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There are several steps during the measurement: the transducer calibration, the background noise measurement and the source noise measurement. | There are several steps during the measurement: the transducer calibration, the background noise measurement and the source noise measurement. | ||
1. Start the background noise measurement process by clicking on the | 1. Start the background noise measurement process by clicking on the [[Image:SOUND_POWER_59.png]] button. A dialog is displayed that warns you in case your microphones have not been calibrated today. | ||
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button. A dialog is displayed that warns you in case your microphones have not been calibrated today. | |||
[[Image:SOUND_POWER_60.png|framed|none]] | [[Image:SOUND_POWER_60.png|framed|none]] | ||
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2. Calibrate your microphones | 2. Calibrate your microphones | ||
3. When the calibration is OK, click on the | 3. When the calibration is OK, click on the [[Image:SOUND_POWER_61.png]]button in order to initialize the background noise measurement process (the background noise measurement does not start by clicking on this button). | ||
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button in order to initialize the background noise measurement process (the background noise measurement does not start by clicking on this button). | |||
4. To start the measurement, click on the | 4. To start the measurement, click on the [[Image:SOUND_POWER_62.png]] button from the '''Measurement Panel''' (the status bar indicates "Running..."). The measurement lasts 15 seconds (as defined in the first lesson of the tutorial). When the averaging is finished, wait for the results download (the status bar indicates "Getting results..."). | ||
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button from the '''Measurement Panel''' (the status bar indicates "Running..."). The measurement lasts 15 seconds (as defined in the first lesson of the tutorial). When the averaging is finished, wait for the results download (the status bar indicates "Getting results..."). | |||
5. Click on the | 5. Click on the [[Image:SOUND_POWER_63.png]] button in order to initialize the source noise measurement process (the source noise measurement does not start by clicking on this button). | ||
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button in order to initialize the source noise measurement process (the source noise measurement does not start by clicking on this button). | |||
6. To start the measurement, click on the | 6. To start the measurement, click on the [[Image:SOUND_POWER_64.png]] button from the '''Measurement Panel''' (the status bar indicates "Running...") until the end of the measurement (Run1-Step1, Run2-Step1, Run3-Step1, Run1-Step2, Run2-Step2, Run3-Step2). | ||
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button from the '''Measurement Panel''' (the status bar indicates "Running...") until the end of the measurement (Run1-Step1, Run2-Step1, Run3-Step1, Run1-Step2, Run2-Step2, Run3-Step2). | |||
'''Note:''' As you have selected 2 steps (it means that you have not enough microphones to do the measurement in one step) in the measurement process, you will have to change either the microphone positions or to move the source between the 2 steps. | '''Note:''' As you have selected 2 steps (it means that you have not enough microphones to do the measurement in one step) in the measurement process, you will have to change either the microphone positions or to move the source between the 2 steps. | ||