Dust Monitoring: Difference between revisions

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-Dean Anderson brought in a Dylos dust monitor. As of 1/11/2015, it was believed to be in the shop next to where Ed's bench-top drill press was.
+Dean Anderson brought in a Dylos dust monitor. As of 10/18/2017, it is on the shelf next to the Hot Metals laptop, in the Hot Metals area.
+== Documentation ==
 * http://www.dylosproducts.com/downloads.html
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 * [http://www.sylvane.com/media/documents/products/dc1100-com-port-option.pdf Serial Port information]
-We would like to connect ot our dust monitor and make it trackable online or in a database. It seems to just be a serial terminal output.
+== Interpreting the Data ==
+* Left Number: Small Particles per .01 cubic feet of air
+* Right Number: Large Particles per .01 cubic feet of air
+* Small Paricles: >1micron
+* Large Particles: >5microns
+From the manual, this is how to interpret the big number.
+{| class=wikitable
+!Small Particle Count
+!Rating
+|-
+|1000+
+|Very Poor
+|-
+|350-1000
+|Poor
+|-
+|100-350
+|Fair
+|-
+|50-100
+|Good
+|-
+|25-50
+|Very Good
+|-
+|0-25
+|Excellent
+|}
 [[Category:Future Things Bus Data Sources]]