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Installation Guide for FORENSICS DETECTORS models including: FD-600M Gas Analyzer, FD-600M, Gas Analyzer, Analyzer
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DocumentDocumentINDUSTRIAL GAS ANALYZER BUILT-IN PUMP Model: FD-600M Manual Print Version: 2.0 [ ] 5 Gas Exhaust (Automotive) [ ] Gas Analyzer USER MANUAL Serial #: O2 sensor CO sensor CH4 HC EX sensor NOx sensor CO2 sensor O3 sensor VOC sensor H2 Sensor 4GAS sensors Other? Telescopic 4ft Probe 3 Inch Probe 1 Foot Probe Exhaust Alligator Probe Other? FD-600M Analyzer Case USB Cable & Charger QC/CAL Certificate User Manual (B) Belt Clip or (M) Magnet? Date: Engineer Signature: FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 1 www.forensicsdetectors.com GAS SENSOR RANGES, RESOLUTION & DEFAULT ALARM SET POINTS **check which sensor(s) is in your gas analyzer by checking the back label Target Gas Range Resolution Low Alarm High Alarm CH4 (EX) H2 H2S CO O2 O3 CO2 CO2 VOC SO2 NO2 NH3 0-100%LEL 0-1000ppm 0-100ppm 0-1000ppm 0-30%vol 0-20ppm 0-5000ppm 0-100% 0-100ppm 0-20ppm 0-20ppm 0-100ppm 1% 1ppm 0.1ppm 1ppm 0.01% 0.1ppm 1ppm 0.01% 1ppm 0.1ppm 0.1ppm 0.1ppm 20%LEL 35ppm 10ppm 50ppm 19.5%vol 5ppm 1000ppm Custom 20ppm 5ppm 5ppm 10ppm Exhaust 5 Gas Analyzer Configuration 50%LEL 250 ppm 20ppm 200ppm 23.5%vol 10ppm 2000ppm Custom 50ppm 10ppm 10ppm 20ppm CH4 (HC) O2 CO2 NOx (NO2) CO 0-10,000ppm 0-30%vol 0-20% 0-1,000ppm 0-20,000ppm 1ppm 0.1% 0.01% 1ppm 1ppm 1000ppm 19.5%vol 5.00%vol 100ppm 1000ppm 2000ppm 23.5%vol 10.00%vol 500ppm 2000ppm Notes: 0.01% = 100ppm 0.1% = 1,000ppm 1% = 10,000ppm LEL = Lower Explosive Limit FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 2 www.forensicsdetectors.com SPECIFICATIONS Warranty: Sensors: Sensor Life: Error (worst case): Response Time: Store/Oper. Temp: Store/Oper. Humidity: Battery: Charging Time: Operation Time: Dimension/Weight: Rating: Pump Noise: Pump Flow Rate: Inlet Air Barb: Charger Port: Display: Calibration: Total Weight: Case Dimensions: 1-year limited warranty Electrochemical for all gases except Catalytic Pellistor gas sensor for EX %LEL NDIR gas sensor for CO2 & CH4 (ppm) 2 to 3 years for Electrochemical & Catalytic >5 years for CO2 NDIR <±5% F.S. <30 seconds 0°F - 122°F <95%RH DC3.7V LiIon battery 4000mAh 4 hours > 5 hours 9.0 x 3.4 x 2.4 inches, 800grams ATEX certified Ex ib IIC T4 Gb. IP65. <60dB 0.3 to 0.7 LPM 3mm (1/8 inch) outer diameter barb USB Type C (use at least 1A/5V charger) 3.5 inch color HD display recommended every 12 months 3.1 lb with analyzer & accessories 9 x 7 x 5 inches FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 3 www.forensicsdetectors.com PRODUCT FEATURES · 32bit microprocessor, HD color display and graphing · Rugged industrial design and build · ABS and rubber housing, explosion proof · Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery via easy USB charger · ATEX, CNEX, FCC, IP65 certifications · Built-in pump and easy barb hose connector 1. INTRODUCTION You have purchased the FD-600M INDUSTRIAL GAS DETECTOR by FORENSICS DETECTORSTM. This unit has a built-in pump, which means it continuously draws air from the top barb inlet port, and directs the air to the sensor(s) for analysis. The detector is factory calibrated. This product is an INDUSTRIAL gas analyzer with graphing, color display and memory data logging. This analyzer is made with a robust ATEX design using high quality electrochemical, catalytic and NDIR sensors (depending on gas sensors installed). This detector was designed for advanced application for automotive, combustion, exhaust, air quality and air measurement, monitoring and scientific and research applications. 2. QUICK SETUP 1. Ensure all components are included. Compare with the front-page checklist. 2. Ensure analyzer is fully charged. If not, please charge the battery first. 3. Check all tubing is well connected. Any bad connections will create dilution effects resulting in measurement error. 4. Turn ON the detector. After countdown the pump turns ON and READY. 5. Start measuring. Real-time measurements are shown on the HOME screen. 6. Read this manual and familiarize yourself with the operation. 7. Always be safe with high temp gases and your safe air environment. 8. Before turning OFF, flush/purge the air out the detector by allowing the pump to run for 60 secs to allow fresh air to purge the instrument. 9. Ensure tubing and items are clean before storing as to avoid any contamination, residual odors or toxic gases that may poison the sensor and corrode the internals of the analyzer. FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 4 www.forensicsdetectors.com 3. ANALYZER OPERATION ON/OFF: Press MIDDLE button for 3 seconds. After 60 sec countdown and system self-checks, the gas pump turns ON and then the analyzer operates reading real time detected gas levels show on the HOME DETECTION SCREEN. Start measuring. To turn OFF, press MIDDLE button for 3 seconds. HOME SCREEN: When in normal operation, the Home Screen will appear like below on the left image. In normal ambient fresh air, all sensors should read ZERO except O2 (oxygen) that is normally at 20.9% and CO2 is less than 0.1%. The home screen also shows the time and date. MENU MODE: Press the MIDDLE button to enter the main MENU SCREEN. The menu screen is shown below right. Use LEFT and RIGHT buttons to make your selection, press MIDDLE button to select. Menu option selections are explained in the following sections. HOME SCREEN MENU SCREEN FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 5 www.forensicsdetectors.com HOME SCREEN ICONS Icon Name Symbol Explanation Time and Date Icon GPS Icon Printer Icon Fall Status Icon Communication Icon Air Pump Icon Alarm Icon Battery Level Icon SD / TF Memory Card Icon Displays the current time and date. Can be adjusted from the DateTime menu selection. GPS location option. (Not available) Printer Connection Status Icon. (Not available) Fall Status Icon Indicator. When the unit falls hard the icon will turn RED and the unit will alarm. To reset, hold down the RIGHT button for 2 secs. Communication Icon showing the instrument communication status when communicating. GPS Air Pump Status Icon. When all is normal the icon is GREEN and rotates. When it is blocked and has high resistance it will turn RED with beeping. If this happens in normal operation, calibrate the pump. See PumpCalib in SysSet to execute. Alarm status icon. When gas detection is in the normal state, this icon is GREY. In a low alarm state it is YELLOW and a high alarm state it turns RED. Battery Level Indicator Icon. The battery is divided into four bars. When there is one bar remaining, the icon turns YELLOW and then RED. GREEN indicates it is installed. Grey means it is not installed. NOTE: Other icons present such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Global Roaming are shown on the screen but not currently available. FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 6 www.forensicsdetectors.com PUMP CONTROL AND MUTE: When in the Home Screen, press the left button FUNC selection. This will take you to a screen menu that allows you to control the PUMP and MUTE and BLUETOOTH (future option). Use the MIDDLE button to select and toggle. Turn the PUMP OFF to preserve battery life and pump icon will turn RED. When MUTE is ON the speaker icon will show it muted with a X. GRAPH PLOT SCREEN: When in the Home Screen, press the right button (GRAPH) selection. You will see the concentration of the sensor data being plotted in real-time over 60 seconds. The dashed lines are at the alarm levels that are set/modified by the user. To toggle to another gas plot simply press the left or right button until your gas selection appears. Press the middle button to return to the Home Screen. FUNC SCREEN CURVE PLOT SCREEN (Example O2 plot) FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 7 www.forensicsdetectors.com MENU OPTIONS MENU: To enter the MENU mode, press the middle button when in the HOME Screen. The MENU screen is the photo on the left. MENU SCREEN SYSTEM SET (SysSet) System Set (SysSet): Is a menu to modify some gas analyzer system settings. 1. Language: English or Chinese 2. Backlight: Screen remain ON time (0s means always ON) 3. Theme: Select between White or Black 4. RecMedia: Internal Memory options 5. RecMode: Alarm=records alarm events, Timing=continuously records sensor data at RecTime period, Manual=records data on cue when pressing the left button for 2 seconds. 6. RecTime: Datalogging period, minimum 5seconds 7. ClearRecord: Clears logged data 8. PumpCalib: This is a pump load calibration value. If the pump is under high load (in normal open resistance operation) it will beep to let the user know too much load is occurring. Check for any blockage or kinks. If normal and the pump fan icon is Red (normally it is Green), come to this select and press Calib to save the pump value. Doing so recalibrates the pump to the new no resistance "load" pump conditions 9. PumpFlow: Select your pump flow. 500mL/m is default (adjustable) FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 8 www.forensicsdetectors.com Channel Set (ChanSet): Select the gas sensor to adjust: 1. Enable: Open or Close the sensor (not adjustable) 2. Gas: Shows the sensor type (not adjustable) 3. Unit: Gives a selection of measurement metrics (select: ppm, %vol, etc..). Not all sensor types can be toggled. 4. Resolution: Minimum detection resolution (not adjustable) 5. Range: Sensor maximum detection range (not adjustable) 6. L-Alarm: Low alarm set-point (adjustable) 7. H-Alarm: High alarm set-point (adjustable) 8. T-Alarm: TWA Alarm ON/OFF (adjustable) 9. TWA-TLV: 8-hour Time Weighted Average Threshold Limit Value (adjustable) 10. S-Alarm: 15-minute Short Term Alarm ON/OFF (adjustable) 11. STEL-TLV: 15-minute Short Term Exposure Level Threshold Limit Value (adjustable) SYSTEM SET (SysSet) FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 9 www.forensicsdetectors.com ZERO CALIBRATION Gas Zero Calibration (GasZero): · GasZero should not be used very often - only if for some reason the baseline zero value of the sensor value is flickering or drifting and does not maintain a zero value. · For most sensors, zero calibration can be achieved by exposing the analyzer to Fresh Air. · For oxygen however, you will need to expose the analyzer to pure ZERO nitrogen gas. · Undertake zero calibration periodically between 6-12 months (i.e. every calibration cycle). How to ZERO calibrate? · Select GasZero from the Menu Screen. · Highlight the gas you would like to ZERO. · Expose to ZERO air for 2 minutes. · Use fresh air for H2S, HC, NO, NO2, SO2, CO and %LEL. Make sure the humidity of the air is less than 70%RH. · For CO2 and O2, make sure to expose the analyzer to pure N2 gas. · Maintain a flow of about 0.5L/min to deliver the gas (fresh air or N2) to the analyzer. · Then press ZERO button to confirm the zero value. When complete, "CONFIG SUCCESS" is displayed. FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 10 www.forensicsdetectors.com SPAN CALIBRATION GasCalib: Gas calibration, sometimes called Span Calibration is undertaken to ensure accurate gas concentration reading to ensure that the display reading is accurate and true. The span calibration gas concentration chosen is best chosen to represent the concentration that the sensor typically is exposed to, as to ensure maximum accuracy for daily application usage. If you are not sure of the reference gas concentration to use, always select half the maximum range value, or even better see our recommended calibration gas bottle reference concentration on our website. We recommend calibration to be undertaken every 6-12 months. For analytical and highly specific applications, calibration can be undertaken more often to ensure the highest accuracy. How to SPAN calibrate? · From the MENU SCREEN select GasCalib. · Enter passcode 1111. · Expose to calibration gas for 1-2 mins or until a stable reading occurs. · Press the DOWN right button to select the Gas to Span Calibrate, via highlighting it with the grey line. · Press middle button Calib to enter the calibration gas concentration. Press MIDDLE button >> to enter and SAVE the SPAN calibration. · Config Success! Will appear to confirm calibration was complete. · For O2, simply expose the analyzer to fresh air and calibrate to 20.9%. · When using calibration gas bottles, maintain a flow of about 0.5L/min. · Use an appropriate multigas mixture or single gas mixture is OK. If you are not sure, email us for the recommended calibration gas. See our step-by-step TUTORIAL & YouTube on Calibration https://www.forensicsdetectors.com/pages/fd-600m-1 FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 11 www.forensicsdetectors.com DATA LOGGING (internal memory) This analyzer is able operate and save data to internal memory. The unit comes with a built-in TF Memory Card (512MB) able to store 1,000,000 logs, equivalent to 277 hours at 1 sample/sec. The internal logged data is retrieved by connecting a Type C USB cable to a host computer and viewing the logged *.CSV files, just like one would with an external USB drive. STEP 1: Go to SysSet Menu to setup the datalogging parameters STEP 2: Set RecMedia= TF Card, RedMode=Timing RecTime= (secs) example 5 secs STEP 3: Go to: DataRec to confirm logging is working Select=TF Card then select the Gas STEP 4: Here is the logged data of the respective Gas selected. You are now logging! STEP 5: To retrieve logged data *.CSV files, go to CommSet Menu & select USB STEP 6: Then select Mass Storage STEP 7: Connect the USB cable to your USB computer port and the USB Drive will show in your directory screen STEP 8: You have access to the logged *.CSV files and can manipulate your data as you wish. FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 12 www.forensicsdetectors.com See our step-by-step TUTORIAL YouTube on DATALOGGING https://www.forensicsdetectors.com/pages/fd-600m RECORDING ALARM DATA When alarms are triggered they are automatically recorded with a date and time stamp along with the (min or max) alarm data point. This occurs when the menu item SysSet is selected and within it, parameter RecMode is set to "Alarm". This feature may be useful for safety personnel to keep track of exposures for record keeping and exposure analysis purposes. To retrieve the alarm data logs follow the Step 3 (and onwards) in the previous Datalogging section. CLEAR LOG DATA To clear log data (for datalogging accumulated in TF Memory Card) go to menu item SysSet is selected and within it, parameter ClearRecord then press right button for OK. SYSTEM INFORMATION Sys Info: Summarizes the analyzer specifications. SysReset: Only for factory use. SysUpdate: Software version information. Upgrade only for factory use. 4. BATTERY CHARGING The analyzer has a built-in lithium battery and can be charged via Type C USB cable. USB Charger should be rated >2.0A for fast charging. Before charging, TURN OFF the analyzer to avoid any potential damage. Charging takes about 6 hours. When charging is required the Battery Indicator Icon will be RED. Do not charge the device in a combustible area. FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 13 www.forensicsdetectors.com 5. STORAGE TIPS The analyzer has very sensitive gas sensor elements. When storing the analyzer make sure: · The analyzer is stored in a room temperature environment · Moderate humidity, not exceeding 80%RH with no mechanical vibration · Ensure the environment is not corrosive, no chemical vapors 6. MEASUREMENT & OPERATION · Gas Monitoring: When the analyzer is in the ON state, it is presenting the live, continuously gas sensor concentration readings. The data displayed updates twice per second. · Probe and Filters: Depending on your application, you may require a suitable probe, with a suitable gas filter arrangement. Please make sure you have that for your unique detection application. If you are not sure, consult us and we can make necessary recommendations. · Maximum Concentration: When you have reached the maximum detection limit of the sensor, it will read "HHHH". When this occurs, seek fresh air otherwise the sensor can be damaged and poisoned. · Alarming: The analyzer has configurations for TWA, STEL, Low Alarm, High Alarm and HHHH alarm priorities. When triggered this is displayed in the main menu with each gas sensor measurement box. When all is normal, the box text reads NORM. · Turning Off: Before turning off don't forget to flush/purge the detector by allowing the pump to run for 60 secs to allow clean air to purge. · Tubing and Filters: Ensure tubing and items are clean before storing to avoid contamination, odors or toxic gases that may poison the sensor. · Maintenance Records: Track the purchase date, calibration dates and any maintenance the unit has undertaken. · Calibration: Ensure periodic calibration every 6 months so that the the detector remains within specification. If the calibration period is >6 months, the detector still operates but accuracy will be compromised. · Bump Testing: For life critical situations, like confined space entry, we always recommend daily bump testing. FORENSICS DETECTORSTM 14 www.forensicsdetectors.com ** WARNING** Ø KEEP DETECTOR AWAY FROM ELECTROMAGNETC & MAGNETIC INTERFERENCES (i.e. PHONES & MAGNETS) Ø STORE DETECTOR WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS Ø IF UNWELL, SEEK CLEAN AIR & MEDICAL ATTENTION. Ø FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AS THE DETECTOR IS VERY SENSITIVE Ø TO ENSURE ACCURACY, CALIBRATE DEVICE AT LEAST EVERY 6 MONTHS Ø CHECK AND SET ALARM LEVELS APPROPRIATELY TO AVOID HARMFUL EXPOSURE - CONSULT WITH YOUR SAFETY OFFICER OR WITH STATE/FEDERAL AGENCIES. WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS This product is covered by a one-year limited warranty. This warranty does not cover damage resulting from accident, misuse, disassembly, abuse or lack of reasonable care of the product, or applications not in accordance with the user manual. It does not cover events and conditions outside of our control, such as Acts of God (fire, severe weather etc.). It does not apply to retail stores, service centers or any distributors or agents. We will not recognize any changes to this warranty by third parties. We shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages caused by the breach of any express or implied warranty. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose is limited in duration for 1 year. THIS PRODUCT CANNOT BE REPAIRED IF THE UNIT IS TAMPERED WITH IT WILL INVALIDATE THE GUARANTEE. IF THE UNIT IS FAULTY PLEASE RETURN IT TO YOUR ORIGINAL SUPPLIER WITH YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE. Copyright © 2025, FORENSICS LLC, all rights reserved. FORENSICS, FORENSICS DETECTORS are registered trademarks of FORENSICS LLC. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. 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