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16 Aug

Posted at August 16, 2022 in Air Quality Management, Air Quality Monitoring, Blog, Dust Monitoring

 Drew Dintaman: Welcome, everyone. My name is Drew Dintaman. I'm from Aeroqual. I'd like to welcome you to the very first episode of the Air Quality Matters video series, where we're going to talk about all things air quality that matter to you. My first guest on this interview series is going to be Mick Pocock from Specto Technology. So Mick, how are you doing? Mick Pocock: Thank you very much for having me on your show. Looking forward to speaking about all things air quality and some current topics at the moment:...

30 May

Posted at May 30, 2022 in Air Quality Management, Air Quality Monitoring, Blog, Dust Monitoring

 Today we're going to show you how to configure your Aeroqual Ranger alerts and what happens if you reach an exceedance. Press and hold the left arrow key, and it will take you into the settings menu Scroll down to the alarms Press the right arrow key or the center button, and it will take you into the alarm section Configure your trigger and your warning levels, along with the volume Pres and hold the left key to go back to the main menu If you go into an environment...

30 May

Posted at May 30, 2022 in Air Quality Management, Air Quality Monitoring, Blog, Dust Monitoring

 One of the main benefits of the Aeroqual Ranger is that you can now view your data on Aeroqual Cloud. The first step in getting the device connected to Aeroqual Cloud is to configure the wifi. To do this: Enter the settings menu by holding the left arrow key Scroll to the wifi menu Turn the access point on This will enable the access point, and the prompt will tell you what your access point name is along with the password Go into your browser, type the web address in to...

30 May

Posted at May 30, 2022 in Air Quality Management, Air Quality Monitoring, Blog, Dust Monitoring

 Today we're going to show you some of the features of our new Aeroqual Ranger. We can plug in a sensor head and it will start reading data right away. Start on a splash screen and press any button to continue. This will allow you to take readings. One of the improvements with the Ranger is that you can now hot swap sensor heads. So without turning the device off, you can remove one sensor head, plug in a different one, and it will immediately start taking readings with that...

30 May

Posted at May 30, 2022 in Air Quality Management, Air Quality Monitoring, Blog, Dust Monitoring

 Aeroqual Ranger from Specto Technology can now report AQIs for specific pollutants. Currently, we only have an AQI programmed for a PM2.5 channel. In the near future, we'll be releasing different gases and particulates. To access the PM2.5 AQI: Go into Settings - Menu Scroll down to AQI If it's not already on, turn it on and pick a specific index. Once the AQI is turned on, press and hold the left arrow key to go back to the main menu By either pressing left or right, you can scroll through...

15 Feb

Posted at February 15, 2022 in Blog

Today we're going to be assembling 350 watt solar panel brackets. Before we get started, here are the things that are included: three solar panels (150 watts a piece), eleven brackets total, three hardware bags, and  instructions. You'll need your own tools and U-bracket, U-bolt brackets,  screws and nuts for mounting this to a pole. Loosely assemble the brackets that are going onto the pole in which you'll be mounting the solar panels. To do that, you take each of the angle brackets and put them on the end of...

02 Jan

Posted at January 2, 2022 in Blog

Today, we're going to show you how to set up an automated noise monitoring system out of the case in just a few minutes. Our enclosure has our noise monitoring system inside. Slip that on the tripod with the brackets and tighten them. Take the solar panel and slip it on the back of the tripod and tighten. Adjust the angle of your solar panel to about 30 degrees and point it south. Put the weatherproof microphone on top of the tripod. You want it to be around four to...

02 Jan

Posted at January 2, 2022 in Blog

Today we're going to show you how to set up our Sonitus Automated Noise Monitoring System using one of our many types of tripods. This version is our most portable tripod in one piece. Tighten the bottom, extend the panel and tighten again. Now we have our tripod in place. Charge the 10-day battery pack. It can be charged overnight, taking about five hours on AC power that plugs into the wall. Inside the case, you have your class one sound level monitor microphone with a weatherproof windshield. Thread the...

02 Jan

Posted at January 2, 2022 in Blog

Today we're going to show you how to calibrate your Sonitus Sound Level Monitor. Log into Sonitus Cloud. This is an automated calibration. The monitor will do it by itself. We just have to put our calibrator on top of the microphone. Take off the windshield on the microphone and place our calibrator firmly on the microphone top. Make sure it's all the way in. Press the button, making sure that we're on 94 decibels. You can be at 94 or 114. Leave that on for a minute while going...

02 Jan

Posted at January 2, 2022 in Blog

Today, we're introducing you to our automated Vaisala Ultrasonic Weather Station, which provides weather data such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed, direction, and rainfall. There are no moving parts, and it's very easy to service with the Vaisala on top. We have it connected to our WASP Datalogger that sends data automatically to our Eagle AO Data Management System online. You can look at all of your data there from the weather station. It uses a very small 3-watt solar panel. Since it is very compact, it could be...