## SE323

Int r o d u c t i on

M ain Menu

R eal T i me Data Rec o r d i ng

D ata L o gger

G r aph

F r eq uent ly As ked Ques t i on

I nt r o d u ction

SE 323 is a Sound Level Meter app li cati on to l oad the sto red data f r om the mem o ry of meter or c o llect the real ti me data f r om meter when it is c onnected to a c o m puter.

Sy s t em R e q uir e m e nt:

M i c r o s of t Wind o ws X P/ VISTA/ 7/ 8 (c o m pati b le w ith 32 and 64 b it s y stem)

M inim um Har d ware R e q uir e m e nt:

A CD ROM d r i ver to run SE 323 installati on d i sc

At least 50 MB f ree s pace availab le on hard d i sk to install SE 323

M ain M e nu

F ile |

Open Open a f ile f r om y our c o m puter.

Save Save the acti ve w ind ow (when the capti on bar is hi ghli ghted) data to a f ile.

P r i nt P r int the data of the acti ve w ind ow (g raph or li st).

P r i nter Setup Select p r inter and set c onf i gurati ons.

E x i t Ter m inates SE 323 app li cati on.

R e al Time |

R un Start c o llecting real ti me data.

Stop Stop c o llecting real ti me data.

D ata L o gg er |

L o ad Data L oad data f r om Sound Level Meter.

E r ase Mem o ry E rase the mem o ry on the Sound Level Meter. All the sto red data w ill be erased.

View |

Contr ol Panel Enab le Contr ol Panel w ind o w. Y ou can al so c ontr ol meter by the buttons in this Contr ol Panel.

R eal T i me G raph Enab le Real T i me G raph d i s p lay to g raph the p resent data.

L E Q | Open the L EQ functi on w ind o w.

| Output tabular data into g raphic v iew.

R e al Time Data R eco r ding

1. R eco r ding r eal time data in wav e f o r m:

1.1. P o wer on the Sound Level Meter and c onnect it to y our c o m puter v ia a m i c ro USB cab le.

1.2. Start SE 323 app li cati on.

1.3. If the c onnecti on is success ful, the Contr ol Panel w ill d i s p lay the same value as the Sound Level Meter. If fail to estab li sh the c onnecti on, it w ill d i s p lay "No Connecti on" on the Contr ol Panel.

1.4. Select sam p ling rate f r om Real T i me G raph w ind ow

No t e:

If y our c o m puter s peed is s l o w, select sam p ling rate ab o ve 2.0 sec ond s.

If y ou intend to sam p le a lar ge am ount data (m o re than 5000), at least 64 MB ram is rec o mmended to keep c o m puter per fo r mance.

1.5. Cli ck to start rec o r d ing real ti me data. There w ill be a wavefo rm on the Real T i me G raph w ind o w.

1.6. Cli ck to stop rec o r d ing.

2. Save the r eco r d ed r eal time data to a file:

2.1. Cli ck the Real T i me G raph w ind ow y ou want to save and the g raph w ind ow w ill bec o me acti ve.

2.2. Cli ck to save d ata to a f ile.

2.3. There w ill be a save d ial og w ind ow for y ou to choo se the f ile name and fo r mat to save.

T here are three f ile fo r mats y ou can choo se f r o m: (1) b inary f ile (*.ghf), (2) text f ile (*.txt), (3) CSV f ile(*.c s v).

(1) The *.ghf f ile o ccup ies much fewer d i sk s pace to save the data than the other two f ile fo r mats, but it can only be o pened in SE 323.

(2) Text f ile (*.txt) can be o pened in SE 323 and any other w o rd p r o cess or app li cati ons, such as

M i c r o s of t Wo r d, N otepad, etc.

(3) CSV fo r mat f ile (*.c s v) can be o pened in SE 323 as well as M i c r o s oft E x cel or other s p read sheet app li cati ons.

No t e:

If dec i mal separator is c o mma in y our c ountr y, this f ile fo r mat w ill be d i sab led, because .CSV f ile al so use c o mma as data separato r. F or exam p le, 78,6 dB w ill bec o me two separate rec o r ds of 78 dB and 6 d B.

D ata L o gg er

1. R ead the u s er manual of y o ur So und L e v el M e t er f or the in s t r uctio ns of Data L o gg er s e ttin g s.

2. R e t rie ve r eco r d ed data f r om So und L e v el M e t e r:

2.1. P o wer on the Sound Level Meter.

2.2. Connect the Sound Level Meter to y our c o m puter v ia a M i c ro USB cab le.

2.3. Launch SE 323 app li cati on.

2.4. Cli ck to l oad the data.

2.5. There w ill be a p r o g ress ind i cator to show the l oad ing p r o g ress. If err or o ccurs dur ing the p r o g ress, c li ck the b utton again.

2.6. After the data was l oaded c o m p letel y, the left s i de w ind ow w ill li st all the data sets and their detailed info r mati on, such as start date, ti me, rec o r d ing rate, etc. Cli ck on any data set to see the g raphic v iew on the r i ght s i de w ind o w.

3. Save r eco r d ed data into a file.

R efer to “Real T i me Data Rec o r d ing,” secti on 2.2.

G r aph

1. Sp ecify time win d o w:

1.1. There are two verti cal lines (CU RSOR A and B) in the g raph w ind o w.

1.2. Y ou can d rag the g reen s li ders to m o ve CU RSOR A and B in o r der to s pec i fy y our ti me w ind o w.

1.3. The ti me and s ound value w ill d i s p lay on the to p r i ght of each CU RSOR A and B.

2. Statis tic 1

2.1. Stati stic 1 ind i cate the start ti me, sam p ling rate, data num ber, average, max i mum, and m ini mum of the enti re g raph.

2.2. Cli ck to show or hi de Stati stic 1.

3. Statis tic 2

3.1. Stati stic 2 ind i cate the max i mum, m ini mum, and average between CU RSOR A and B. The data w ill be updated auto mati cally when CU RSOR A or B is changed.

3.2. Cli ck to show or hi de Stati stic 2.

4. G raph T ools

4.1. N o r mal cur s o r.

4.2. Mark a c r o ss s i gn on the g raph.

4.3. Insert annotati on on the g raph.

4.4. Delete annotati on and c r o ss s i gn.

4.5. Open G raph Opti on d ial og to custo m i ze y our g raph setting s. Y ou can al so d oub le c li ck in the g raph to o pen G raph Opti on d ial o g.

4.6. Co py the stati stic to c li pb oar d.

4.7. Zoom In Y ou can ass i gn a rectang le area on the g raph to z oom in for m o re detailed v iew.

4.7.1. P r ess and ho ld the left m ouse button, then d rag the cur s or to select the new extents.

4.7.2. R elease the m ouse button.

4.8. Resume to default z oo m.

Fr e q u e nt ly A s k ed Q u e s tion

1. H ow can I save the g raph to a file w hich can be u s ed in Micr o s o ft E xcel?

Ans wer: Refer to “Real T i me Data Rec o r d ing,” secti on 2.3.

2. H ow to unin s tall SE 323?

Ans wer: Uninstall SE 323 by launching the Add/Rem o ve P r o g rams app let out of the M i c r o s oft Wind o ws Contr ol

P anel. The SE 323 fo l der and f iles w ill be rem o ved c o m p letely f r om y our c o m puter.

3. W hy loading data fail?

Ans wer: The err or is usually caused when meter is c onnected to a c o m puter while the meter is still rec o r d ing data. The Data L o gger functi on must be sto pped befo re c onnecting to a c o m puter. This err or is s o meti mes caused by s l ow res p ond f r om c o m puter s y stem.

4. H ow to zoom the g rap h?

R efer to “G raph,” secti on 4.7.

5. H ow to p rint g raph with s tatis tic?

Ans wer: The SE 323 cannot p r int g raph w ith stati sti c; ho wever, y ou can separately c o py g raph and stati stic to an ed itor (e.g., M i c r o s oft Wo r d) to p r int.

5.1. Cli ck the b utton f r om the tool bar of g raph w ind ow to o pen G raph Opti on d ial o g.

5.2. Cli ck the E x p o rt button f r om the b otto m.

5.3. In the E x p o rt destinati on panel, select the Cli pb oar d.

5.4. Cli ck the E x p o rt button f r om the b ottom r i ght of the E x p o rt d ial o g, then the i mage has been c o p ied to c li pb oar d.

5.5. Paste this to the ed itor y ou are running.

5.6. Cli ck the b utton to c o py the stati stic to c li pb oar d, then paste it to the ed ito r.

5.7. P r int g raph w ith stati stic in the ed ito r.