thecurrentnoiselevelinLaeq1second,orthealarmlevelfortheredear.Youcanalsochoosetoturntheminidisplayoff. 2. Ifyoudonotwantanyonetobeableto

changethesesettingsmanuallyonthede-vice,checkthe‘LockedDisplay’box.

3. Whenyouhavemadeyoursettings,press‘Configure’.

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Define settings – sounDear®3

AlArm (300 – 310 – 320)How to get email notifications about critical noise levels – using the ‘alarm’ setting:

1. select the noise limit and duration at which the system will send an email notification. in this case, 60 dB for more than 10 seconds.

2. Choose which email addresses you want the notifications sent to.

3. Check the ‘show on live mea-surements’ box, if you want the alarm level to show in the ‘Live Measurement’ view for your device.

4. When you have created your settings, press ‘Configure’.

Note! You can only send alarm notifications if your device is connected to a laptop with the software running.

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deFine SettingS – Soundear®3

alarm (300 – 310 – 320)Showthealarmlevelinthe ‘live measurement’ viewforyourdevice.

export settings to usB (300, 310, 320)YoucanchoosetoconfigureyourSoundEar®3devicemanuallybyexportingyoursettingstoauSBdrive.

1. gothrougheachofthetabsin‘DefineSettings’andcreateyoursettingswithoutpressingconfigure.

2. returntothetab‘ExportsettingstouSB’andpressthebutton‘ExportsetuptouSB’.

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navigating the SoFtware

view measurements and timeholdthecursoroverthegraphtoviewmeasurementandtime.

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Zoom funCtionWhendataisshownonthegraph,itispossibletozoominonaspecificarea.

navigating the SoFtware

1. Currentmeasurement.

2. • Positionyourcursor anywhereonthegraph.• Left-clickandusethe cursortopullthebox, pullingtowardstheright.• releasethecursorwhen thewantedareaisselected.• Viewthemagnifiedarea.

3. Selectedarea.

how to exit the Zoom funCtion:

1. Positionyourcursoranywhereonthegraph.

2. Left-clickandusethecursortopullthebox,pullingtowardstheleftuntiltheboxisvisibleagain.

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MeaSureMent dataInthedrop-downmenufor‘measurement data’ youwillfindthesettingsthathavedotowithhowyouviewthedata,bothlivemeasurementsandfromthemeasurementlibrary.

live MeaSureMentif your soundear®3 device is connected to your pC you will be able to view what is being measured live in the tab ‘Chart’.

Chart statistic show in chart

ChartthebackgroundshowsthelightsettingsforthevisualalarmifyouhaveaSoundEar®3300or310.

IfyouhaveaSoundEar®3320itwillshowyoursettingssoyoucanseewhenthenoiselevelhasbeenexceeded.

asstandard,thegraphwillshowLaeq,1s

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Chart StatiStiCS, peak CountBelow the graph you have the tab ‘Chart Statistics’. this gives you an overview of what has been measured and the number of peaks. Click the arrow to open the tab.

the box ‘laeq, total’ shows the average laeq of what has been measured. You can get more info if you hold the cursor over the box

the peak count shows how many peaks there have been within the measured time period. the total number of peaks is fourteen. >105 dB(C) - 14 106 – 110 dB(C) – 2 111 – 115 dB(C) – 2 116 – 120 dB(C) – 5 120 dB(C)< - 5

the peak max shows the highest measured dB(C) peak value.

When you are done, click the arrow to minimize the tab.

ShoW in ChartClick on the tab 'Show in chart’ if you want to change the value of the graph. You can grab the cursor and change the view from laeq 1s to either laeq1/4h m or laeq1h.

You can also choose between:• LCpkmax(showsthehighestmeasuredCpeakvaluewithinasecond).• LAFmax(LAFisanA-weightedfastmeasurement.Fastmeansthatitmeasures8timesasecond, LAFmaxisthehighestmeasuredfastvaluewithinasecond).• LASmax(LASisanA-weightedslowmeasurement.Slowmeansthatitmeasures1timeasecond, las max is the highest measured slow value within a second).

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summaryInthetab ‘summary’youwillseeanoverviewofwhathasbeenmeasuredasapiechart.

thevaluesofthepiechartaredeterminedbyyour lightsettings.Youcanchangethevaluesbychangingthelightsettingsin ‘define settings’.

Youcanalsoseethesummarybyclickingonthetab‘Showinchart’.forexample,LCPeak.

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1. Connect the uSB key to your SoundEer®3. thewords”uSB”followedby”Copy”willappear in themini display. the import will now begin. Countingfrom 0-100 the mini displays shows the progressoftheexporttouSB.Whentheminidisplayshows”100”theexportiscomplete.

2.removetheuSBkeyfromtheSoundEar®3andinsertintoyourPC.

3.openthesoftwareandclick”ImportfromuSB”.

4.Selectthefileyouwanttoimport.

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iMport data FroM uSByou can extract data from the internal log. the internal log can store

your log files for up to 600 days before they are overwritten.

5. thesoftwarenowconvertstheear-filetoaCSV-fileandsavesitintheinternallibrary.

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liBraryInthe library,youcanfindandcompareallthemeasurementsyouhavecollectedviayourSoundEar®3device.

1.Startbyselectingthedevicesyouwanttolookat.

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2.thenselectthedatesyouwanttolookat.

Dateswithdataavailablewillbehighlightedinalightgreencolor.Whenyouselectadate,itwillturnadarkershadeofgreen.

3.thenselectwhattimeintervalyouwant to look at by designating thehourandminutesinthedrop-down.

Press ‘Close’ and you will see a barchartwithyourdata.

By default, you areshown the data asan average for eachhour(Laeq,60min).

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1.Youcanchoosetohaveyourdatashownasanaverageforeachdaybyselecting‘Showas:Days’inthedrop-down.

2.oryoucanchoosetohaveyourdatashownasaregularchartorapiechartinthedrop-down.

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show in Chartasstandardthegraphwillshowtheaveragemeasuredover1hour(Laeq1h).Youcantakeacloserlookatyourdataby

choosinganothermeasurementtypeinthetab‘Showinchart’.

or you can choose to look at other measurement typessuchasLafmax,LaSmax,orLCPeak.

Bydraggingthecursor,youcanchoosetoviewyourdata,forexampleasanaverageoveroneminute(Laeq,1min)givingyouamoredetailedlookatthenoiselevels.

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Chart statistiCsViewstatisticsofyournoisemeasurementsusingthetab‘Chartstatistics’

Selectthedevice(s),youwanttolookatstatisticsfortogetherwithdatesandtimeinterval.Clickthetab‘Chartstatistics’foranoverviewofmin,maxandaveragenoiselevels,aswellaspeaklevelsforyourdevice(s)inthechosentimeinterval.

Ifyouhavechosenmorethanonedevice, it will show themeasuredvaluesforallthedevices.

Ifyouhavechosenmore thanonedevice, it will show themeasuredvaluesforallthedevices.

Byclickingthegreenarrow,youcangobackandforthandseethesta-tisticsforeachdevice.

export data as pdf, jpg or Csv

Ifyouwanttosaveaparticularpartofyourdata,youcandosointhe drop-down menu ‘export’intheupperrightcorner.

Choosewhichdevices,dates,timeperiod,measurement(Laeq,LCpkmax,Lafmax,LaSmax)andclickontheformatyouwishtoexportto.

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Show MeaSureMentS in Foldersee where your measurements are saved using the menu ‘show measurements in folder.’

Yourmeasurementsareautomaticallysavedinacsvformat,allowingyoutoanalyzethemfurtherinExceloranotherdataanalysissoftwareofyourchoosing.Byclickinghere,youwillbedirectedtotherootfolderwhereyourmeasure-mentsaresaved.

ChooSe deStination FolderChoose where to save your measurements

Ifyouwanttostoreyournoisemeasurementsinaspe-cificfolder,youcandosothroughthe‘Choosedestina-tionfolder’inthemenu‘measurement data’.

Chooseyourdestinationfolderormakeanewfolderbyclickingon‘Makenewfolder’.

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how to uSe your wireleSS Soundear®3 deviCe

togetstarted,makesureyouhaveallyourdevicespoweredup,withthemicrophonesandWirelessdonglespluggedin.

amberwirelessuSBdongle

ConnectdongletoyourPC

ConnectdongletotheuSBportonyourdevice

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Setting up the wireleSS SySteM

Install thesoftware fromtheSoundEaruSBkeyonyourcomputer.LeavetheuSBkeyinyourcomputer.nowpluginaWirelessuSBdongleintoauSBportonyourcomputer.

Start your SoundEar software and select what type ofSoundEar3deviceyouareusing.

gotothemenu‘setup’ -> ‘about soundear 3’toupdatethesoftwaretothelatestversion.

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Setting up the wireleSS SySteM

if the system is Configured for you BeforehandYoumayhavechosentohavethesystemsetupforyoubeforehand.

1. gotothemenu ‘setup’ -> ‘wireless’

2. Choose‘Importdevicelist’–thedevicelistislocatedonyourSoundEaruSBkey.thesoftwarenowimportsthedevicestothesoftware.

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Setting up the wireleSS SySteM

Whenitisdone,checkthatalldevicesaredeliveringdatabygoingtothemenu ‘measurement data’ -> ‘live measure-ment’.Whenthedeviceisdeliveringdata,itwillswitchfromagraybartoagreen/yellow/redbar,showingcurrentnoiselevels.

Ifyouneedtofigureoutwhichdevicehaswhichname,youcanclickeachdevice in themenu ‘devices’, onebyone.

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here,wewilllookat‘room6’.

Whenyouclickonadevice,thebutton‘identify me’ap-pears.

Ifyouclickthebutton,thecorrespondingdevicewillstartblinkingwithitsIDnumberinthedisplay.

•toreturntothefulllistofdevicesandselectanother device, click the green arrow in thetopleftcorner.

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Setting up the wireleSS SySteM

Configuring the wireless setup yourselfWhenyoupluginthewirelessdongletoyourcomputer,yourdeviceswillbegintoreportthemselvesinyoursoftware

automaticallywithaconfigurationwizard.

1. nameyourdevice.

2. giveitalocation.

3. Setthethresholdforalarmemailnotificationsandchoosewhichemailaddresstosendnotifi-cationsto.

4. asstandard,thesystemwillusethewirelesschannel102.Ifyouhavemorethanonesystemrun-ning,youneedtodesignatethedevicetothewire-lesschannelwereyouwantthemeasurements.

You can choose to skip the alarm settings for now, andmakethesettingsinthesoftwareafterwards.Butit isagoodideatonameyourdevicewithsomethingmeaningfulatthispoint,sothatyouknowwhichdevicegoeswhere.

Whenyouhaveconfiguredyourdevice,press‘oK’andthedeviceisreadytosendnoisemeasurementswirelesslytoyourcomputer.

to identify which device you are currently configuring,pressthe‘Identifyme’buttonintheupperrightcorner.thedevicewillstartblinkingwithitsIdnumberinthedisplay.

go to themenu ‘measurement data’ -> ‘live measure-ment’tomakesureallyourdevicesaredisplayedwithco-loredbar.thismeansthattheyaredeliveringdatatoyoursystem.

agraybarindicatesthatthedeviceisconfiguredandregi-steredinthesystem,butisnotdeliveringdata.giveitafewminutestodeliverthefirstsetofdata.Ifthisdoesnot

work,youmayhaveaweaksignal,andshouldconsiderusingarepeaterforthesignal,oryoucantrytomovethedeviceandcomputerclosertoeachother.

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Setting up the wireleSS SySteM

if all your deviCes are not appearing in the live measurement view gotothemenu‘setup’ -> ‘wireless’.hereyouseealistofdevicesthatareconnectedandalistofdevicesthatareregisteredonthenetwork.

If you have any devices named ‘un-known’ in the list to the right, removeit by clicking the device in the list andpressingthe‘remove’button.

now you can search for new devices.Pressthebutton inthetoprightcorner‘Listenfornewdevices’tosearchforde-vicesnotyetfoundandconfigured.

afterdoingthis,youshouldgetanewconfigurationwizardforanydevicesnotfoundthefirsttime.Configurethemwithnameandlightsettings.

Youmayneedtopressthe‘Stoplistening’buttonandrepeatthe‘Listenfornewdevices’processifyouhavemorethanonedevicethatneedstobeidentified.

onceyouhaveallyourdevicesconfigured,youarereadytouseyourSoundEar®3–Wirelesssystem.

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live MeaSureMentS – Monitor the Current noiSe level For your deviCeS

LiveMeasurementiswhereyouhavethecompleteover-viewofallyourdevicesandtheircurrentnoiselevels.thedataisupdatedonceeveryminute.

Each bar represents one of your devices. You see thecurrentnoise levelasanaverageover thepastminute(Laeq,1min).

Inthedropdown‘Selectdevices’youcanchoosewhichdevices,youwanttohaveshown.asdefault,allyourdevicesarechosen.

Youcanalsoviewhowstrongthesignaltoyourdeviceis,aswellasifanalarmhasbeenset,byholdingthecursoroverthebar.

Bydefault,youareshownnoiselevelsasanaverageoverthepast1minute(Laeq,1min). Ifyouwishtoseean-othermeasurementtype,expandthe‘Showinchart’tabatthebottomofthescreen.hereyoucansetaspecificLaeqintheslider,forinstanceLaeq,60min,ifyouwantyour live measurements to display the average noise leveloverthepasthour,oryoucanchoosebetween:

• LCpkmax(thehighestCweightedpeakvaluemea-suredwithintheperiod)

• LaSmax (the highest a weighted valuemeasuredwithintheperiod.Slowmeasurement)

• Lafmax (the highest a weighted valuemeasuredwithintheperiod.fastmeasurement)

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live MeaSureMentS – Monitor the Current noiSe level For your deviCeS

look at measurements for a single deviCe or Change settings for a single deviCe

Ifyouwanttohaveacloserlookatthelivemeasurementforasingledevice,youcaneitherdouble-clickthedeviceinyour‘LiveMeasurement’screen,oryoucangotothemenu‘devices’ andclickthedeviceyouwanttolookat.

thisisalsowhereyoucanchangethesettingsforthisparticular device, if youwish tohaveother light set-tingsoremailalarmlevelsforoneparticulardevice.

Youcanreturntothefulloverviewbyclickingthegreenarrowinthetopleftcorner.

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Setting up an autoMated noiSe report

when using the wireless system, you can set up your soundear software to deliver a noise report on a daily or weekly basis via e-mail.

1. goto‘Set-up’intheleftsidemenuandclick‘reporting’.

2. Pressthegreenplustoaddanewreport

1. nameyourreport

2. Choosebetweenaweeklyandadailyreport

3. Choosewhenyouwantthereporttosend

4. Choosewhatmea-surementstobeincludedinthereport

5. typeintheemailaddress(es)youwantthereportsentto

6. Choosewhichdevicestoincludeinthereport

7. Setthenoiselimitsforyourreport

press oknowyouhavesetupanauto-matedreport.

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Setting up an autoMated noiSe report

toseewhat the reportwill look like, you cansendatestreport:

hereisoneexampleofanauto-generatednoisereport.

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Setup

deviCe inFoIfyourSoundEar®3deviceisconnectedtoyourlaptopyoucanfindinformationregardingtheunitin‘device info’.

1. version: Showswhichfirmwareversionyouhaveonyourdevice2. name:thenameisusedfornamingyourmeasurementsinthemeasurementsfolder.asstandard,thenamewill

betheuniqueIDofyourSoundEar®3device,butyoucanchooseyourownname3. location:namealocationforyourSoundEar®3device.4. Whenyouaredone,press ‘Configure’ tosaveyoursettings.

important:aftermakingafirmwareupdate,youneedtomakeafactoryresetofyourdevice.Clickon‘factory setting’ andfollowtheinstructionsonyourscreen.thefactoryresetwilldeleteallfilesontheinternallog,soitisimportantthatyoutransferallthefilesfromtheinternallogbyuSBtoyourmeasurementlibrarybeforeproceeding.

aBout Soundear®3view what version of the soundear®3 software is installed on your pC.

Click“Softwareupdate”toupdatetothelatestversion.Youwillbelinkedtoourwebsitewhereyoucanaccessthelatestversions.

uSer Manualfrom here, you can download the latest version of

the online user manual. alternatively, you can find it on our website at www.soundear.com/downloads

press ‘Check for firmware update’ tomakesureyouhaveinstalledthelatestversionofthefirmware.Dothiseachtimeyoumakeasoftwareupdate.

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advanCed SettingS

analog output

theanalogoutputsenableyoutoconnectSoundEar®3toBuildingManagementSystems(BMS)orcommunicatewithotherdevicesthatarecompatiblewithanalogoutputs.

note!SoundEar®3mustbeprovidedwith24VDCthroughthescrewterminalfortheanalogoutputstofunction.Pleasefindanoverviewanddescriptionofthevariousoutputsonthebackofthedevice.

note! the two analog outputs have common ground connection.

SE300and310 SE320

24 VDC/150 mA

USB Log/config.

SoundBusterPower5 VDC/PC data

Ext. mic.

Power24 VDC

Analogue 0-10V/Outputs 4-20 mA

3 4 5+ -

Out 1

GND

Out 2

1 2

24 VDC/150 mA

USB Log/config.

SoundBuster Power5 VDC/PC data

Ext. mic.

Power24 VDC

Analogue 0-10V/Outputs 4-20 mA

5 4 3 2 1- +

Out 2

GND

Out 1

Youcanrecorduptotwoindividualmeasurementssimultaneously,oneperanalogoutput.Inthedrop-downmenu,youcanchoosebetweensevendifferentvaluesforeachoutput.

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Chooseanalogoutputformat,either0-10Vor4-20ma.

Saveyoursettingsbyclicking”Configure”inthebottomrightcorner.

Setdynamicarea,e.g.30-120dB.

analog output

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tocalibratetheSoundEar®3microphone,youwillneedacalibrator.Youcanuseanystandardcalibratorsonthemarketwithamicrophoneinputof1⁄2inch.

note! forpropercalibration,onlyusetheincluded4-poleextensioncable.Ifcalibratingmorethanonemicrophone,disconnecttheextensioncablefromtheSoundEar®3andreinsertitbetweeneachcalibration.

Connect SoundEar®3 to your PCwith amini uSBcableandremovetheexternalmicrophone.

MiCrophone CaliBration

thespecificmicrophoneIDandlastdateofcalibrationisdisplayedintheupperleftcornerofthemicrophone.Werecommendthatthemicrophoneiscalibratedonceayear,orasneeded.

under“Measurements”youcanviewwhatthemicrophonedetects.Dependingontimesincelastcalibration,themea-surementshouldbeapprox.94dB.

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Connect the microphone to the 4-pole extension cableandinsertthecableintoSoundEa®3’smicrophoneinput.

Setthecalibratorto94dBandconnectthemicrophone.

MiCrophone CaliBration

Click“PerformCalibration”inthebottomrightcorner.

thecalibrationtakesamoment.anewpop-upwindowwill tell youwhenthecalibrationiscompleted.

When the calibration is complete, connect themicro-phonetoSoundEar®3.thedeviceisnowreadytouse.

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FaCtory SettingSto reset soundear®3 to factory settings, please use the settings below:

light settings green: 30dB-120dBYellow: 75dB-120dBred: 80dB-120dBallmeasurementsareshownasdB(a)Slow.

night settings green: 60dB-120dBYellow: 60dB-120dBred: 60dB-120dBnightsettingsarenotpartofthestandardsettings.toactivate,checkthe”nightSettings”box.

advanced settingsoutput1: dB(a)slowoutput2: dB(C)fastoutputtype: 0-10VMinoutput: 30dBMaxoutput: 120dB

MaintenanCe

toensurecorrectandpreciseperformanceofSoundEar®3,repairsandserviceshouldbecarriedoutbyatrainedtechni-cian.afteranyrepairsorservice,afunctionalitycheckmustbeperformedbeforeusingSoundEar®3again.

disinfeCtion / CleaningSoundEar®3consistspartlyofmaterialsthatcannottoleratecertainsubstancesusedinsurfacedisinfectants.

disinfection by wiping• firstly,removedirtandgrimefromthesurfaceusingadampdisposablecloth.• thendisinfectthesurfacewithalcoholwipes,followedbydrycloth.

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teChniCal SpeCiFiCationS

reCommended operative system and hardware

operativesystem :Windows8,Windows10harddisk :100MbytesfreeraM :512MBraMuSBport :1xuSB2.0portCPu :1.5ghzaMD/Intelprocessor

Werecommendusingascreenmeasuringminimum1366x768.

soundear®3

frequencyrange: 20hz–20khzMeasuringLevelrange: 30dB–120dBaccuracy: +/-0.5dBfrequencyWeighting: dB(a)anddB(C)filterstimeWeighting: Slow(1S)&fast(125mS)DynamicrangerMS: 90dBandPeakdetectionLightmanaging: fullconfigurabilitythroughSoundEarsoftware,includingnightsettingalarmsettings: 30-120dBalarmtriggerdisplay: 1sec–5min2xoutputs(1fordBa+1fordBC): Either0-10Vor4-20maoutputs2xuSBports: MicrouSB(Power&PC),uSBotg(Log,config)DisplayData: dB(a)Slow,Leq(a)15,alarmsettings,temp,ClockPowerSupply: 5VDC(microuSB)/24VDC(screwterminal),Currentconsumption: max2.5W.Microphone: 20hz–20KhzMassStorage(Internalmemory): 16MB(128MBit)600dayslogtimerealtimeClock: high-precisiontypewithbatterybackup(Cr2032).

MechanicalfeaturesCabinet: ShockproofacrylicMeasurements(SE300,SE310: Length:265mm,width:205mm,height:46mmWeight:1.5kgMeasurementsSE320: Length:150mm,width:120mm,height:45mm,weight:0.450kg.

Standards: IEC61672-2-2002.type2,anSIS1,4type260601-1:Medicalelectrical equipment-Part1:generalrequirementsforbasicsafetyandessential performance.60601-1-2:Medicalelectricalequipment -Part1-2:generalrequirementsforbasicsafetyandessentialperformance

Se 300 Se 310 Se 320

uK: the crossed-out wheeled bin means that

withintheEuropeanuniontheproductmustbe

takentoseparatecollectionattheproductend

of its life.thisappliesnotonly toyourdevice

butalsotoanyenhancementsmarkedwiththis

symbol. Do not dispose of these products as

unsortedmunicipalwaste.