EnviroMentor ML-1 User Instructions

Magnetic Field

Logger ML-1

user instructions

English

Postal address: EnviroMentorAB, Box 5124, SE-402 23 Göteborg, Sweden.

Address (visitors): Gamla Almedalsvägen 6, Göteborg. Tel: [phone]. Fax: [phone].

E-mail: [e-mail] Home page: http://www.enviromentor.se

EnviroMentor has both the measuring

instruments and the expertise

EnviroMentor AB is a young, skills-based company, yet is also one of the
oldest in its field. All of our measuring instruments have been developed
in extremely close cooperation with researchers at Chalmers Institute of
Technology in Göteborg. EnviroMentor AB is wholly owned by Radians
Innova AB, a company which in turn is owned by two of Sweden’s most
powerful financial institutions. This combination of excellent skills and
good financial resources provides us with the potential to carry on continual
product development, keeping pace with the latest discoveries made by
researchers. You can find out all about our current range of measuring
instruments for the electrical environment from EnviroMentor’s various
product sheets. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like further
information. You can also visit our home page:
http://www.enviromentor.se

Karlssons Språkservice AB, Gothenburg, Sweden [phone]

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© Copyright Enviromentor AB 1998

The contents of this manual may not be copied or duplicated

without the permission of Enviromentor AB.

Contents

1 Introduction ................................ 3

2 Technical data............................. 5

CE assurance..............................................6

Traceability.................................................6

3 Use............................................. 7

3.1 Menu ..........................................................7

3.2 Setting the clock..........................................8

3.3 Direct measurement....................................8

3.4 Registering readings (Logging)...................9

3.5 Manual registration of the measurement

readings (15-point measurement) ............11

3.6 Transmitting measurement series

(Dumping)................................................12

3.7 Deleting the memory .................................13

3.8 Changing the batteries...............................13

4 Measurement examples ............14

4.1 Direct measurement of magnetic fields......14

4.2 Logging magnetic fields.............................15

4.3 Example of report form for measuring

magnetic fields..........................................16

5 How magnetic fields arise ......... 17

6 References to authorities and

organisations............................ 18

7 Report forms............................. 19

Report form A for measuring/registering

magnetic fields in a room..........................20

Report form for measuring magnetic fields

around an object .......................................22

Report form for measuring magnetic fields around an object

Magnetic field, 30 Hz–2 kHz Measuring equipmen: Magnetic Field Logger
Object: Model: ML-1
Address: Room:
Measured by: Date:
Meas. distance 30 cm 50 cm Comments
0°µT µT
90°µT µT
180°µT µT
270°µT µT

Background field µT µT

Notes

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1 Introduction

Thank you for buying a Magnetic Field Logger
ML-1, from EnviroMentor AB.

The equipment comprises:

• ML-1, measuring instrument for triaxial
measurement of magnetic alternating fields
and registration of measurement series

• User instructions

• Leather case

• Calibration document

• Interface cable

• CE certificate

• Diskette containing software

ML-1 measures and registers the RMS value of the
magnetic alternating field in the X, Y and Z di­rections, irrespective of the direction in which
the instrument is pointing in relation to the magnetic
fields. The instrument stores series of measurements
at intervals of between 1 and 150 seconds, and can
store up to 8,192 readings. This means that you
could take series of readings lasting more than
two weeks without stopping. The measurement
process can be started and stopped at any time ­the instrument stores a measurement series for
every start and stop until the memory is full.

The series of measurements are transmitted to a
computer using the accompanying cable, which
is connected to the RS232 port. The analysis
program enables you to analyse and document
the series of measurements in a way that has
not previously been possible.

The instrument can also be used for direct measure­ment. The reading is displayed on the LCD and up­dated every second. During direct measurement, ML-1
sends out the readings every second via the RS232
port, for transmission to a computer that has com­munication software loaded.

Magnetic Field Logger ML-1
measuring instrument.

Report form for measuring magnetic fields around an object

Magnetic field, 30 Hz–2 kHz Measuring equipment: Magnetic Field Logger
Object: Model: ML-1
Address: Room:
Measured by: Date:

30 cm 50 cm Comments

0°µT µT
90°µT µT
180°µT µT
270°µT µT

Background field µT µT

Notes

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You can use ML-1 whenever you want to meas­ure or document magnetic fields, such as from
electrical installations, power cables, VDUs,
computers and other electrical equipment in the
office, industrial and home environments. Note
however that some of these objects create mag­netic alternating fields that are outside the in­strument’s frequency area.

ML-1 retains all measurement readings, even if
the battery runs out or is removed.

The ML-1 contains a band-pass filter for the
measurement of magnetic fields with a frequen­cy of 50 Hz. The filter can be connected and
disconnected at any time, both for direct meas­urement and logging.

Report form B for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room

Magnetic field, 30 Hz–2 kHz Measuring equipment: Magnetic Field Logger
Object: Model: ML-1
Address: Room:
Measured by: Date:

Direct measurement µT Registration µT

0 m 0.8 m 2 m Start Stop Int. (s) average Max

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Notes

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Measure­ment point

Height above

floor

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2 Technical data

Measurement range 0,05 µT–100 µT
Accuracy ±10 % ±0,05 µT
Frequency range 30 Hz–2 kHz (-3dB)
Band-pass filter 4th sequence, Q-value

3.2, Connection time
3 seconds

Measurement method Triaxial,

RMS effective value
Memory locations 8,192
Measurement interval Manual, 1–150 sec-

onds
Dimensions, L x W x H 152 x 83 x 34 mm
Weight 260 g (incl. batteries)
Batteries 2 x 1.5 V LR6

Lithium batteries

CR 2032 or F2AWS

for the clock
Communication Serial RS232, 9600

baud, 8 bits, no par-

ity, no handshake
Power consumption 38 mA in clock

mode, 25 mA dur-

ing measurement

and 45 mA during

transmission
Temperature range -10 to +50 °C
Other Microprocessor,

10 bit A/D-converter,

three-dimensional

sensor, EEPROM

memory, clock, cal-

endar

Report 98:6A, Magnetic Field Logger © EnviroMentor AB, Gothenburg Sweden

Sketch of the room with measurement points marked.

Report form A for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room

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CE assurance

Our product satisfies the demands of the Low
Voltage and EMC directive as well as the follo­wing EMC standards:

EN 50 081-1:1992 Emissions standard

class B
EN 50 082-1 Immunity standard
Manufacturer EnviroMentor AB

Box 5124

SE-402 23 Gothenburg

Sweden

Traceability

Traceability means that it should be possible to
relate a measurement result to national or inter­national standards via an unbroken chain of
comparisons.

EnviroMentor AB’s ca-

libration system

The Swedish National
Testing and Research

Institute

The Swedish Board

for Accreditation and

Conformity Assess-

ment, SWEDAC

FFV Measurement techn.
Laboratories accredited by SWEDAC in accordance with
Swedish legislation.
The accredited Swedish laboratories satisfy the demands
of SS-45001 (1989) and ISO/IEC standard 25 (1990:E).

Traceability chart.

7 Report forms

On the following pages you will find report form
templates for measuring magnetic fields. Copy
the templates, fill them out and then file them
in a folder. You can then go back and make
comparisons with previous measurements.

Section 4 gives examples of how to carry out
measurements, while subsection 4.3 details how
to fill out the report forms.

Report form for measuring
magnetic fields around an object.

Report form for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room.

Report form for measuring magnetic fields around an object

Magnetic field, 30 Hz–2 kHz Measuring equipment: Magnetic Field Logger
Object: Model: ML-1
Address: Room:
Measured by: Date:

30 cm 50 cm Comments

0°µT µT
90°µT µT
180°µT µT
270°µT µT

Background field µT µT

Notes

Report 98:7, Magnetic Field Logger © EnviroMentor AB, Gothenburg, Sweden

Report 98:6A, Magnetic Field Logger © EnviroMentor AB, Gothenburg Sweden

Sketch of the room with measurement points marked.

Report form A for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room

Report form B for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room

Magnetic field, 30 Hz–2 kHz Measuring equipment: Magnetic Field Logger
Object: Model: ML-1
Address: Room:
Measured by: Date:

Direct measurement µT Registration µT

0 m 0.8 m 2 m Start Stop Int. (s)average Max

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Notes

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Measure­ment point

Height above

floor

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3 Use

3.1 Menu

ML-1 has a menu that you can move around in
using the two function keys. The main menu con­tains four submenus - clock mode, measurement
mode, registration mode and transmission mode.
The full menu tree is shown below. You can use
this for reference purposes once you are familiar
with the instrument. Sections 4 and 5 describe
step by step how to use the various functions.

13:17 Set? __/08/06

Set year

94/__/06

LOGG Loc0001

ClearM?

Int001s

StartL? 00.47**

DUMP StartD?

A

Power on

A

D

DDA

B

B

C

C

A

Sure?

Set
interval

Set day

Set month

etc

Clear memory

Display is blank
while data is being
transferred

Clock mode

Measure mode

Log mode

Dump mode

Left button (MENU/NO)

Right button (VALUE/YES)

00.47uT

00.23uT

50

B

Menu structure in ML-1.

6 References to authorities and organisations

Publication Publisher/Author May be ordered from

Magnetic fields and health
risks based on what we
know

The National Electrical
Safety Board

Elsäkerhetsverket
Box 1371
SE-111 93 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN
Tel. [phone]

Fax. [phone]

Cancer and magnetic fields
in workplace

The Swedish Trade
Union Confederation

LO-distribution
Strömsätragränd 10
SE- 127 35 SKÄRHOLMEN
SWEDEN
Tel. [phone]

Questions and answers about
electric and magnetic fields
associated with the use of
electric power

National Institute of Environ­mental Health Sciences and
U.S. Dep. of Energy

Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Goverment
Printing Office
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20 402
USA
Tel. [phone]

A report of non-ionizing
radiation

Microwave News

Microwave News
Louise Slesin
P.O. Box 1799
Grand Central Station
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10 163
USA
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]

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3.2 Setting the clock

When the instrument has been connected, it
will be in clock mode. To set the clock:

• Press YES. Set? appears in the display.

• Press YES.
YY/MM/DD appears in the display

• Press YES until the correct year is displayed,
then press NO

• Press YES until the correct month is displayed,
then press NO

• Press YES until the correct day is displayed,
then press NO

HH:MM appears in the display

• Press YES until the correct hour is displayed,
then press NO

• Press YES until the correct minute is dis­played, then press NO

The clock is now set (the seconds are always set
to zero) and the instrument reverts to clock mode
in the main menu.

3.3 Direct measurement

• Start up the instrument with the switch

• Press the NO button once.

• Press YES once if you want to disconnect
the 50 Hz filter.

• Press YES again to connect the 50 Hz f ilter.

ML-1 now measures the magnetic fields and dis­plays the effective value in µT. This value is up­dated at 1 second intervals. ML-1 can be pointed
in any direction in relation to the magnetic field
source as it has a three-dimensional sensor. “50”
appears in front of the measurement reading in
the display if the filter is connected.

The Q-value of the band-pass filter
is 3.2, which means that the signal is
attenuated approximately 30 times
at 150 Hz.

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A modern office has many sources
of magnetic fields.

5 How magnetic fields arise

Magnetic fields are caused by electrical cur­rents and always occur in continuous closed
paths around the currents that cause them. A
live conductor gives rise to a magnetic field,
the strength of which is always proportional to
the current in the conductor. Magnetic fields
are usually depicted with the aid of field lines.
The strength of the magnetic field is constant
along the conductor in closed paths around the
live conductor. In the event of other sources,
magnetic fields tend to have a complicated ap­pearance which usually cannot be calculated
but have to be measured instead. The unit used
to measure the magnetic flux density is called
the tesla [T]. Magnetic fields can be caused by
electrical devices and installation cables. In cer­tain cases, stray currents can give rise to mag­netic fields. In Sweden, for example, the elec­tricity systems generally entail four conductors
leading to each building, which can result in
major problems with currents of this type. The
decay current can pass through the neutral con­ductor as intended, but it can also pass through
the earth conductor and into the plumbing pipe­work to the transformer’s earth point. This in­creases the magnetic field both along the path
of the stray current and along the supply cable.
It is also commonplace for stray currents to ex­ist in computer networks. As well as causing
magnetic fields, they can also lead to communi­cation problems. In industrial environments,
common sources include welding equipment,
electric motors and cable clusters.

Straight con­ductor, I =1A

At 1 m from the conductor, the
magnetic flux density is 0.2 µT.

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3.3.1 Transmission during direct measurement

During direct measurement, the readings are
transmitted via the RS232 port at one second
intervals. The readings can be received by a
computer with communication software or
some similar terminal program. In the compu­ter, the readings are stored as a text file on the
hard disk. From there, they can be imported
into a calculation program and used to produce
diagrams or statistical calculations for the
measurement. Connect the accompanying cable
between RS232 on the instrument and one of
the ports (COM 1, COM 2 or COM 3) on the
computer. The settings for the communication
software are listed in subsection 3.3.2 below.

3.3.2 Transmission protocol during direct
measurement

During direct measurement, the readings are trans­mitted as in the following example: 01.75 01.74

012.0, i.e. ML-1 separates each reading with a space.

Most communication programs can receive meas­urement data, e.g. Terminal in Windows.

3.4 Registering readings (Logging)

• Start up the instrument

• Press NO twice. LOGG appears.

• Press YES. LocXXXX shows how many

memory locations have been used. Loc8192
means that the memory is full.

• Press NO. ClearM appears.

• Press NO if you want to store additional val-

ues or YES if you want to delete the memo­ry. IntXXX now appears, which is the current
measurement interval.

• Press YES until the desired interval is dis-

played. You can select from Manual, 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 100 and 150 seconds.

Software settings:
Transfer speed 9600 baud
Data bits 8
Parity none
Flow regulation/

handshake none
You also have to select the correct

serial communications port in the
software (COM1, COM2…).

Maximum measuring time at
different measurement intervals [s].

[s] max. measuring time

1 2 hour 17 mins
2 4 hours 23 mins
3 6 hours 50 mins
4 9 hours 6 mins

5 11 hours 23 mins
10 22 hours 46 mins
20 1 day 21 hours 46 mins
40 3 days 19 hours 12 mins
80 7 days 14 hours 24 mins

100 9 days 11 hours 34 mins
150 14 days 5 hours 20 mins

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Photocopier
1 North Street Porter’s office
J. Smith 10 March 1995

20 10 During copying
30 10
40 20
30 10

33

The background fields are OK, but perhaps should
screen off the copier or rearrange the furniture.

Example of a completed report form for measuring
magnetic fields around an object.

5. Conclude registration after e.g. a day and
continue in the same manner with the other
measurement points.

4.3 Example of report form for

measuring magnetic fields

When you measure magnetic fields, you should pro­duce a report form which can act as a basis for any
remedial action. Below is an example of a comple­ted report form. Report form templates which you
can copy can be found at the back of these user ins­tructions. Once you have filled out the forms, they
should be filed in a folder. You can then go back and
make comparisons with previous measurements.

Report form for measuring magnetic fields around an object

Magnetic field, 30 Hz–2 kHz Measuring equipment: Magnetic Field Logger
Object: Model: ML-1
Address: Room:
Measured by: Date:

30 cm 50 cm Comments

0°µT µT
90°µT µT
180°µT µT
270°µT µT

Background field µT µT

Notes

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• Press NO when you have selected the inter­val. StartL? now appears.

• Press YES to start registration.

• Press YES once if you want to connect the
50 Hz filter.

• Press YES again to disconnect the 50 Hz f ilter.

ML-1 now measures the magnetic field and up­dates the reading in the display at the selected
interval. After the reading, ** appears, which
indicates that registration is in progress. When
the 50 Hz filter is connected, “50” appears in
front of the measurement reading in the display.
When connecting and disconnecting the filter,
it takes approximately 3 seconds for the read­ing to stabilise.

• Press NO if you want to interrupt registra­tion. The instrument reverts to the measure­ment mode in the main menu.

Y ou can no w commence a ne w measurement series,
provided you have sufficient memory space. Press
NO until LOGG appears, then repeat the above
procedure. If you want, you can select a different
interval. The maximum measuring time depends
on the measurement interval you have selected.
The table to the left shows the maximum measuring
times for measurement series with different intervals.

Note!

The instrument retains the
stored readings, even if the
batteries run out or are re­moved.

ML-1 connected to a computer.

Example of completed report form for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room.

wardrobe

desk

1

2

3

4

0.01 0.02 0.01 19:30 07:30 150 0.02 0.05

0.02 0.03 0.01 18:30 06:30 150 0.01 0.03

0.2 0.02 0.01 18:00 06:00 150 0.05 0.21

0.3 0.02 0.01 18:15 06:15 150 0.03 0.3

0.02 0.01 0 19:10 07:10 150 0.015 0.02

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3 High Street 123
P. Jones 13 May 1998

some distance away, and magnetic fields can
penetrate almost all building materials.

4.2 Logging magnetic fields

Below is a suggestion as to how to measure the
variations in the magnetic field in a room with­in the frequency range 30 Hz to 2,000 Hz.

1. Draw a sketch of the room and mark the points
where you want to register the variations in
the field strength.

2. Check that the clock is set and that the battery
is charged.

3. Position the instrument at measurement point
1, mark this on the sketch and note the start
time on the report form.

4. Set the measurement interval and start the
registration process (see subsection 3.4).

Report 98:6A, Magnetic Field Logger © EnviroMentor AB, Gothenburg Sweden

Sketch of the room with measurement points marked.

Report form A for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room

Report form B for measuring/registering magnetic fields in a room

Magnetic field, 30 Hz–2 kHz Measuring equipment: Magnetic Field Logger
Object: Model: ML-1
Address: Room:
Measured by: Date:

Direct measurement µT Registration µT

0 m 0.8 m 2 m Start Stop Int. (s)average Max

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

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10
11
12

Notes

Report 98:6B, Magnetic Field Logger © EnviroMentor AB, Gothenburg, Sweden

Measure­ment point

Height above

floor

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Example of the presentation of a 15-point measurement in the “Field Analyzer” program.

3.5 Manual registration of the
measurement readings
(15-point measurement)

Set the interval manually and start registration as
described in subsection 3.4. ML-1 will now meas­ure the magnetic field and update the measure­ment reading in the display at 1 second intervals.

In the display, *> appears after the measurement read­ing, which indicates that ML-1 is in standby mode.

• Press YES to register the f irst point. The display

now shows 01 after the measurement reading
for a short while before reverting to *>.

• Press YES ag ain to re gister the second point, and

the display will show 02. When the 15th and last
point has been registered, the instrument will re­vert automatically to the LOGG menu.

4 Measurement examples

4.1 Direct measurement of magnetic fields

Below is a suggestion as to how to measure the
magnetic field in a room within the frequency
range 30 Hz to 2,000 Hz.

1. Start by carrying out a preliminary measure­ment with all the pieces of electrical equip­ment switched on and make a rough estimate
of what field sources are present in the room.
Draw a sketch of the room. Then measure a
number of points at 1-3 metre intervals and
write down the values measured on the sketch.
Measure the magnetic field at floor level as
well as at 0.8 and 2 meters above the floor.

2. Then carry out a measurement with all the
electrical apparatus in the room switched off
to get an idea of the extent of the background
fields in the room. Remember that it is proba­bly not sufficient simply to switch off the pie­ces of apparatus - you will usually need to un­plug them in order to completely eliminate the
fields. In some cases, the background magnet­ic fields can be more powerful than the mag­netic fields from the apparatus in the room.

3. Connect the pieces of apparatus one at a time
and measure the magnetic fields in the direc­tions 0°, 90°, 180° and 270° at distances of
30 cm and 50 cm from the outer edge of the
piece of apparatus in question or in the direc­tion the operator is facing (see figure) . Sum­marise the measurement readings in a report
form. An example of how to fill out a report
form can be found on page 16. You must not
subtract the background values of the mag­netic fields from the measured values. They
should always be noted as a comparison.

4. Analyse the measurement readings and ass­ess the need for remedial action, such as rear­ranging the furniture in the room and/or mo­ving pieces of electrical apparatus. The sour­ces of the magnetic fields may be located

50 cm

50 cm

Overhead view.

Side view.

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3.6 Transmitting measurement

series (Dumping)

To transmit measurement series to a computer:

• Connect ML-1 to the computer using the accompany­ing cable and the adapter if required. Use the COM 1,
COM 2 or COM 3… port on the computer.

• Start up the instrument.

• Press NO three times. DUMP appears.

• Press YES. StartD appears.

• Start up the “Field analyzer” program on the
computer

• Select instrument ML-1.

• Select the “Communication” menu.

• Select the correct serial communication port
(COM 1, COM 2 or COM 3…) in the software

• Select “Communication” again

• Select “Start ML-1 dump”.

• Name the file. The pr o gram is now ready to
receive series of measurements.

• Press YES on ML-1. Transmission starts imme­diately. The display remains blank while trans­mission is in progress. Transmission takes place
at a rate of around 50 readings a second. Once
transmission is completed, the instrument reverts
to transmission mode in the main menu.

3.6.1 Transmission protocol during dumping

Data transmission during dumping comprises
ASCII characters, i.e. normal text in accordance
with the following:

Every measurement series begins with a plus sign.
At a 100 second interval, “00” appears in the display,
at 150 seconds “50” appears and during manual
logging “15” appears.

This is followed by the start time, date and interval
for the measurement series as well as a space. These
are followed by the readings in µT, separated by spaces.
A complete series is concluded with a space, with
the next series beginning with a plus sign. The final
series is concluded with an asterisk.

Note!

The analysis program can
process a maximum of 99
measurement series.

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Example:
[phone] 00.08 00.07 00.06 ……
……00.10 +020915079740 00.05 00.45 …00.33 *

indicates that the first measurement series began
at 15.30 on 14/07/1997 with a measurement in­terval of 1 second and produced the readings 0.08 µT;

0.07 µT; 0.06 µT… 0.1 µT, while the final measure-
ment series began at 09.02 the following day with
a measurement interval of 40 seconds and pro­duced the series 0.05 µT; 0.45 µT … 0.33 µT.

3.7 Deleting the memory

Once you have transmitted the readings to the com­puter, it may be a good idea to delete the memory .

• Follow the instructions under point 3.4 (reg­istering readings) until Clear? appears.

• Press YES. Sure? appears.

• Press YES. The memory has now been deleted.

• Press NO twice to revert to the measurement
mode in the main menu.

3.8 Changing the batteries

When the battery symbol is displayed to the left
of the measurement reading, the batteries should
be replaced (2 x 1.5 V LR6). If the batteries run
out while logging is in progress, the logging proc­ess will be interrupted but the readings will be
saved. If the batteries start to run low while ML-1
is connected to a computer via the interface cable,
it may be impossible to exit the direct measure­ment mode. This is because power consumption
is considerably higher during transmission. In this
case, the instrument goes back up in the menu in
order to prevent transmission errors. Disconnect
the RS232 cable and check that it is possible to
move forward to the DUMP mode in the menu. If
the problem recurs when you reconnect the cable,
the batteries should be replaced. The instrument
has an integral back-up battery that enables you to
replace the batteries without losing any data.

Battery symbol.

Note!

Remember that power con­sumption is considerably
greater when the RS232 port
is in use.