Chapter 1, General Description - MSA Altair QuickCheck Mode D'emploi

Chapter 1,
General Description
• The Altair QuickCheck Station is designed to
test the Altair and Altair Pro Single Gas
Detectors, verifying:
• instrument response to gas (bump check)
• alarm functionality.
• The Test Station:
• uses a microphone
to detect the audible alarm
• electronically checks the instrument's
visual LED alarm and
standard vibrating alarm
• tests the instrument's response to a
known concentration of gas
• is compatible with:
• all three Altair Detector versions:
• CO, H 2 S and O 2
• Altair Pro Detector versions:
• O 2 , CO, CO Steel, CO Fire,
H 2 S, HCN, Cl 2 ,
ClO 2 , SO 2 , NO 2 and NH 3
• has three LED indicators:
• Alarm Test LED
• Gas Test LED
• Pass/Fail and Confidence Pulse LED
(indicates unit is receiving power).
NOTE: The Altair and Altair Pro instruments
record the date, time, and result of a bump
test internally in their event recorder:
• 25 events are stored in the
Altair Detector
• 50 events are stored in the
Altair Pro Detector.
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ITEM
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
1 REGULATOR (sold separately - manual version)
2 GAS CYLINDER (sold separately)
3 ALTAIR INSTRUMENT (sold separately)
4 TEST STATION HOUSING
5 ALARM TEST LED
6 GAS TEST LED
7 PASS/FAIL LED
Figure 1-1. Altair QuickCheck Station
Components
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