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Nephelometer Manual - University of Victoria

1. There may be a few rows of general text that can be deleted and often the first several rows of nephelometer data should be deleted as these were captured right when the nephelometer was turned on and may not be accurate 18 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 2 Delete the first column and the last four columns see figure below delete columns shown as DELETE Do this by right clicking the letter above the column you want to delete and selecting delete from the menu that appears Insert a row at the top and add headings to the remaining columns as displayed in the image below Do this by right clicking the number of the row in the far left of the window you would like the new row inserted above and selecting insert from the menu that appears 3 Microsoft Excel Heph March OILTXT LE TDR Po e Fan Dor ta S E EAN del re BIUNSMS3s E F 6 J K DELETE Year Month Day Hour Minute Second BackScatter DELETE DELETE DELETE DELETE 3 EA 3 E 3 b 16 d EEE ZEH 1213 a o 3 d B 3 h 16 45 HED 2422E44 1013 233 U 4 7 B 3 h 16 IE 225E44 1013 283 D 5 E 8 3 6 16 3 15 10 06 225E4M 1013 243 D B g B 3 6 16 3 30 1 66 227E4M 1013 293 D L 13 B 3 B 16 E 15 1205 Z ECM 1013 3 D 15 B 3 b 16 E Xx IAE DEA 1013 33 D 16 B 3 b ik 5 a5 IE oF SSE 1013 Z3 18 E 3 b 16 i o LES EJ 1213 2
2. SERIAL to USB cd and HYPERTERMINAL cd Bungee cords GPS GPS unit Extra AA batteries Download cable MapSource software cd Other Optional Map and directions Duct tape Notepad and pen pencil OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring VEHICLE SETUP QUICK CHECK Setting up the GPS l Turn on the GPS Once signal is acquired check it is in track mode menu gt tracks Track Log on and setup for 15 second logging 2 Find a secure place on the dashboard Setting up the Nephelometer l 7 Connect the nephelometer to the power adaptor Connect the heater to the other power adaptor There is a special white connector on this one Plug both adaptors into extension cord Secure with rubber bands if necessary Secure the nephelometer into the large plastic Tupperware bin using bungee cords to ensure it does not tip over Place the adaptors alongside the nephelometer letting the white extension cord hang out Place the nephelometer in the passenger or backseat Attach the copper tubing to the air intake attached to the heater Place the copper sample tube out the window The funnel should be secured to the outside end using duct tape Point the funnel down and slightly to the rear of the vehicle Use the pipe insulation to keep cold air out of the vehicle Connecting to Power LE Si ass og Ma
3. Trackpoint N48 27 937 W123 18 814 05 01 2010 7 30 57 PM 60 m 20 m 0 00 15 5 kph 72 true Trackpoint N48 27 941 W123 18 797 05 01 2010 7 31 12 PM 60 m 23 m 0 00 15 6 kph FOSTrUE Trackpoint N48 27 945 W123 18 779 05 01 2010 7 31 27 PM 61m 2e m 0 00 15 S kp 74 true Trackpoint N48 27 947 W123 18 762 05 01 2010 7 31 42 PM 61 m 22 m 0 00 15 5 kph Po trus Trackpoint N48 27 950 W123 18 746 05 01 2010 7 31 57 PM 61 m 20 m 0 00 15 5 kph 77 true Trackpoint N48 27 947 W123 18 726 05 01 2010 7 32 12 PM sem 25 m 0 00 15 6 kph 101 true Trackpoint N48 27 946 W123 18 706 05 01 2010 7 32 27 PM 58 m 25 m 0 00 15 6 kph 94 true Trackpoint N48 27 944 W123 18 689 05 01 2010 7 32 42 PM 63 m 22 m 0 00 15 5 kph 100 true Trackpoint N48 27 942 W123 18 670 05 01 2010 7 32 57 PM 62 m 23 m 0 00 15 5 kph 100 true Trackpoint N48 27 941 W123 18 655 05 01 2010 7 33 12 PM 58 m 20 m 0 00 15 5 kph 94 true Trackpoint N48 27 950 W123 18 635 05 01 2010 7 33 27 PM 69 m 29 m 0 00 15 7 kph 56 true Trackpoint N48 27 948 W123 18 619 05 01 2010 7 33 42 PM 71m 20 m 0 00 15 5 k 103 true Trackpoint N48 27 938 W123 18 609 05 01 2010 7 33 57 PM 75 m 21 m 0 00 15 5 kph 145 true Trackpoint N48 27 941 W123 18 594 05 01 2010 7 34 12 PM 71 m 13 m 0 00 15 5 kph re true Trackpoint N48 27 950 W123 18 581 05 01 2010 7 34 27 PM 66 m 22 m 0 00 15 5 kph 44 true Ta el d mt Bam ka he APA niaaa a rra nr a ma m Ta Tas 4 mia PU aM 4 a Ma Piana rm E on an 17 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelomet
4. cells in the column then hit ctrl d this will copy the equation all the way down Copy and paste values so when we delete columns A B D and E the final values will remain in columns C and F select the entire C column then click ctrl c to copy and then paste paste special gt values Do the same for column F Finally use the text to columns tool to split the date and time Highlight the Time column click on data text to columns and when the new window opens select fixed width and click next 23 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Convert Text to Columns Wizard Step 1 of 3 The Text Wizard has determined that your data is Fixed Width IF this is correct choose Next or choose the data type that best describes your data Original data type Choose the File type that best describes your data C2 Delimited Characters such as commas or tabs separate each Field Preview of selected data m ime flfZ010 7 29 27 PM 3l i znl0 7 29 42 PM B b l z0l 7 29 55 PH e Add break lines as shown and click finish Convert Text to Columns Wizard Step 2 of 3 This screen lets vau set Field widths column breaks Lines with arrows signify a column break To CREATE a break line click at the desired position To DELETE a break line double click an the line To MOVE a break line click and drag it Data preview 10 e Rename the columns as appropriate an
5. tria 3 Delete all but the Position and Time columns Now you ll need to reformat these two columns to end up with a Latitude Longitude and Time that shows the seconds e Insert five new columns to the right of the Position column e Select the Position column and then the Data gt Text to Columns tool A new window will open Choose fixed width and click on Next 21 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Convert Text to Columns Wizard Step 1 of 3 The Text Wizard has determined that your data is Fixed Width IF this is correct choose Next or choose the data type that best describes your data Original data type Choose the File type that best describes your data Delimited Characters such as commas or tabs separate each Field Preview of selected data 43 7 905 Wlz3 48 27 905 W123 5 HAS 27 904 Wlz3 e Add break lines as shown and click Finish Convert Text to Columns Wizard Step 2 of 3 This screen lets you set Field widths calumn breaks Lines with arrows signify a column break To CREATE a break line click at the desired position To DELETE a break line double click on khe line To MOVE a break line click and drag it Data preview e Delete unnecessary rows shown in grey below 22 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring K2 v f B G D E F G H P osi tion Time ri N 48 27 905 W 123 18 825
6. 0 5 aiaa z 7 Adobe Acrobat 6 0 Professional Microsoft om Adobe GoLive CS ENG 2007 S Adobe etras C5 w Adobe ImageReady CS Bin S Ade InDesign CS adobe Photoshop CS Qe Crystal Reports 11 E 5255 For Windows Epica G arc 2020 71 Unt Conversion Tool af Merosoft Office 7 Maxtor 71 Geonames CE Moredi Office Toots C HOF Explorer ERY resans 5 mne n D MS Access Import Mulls Test Files Software 122 merosstt office c Data Loader Trial Edition 2 0 cs MIEL gt gt Mir D Googe Esth Start K Docum E Spe Er 37 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring SYNCHRONIZING THE NEPHELOMETER AND GPS CLOCKS The GPS unit receives very accurate times from the satellite signal but the nephelometer s internal clock may slowly lose time Set the nephelometer time once a month or so using the following procedure 1 Goto the NIST website http nist time gov The following screen will appear 3 Il Hiis LE N E TI s The Official U S Time 2 Click on the Pacific link below the map This is Pacific Standard Time The following screen will appear 11 44 42 ute wih 0 7 seconds 3 Connect the nephelometer to an external power source but don t turn it on yet Do not plug in the heater 4 Connect the serial port between the nephelometer and a computer use a USB adaptor if necessary 38 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelom
7. 1 a 3 y LZ 10 a DEDE 20412795 12 5044 40 TED dE 4p532 WW ERR 48 3 La 8 3 FA Ka 11 a 2 056605 200 JOE MESA AH 275555 43453 123 IB Sars 123316 Er B a H L2 11 15 2 DIES p 555 75 ALL 121003 AH 2 A 123 IB Sard 12906 id B 3 iz 11 ao PIES 2085786 01029 121009 4B 27 0640 48 46590 13 Mar 123316 E E E T Iz 11 5 DEDO 240556 Did 121044 48 1755 AR 13 1899 42803 n amp 3 H 2 12 AE 25571765 LES 1710559 da TES 26 4688 13 IBGE 177316 ua B 3 H 12 2 15 2JDBEIJS JUHIS 201114 121118 a D REg AB 123 1894 124316 m a 4 T 12 iz E d 2H ES Fr 201143 12113 ai 27 9 48 4555 13 189754 12316 Go to the bottom of the file and check to make sure the time is still matching Sometimes the GPS loses signal or perhaps the nephelometer was turned on off during the run You ll have to adjust accordingly e Look for the first place where the mismatch occurs Usually it is easiest to maximize the Excel window and spreadsheet start at the top of the file check the last row visible if the nephelometer time and GPS time match click the scroll slider on the right to advance a page and so on If the last row visible does not match find the first record in that page where the mismatch starts e Also if you left a blank row in the GPS file between each ACTIVE LOG file then you should be able to easily see where mismatches might occur 28 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring EXAMPLES Microsoft Excel M
8. 12 13 as DES 2 06206 121244 4647016 I a 3 H 12 id 1766405 1724006 121259 4647153 25 8 3 7 12 14 15 1616 05 155695 121314 484727 5 a8 3 7 12 14 30 173605 1584205 121329 44 45 EL s E 7 17 14 Fi META 4E 13144 AR ATE 14 31 In this case delete the extra GPS data to match up the times with the nephelometer data Select the rows you want to delete right click delete and shift cells up 20 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring C Shift celis left O Eft cls y C Entire row Entire column Continue this process until the data match up x Microsoft Excel March7_08_data xls RER NS a Pein ror Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Lernen NIE TIME Xcoord veneg B 3 H 12 Fi 175605 1 713284 120700 48 456584 123 716 B 3 rj 12 Fi 15 1866 05 1582425 120715 48 46584 123 716 4 a 3 7 12 7 30 1965 05 1923286 120730 4246584 123316 5 g 3 H 12 i 45 Coe ee 12045 46 465664 123 716 a 3 E 12 B o 1 They 120800 48 45555 123316 IT 8 3 7 12 B 45 1 120845 48 486586 123 316 8 a 3 7 12 10 0 T NOW 120900 45 46566 123 316 9 8 3 7 12 10 15 2 match 120944 48 465982 123 316 10 a 3 H 12 10 30 1 120959 48 456593 123 716 11 3 7 12 10 45 208E 05 2043268 121014 4246592 423316 12 8 3 7 12 11 0 206E 05 2 02028 121029 4846
9. 33 IR JA B 3 h 16 E 15 l 2J95E44 1013 eda U 21 8 a b 16 T 0 SED 225E44 1013 23 D da 8 3 b 16 7 45 121606 228E44 1013 203 D 25 B 3 b 16 B 116806 225E44 1013 293 D x B 3 B 16 B 15 LEI 2 MEM 1013 3 D 27 B 3 B 16 B x 34 05 2 MEM 1013 3 D 3 Convert the BackScatter to PM_25 add the heading in the right most column add the following equation G2 100000 0 01 0 28 to the first cell in the PM_25 column then double click the lower right corner of the cell This should automatically put the equation in the remaining cells in the column Bd File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data S PLUS Window Help Adobe PDF Ne LL QUAD THT an Co Oo E LA 1 H2 fe 62 100000 0 01 0 28 Hour Minute Second BackScatter PM25 8 3 B 16 7 30 1 26E 05 1 222286 8 3 S 16 2 45 1 34E 05 Double Click 4 Save the spreadsheet as NewName xls and minimize 19 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Preparing the GPS Data 1 In Excel open the GPS_Date txt file The Text Import Wizard opens In the first screen choose delimited and click finish Before doing any re formatting save this file with a new name 1 e GPS Date formatted txt Text Import Wizard Step 1 of 3 The Text Wizard has determined that your data is Delimited IF this is correct choose Next or choose the data type that best describes your data Original data type Choose the File type that best describes your da
10. 4 03 12 14 00 7 0998 06 2 331e 04 1013 93 00 264 08 04 03 12 14 15 5 8 amp e 050 3138 04 LOLS 293 00 2265 08 04 03 12 14 30 5 739e 06 2 321e 04 1013 293 00 2266 08 04 03 12 14 45 4 101e 06 3138 04 1013 293 00 2269 08 04 03 12 15 00 6 60le 06 2 335e 04 1013 293 00 2270 08 04 03 12 15 15 6 683e 06 2 356e 04 1013 293 00 271 08 04 03 12 15 30 5 345e 06 d 319e 04 1013 293 00 Lat Lon hddd mm mm nas 34 Name Start Time Elapsed Time Length Average Speed Link ACTIVE LOG 05 01 2010 7 29 27 PM 0 00 15 1 m 0 3 kph Position Time Altitude Depth Temperature Leg Length Leg Time Leg Speed Leg Course Trackpoint N48 27 905 W123 18 825 05 01 2010 7 29 27 PM 68 m Trackpoint N48 27 905 w123 18 826 05 01 2010 7 29 42 PM 65 m 1m 0 00 15 0 3 kph 260 true Track ACTIVE LOG 001 05 01 2010 7 29 55 PM 0 00 00 0 m o kph Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperature Leg Length Leg Time Leg Speed Leg Course Trackpoint N48 27 904 W123 18 827 05 01 2010 7 29 55 PM 62 m Track ACTIVE LOG 002 05 01 2010 7 29 56 PM 0 08 31 713 m 5 kph Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperature Leg Length Leg Time Leg Speed Leg Course Trackpoint N48 27 904 W123 18 827 05 01 2010 7 29 56 PM 62 m Trackpoint N48 27 913 W123 18 829 05 01 2010 7 30 12 PM 63 m i m 0 00 16 4 kph 351 true Trackpoint N48 27 924 W123 18 832 05 01 2010 7 30 27 PM 64 m 19 m 0 00 15 5 kph 350 true L Trackpoint N48 27 934 W123 18 830 05 01 2010 7 30 42 PM 62 m 13 m 0 00 15 5 kph 8 true
11. 5 1 2010 19 29 3 Trackpoint N 48 27 905 W 123 18 826 5 1 2010 19 29 4 5 Trackpoint N 48 27 904 W 123 18 827 5 1 2010 19 29 6 7 Trackpoint N 48 27 904 W 123 18 827 5 1 2010 19 29 8 Trackpoint N 48 27 913 W 123 18 829 5 1 2010 19 30 9 Trackpoint N 48 27 924 W 123 18 832 5 1 2010 19 30 10 Trackpoint N 48 27 934 M 123 18 83 5 1 2010 19 30 11 Trackpoint N 48 27 937 W 123 18 814 5 1 2010 19 30 12 Trackpoint N 48 27 941 M 123 18 797 5 1 2010 19 31 13 Trackpoint N 48 27 945 W 123 18 779 5 1 2010 19 31 14 Trackpoint N 48 27 947 W 123 18 762 5 1 2010 19 31 15 Trackpoint N 48 27 95 W 123 18 746 5 1 2010 19 31 16 Trackpoint N 48 27 947 W 123 18 726 5 1 2010 19 32 17 Trackpoint N 48 27 946 W 123 18 706 5 1 2010 19 32 18 Trackpoint N 48 27 944 W 123 18 689 5 1 2010 19 32 19 Trackpoint N 48 27 942 W 123 18 67 5 1 2010 19 32 The first two columns contain the latitude coordinates the first 1s the degrees the second is minutes seconds These need to be combined into degrees minutes commonly called decimal degrees Insert a new column called Latitude to the right of column B and enter the following equation into cell C2 A2 B2 60 Then add a new column to the left of column E called Longitude and enter the following equation into cell F2 D2 E2 60 1 Fill the remaining cells with these equations highlight the first cell with the equation go to the bottom of the column and shift click on the last cell this should select all the
12. 5 120845 4300000 2756140 4846586 1230000 200800 12600 4800000 275140 4645586 12300000 EMA 12544 49 00000 27 95490 4846592 123 00000 200869 120559 45800000 27 95550 4B4B533 12300000 201014 121004 4800000 2756500 4845592 12300000 2010049 121029 4800000 27 56490 46 45592 12330000 201044 121044 4500000 27 95500 4846592 12300000 201069 121069 4600000 27 95510 4G 45592 12300000 201114 121114 4300000 2759553 4846852 12300000 201128 121129 400000 2756060 ABAS 12300000 4 Goto the nephelometer file and put your cursor in the first empty cell in the first empty column use Paste Special the choose Values and click OK a rose foal H woh March E Tr Em iR fe de ye pet Format Lo Qua PLUS grdes pe Adobe PDF ma Hour Minute Second BackScatter B 3 7 F T 1266 06 17135 B 3 7 12 15 LEW 1 E386 B8 3 7 12 T A 196606 1923006 B 3 7 12 T 45 MEDE 19006 B 3 7 12 B 0 IEG 1 929206 B 3 7 iz B 45 138E 06 0 101606 H 3 F 12 10 0 187846 1831286 B 7 LF 10 15 SRE 1 990796 H 7 Fi 10 a THEO 1 3000065 B 3 F LF 10 45 HES 20483706 B E Hu 11 n TRES JL B i LF 11 15 IOE 153705 B F 12 11 E UE 2095706 B 3 H LF 11 45 2 ECS 2462065 B 3 E F 12 D 606 065 242 B 3 E 12 12 15 MME06 20421206 B 3 7 12 12 El 2 NELE 2076086 3 7 F 12 as 251506 2477205 3 7 12 13 2HE 265 B 3 7 12 13 15 HEDA 2259086 27 OP
13. 5 1613 293 Ba dui d slre de 4 1620 65 1613 293 Ba 66 d slre de 5 535e B5 1613 293 Ba dui d slre de amp 818e BH5 1613 293 Ba 66 d 31re H amp 6 7 988e BH5 1613 293 Ba 66 d S31re H amp 6 9 656e 85 1613 293 66 66 d 31re HG6 1 6635e 64 1613 293 66 66 1 2128 65 1 663e 64 1612 293 ma 1 264e 65 1 663e 64 1612 293 nma 1 2128 65 1 663e 64 1612 293 66 ma 1 264e 65 1 663e 64 1612 293 66 mna 1 1855 605 1 663e 64 1612 293 66 nma 1 19 e 65 1 8663e 64 1412 293 nma 1 199 e 65 1 8663e 64 1612 293 BB H 1 2138e 65 1 8663e 64 1412 293 BB mna 1 22be 65 1 863e 64 1612 293 BB Bh 1 226e 65 1 HBH83e H4 1612 293 Type 2 and hit return This menu will appear again Type M to mark all the data as read and then hit enter When you do this you will be prompted twice Answer y to the first prompt mark all records as read y n and n to the next prompt you don t want to quit y n The data are now marked at this point Type Q and then hit enter The nephelometer will now go into data logging mode again You should hear it ticking You can now turn the nephelometer OFF When it is turned on again it will automatically begin logging data Close the Hyper Terminal program At the prompt you can choose to save or not save the session file The text file you created has already been automatically saved in the location you specified so it is not necessary to save it again As a check open the text
14. 592 123 316 14 H E ri 13 11 15 TEE 1 GG5 XP TNA AH ARSED CASA e Finally delete any extra rows at the bottom that do not have both nephelometer and GPS data iu tt ml Edi Ei al a 1 1 da s ie 6 3 7 15 38 30 206406 1765206 145851 4946679 AR B 3 H 15 38 45 BEE 092571 1538456 48 46847 173319 E 3 7 15 3B o DEM 7297786 153901 JS 123 317 B 3 d 15 a 15 JC 21006 150916 49 616 123316 8 3 7 15 3a 30 UNE 1900206 163901 48 465 123316 B8 3 ti 15 38 45 LESS 42331 Delete extra Rows 4 a di Manh Rd arriv mB FE 6 Do a little data quality check Sometimes the nephelometer will record a negative value delete these rows as they indicate a level at or below the detection limit or unstable readings just after turning on the equipment 30 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring O B 3 H 15 38 U 2 0805 2180266 153001 4B8 45B 8 123 32 4 3 7 15 38 15 LESEOS 1662266 153816 48 456873 123 32 642 15 ES FEAS LES 531 122 32 AAA A 2 LS 390606 0 825714 153846 48 45847 123319 644 B 3 H 15 9 U eee 153301 45 46735 123 317 B 3 7 15 39 15 222E 05 2187286 153916 4846618 123 316 8 3 7 15 39 30 1 94E 05 1908286 153931 48 456507 123 316 3 SAVE This file can now be easily converted for mapping using a geographic information system 3 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring SETTING UP THE HYPER
15. ERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Paste Ou 2 Validation Oremus CO Al except borders blues O Column widths O Formats CO Formulas and number Formats O Comments CO Values and number formats Operation GN C Muti OAM Divide Subtract l Skip blanks _ Transposg 5 Now you should have all the records for the nephelometer and the GPS in one file save this as Final Data Date xls a Micresal Excel March OR data xis HE Ele Edi er Raet Forms Joos ata SUS rde el Adobe HF LIS 31 HS nx ZA da RI ACA MT E T qa TL 10 Bf MENA Rar ka E L A B C D E F E H J K L M N o PF 1 Year Month Day Hour Minute Second BackScalter PHE5S DELETE TIME DELETE DELETE Xcourd DELETE DELETE Tes F E 3 T LZ N 175606 171366 OO 120700 Ag TED dE AREA 13 ER 48 9 3 B8 3 H 1 d 15 1865605 1 5824785 Kp 154121 1 07 85 45 Jog 48 464 13 ESS 43 B B 3 i Ka 0 Xi 15618 122206 ZU A AA a 239 48 45553 123 BETS 172916 5 B 3 E iz E af LEME 1002786 200745 120745 df 27 95D4 di nba 1233 BG 120316 B E 3 N LZ IWR 1808 DD 1205600 dd TS dd 19 ERAM 423 31 d E 3 H 13 a8 45 1339E DE D 101285 ES 120515 4 Fn IS 13 1893 AZ g B8 3 H Ka 10 a LEEUS 13312265 IE AE AH 27385814 48 4655 123 IB SSS 4124316 EN B 4 N iz Ie 1S EDS LCR OPA 120945 di Soe AD de T o 1 LU B 3 N la id XI LED 100786 2005900 1208800 4B 27 0514 dh 465 139 18063 12331B 1
16. Maxtor E Geonamica E Notepad E Microsoft Office Toots E HOF Explorer 5 Professional Brt 773 ProcessText Group 771 MS Access Import Multiple Text Files Software jz Microsoft Office 73 Data Loader Trial Edition 2 0 C CSV Converter E Symantec Client Security 7 instant Atlas m Google Earth start im Docum Cj skype T cms BFF F FF FF FF FF FTF FTF FTF FTF FTF F You can now access the neph connection by going to the Start Menu gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt HyperTerminal gt neph Or you can create a shortcut for the desktop as described next 35 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 8 Right click on neph and select Create Shortcut from the drop down menu that appears EISE 36 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 9 There will now be another icon in the HyperTerminal menu called Shortcut to neph Click on the shortcut and holding the mouse button down drag it onto the desktop as shown below To access the HyperTerminal program now all you have to do is double click the icon on the desktop FA E Set Program Access and Deus ARO As w B E windows Media Payer L Windows Messenger p Arce a 2 arena L L L ILI Administrar isiin n S Internet C Pent E Mazda Feelox C Teel Storage Manager Emal C WinRAR X eroa Office 2 winscpa Acrobat ibe 6
17. Meph March 08 xls A AAA Second BackScatter 1 75605 1 86E 05 1 S6E 05 1 84E 05 1 97 E 05 1 38E 06 1 87 E 05 2 2 E 05 1 384E 05 2 BEM 12 07 00 PM i Year Month Day Hour Minute 1 O 00 C Co C CO O9 GD CO CO J MB QU LO CO GO LO CO CO Cab GJ dd e I a T T I Mias GPS data note this may not look exactly the same as dU ie GR den e uns POOF ORK 1 20700 amp 200715 1207 15 Ei 1200750 120730 B 200745 120745 9 200600 120800 10 1200815 120815 11 1200830 120830 27 DUS 7 26030 27 25040 27 SL 27 95130 27 95140 48 46584 JE 46584 45 45504 4B 46584 45 46505 48 46586 45 46596 peu 123 00000 123 00000 123 00000 123 00000 123 00000 18 8355 18 9355 18 8353 18 8354 18 8353 18 8353 123 318 123 316 123 315 123 315 123 315 123 316 UN NW LU MI sd ip o A A ze A D Mx gt AS fe 20700 EM J 1 TIME temp Xcoord YA emp Ycoord 2 1200615 120615 27 965080 4845585 12300000 189355 123 316 3 200630 120630 27 95080 4646505 12300000 189353 123 316 4 200545 A 27 35040 189353 2 Delete the rows in the nephelometer or GPS file that do not match at the beginning For example you may have turned on the nephelometer before the GPS or the GPS may have started logging before you turned on the nephelometer 26 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Mo
18. Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES For use with the M903 Radiance Research Nephelometer and Garmin GPSMAP 60Cx Prepared by Karla Poplawski Eleanor Setton and Steeve Deschenes Spatial Sciences Research Laboratory Department of Geography University of Victoria January 2010 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring TABLE OF CONTENTS PURPOSE de ana da a ea ae do de dd s III RADIANCE RESEARCH M903 NEPHELOMETER eere l GARMIN CGPES MAP COG X qua op arash dt ul one 4 EQUIPMENT CHEGKLIST ri tro creo asie 5 VEHICLE SETUP QUICK CHECK ns un de ul on 6 Setting UD AC GS Ad 6 Setting UP TIE Nenhelomeler assar E Sb SD a RA di 6 CONNEC CUNO TO LOWER a aS 6 VEHICLE SETUP COMPREHENSIVE si io aa iso os a nal ridd 7 CUMING pie NPN TOM AOT use ot tpe de e D emis diet ne ten 7 CONECO MO POMPES Aaa 11 DOWNLOADING THE DATA iet potio ha be tin US MU UE 13 COS 7 77 Sor 13 Nepnelometer DOIG TTT 14 DATATORMA THNG unidad aia 17 Preparing the N phelomeler Da ui es tas aunts lia IS Freparnethe GES MI QI TT 20 COMBINING THE NEPHELOMETER AND GPS DATA 26 ON NEW COMPUTER a ee in el ini 32 SYNCHRONIZING THE NEPHELOMETER AND GPS CLOCKS 38 CHANGING THE AVERAGING TIME AND FLASH RATE eee 41 APPENDICES APPENDIX A Mobile GPS Receiver Data Logger GL 50S User s Manual Version 1 5 San Jose Navigation Inc 2006 APPENDIX B Opera
19. PERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Nephelometer Unit Heater Air Intake Flash Assembly OnlOff Switch Display Screen Intake Fan OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Nephelometer Ports ANALOG SERIAL Power IM Display Screen pr Integrating Nephelome Model M903 Scattering D Coefficient S e 1 units m Data avg time constant Operation Mode 15 sec data averages OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring GARMIN GPSMAP 60CX Unit Overview Auxiliary GPS antenna connector Internal under weather cap antenna Power key Color LCD display USB connector port under weather cap External data auxiliary power port under weather cap Carry lanyard attachment slot Battery compartment locking D Ring compartment cover Keypad Download Cable Not Shown OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST Make sure that the following equipment is on hand at the start of every data run Nephelometer Large plastic Tupperware bin Small plastic bin Nephelometer unit Power adaptors 2 Copper tubing Funnel Pipe insulation strip Extension cord Inverter with lighter charger adapter Data download cable Assorted software
20. S Unit or the Nephelometer first create a folder on your computer where you will store your data Always storing the data in a designated folder makes it easier to find later and ensures that data remain organized GPS Data Connect the GPS unit to the computer with the USB cable and turn on GPS 1 Double click the MapSource icon on your computer Go to the Tracks tab and delete any existing tracks 3 Click on Transfer gt Receive from device A new window will open and should quickly find the GPS device Click on Tracks in the What to Receive box then click Receive A new window should open with the message transfer complete Click OK 4 You may see a number of ACTIVE LOG files When you start out the firsdt ACTIVE LOG 1s created If the GPS looses signal it closes the first LOG and when signal is reacquired a new ACTIVE LOG file is started 5 To export the LOG files to a single text file click on File Save As A new window opens allowing you to choose a save location a new file name 1 e GPS date and file type use txt Once you have successfully saved the text file open it up use Notepad or Excel and check that the data are as expected Then 6 Close the MapSource software do not save any changes 7 Onthe GPS in the Tracks menu select Clear enter and confirm Yes NOTE when there is no satellite signal the Track Log will automatically be OFF You will send the GPS date txt file to your GIS technici
21. TERMINAL CONNECTION FOR THE NEPHELOMETER ON A NEW COMPUTER Install the SERIAL to USB driver from the CD in the software package 2 From the Start Menu select All Programs gt Accessories gt Communications gt Hyper terminal as displayed below e Ij Microsoft Update New Office Document Z Accessbity fai Communications AE HyperTerminal Entertainment KH QA Network Connections System Tools pi 9 Network Setup Wizard 114 Address Book x New Connection Wizard fj Calculator Ed Remote Desktop Connection E Command Prompt 22 Wireless Network Setup Wizard D Notepad MM Y Pent i Program Compatibdtry Wizard y Synchronize E Tour Windows XP E Windows Explorer CA WordPad Karla Poplawsk C ars E PrintMe Internet Printing Microsoft Office Cut 23 24 ho E Internet Explorar ur AR calc CS Log OFF E Shut Down 32 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 3 You will be prompted whether you would like to establish a new connection Give the connection a name such as neph and select an icon Then click ok New Conmection HyperTerminal x E DAN UN Connection Description mE New Correction Erte rio and chose an icon for the connection M wre Bosseus Ce Cine 4 Next choose the COM port which corresponds to the USB connection on your computer which you will be plugging the nephelomete
22. an 13 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Nephelometer Data 1 Connect the nephelometer to an external power source do not turn on Do not plug in the heater 2 Connect the download cable to the USB Port 3 Open the saved nephelometer setting in the Hyper Terminal program Programs Accessories Communications Hyper Terminal neph or double click the Hyper Terminal icon on your desktop and use File Open to select the neph ht file 4 A blank screen will appear Now turn on the nephelometer Data will begin scrolling down the screen Hit the s key once and the main menu will appear as shown 14 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring rad SE E Dj uL DL E DLL IDOL A49 d el d 12 22 nightime Hyper Terminal Ele Ede Yew Cal Transfer Help Du 53 058 Y Version 2 47 4883 records available 23 Dec 21 19 39 2004 commands are single letters either case Display the current time VV CNH DDD Turma start set the clock STOP stop and powerdown the clock Download verbose format since last M command short format verbose format entire data store short format Mark all the data as read Test and zero the data ram reset record H Enter the fast response mode setup menu Slow response data logger Hangup and restart in logger mode Fast mode slow mode H This message id 5 Select the Transfer menu in the Hyper Terminal menu b
23. ar Then select 8 Capture Text to File The program will ask you for a name 1 e NEPH_Date txt and location of the text file that will be created Select Browse and choose a location to save the file Capture Text Folder C Documents and Settings tlarson Click Start The program will now store the information that subsequently appears on the screen as a text file in the location you specified Hit the s key once and then hit enter This will download all the unmarked data in the nephelometer memory in short format Data will begin scrolling down the screen It will be saved to the text file you created When it has finished downloading select the Transfer menu in the Hyper Terminal menu bar and select Capture text gt Stop 15 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring amp Nephelometer HyperTerminal File Edit 10 11 12 Transfer Help Send File Receive File View Cal Pause Capture Text Send Text File Resume e gd 1413 293 da 36 GSG 432e B 2 3B8566 84 1813 293 Capture to Printer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO LO icri LO icri icri LO LO LS Luci ici lalalalalalala m E as read un in you don t want to quit yen ul ok 4 2311e 46 GS ll3e H 1613 293 HA 66 d 31re H amp 6 5 652e H amp 1613 293 HA 66 d slre de 1 5230 65 1613 293 Ba 66 d 31re H amp 6 2 1r9e 6
24. arch 08 data xls B9 File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data S PLUS Window Help Adobe PDF 1 Year Month Day Hour Minute Second BackScatter PM2 5 TIME EB B 3 7 12 7 0 1 75E 05 1 713286 120700 3 E 3 7 12 7 15 1 86E 05 1424286 120715 EM 8 3 7 1 96E 05 1 923286 120730 E 8 3 7 1 94E 05 1 903286 120745 8 3 7 1 97E 05 1 929286 120800 8 3 7 1 38E 06 120815 B 8 3 7 120830 EN 8 3 7 120845 8 3 7 120900 8 3 7 120944 3 Missing nephelometer data pre CEL Does not match GPS times meme AAA MA Epa 8 a F 5 lu PMA 1 M N 1 Year Month Day Hour Minute Second BackScatter PM25 TIME Xcoord Ycoord Fg a 3 H 12 E 1 5E 06 171x395 12700 4B 45554 123316 3 3 3 7 12 7 15 1866 05 1824206 120715 4846554 173316 4 8 3 T 12 H 30 156E D5 1923086 120730 45646551 133316 5 8 3 T 12 7 45 1594E 05 1905206 120745 4646664 173316 B 8 3 12 B 1 87 E 05 8 3 7 12 B 45 1 36E 06 8 3 7 12 10 O 1 B7E D5 g E 3 T 12 10 15 2 0065 05 1 8 3 H 12 ig Ei 1 ES m 8 3 7 12 10 45 206 MA 8 3 7 12 11 0 2 DEE 05 13 a 3 T 12 n 15 2036 05 14 8 3 T 12 11 Ei 2 12E0S 15 a 3 T 12 11 5 4 5DE 05 M6 a8 3 7 12 12 0 2608 05 AB s5552 KH 8 3 7 12 12 15 2065 05 2041285 121114 4845520 16 C 3 H 13 12 30 211605 27606 121129 446 19 a 3 H 12 1 45 25165 2477205 121144 4846704 20 a 3 N 12 13 2658 06 2650006 121159 404655 AB p a8 3 7 12 13 15 2316 05 2259205 121214 4845873 2 8 3 T 12 13 30 216605 21266 12120 46 4665 23 8 3 T
25. d save 24 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 23 HA 4 K K Ready 45 465 75 45 405 8333 48 16583333 45 165 7 8333 45 465 7 6667 45 165 3333 48 465 48 46508333 45 46583333 48 40503333 123 3129833 123 3127 123 3124333 123 3121 123 3117667 123 3114833 123 3111667 123 3109167 123 3105833 123 3103167 123 31015 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5 1 2010 0 00 5f A 0 00 25 4 31 27 7 31 42 31 57 41 32 12 41 32 27 47 32 42 FEE 7 33 12 733777 733747 PEET H7 LA a AE 1 Latitude Longitude Date GPStime 2 48 46508333 123 31375 5 1 20100 00 7 29 27 3 48 460508333 123 3137667 5 1 2010 0 00 7 29 42 4 0 0 5 48 46506667 123 3137833 5 1 20100 00 7 29 55 6 0 0 7 43 4650666 123 3137833 5 1 2010 0 00 7 29 56 8 43 46521667 123 3138167 5 1 20100 00 7 30 12 9 45 4654 123 3138667 5 1 20100 00 7 30 27 10 45 4055606 7 123 3138333 5 1 2010 0 00 7 30 42 11 45 4050166 7 123 3135667 5 1 2010 0 00 7 30 57 12 48 46508333 123 3132833 5 1 2010 0 00 7 31 12 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring COMBINING THE NEPHELOMETER AND GPS DATA Finally we are ready to combine the nephelometer and GPS data Find the first common time in the nephelometer file and in the GPS file Nephelometer data 35 Microsoft Excel
26. er for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Preparing the Nephelometer Data 1 Open the NEPH_Date txt file using Excel To do this first start Excel then select File gt Open Find the nephelometer text file you saved The Text Import Wizard opens In the first screen choose Delimited click next Text Import Wizard Step 1 of 3 The Text Wizard has determined that your data is Fixed Width If this is correct choose Next or choose the data type that best describes your data Choose the file type that best describes your data pelmked Characters such as commas or tabs separate each field C Fixed width Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each Field Start import at row 1 Fle origin 437 OEM United States dw Preview of file Fri Neph March 08 TXT A F 3 pooz OF 03 06 l6 02 15 1 246a 01 D 000e 00 1013 293 00 a poos 08 03 06 16 02 30 1 258 05 2 240a 04 1013 253 00 E bova 08 03 06 16 02 45 1 337a 05 2 2160 04 1013 293 00 In the second screen choose Space click finish Text Import Wizard Step 2 of 3 o UE This screen lets you set the delimiters your data contains You can ses how your text is affected in the preview below Deimkers Treat consecutiva delimiters as one O be lsemobn comma i He C other Text qualifier le Data preview Z46e 01 0 0000e 00 A013 E93 58ea 05 P 240a 04 i 237 05 pP 2l6e 04
27. eter for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 5 Open the saved nephelometer setting in Hyper Terminal Programs Accessories Communications Hyper Terminal neph Or double click the Hyper Terminal icon on the desktop 6 A blank screen will appear Turn on the nephelometer Data will begin scrolling down the screen Hit s once and the main menu will appear as shown 12 22 nightime Hyper Terminal Ee Edi ver Cal Transfer Heb Da E m Y Version 2 37 4883 records available 23 Dec 21 19 39 2004 commands are single letters either case Display the current time VV HM EDD 1 das start set the clock ST stop and powerdown the clock Download verbose format since last H command short format verbose format entire data store short format Hark all the data as read Test and zero the data ram reset record Enter the fast response mode setup menu Slow response data logger Hangup and restart in logger mode fast mode Slow mode 1 T T5 R 5 A B H E 4 Y Z Q V H This message Li 7 Arrange your computer screen so that both the UTC website is visible and the Hyper Terminal Screen is active and visible The UTC time is shown to the closest second whereas the nephelometer clock is set to the closest minute although it displays seconds on the screen and in the logged file 8 To set the nephelometer clock on the Hyper Terminal screen type T YYMMDDhhmm In the example below if you want to set the cl
28. file you just saved your data to to make sure that the data did indeed download If not you may have to try downloading it again Use Notepad or WordPad to open the txt file An example of what it should look like is provided on page 25 of the manual The NEPH_Date txt file can now be sent on to a GIS technician for further analysis 16 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring DATA FORMATTING The text files which were created in the last section will look like the pictures below once you open them Clearly they require some formatting and explanation in order to be useable This section will describe how to open and manipulate the files in Excel to prepare them for use in a Geographic Information System GIS Nephelometer Data E Neph_April3_08 Notepad File Edit Format Help 2244 08 03 10 12 19 15 8 600e 06 1 91928 05 1013 293 00 224 08 04 03 12 11 30 489e 06 2 3438 04 1013 93 00 2248 08 04 03 12 11 45 7 830e 06 2 299e 04 1013 293 00 2251 08 04 03 12 12 00 6 738e 06 2 339e 04 1013 293 00 dae US 04 03 12 12 15 4 0558 06 322e 04 1013 293 00 2253 08 04 03 12 12 30 3 676e 06 2 313e 04 1013 293 00 2254 08 04 03 12 12 45 3 50e 08 351e 04 1013 293 00 223 08 04 03 12 13 00 4 549e 06 2 310e 04 1013 293 00 2258 08 04 03 12 13 15 4 643e 06 2 336e 04 1013 293 00 2239 08 04 03 12 13 30 3 508 06 322 e 04 1013 93 00 2200 08 04 03 12 13 45 4 75 e 05 2 322e 04 1013 293 00 2263 08 0
29. ke sure the inverter and all the connectors are properly attached Plug the extension cord from the nephelometer into the 12 volt inverter Plug the inverter into the lighter socket of the vehicle Start the vehicle Turn on the inverter and then switch on the nephelometer Check to make sure that the nephelometer is ticking and that the fan 1s running Check all connections to the intake tube Use duct tape as required When finished driving the route turn off the nephelometer and GPS Turn off the inverter and the car engine These directions are repeated on the following pages including reference pictures Please refer to pages 7 to 16 for clarification of any of the instructions above OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Vehicle Setup COMPREHENSIVE Setting up the Nephelometer 1 Connect the nephelometer to the power adaptor ale a m e ul ro MEN 2 Connect the heater to the other power adaptor There is a special white connector on this one OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Plug both adaptors into the extension cord Secure with rubber bands if necessary 3 Secure the nephelometer into the large plastic Tupperware bin using bungee cords to ensure it does not tip over Place the adaptors alongside the nephelometer letting the white extension cord hang out OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Mo
30. nitoring RUE ll NE xl EN Bla Edt yew rast Fomat Took fete SAUS Window Hel Adobe POP om hr y b L T 200645 Xooord YA emp Yeoord 200615 120615 48 00000 48 46585 12300000 189365 123 316 delete 200630 120630 48 00000 48 455685 12300000 189363 123 316 00645 120645 E 00000 Hg 4p5BA 12300000 189562 173316 5 200700 120700 45 UOU D dE 17300000 183355 123 316 amp 300715 120 15 4800000 27 98030 49458 12300000 1893955 1056 7 1200730 120730 48 00000 27 95030 4846584 12300000 1833565 123 316 8 200745 120745 4900000 2796000 45848584 12500000 1859353 123 316 9 1200800 12600 48 00000 27 95090 4846585 12300000 189364 123 316 10200815 120815 490000 2795130 484666 12300000 1853353 125 316 11 200830 120830 48 00000 2795140 4846586 12300000 199363 123 316 SL A d d 3 Select all the columns in the GPS file and Copy E dorar rni Ei m D pi v pr LI B x es Al amp TIME TIME erp 2000700 120700 400000 27595040 48 45584 1230000 200745 120715 500000 2000 46 45584 123 00000 2000 120030 48 00000 27 95 48456584 1230000 200745 1200745 4800000 2795040 48 45584 123 00000 200600 120800 4800000 27 95000 4846586 123 00000 200815 120805 4800000 2755130 46465865 12300000 2006600 120800 4600000 275140 4645586 12300000 20084
31. nitoring 4 Place the nephelometer in the passenger or backseat 5 Attach the copper tubing to the air intake attached to the heater OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 6 Place the copper sample tube out the window The funnel should be secured to the outside end using duct tape Point the funnel down and slightly to the rear of the vehicle Use the pipe insulation to keep cold air out of the vehicle ni lt A F l a i wm ee a P sd 10 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring Connecting to Power 1 Make sure the inverter and all the connectors are properly attached see below note may not look exactly the same 2 Plug the extension cord from the nephelometer into the 12 volt inverter 11 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 3 Plug the inverter into the lighter socket of the vehicle 4 Start the vehicle 5 Turn on the inverter and then switch on the nephelometer Check to make sure that the nephelometer is ticking and that the fan is running Check all connections to the intake tube Use duct tape as required 6 When finished driving the route turn off the nephelometer and GPS Turn off the inverter and the car engine 12 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring DOWNLOADING THE DATA Before downloading any data from the GP
32. obile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 2 Remember you may have a number of ACTIVE LOG files if you lost GPS signal at any point Each ACTIVE LOG file will be listed in the spreadsheet You only need to keep the rows that start with Trackpoint and the Header row above the first Trackpoint row rows to delete are colored grey in the figure below Keep an empty row between the data for each ACTIVE LOG file as this will help you to find time gaps later when you are matching the GPS data to the nephelometer data Grid Lat Lon hddd mm mmm 1 2 Datum WG5 64 3 4 Header Name Start Time Elapsed Ti Length Average 5 Link E 6 Track ACTIVE LC HS 0 00 15 1m 0 3 kph 4 8 Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperat Leg LengtiLeg Time Leg SpeecLeg Course E 10 Trackpoin N48 27 90 HHHHHHHE 68 m 11 Trackpoin N48 27 90 65 m 1m 0 00 15 0 3 kph 260 true 12 13 Track ACTIVE LC fHHHHHHHE 0 00 00 O m 0 kph 14 15 Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperat Leg Lengt Leg Time Leg 5peec Leg Course 16 17 Trackpoin N48 27 90 48888 62m 18 19 Track ACTIVE LC 4666 0 08 31 713m 5 kph 20 Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperat Leg Lengtl Leg Time Leg Speer Leg Course 21 23 Trackpoin N48 27 90 H 62 m 24 Trackpoin N48 27 91 63m 17 m 0 00 16 4 kph 351 true 25 Trackpoin N48 27 92 H H 64 m 19 m 0 00 15 5 kph 350 true JA Tranlnninm NAS 97 0 HHHHHHHH Am 10 mi MANIS 5 bak Q
33. ock to 3 07 AM on Dec 29 2004 you type T 0412290307 39 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring teat beeper T ry neral Ple Gat pee Cal Trader rp Da g g Version 2 37 LS records available 29 Dec 83 82 56 004 commands are single letters either case Display the current time IVYLMMIDO hham start set the clock STOP top and poserdow the clock Download verbose format since last M command short format verbose format entire data store short format Mark all the data as real lest and zero the data ram reset record R Enter the fast response mode setup menu lt low response data logger Hangup and restart in logger mode fast mode low mode Laat a aw ao F This me t 0412790307 imd cp 1 Auto daipct TOU Ba i hiis CUA Va 9 Hit return at the instant that the UTC time reaches the appropriate minute 10 The current nephelometer time will be shown on the screen at that instant as shown in the example below ZN Dec 03 07 56 004 commands are single letters either case Display the current time LY A 1 1hhas xlart set the clock STIP stop and poserdoen the clock Dewnlosd imebout formal since lant H command shori format v rbose formal entire data stare short format Mark all the data as read lest ar zero the data ram reset record B Enter the fasi response mode selup meni slow response data loger Hangup and restar
34. r into Click ok Enter details for the phone number that you want to dial Country region Dat y Mea code ea 33 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 5 When asked to specify the properties about the selected COM port choose 9600 as the appropriate Bits per second Then click ok PLUM Properties 6 Exit the HyperTerminal program You will be asked if you want to disconnect now Select Yes HyperTerminal ka xxm a am Ub a mum mam sl You are currently connected B E a e L E A pm mm ug RT eg Are YOU Sure YOU Wo LU SO IEC E TOME E 34 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring 7 By choosing to save the neph connection you will have added the neph icon under the Hyperterminal menu Set Program Access and Defaults oo Remote Assistance P Winders Media Piyer Jh Windows Messenger 7 Arcos 7 BusiressObgects 11 C Ende E ESRI pipi Printe Internet Printing Internet C Python 2 1 Mozilla Firefox E Toi Storage Manager E mail C WinRAR 4 Microsoft Office 73 winScP3 z Acrobat Destiler 6 0 E es m Adobe Acrobat 6 0 Professional W Adobe Illustrator CS 263 Miere 0 Adobe Photoshop CS Sd ZH Crystal Reports 11 E SPSS for Windows E Beyond 2020 7 Un Conversion Tool P Microsoft Office 77
35. r setting in the Hyper Terminal program Programs Accessories Communications Hyper Terminal neph or double click the Hyper Terminal icon on the desktop A blank screen will appear Now turn on the nephelometer Data will begin scrolling down the screen Hit the s key once and the main menu will appear Type in z and hit enter to enter the data logger mode To ho a value type the command letter then a space and then the new value and hit enter For example to change the E parameter to 25 and the H parameter to 15 type E 25 H 15 and hit enter Hit enter again to return to the main menu Type Q and then hit enter The nephelometer will now go into data logging mode again You should hear it ticking You can now turn the nephelometer OFF When it is turned on again it will automatically begin logging data Close the Hyper Terminal program At the prompt you can choose to save or not save the session file You do not need to save The following table represents the settings necessary for a variety of different averaging times 2 PA 2 2 2 2 pao DS jo o 02 2 i o Les LD 6 6 6 6 6 PE 25 5 so f 10 10 o0 35 035 035 35 NEN vo so so so 10 Ho 15 60 REC 41
36. t in logger mode last mode slow mode r H H R E N Y 0 V Y his meccage 12290307 Dec 83 07 88 2004 11 Type Q and then hit enter The nephelometer will now go into data logging mode again You should hear it ticking You can now turn the nephelometer OFF When it is turned on again it will automatically begin logging data 12 Close the Hyper Terminal program At the prompt you can choose to save or not save the session file You do not need to save When you turn the nephelometer back on again the nephelometer display will show the current time as GMT and the datalogger will begin logging with this time 40 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring CHANGING THE AVERAGING TIME AND FLASH RATE It may be desirable on occasion to change the averaging time period for stored averages For instance an averaging time of 15 seconds 5 minutes or 15 minutes might be more suitable for particular applications than others If wishing to change the averaging time please refer to pages 18 19 of the official M903 Nephelometer Operation Procedures manual The following steps provided below offer a summary of how to change the nephelometer settings for different averaging periods l 2 3 Connect the nephelometer to an external power source do not turn on Do not plug in the heater Connect the download cable to the USB port Open the saved nephelomete
37. ta 2 Delimited Characters such as commas or tabs separate each Field CO Fixed width Fields are aligned in columns with spaces between each Field Start import at row 1 E File arigin 932 Japanese ShiFt J15 Preview of File C Documents and S ttings OwnerDesktopiNeph_Manual armin_data Ext Cancel A B C D E F G H J K EN Grid lLat Lon hddd mm mmm 2 Datum WGS 84 3 4 Header Name Start Time Elapsed Ti Length Average S Link 2 6 Track ACTIVE LC fHHHHHHHE 0 00 15 1m 0 3 kph 7 8 Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperat Leg Lengtt Leg Time Leg Speec Leg Course 9 10 Trackpoim N48 27 90 S2HSERHE 68m 11 Trackpoim N48 27 90 484448 65m 1m 0 00 15 0 3 kph 260 true 12 13 Track ACTIVE LC fHHHHHHH 0 00 00 Om 0 kph 14 15 Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperat Leg Lengt Leg Time Leg Speec Leg Course 16 17 Trackpoim N48 27 90 62m 18 19 Track ACTIVE LC 88888888 0 08 31 713m 5 kph 20 21 Header Position Time Altitude Depth Temperat Leg Lengtt Leg Time Leg Speec Leg Course 22 23 Trackpoin N48 27 90 HAHAHAHA 62m 24 Trackpoin N48 27 91 HHHH 63 m 17m 0 00 16 4 kph 351 true 25 Trackpoin N48 27 92 HHHHHHHH GA m 19 m 0 00 15 5 kph 350 true 26 Trackpoin N48 27 93 tiii 62m 19 m 0 00 15 5 kph 8 true 27 Trackpoin N48 27 93 8 60m 20 m 0 00 15 5 kph 72 true 28 Trackpoin N48 27 94 60m 23 m 0 00 15 6 kph 70 true 20 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES M
38. tion Procedures M903 Nephelometer ROM Version 2 37 20DE Radiance Research Seattle WA OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring PURPOSE This document outlines the operational procedures for measuring ambient particulate matter PM2 5 concentrations with a Radiance Research M903 Nephelometer and a GARMIN GPSMAP 60Cx GPS unit as developed by researchers at UVic s Spatial Sciences Research Lab In addition to basic operational instructions this manual provides additional documentation on downloading data as well as preparing downloaded data for input into a Geographical Information System GIS Manuals for the GARMIN GPS and the Radiance Research M903 nephelometer are included for further reference in Appendices A and B For technical assistance regarding general operation of equipment please contact Eleanor Setton or Karla Poplawski University of Victoria Spatial Sciences Laboratory Phone 250 472 4624 Email elsetton O gmail com or poplawski alumni uvic ca iii OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Mobile Nephelometer for Ambient PM 5 Monitoring RADIANCE RESEARCH M903 NEPHELOMETER Equipment Parts o xm LA d UM Nephelometer Unit 12 Volt Inverter with adapter for car lighter charger plug may not look exactly like this Adaptor to Power Nephelometer Unit Adaptor to Power Heater Computer Connection Cables Extension Cord Copper Tubing with Funnel Pipe Insulation Strip O

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