Radiation Monitor

The Radiation Monitor/Student Radiation Monitor has unique setup procedures.
 

Connecting the Radiation Monitor

Connect the Radiation Monitor to the digital inputs of your interface (DIG 1 or 2 on LabQuest, DIG/SONIC 1 or 2 on LabPro).

Note: The Radiation Monitor does not have the auto-ID feature and must be set up manually.
 
Once the Radiation Monitor is set up in the Sensor Setup window, the sensor status will be shown. The reading will be in Counts. The status of the Radiation Monitor is also displayed under the Toolbar. 

Setting Up the Radiation Monitor

The default collection interval for the Radiation Monitor is one sample every five seconds.  The count interval can be set in the data collection dialog box (as in samples/sec; at ten samples per second, the count interval is 0.1 s).

 1.  If you plan on collecting in entry and selected events mode, click on the sensor icon and select Count Interval. The following window will appear:

 2.  Enter the new interval. The interval can be changed to milliseconds, seconds, minutes, or hours.
 3. Click OK when done.