Turnkey iVIBE Outdoor Installation

iVIBE Outdoor Installation, Issue 4, MJL, Nov 2016

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iVIBE® Outdoor Installation

The contents of the Outdoor Installation Kit are illustrated below.

Heavy Duty Tripod

Tripod Star

Microphone Boom Arm

5-meter Booted Cable

Microphone Clip

Water Resistant Windscreen

Microphone Weather Shield

Pair of Sandbags

Wall Bracket

Shield Clamp and M8x16 screw

Please contact Turnkey Instruments Ltd if any parts are missing

When being used outside, it is very important that the microphone and other parts and
connectors of the equipment are properly protected from water, rain, snow, wind and other
harsh weather conditions. The Outdoor Installation Kit has been especially developed for this
purpose.

The microphone may be fitted to the heavy duty tripod and boom or the wall bracket. Always
assess the likely impact of adjacent walls and buildings on the free field performance of the
microphone.

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Installation Site

When choosing a site, account should be taken of ease of access and risk of damage or loss of
monitoring equipment.

The following locations should be avoided, wherever possible:

 areas where voids could affect the monitoring results, e.g. a hollow area beneath a

concrete pavement; and

 areas where loose or poorly compacted fill could affect the monitoring results, e.g. on the

berm of a slope, or close to concrete steps or surface drainage channels

DO NOT place iVIBE on a loose paving slab for this may move independently, giving rise to higher
readings than those to which the adjacent structure is being subjected.

DO NOT place a brick, or similar heavy object, on top of the iVIBE. There is a very strong chance
that it will lead to higher readings. Its centre of gravity will be raised and the object may well
move independently of iVIBE giving spurious readings.

DO NOT drop the microphone. This is a precision item and must be handled carefully.

DO NOT drop the iVIBE seismic body. Damage to the accelerometers could be the result.

DO prevent iVIBE from being knocked or disturbed by objects, people or animals and thus
giving false readings.

DO check daily that equipment has not been disturbed.

When using iVIBE to monitor vibration only, the instructions regarding the tripod and
microphone placement may be ignored.

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Tripod Installation on Hard Ground

Please note the central hook underneath the tripod’s top plate will not take heavy weights.

When erecting the Tripod onto a slippery surface or on hard ground such as Tarmac or Asphalt
you must attach the Tripod Star to all three legs of the tripod to prevent the legs from splaying
apart. Proceed as follows:

1. Position Tripod and Tripod Star in desired location with legs through the open elastic

loops as shown.

2. Detach elastic loop from tripod star leg, double the loop over and fit onto the tripod leg

as far up the yellow spiked foot as you can, repeat on other two legs.