SoundEar SoundLog Bedienungsanleitung

CONTENTS

Technical information & system requirements 2

What is SoundLog? 4

How can SoundLog be put to use? 4

Getting started – a run-through of the programme 4

Installing the program 5

Advanced user possibilities with SoundLog 14

Filter settings 14

File, graph, window, help 15

Settings 16

Manual

Diagram of set-up

What is SoundLog?

SoundLog is SoundEar®’s sound logbook. SoundLog consists of a little box, which is to

be placed on top of the SoundEar®, and the computer program that comes with it.

SoundEar® measures the noise level and SoundLog keeps a record. Using the computer

program it is possible to see the measurements for up to 4 weeks at a time on a ready-

to-print graph.

ADVANCED USERS: SoundLog measures the noise level every second and records

the average measurement every 5 minutes. For more information about the method of

measurement etc., please see in the beginning of this manual.

How can SoundLog be put to use?

By printing the noise measurements out on a graph, it is possible to see exactly how

many decibels the noise level gets up to and at what time. In this way the graph can

show where and when noise problems occur and compare the noise situation from

weekday to weekday or hour to hour – making it possible to accommodate periods

with a heavy noise strain.

Using SoundLog, the sound level in the room in question is made visible and documented,

therefore replacing the more inaccurate noise reports of before.

By describing the sound level for up to four weeks at a time, thereby exposing repeated

periods of increased noise strain, SoundLog is an important tool for improving overall

well being within the working environment.

Getting started

1. To get the measurement started you will need to turn the red arrow on the dial on the back

of your SoundEar® to that decibel level you would like the measurement to be based on.

SoundLog registers measurements that are 30 decibel above and 18 decibel under this

level. In a room that is primarily filled with people-related noise it is a good idea to set the red

arrow at 70 decibel. In this way, SoundLog will record all noise between 52 and 100 decibel.

Now hang SoundEar® on the wall.

2.Place SoundLog on top of the SoundEar®, while SoundEar is still turned off.

3. Switch the power on to the SoundEar®.

4. Check that the green light on the SoundLog is turned on; this shows that the SoundLog

has started recording the noise measurements in the room.

5. Leave SoundEar® and SoundLog switched on for as long as you want to record the sound

level. Please note that you will lose all recorded data if the SoundEar® is turned off and

switched on again without removing the SoundLog first.

6. When you are ready to end the SoundLog’s logbook recording (after max. 4 weeks),

switch the SoundEar® off and remove the SoundLog. Note the time at which you

switched the device off, as you will need to enter this information into the computer

program when you import the recording.

1. When the program shows

the SoundLog-front page, press “Next”.

2. Press “Next” once you have read the message.

3. The next screen asks you to accept the conditions

for using the program. Click ”I agree” and then

“Next”.

5. Click “Next” on the next screen to install the pro-

gram.

6. After installation, click “Close” – the program is now

installed.

4. Click “Next” on the next screen (”Select installation

folder”) unless you want to choose a different location

for saving the program or if you want more than one

user to be able to use the program.

You are now ready to import the SoundLog’s noise recording into the

computer program.

First you will need to install the program onto your computer.

Please remember to check, afterwards if there are any newer versions/updates of the

program on our website www.soundear.dk/soundlog/downloads.

Installing the program.

Place the SoundLog CD in your computer’s CD-drive.

Open the program.

The program opens in English. If you would prefer to change the language, choose menu 3.

“Settings”.

You will now see the screen picture “Settings”.

Choose which language you want under “Select language”. Select which port on your computer

SoundLog should use under “Communications/COM port”.

You can find this information in Windows, once you have connected the cable, under

“Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager/Ports”.

End by pressing “Save”.

You will now see the menu in the language of your choice.

The program is now ready to import the measurements SoundLog has recorded. Connect one

end of the cable enclosed to your computer’s COM port. Connect the other end to the

SoundLog (please see diagram on page 3.).

Now follow the instructions on the screen in order to import the recording (Step 1) and later, see

a graph or bar chart (Step 2). If you like, you can change the standard settings for the program

in ”Settings” (Step 3).

STEP 1

1. First, press the red arrow next to Step “1”.

2. The following picture will appear on your screen: “Import recording”:

Once SoundLog and your computer are connected using the cable enclosed, press “Import”.

This will take a few minutes. If the import process fails to commence, it could be due to an

incorrect COM port setting (menu 3).

You can find the correct information as previously mentioned in Windows, once

the cable is connected, under Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device

Manager/Ports.

Once the import process is complete, press “Next”.

3. The following picture will appear on your screen “Measuring information”:

Start by writing which room the measurement has taken place in (e.g. kitchen, green room

etc.) Then write the time at which the measurement was stopped.

Finish off by writing the number of decibels the red arrow was pointing at throughout the

measurement.

Press “Next” when you are finished.

4. The following picture will appear on your screen “Save readings”:

You can now choose what to call the file in which the reading will be saved.

We recommend that you save it as the name as suggested. In this way, the

reading will be saved in the folder that the SoundLog program already created on

your hard disk and is therefore easy to retrieve when you are ready to see the

reading as a graph. If you wish to designate a different file name, then this must

end in “.sld”. For example:

C:\Programs\SoundShip\SoundLog\data\Greenroom1.sld.

Press “Save” when you are finished in order to be able to retrieve this reading later and build

graphs and bar charts (using the graph selector and settings).

STEP 2

The import of your measurement is now complete and you will return to the main menu again:

1. Let’s move on to step 2, where you can see your recording as a graph or bar chart.

Press the red arrow next to Step “2”.

2. The following picture will appear on your screen “Select the reading(s) you want to view”.

You can now choose which reading(s) you would like to see. The numbers shown after the

name are the date and time of day (in whole hours) of the start of the reading. Press “Next”.

3. The following picture will appear on your screen

“You have selected the following reading(s)”.

This screen is purely to show which reading(s) you have chosen to see as a graph.

Notice the button ”Filter settings”. This button is for advanced users and will be

explained later on in this manual. Ignore this button for now. Press ”Show graph”.

4. The following picture will appear on your screen:

This screen consists of a graph, a graph selector and the main menu. You can

drag and place these elements around the screen as you see fit.

Let’s have a closer look at the graph:

You can make the graph bigger by dragging its perimeters to the size you want

using the mouse.

The graph shows the noise level in decibels (dB(A)) up the side and the time along

the bottom line.

You can now see how many decibels the noise level reached and when.

You can navigate back and forth within the graph using the arrow button under

the graph.

The text in the top right hand corner shows which reading(s) are being shown.

When you are finished looking at the graph, you might want to save it before continuing on

to working with the graph selector’s possibilities. Save by clicking the top left hand corner of

the screen “File”. Use same “File” click for printing graph if desired.

5. You can now move on to choosing other layouts for your reading(s) by using the

”Graph selector”.

As mentioned previously, the graph selector is used for choosing which kind of layout you

wish to see the readings in.

The top row of the graph selector shows the three possibilities: Noise graph, noise dose

and background noise. Let’s start by looking at the column called noise graph:

NOISE GRAPH

As a standard, the graph will always show the readings per minute (i.e. you then have to

count along the bottom line).

To see the reading per hour, use the mouse to click in the space next to the word “Hour”

(still in the noise graph column). You will now see that the graph is changed, the distance

between the hours of the day has decreased, enabling you to see a larger portion of the

measurement at a time.

If you click next to the word “Weekdays”, you can see an even larger portion of the

measurement.

Click next to the word “Weeks” to see a complete overall picture of the graph.

Which graph to choose depends on how much detail you want to see at a time when

studying your noise measurement.

It is usually a good idea to start by seeing an overall picture by choosing “Weeks” first and

then continuing to look in more detail by choosing ”Hours” and then ”Minutes.”

If the graph seems to disappear when using the graph selector it can be retrieved by using

the arrow button underneath the graph picture. Note: the graph picture goes back to the

time of start each time you use the graph selector.

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