I The RadiaCode for Android

Contents
Chapter I Introduction 1
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1 Safety engineering 2
Safety.......................................................................................................................
warning 2
Precautionary
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measures 2

Chapter II Quick start 3

Chapter III If the application cannot find the device... 7

Chapter IV Main Screen 9

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1 Graph Displaying 14
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2 Graph settings 16
Chapter V Log 18
Chapter VI Spectrum 22
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1 Background Usage and Spectra Library 26
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2 Displaying isotope information 28
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3 View tab 29
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4 Export and import of spectra 30
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5 Calibrating the energy scale of the device 30
Chapter VII Spectrogram 34
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1 Spectrogram Library 38
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2 Spectrum histogram 39
Chapter VIII Activity 41
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1 Measurement of sample activity in a container 44
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2 Point source activity measurement 45
Chapter IX Map and tracks 47
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1 Map settings 52
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2 Pseudo tracks 56
Chapter X Devices 58
Chapter XI Application settings 60
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1 Expert settings 62
Chapter XII Device Settings 64
Chapter XIII App widgets 66
Chapter XIVFolders in the libraries 69

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Chapter XV Feedback 73
Index 0

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1 Introduction

This section contains introductory information about the application. RadiaCode and its joint use
with the device RadiaCode-101.

One can download the documentation in PDF format here.

1.1 Safety engineering

Read the instructions before using the device.

Safety warning
Precautionary measures

1.1.1 Safety warning

· Store the device out of the reach of children and pets. To avoid accidents, keep the device and
accessories out of the reach of children and pets.

· Do not use the device in a potentially explosive or flammable environment. Keep the
appliance switched off at refueling points and near containers of flammable liquids. Do not store or
carry flammable liquids, gases, or explosives in the same compartment as the device, its parts, or
accessories.

· Have the device repaired by qualified personnel only. Do not disassemble it yourself.

1.1.2 Precautionary measures

· Read the operating instructions before using the device.
· Protect your device from extreme temperatures (below -20 °C or above 45 °C). Too high or too
low temperatures reduce the storage capacity and shorten its service life.
· Do not use defective chargers.
· Do not grip the device strongly in your hand, press the buttons lightly.
· Avoid getting the appliance wet. Moisture can cause serious damage to the device. Moisture
penetration into the device will void the manufacturer's warranty.
· Do not use or store the device in dirty areas.
· External shocks and rough handling can seriously damage the electronics of the device.
· The action of the electromagnetic field can damage the device. Avoid exposing the device to
strong electromagnetic fields.
· Electronic and household appliances, cordless telephones can interfere with the operation of the
device.
· If you brought the package with the device from frost to a warm room, leave it warm for two hours
without opening. Otherwise, moisture condensation may cause malfunction of the device.
· Handle the device with care, the display is made of glass and can be broken if not handled
carefully.
· Do not disconnect the device from the computer while the firmware is being updated. An attempt
to disrupt the download process may lead to a malfunction of the device, which must be rectified
only at the service center.

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2 Quick start
Connecting the application to the RadiaCode device

Before starting to work with the device, make sure that the power of the device is turned on.

When you start the application for the first time, it will automatically open device selection dialog.
You can connect to the device via Bluetooth and USB interfaces. To connect the device to a
phone/tablet via USB, you need to use an On-The-Go (OTG) cable.

Warning! To connect the RadiaCode device to your smartphone via Bluetooth, you do not
need to perform the device pairing procedure via your smartphone's Bluetooth settings.
You do not need to enter any connection codes either.

Tap the “Bluetooth” label. If Bluetooth is not enabled in your phone, the application will ask you to
enable it. Confirm that you allow the app to turn on Bluetooth. If your phone does not support
Bluetooth version 4.0 (Android OS version is less than 5.1), a corresponding message will be
displayed. The device cannot be operated with such a telephone via the Bluetooth interface.

Additionally, the app requires location access permission to function. This is a requirement of the
Android OS to work with Bluetooth Low Energy.

Soon, the device name will appear in the “Choose device” field. “RadiaCode-101". This means that
the application has found the device via the Bluetooth interface. Detection may take some time.
Leave the “Remember selected device” checkbox enabled, and subsequently the application will

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connect with the device automatically. If the application does not find the device for a long time, try
following these recommendations.

Tap the “OK” button at the bottom of the screen. Will open app home screen. Communication with
the device will be established and the device will be initialized, which will take a few seconds.

Once initialized, the application will continuously receive data from the device, even if there is
another application in the foreground. The activity of the application is indicated by the icon in the
notification area of the phone/tablet:

If you lower the notification curtain, you can see that the current values of the count rate and dose
rate are displayed in the information field of the device:

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Tapping this field in the curtain opens the application RadiaCode.

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3 If the application cannot find the device...

There may be situations, when the application cannot connect with the device via Bluetooth or the
connection with the device is unstable. In this case:

· Make sure that the RadiaCode app is allowed to access the location in any mode. This is a
requirement of the Android system for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to work in the background.
· If the app reports that it needs all the permissions requested, even though permissions have
already been granted, restart your smartphone.
· Turn off Bluetooth in your smartphone and turn it on again.
· Turn off Bluetooth in the device via its menu and turn it on again:

· Reportedly, some models of smartphones may have interference between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
modules, so you can try turning off Wi-Fi in your smartphone. The effect appears in particular on
the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10.
· If other Bluetooth devices are connected to your smartphone, disconnect them.
· If possible, check the operation of the application with the device on another smartphone.
According to our statistics, connection problems most often occur on Huawei smartphones and
related models.
· Check the power-saving settings for the RadiaCode app in your smartphone settings.
· If the app says that it needs to provide all the permissions, even though they are already
provided, restart your smartphone.
· There are reports that on later versions of the Android system, communication with the device
may be temporarily interrupted at intervals of about 10 minutes. If this is the case, you can try the
following:
ь Turn on developer mode in the smartphone settings. You can find how to do this on the
Internet.
ь Go to the "For Developers" settings, find there the following settings and set them as shown in
the picture:

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4 Main Screen

Screen fragments:

The application name, its version and

the version of the device firmware, if it
is connected. If an app update is
available on GooglePlay, the version
number will be displayed in yellow.

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If the device firmware requires an

update, the firmware version number
will be displayed in yellow. The device
firmware is included in the application
itself, so the application knows both
the device firmware version and the
firmware version for which the
application is designed.

It is possible that the device has a

newer firmware version than the one
for which the application is designed.
This happens when the device
firmware has already been updated via
RadiaCode for Windows and the app
hasn't been updated yet. In this case,
the firmware number is displayed in
red and the application should be
updated to GooglePlay, otherwise the
correct operation of the application
with the device is not guaranteed.

The main menu item “About

RadiaCode" gives information about
the version of the application and
firmware, as well as their
correspondence to one another.
Current status of the device and
application: location, status and
strength of the Bluetooth signal,
temperature of the device.
If the location icon is gray, then the
application does not write the current
location to the database, either
because this option is disabled in the
application settings, or because it is
impossible to determine the location.

Tapping this icon opens the main

menu of the application.

This button at the top of the screen

opens a dialog for quick settings of the
device - control of sound, light
indication, vibration, etc.
This button at the top of the screen
becomes visible and blinks when the
alarm threshold is exceeded, if the
device sounds are enabled. Tapping
this button mutes the alarm until either
an alarm of a higher level occurs, or
the alarm ends and reappears. The
same is done by pressing the round
button on the device body.

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Application page switcher. In addition

to the main page, there is also a page
for viewing measurement log, page to
display photon energy spectrum and
spectrum view page from spectra
libraries. Pages can be switched by
tapping the page title.

In the application settings, you can

choose whether to display text or
icons as bookmark headers. The icons
might be more convenient because
they all fit on the same screen.
The value of the emission dose
accumulated over the specified time
interval. On the right side of this field
there is a button to restart the dose
accumulation (the value of the
accumulated dose is reset to zero).

Pulse count rate graph. At the top of

the graph, the start and end date/time
of the data section loaded into the
application memory from the database
are displayed in blue. This piece of
data is available for display on graphs.

At the top right, the current value of

the counting rate is displayed - the
number of emission pulses recorded
by the device's sensor in one second
or one minute, depending on the
selected settings.

The time scale is displayed above the

X-axis, on the graph it is 4 minutes.
That is, the graph displays data for 4
minutes. The scale can be changed
using the “+” and “-” buttons next to
the graph, as well as the pinch
gesture. For more details see Graph
Displaying.

The X-axis displays the calendar time

corresponding to the beginning and
end of the graph. If the time
corresponds to the current day
(“today”), then the date is not
displayed, otherwise the date will be
displayed above the time.

If the graph displays the most recent

data that correspond to real time, then
on the right, in a lighter color, live data
are displayed that have been read by
the device from its sensor, but have

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not yet been processed (data

processing and filtering algorithms
require a certain amount of
accumulated data for processing).
Already processed and filtered values
are displayed in green on the graph.

In Graph settings, you can specify

whether the application should always
connect points on the graph with a
line. You can set the time interval in
such a way that points on the graph
that are spaced from each other in
time by a value greater than the
interval will not be connected by a line,
but will be displayed with breaks.

Dose rate graph. The units of

measurement are selected in the
device settings. When an alarm
occurs, the dose rate value is
displayed in the color corresponding to
the alarm.

The alarm levels are displayed with

horizontal colored lines.

Vertical colored lines with a circle at

the top indicate when alarms
occurred.

The dose rate graph is time

synchronized with the count rate
graph.

Toggles the displayed graphs: either

the count rate, or the dose rate, or
both.

Opens graph settings.

Search for the previous/next piece of

data after a break in time.

A long tap of the button moves to the

very beginning or, respectively, to the
very end of the graph.
Increase or decrease the time scale.

A long tap of the button increases the

zoom to the maximum or decreases to
the minimum.

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Scaling mode indicator and return to

the automatic scaling mode selected
in the graph settings. Cm. Graph
Displaying.

Animated diagram of the current dose

rate value with alarm levels. The blue
zone shows the boundaries where the
dose rate value was in the time
interval specified in the graphs
settings . If you select "Last ....
minutes" option, the blue zone
boundaries are updated every minute.
If the real-time dose rate value coming
from the instrument exceeds the
current limits, the limits are updated
according to the current value.

A long tap on the graph brings up a drop-down menu (if there is data in the database that matches
the tapped point):

· Set a text comment for the selected point. Comment displayed in the log.
· Show the selected portion in the log. Note that the log may not display the entry corresponding to
the tap point due to the filters specified in the log settings.
· Open on the map pseudo track with data corresponding to the moment selected on the graph.

See also:

Graph Displaying

Graph settings

4.1 Graph Displaying

The count rate and dose rate graphs display data and are operated in the same way.

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If the graph displays the most recent

data corresponding to real time, then on
the right, in gray, operational data is
displayed that was read by the device
from its sensor, but was not yet
processed (data processing and filtering
algorithms need to accumulate a certain
amount of data). Already processed and
filtered values are displayed on the
graphs in green/blue. Live data is stored
for the last 10 minutes.

You can control the live data filter that is

displayed on the graph. You can set the
width of the filtering window in the graph
settings, i.e. the time over which the
data is averaged. Such averaging is
performed by the device, serves only
to display operational data and is not
related to data processing by the device,
as a result of which the values displayed
by color graphs are calculated.

On the dose rate graph, vertical colored lines with a circle at the top show the moments when
alarms occurred. These lines can be disabled in the graph settings.

Scale selection

The displayed data can be displayed in linear, logarithmic and quadratic scales. The current scale
name is displayed at the top left of the graph; it is the square root in the example.

The scale can be changed either explicitly in Graph settings,, which are called by the button , or
by double-tapping the graph. You can set your own scale for each graph.

Y-axis zooming

By default, the displayed plot area fills the entire area visible in the window along the Y axis. The
horizontal grid always has 8 cells, and the digitization values are calculated dynamically based on
the displayed data. It should be borne in mind that two additional points are involved in determining
the maximum and minimum values of the visible area: one beyond the left border of the area and
one beyond the right.

You can select automatic scaling along the Y-axis both in the current visible area and in the entire
range of data available to the application in the graph settings. Each graph (count rate, dose rate)
has its own setting.

Graphs can be moved along the Y-axis (up/down) by swiping your finger across the screen. Initially,
to switch from automatic scaling to manual scaling, you need to move the graph up or down
vigorously enough (protection against accidental shift during paging). In this case, automatic scaling
is disabled, and the graph can be precisely positioned with gestures in order, for example, to find
out the values in peaks.

With the pinch gesture on the screen, you can stretch and shrink graphs both vertically and
horizontally. When pinching vertically, the auto zoom mode is also disabled.

The “A” button is both an indicator of the current zoom mode and a means of returning to the last
auto zoom mode selected. The icon on the button corresponds to the selected mode:

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Automatic scaling over the visible area.

Automatic scaling over the entire data range.
Manual zooming. Tapping the button returns to the last autoscaling mode selected in the
settings.
Both graphs are present on the screen and their scaling modes do not match. Tapping the
button returns the last autoscaling mode selected in the settings for each graph.

In Graph settings, you can disable the transition to the manual scaling mode. In this case, attempts
to shift the graphs and pinch along the Y axis are ignored, and the “A” button is highlighted in red.

X-axis zooming
Scaling of graphs along the X axis (time axis) is performed either by using the buttons and ,
or a pinch gesture. A long tap of the button increases the zoom to the maximum or decreases to the
minimum.

Scrolling

Scrolling graphs horizontally is performed by usual gestures, as well as buttons and . The
buttons search for the previous/next piece of data after a break in time.
A long tap of the button moves to the very beginning or, respectively, to the very end of the graph.
The data is displayed in certain portions. When the limit is reached, a new piece of data is loaded
from the database.

4.2 Graph settings

Chart settings are accessed with the button . The counting rate and dose rate graphs have the
same settings, individual for each graph.

The width of the window for averaging operational data, when displayed on graphs: time,
over which the device averages operational data (operational data is displayed on the graphs in
gray). Such averaging is performed by the device, serves only to display operational data and is not
related to data processing by the device, as a result of which the values displayed by color graphs
are calculated. Choosing a wider window results in a smaller peak amplitude.

Y-Axis Scale: selection between linear, logarithmic and square root scales. You can also switch the
scale by double-tapping the corresponding graph.

Y-axis zoom mode:

· Across the entire range: minimum and maximum values of the Y-axis data is calculated over the
entire range of data available to the application. In this mode, the digitization of the Y axis does
not change, when scrolling the graph horizontally.
· By visible area: minimum and maximum values of the Y-axis data is calculated from the plot of
data shown on the graph. When scrolling through the graph, as well as when new data from the
device is received, these values will change.
· Disabled: autoscale mode disabled. For autoscaling see Graph Displaying.

Display alarm events 1/2: One can turn off the display of vertical colored lines on the dose rate
graph, which correspond to the moments when alarms occur.

Graph settings:

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Always connect graph points with a line: Connect adjacent points on the count rate and dose
rate graphs with lines.

Connect lines if time distance is less than (hh:mm:ss): If two adjacent points on the graph are
separated from each other by more than the specified time, they are not connected by a line and
there will be a gap on the graph:

Graph line thickness: you can choose the thickness of the graph lines, in conventional units.

Values font size: you can select the size of the digits for the count rate and dose rate, in
conventional units.

History of the dose rate indicator: You can select the time interval for which the blue zone will be
displayed in the dose rate indicator. The blue zone shows the boundaries where the dose rate value
was in the given time interval. If you select "Last .... minutes" option, the blue zone boundaries are
updated every minute. If the real-time dose rate value coming from the instrument exceeds the
current limits, the limits are updated according to the current value.

Buttons and dose rate indicator: you can choose between two layouts of the page with graphs:
on one layout the control buttons and the graphical dose rate indicator are on the right side of the
graphs, on the other one - on top, which gives the graphs more horizontal space. This option works
only for the portrait orientation of the screen, with the horizontal orientation the buttons are always
displayed on the right side.

Disable scaling and shifting of graphs along the Y-axis: do not switch to the mode of manual
scaling of graphs along the Y-axis, when trying to shift graphs up/down and scaling with a vertical
“pinch”.

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5 Log
This page displays the current and past measurement data in a table. As new meaningful data
becomes available, it is added to the log.

Above the table, there are icons for filter types of measurements and events and the current number
of displayed records.

Measurements made by the device in automatic mode.

Device events - power on/off, reset of dose accumulation, battery discharge, etc.

Current parameters of the device - temperature, battery charge, etc.

The letter D in the upper right corner of the entry indicates that the entry was made in demo mode
of the application.

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Gear tap at the top of the screen opens the log display settings. In the settings, you can specify:

· What types of measurements to display;

· What types of device events to display;
· Whether to display all records or only those where there was any alarm;
· Whether to display only records with comments (a comment can be set by tapping the
corresponding point on the graph of the count rate or dose rate);
· The sort order of records is descending or ascending date.

Tapping the record on the screen displays a dropdown menu:

Show on the graph: Display the area corresponding to the selected record on the graph.

Show on the map: If the selected record is an automatic measurement or an alarm event and it
has location information, then open on the map pseudo track.

Paragraph “Delete records in interval...“ makes it possible to select a time interval for deleting
records.

Export to csv...: Share log file in Excel csv text format. You will be prompted to select the time
interval for exporting records and the name of the csv file to export. Only the records that meet the
conditions of the filters selected in the log settings, i.e. those that appear in the list, are exported.

Fields in a csv file are separated by semicolons. The values in the "Time stamp" field are decimal
64-bit numbers that represent time in Windows FILETIME format, i.e. the number of 100-
nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601. The time in the "Time stamp" and "Time" fields is local.
Values in the "Dose accumulation time, sec." field is the dose accumulation time after the last reset,
in seconds.

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6 Spectrum
This window displays the energy spectrum of the photon (gamma and X-ray) radiation, typed by the
device over a certain period of time. When you connect the device to the smartphone, the app
reads the spectrum data from the device. Subsequently, the spectrum graph is updated either
automatically at the interval specified in the settings, or manually.

At the top right of the graph, the time for which the spectrum data was accumulated is displayed, in
the format HH:MM:SS. Below is the average pulse count rate, i.e. the sum of the number of pulses
for all channels, divided by the time of data accumulation. The method of updating the graph is
displayed even lower.

The part of the graph in which the shape of the spectrum should be considered unreliable due to the
small volume of events accumulated there is drawn in gray.

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Depending on the settings, the X-axis can display either channel numbers or photon energy. The Y-
axis can display either the number of pulses or the count rate. The Y-axis scale can be linear or
logarithmic.

Opens the settings related to the spectrum plot. In the settings you can choose:

· Y-axis scale - linear or logarithmic. Fast scale switching - with icons “Lin.” and “Log.”.
· Y-axis units - the number of pulses or the count rate.
· X-axis units - channel number or photon energy.

· Graph updating: either automatically at a preset interval or manually with the button .
· Displayed channels: You can select how many channels to display on the graph,
starting from zero (more precisely, from channel number 2, since channels 0 and 1 are
service ones and are not displayed). This can be useful if the events in the older channels
are not interesting.
· Show last channel: Turn on/off the display of the last channel data. The counter of the
last channel includes not only the data of this channel itself, but also all data outside the
range displayed on the graph, so it may not always be interesting to look at the last
channel.
· Drawing the graph: You can choose to fill the spectrum graph with color (fill) and stroke
with a line, or one of these options.
· Drawing the background: You can set the background to fill the graph with a color (fill)
and stroke with a line, or one of these options.
· Displaying the background: cm. Using the background.
· Gaps between bars in the "Fill only" mode: Draw bars with gaps between them, rather
than a solid graph contour line, if the selected scale allows it and the "Draw a polyline
instead of a histogram" option is disabled.
· Draw a polyline instead of a histogram: instead of rectangular bars (histogram), draw
a polyline that connects the midpoints of the tops of the bars. The graph is not entirely
“true”, because the accumulation of the spectrum is still discrete for each channel. In this
mode, the option “Gaps between bars in the “Fill only” mode” has no meaning and is
ignored.
· Do not display negative values in the spectrum-background difference mode:
Display only the top of the spectrum versus background difference plot that corresponds
to positive difference values. Negative values will be displayed as zero.
· Automatically scale the Y-axis: When the scale is more than 1, automatically select the
scale of the Y axis in accordance with the maximum value of the data in the displayed
area of the graph.
· Display isotope information: draw vertical lines that correspond to the energy of this or
that isotope at the point of the plot selected by tapping. The header of the application
window will display text information about the isotope.
· Export format: Choose in which format export the spectrum.
· csv Export separator: you can specify which symbol to use when exporting the
spectrum to a text file with the .csv extension (comma or semicolon).
· Calibration coefficients: a page opens where you can specify the calibration factors a0,
a1 and a2.
Spectrum calibration is performed to convert the number of the spectrum channel to the
value of the emission energy in keV using a polynomial of the 2nd degree of the form:
E = a0 + a1X + a2X2,

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where
x - channel number;
a0, a1, a2 - calibration factors.

Lin. Select the linear scale of the Y-axis.

Log Select the logarithmic scale of the Y-axis.
.
Refresh spectrum data. The application reads the current data from the device and updates
the graph regardless of the update method selected in the settings (manual or automatic).

Open spectra library.

Enlarge the plot (zoom in). The graph can be scrolled horizontally. Long press of this button
increases the zoom to the maximum. The current scale value is displayed in the lower left
corner of the screen.

Zoom out. Long press of this button decreases the scale to one.

Open the dropdown menu. Actions are available in the menu:

· Restart accumulation of spectrum data. Confirmation is requested before restarting.
· Share spectrum: Export spectrum data to a text file with the .csv or .xml extension
(export) and "share" this file, i.e. save it in the smartphone memory, send it by mail or via
messenger.
· Save spectrum to library: Save spectrum to database. In the future, the spectrum can
be used as a background, shared, etc. If the “Set as current background” option is left
enabled in the spectrum saving request window, the saved spectrum is selected as the
background to be displayed together with the spectrum. The background name is
displayed in the vertical text box along the Y-axis.
· Isotope info: Show detailed information about the isotope that corresponds to the
tapping point on the plot.
· Device Calibration: Perform the calibration procedure for the energy scale of the
instrument.

Tapping the graph at a display scale of x1, displays the cursor lines. The vertical line
corresponding to the position on the X-axis can be moved by tapping the screen at the desired point
or moving your finger across the screen. The horizontal line is automatically positioned to the
position of the pointer on the X-axis.

To display marker lines at a scale greater than x1, do long tap on the screen, then marker lines
will appear. Move the vertical line left and right without lifting your finger from the screen.

Quick double tap toggles the display mode between linear and logarithmic.

At the bottom of the spectrum window there is a slider that controls “enhancement” of a histogram.
A curve of the following type is superimposed on the graph:

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This allows subtle peaks to appear on the graph. For each channel, the value is calculated by the
formula Vn = Vn An F + 1, where:

n - channel number
Vn - spectrum value (number of pulses or count rate) in channel n
An - the value at the corresponding point of the amplifying curve
F - gain factor, which is set by the slider, from 0 to 5.

In amplification mode with F >= 1, the digitization of the Y axis is not displayed.

Filter Engine applies a smoothing algorithm to the spectrum graph. The higher the filter value, the
more the graph is smoothed.

The spectrum graph is also available as a widget.

Background Usage and Spectra Library

Displaying isotope information

View tab

Export and import of spectra

6.1 Background Usage and Spectra Library

In the application RadiaCode it is possible to display on the graph not only the spectrum of
accumulated emission, but also to compare the spectrum with the previously measured background
spectrum. One can display spectrum and background graphs at the same time in the overlay mode,
or display a graph of the difference between the values of the current spectrum and the background.

To use a background, you first need to measure this background with the device over a period of
time. Then you need to save the resulting spectrum to the spectrum library. To do this, tap the local

menu call button in the spectrum window:

Select “Save Spectrum to Library” from the dropdown menu. You will be prompted to name the
spectrum. The spectrum will be displayed with this name in the library list. If you leave the “Set as
Current Background” option enabled, then after saving the spectrum will be displayed on the graph
as a background. You can also select the background from the spectra library in future.

There are two modes for displaying spectrum and background. In the overlay mode, the background
graph is drawn on top of the spectrum graph - the spectrum is drawn in orange, the background in
green. In the second mode, the difference between the spectrum and the background is displayed,
the color of the graph is purple.

In the mode of displaying the difference between the spectrum and the background, the difference in
the count rate is displayed, since the background and the current spectrum always have different
accumulation times and it makes no sense to subtract the number of accumulated pulses.

If using spectrum and background from different devices for superposition RadiaCode-101, it should
be borne in mind that different devices have different calibration factors. When overlaying spectra
graphs, the application compares them per channel (the first channel with the first channel, the
second channel with the second channel, etc.). Different devices have different emission energies
corresponding to the same spectral channels, therefore, when the graphs from different devices are
superimposed, differences in the positions of the peaks corresponding to the same emission energy
will appear.

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If the application detects such a situation, it issues an appropriate warning. Device RadiaCode-101
is identified by its serial number.

Spectra library

The spectra library is called by the item “Spectra Library” of the local menu. The list of saved
spectra is displayed:

The graph of the spectrum selected for display is shown in green.

For each saved spectrum, its graph in the logarithmic scale, name, and accumulation time are
displayed.

It is possible to create folders for more convenient organization of the library.

Tapping a line opens a dropdown menu:

· Set as current background: Select a spectrum to display as background.

· Load to view: Load spectrum to view in “View” tab.
· Share spectrum: Export spectrum data to text file with the extension .xml or .csv and “share” this
file.
· Rename spectrum: Set a new name for the spectrum.
· Edit calibration factors: A dialog window opens where you can set calibration factors for the
selected spectrum. This can be useful if the device, with which the spectrum was taken, was
recalibrated.
· Delete spectrum: Remove spectrum data from the library.

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· Mark: Switch to the spectra marking mode. A check mark appears at the bottom left of the graph:

. Select by tapping all spectra, with which the group operation will be performed,
and tap the symbol with three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the screen:

A dropdown menu will appear:

· Select all: Mark all spectra in the library.

· Invert selection: Make unmarked spectra marked and marked ones unmarked.
· Combine selected: Perform the operation of channel-by-channel addition of the data of the
selected spectra. Only spectra obtained with the same device can be combined. RadiaCode-101.
A new spectrum is created, you are prompted to enter its name for saving in the spectra library.
The number of pulses of each channel of the combined spectrum is the sum of the number of
pulses in the corresponding channels of the combined spectra. The accumulation time is
calculated in the same way.
· Edit calibration factors: A dialog window opens, where you can set the calibration factors for all
selected spectra. This can be useful if the device, with which the spectra were taken, was
recalibrated.
· Delete selected: Delete marked spectra after confirmation.
· Cancel: Unselect all spectra and exit the mode. The same is done with the “Back” button on the
smartphone.

See also: Export and import of spectra

6.2 Displaying isotope information

When you tap the graph and move your finger across the screen, the application header displays
information about the radioactive isotope, the energy of which corresponds to the cursor position:

The name of the isotope, the corresponding energy is displayed, in square brackets - the energy
corresponding to the cursor line on the spectrum graph. The name of the decay chain for the
isotope is displayed below.

To see examples of spectra of common isotopes, tap here.

The pink line marks the position of the isotope energy line. If the isotope has accompanying lines,
then they are displayed in turquoise (see the figure in the “Spectrum” topic).

If there are several isotopes with close energies, then information about that isotope is displayed,
the energy line of which is closest to the value of the energy corresponding to the cursor.

In the spectrum settings, the display of isotope information can be turned off.

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The RadiaCode has a built-in isotope library. For advanced users, it is possible to connect your own
isotope library.

Connecting an external isotope library

For the application to use an external isotope library instead of the built-in one, you need to copy
the file with isotope information to the corresponding folder on your smartphone. The file is in plain
text csv format described below.

Every time you start the application RadiaCode copies its internal isotope table to the
file /sdcard/Android/data/com.almacode.radiacode/files/AppIsotopes.csv, which can be used
as a template for adding custom isotopes.

The native library file with isotope information shall be named Isotopes.csv and be in the same
folder /sdcard/Android/data/com.almacode.radiacode/files. If at startup the application
RadiaCode does not find the Isotopes.csv file in this folder, it uses its internal isotope table.

The file is in text format. One line in the file describes one isotope. Fields in a line are separated by
semicolons. Example:

U-235;U-238;750,1001;190
Lu-176;;55,307;202

In Microsoft Excel, these lines look like this:

· Field 1: Isotope name (required)

· Field 2: Isotope decay chain name (optional)
· Field 3: Energy of accompanying lines, separated by commas (optional)
· Field 4: Isotope line energy (required)

When loading a file, the application checks the correctness of the information and, in case of errors,
displays the appropriate messages. Please note that empty fields must still end with a semicolon so
that the number of fields is exactly 4.

It should be borne in mind that when you uninstall the application from your smartphone,
the /sdcard/Android/data/com.almacode.radiacode/files folder is completely deleted along with all
files.

6.3 View tab

The “View” tab is intended for static viewing of spectra from spectra libraries. The functionality of the
tab and control is the same as on the main “Spectrum” tab, except that the update button is
replaced with a button for switching to the spectrum library, and the name of the spectrum is
displayed instead of information about the update.

To load a spectrum for viewing, you need to open the spectra library, tap the desired spectrum and
select “Load to view” in the dropdown menu.

The preview displays the same background as in the main Spectrum tab.

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6.4 Export and import of spectra

Spectra are exported with the command “Share”, which is called through the dropdown menus

in the “Spectrum” and “View” tabs, as well as the window of the spectra library.

Two formats are supported: .xml (default) and .csv. Both formats are supported by the popular
Becquerel Monitor software. You can select the export format in the spectrum settings.

A file in xml format can simultaneously include a spectrum and a background and contains all
information about them - names, number of channels, spectrum accumulation time, calibration
factors and the serial number of the device on which the spectrum and background were taken. This
format is self-sufficient and does not require additional steps from the user when importing; xml files
can be imported directly from instant messengers like WhatsApp and Telegram.

A csv file is a text file with a .csv extension that can be used not only with the Becquerel monitor,
but also with other applications due to the simplicity of its format. Only pairs of values ”channel
number, number of pulses” are written to the file. In the spectrum settings, you can choose which
separator to use - comma or semicolon. The file name is formed as “Spectrum_<Current
date/time>_<Accumulation time in seconds>s.csv”, for example, Spectrum_2021-05-12_13-53-
55_1426s.csv. When importing csv file into application RadiaCode a window is displayed where it is
proposed to enter the spectrum name, the accumulation time (if it was not possible to determine it
from the file name), as well as the serial number of the device, on which the spectrum was taken,
and the calibration factors. It is possible to indicate to the application that the imported spectrum
was taken with the currently connected device - for this there is a special button “Copy factors and
serial number from the device”.

For spectrum and background overlapping from different devices RadiaCode-101 read here.

Importing a spectrum to the library

The RadiaCode is registered in the smartphone as a handler for files with the .xml and .csv
extensions. When tapping a file with the .xml or .csv extension in any other Android application, for
example, in WhatsApp or Telegram, the application RadiaCode will be in the “Open with...” list. If
you open the file with RadiaCode, the spectrum will be imported into the spectrum library, you will
be prompted to set the import parameters for the spectrum.

You can also import a spectrum using the button . The system file picker opens.

6.5 Calibrating the energy scale of the device

Calibrating the energy scale of the spectrum is necessary to accurately determine the energy of the
gamma lines of the spectrum by the channel number. The devices undergo a calibration process at
the factory, but detector parameters may change over time, necessitating a calibration update. It
would require sources with known isotopic composition and energies in advance. The calibration
points are the vertices of the peaks on the gamma spectrum. The result of the calibration is the
values of the calibration factors, which are used by the device to convert the spectrum channel
number into the radiation energy value in keV using a polynomial of degree 2 kind:

E = a0 + a1X + a2X2,
where
x - channel number;

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a0, a1, a2 - calibration factors.

Spectrum energy scale calibration procedure

The calibration is performed at three points, which ensures sufficient linearity over the entire range
of energies under study. To perform the calibration, the user will need a spectrum containing mono-
energy lines, preferably located at the beginning, middle and end of the energy scale. For example,
the following isotopes produce such lines:

· K-40 (1461 keV);

· Am-241 (59 keV);
· Lu-176 (202, 307 keV);
· Cs-137 (32, 662 keV);
· Th-232 (238, 583, 2614 keV);
· Ra-226 (78, 351, 609 keV);

For the most correct calibration, it is recommended to take several sources, for example Cs-137 and
K-40. It is not necessary to collect the spectrum with both sources at once, you can collect two
separate spectra and memorize the channels where the lines are located during calibration. For
example, after collecting the spectrum of Cs-137, remember that on channel 3 there was a peak
with an energy of 32 keV, and on channel 66 there was a peak with an energy of 662 keV. And after
collecting the K-40 spectrum, by selecting these channels, enter the appropriate energy (32, 662,
1461 keV).

For three-point calibration with a single source, it is best to use Th-232-based sources, but a certain
peculiarity must be taken into account: the first line is better chosen at the low-energy level, the X-
ray fluorescence line. If the source is a thoriated electrode, the X-ray fluorescence energy will be
about 65 keV, but if the source does not contain heavy elements, the line will have an energy of
about 88 keV.

After calibrating the device, it is desirable to test it on sources with a different isotopic composition.
Also, because of the nonlinearity introduced by the discreteness of the channel step, the lines may
not always fall exactly into the channel where they are supposed to be. This is especially true at the
beginning of the spectrum.

If a rough calibration without a source is necessary, the K-40 isotope is recommended. It is

necessary to dial the background spectrum, where the peak at 1461 keV or potassium fertilizer will
be clearly visible, and the peak should be completely colored in yellow. Then, entering the settings,
change the calibration factor A1 in increments of 0.1 until the top of the peak is at 1461 keV.

Calibration procedure

1) Place the device and the reference source to be measured as close as possible to each other.
The detector should be placed with a "+" sign on the source or, if the source is powerful, pointed in
its direction with a "+" sign. It is desirable that the count rate should not exceed 500 cps during
calibration.

2) In the "Spectrum" tab, reset the spectrum by clicking on and select "Restart Accumulation"
from the drop-down menu.

3) Having determined the choice of reference points, wait until all spectral lines (Gaussians), on
which the calibration will be carried out, are colored yellow, which will indicate sufficient statistical
reliability of the spectrum data.

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4) Tap on and select "Energy Scale Calibration" from the drop-down menu. At the top of the
tab, you will be prompted to enter the energy value:

5) Touch the graph and, by moving the marker lines, select the first point on the graph. Enter the
energy corresponding to the point next to the "Next" button. Tap the "Next" button.

6) Repeat this manipulation twice and select the "Done" button.

7) The application will check the channel number values for validity. If the values are invalid, a
diagnostic message about it will be displayed. If the values are acceptable, a window will be
displayed with a table with energy values and corresponding spectrum channel numbers, and under
the table the calculated values of the calibration factors:

Invalid values of calibration factors are displayed in red. The application blocks the ability to write
such values to the device.

You can manually correct the table data, and changing energies and/or channel numbers will cause
automatic recalculation of the factor values.

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8) Tap the "Program factors to device" button to complete the calibration.

If you need to return the factory calibration of the device or correct the calibration factors manually,
you can use the "Calibration factors" button in the “Device settings” dialog box.

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7 Spectrogram
A spectrogram is a visual representation of the energy spectrum of photon (gamma and X-ray)
radiation varying with time.

The Spectrogram tab displays a plot of either the spectrogram currently being recorded or the
spectrogram loaded from the Spectrogram Library. There is no separate tab for viewing
spectrograms, as there is for viewing spectra.

Each line on the vertical (Y scale) is a separate spectrum typed in the "Capture Interval". The size
of the interval can be set in the settings. The horizontal (X scale) shows either spectrum channel

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numbers or photon energy calculated by analogy with the Spectrum tab. The count rate in each
individual channel (Z scale, similar to the Y scale in the Spectrum and View tabs) is converted to a
brightness or color scale, which can be zoomed using the sliders below the spectrogram. By
pressing the the scale is automatically zoomed by the minimum and maximum values of the
recorded or selected from the library spectrogram.

The energy lines on the spectrogram will look like vertical bands. The appearance of new bands will
indicate a change in the spectral composition of the registered radiation. The Y-axis can display
calendar time, spectrogram accumulation time or countdown number.

The total spectrogram accumulation time and capture interval are displayed at the top left.

A long tap on the chart displays the marker lines and a "magnifying glass" that enlarges the section
of the chart at the intersection of the marker lines:

Under the magnifying glass the information about the spectrum channel that is in the center of the
magnifying glass is displayed: its corresponding time or counting number, count rate (number of
pulses in this channel divided by spectrum accumulation time) and, in square brackets, total count
rate for the spectrum (sum of pulses in all channels divided by accumulation time).

Start/stop recording of the spectrogram. Once the recording has been stopped, it cannot be
resumed. If you exit the application and reset the spectrum accumulation, the spectrogram
recording also stops. A backup copy of the spectrogram is saved every 5 minutes and is
automatically restored when the application is restarted.

Loading a spectrogram from the library does not stop the recording of the spectrogram, it
continues in the background.
Opens the settings related to the spectrogram plot. In the settings you can choose:

· Capture Interval: at what frequency the spectrum "snapshots" (counts) are taken. Each
sample (spectrum) is shown on the plot by a number of horizontal squares. Acceptable
values are from 1 to 600 seconds. Since the timer of the instrument is not synchronized

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exactly with the timer of the smartphone, the intervals of accumulation of spectra received
from the instrument can have a scatter of ±1 second.
· Maximum number of counts: Spectrogram buffer capacity. If the number of counts in
the recorded spectrogram is equal to the specified value, the oldest count is deleted
before adding a count. The maximum buffer capacity is 10,000 counts.
· The minimum and maximum values of the scale: the count rate limits for the engine
at the bottom of the tab, which controls the brightness/palette of the plot. The squares of
counts for which the count rate value is outside the specified values are displayed with
border colors (start/end of the color scale).
· Auto brightness: do not go beyond the boundary: The minimum and maximum values
of the scale can be automatically corrected by the application if the calculated values
exceed the limits the calculated minimum and maximum values are out of the limits
specified in the settings. Setting these options blocks the values of the engine from
exceeding the specified limits.
· Scale: If you select the logarithmic scale, the decimal logarithm is taken from the value of
its count rate before calculating the brightness/color of the square. Quickly switch the
scale - with the "Lin." and "Log." icons, as well as by double-tapping the plot.
· Spectrum Filter: to apply a smoothing filter to each sample. This is the same filter that is
used when displaying spectra. The filter allows you to more comfortably investigate
changes in spectral composition with relatively short sampling times.
· Y-axis units: you can select the calendar time (counted from the spectrogram recording
start), spectrogram accumulation time (hours:minutes:seconds), count number (counts
are numbered from zero), or disable the display to save screen space.
· X-axis units - channel number or photon energy.
· Palette: when selecting the "Brightness" option, only grayscale is used to display the
count rate on the plot. The other two options are a choice between color palettes, the
same ones used when rendering tracks.
· Display isotope information: draw vertical lines that correspond to the energy of this or
that isotope at the point of the plot selected by tapping. The header of the application
window will display text information about the isotope.
· Draw the grid: if the size of the squares is more than 3 pixels, then draw a black line grid
for better perception of the plot.
· Draw a graph of the count rate: Display the count rate graph on top of the
spectrogram. Since the time axis of the spectrogram is the Y-axis, the graph is rotated by
90° relative to the usual view.
· Do not shift the initial boundary of the spectrum histogram range in the automatic
end boundary shift mode: Selects the dynamic or fixed interval of the displayed
spectrum when the spectrum histogram panel is enabled.

Lin. Select the linear scale of conversion of dose rate values to brightness/color.
Log Select the logarithmic scale of conversion of dose rate values to brightness/color.
.
Enlarge the plot (zoom in). The plot can be scrolled both horizontally and vertically. Long
press of this button increases the zoom to the maximum. You can also use gestures to
zoom.

Zoom out. Long press of this button decreases the scale to one.

Open the spectrogram library.

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Open the dropdown menu. Actions are available in the menu:

· Share spectrogram: Export the spectrogram data to a text file with the extension .rcspg
and "share" this file, i.e. save it in smartphone memory, send it by mail or via messenger.
The .rcspg files can be imported through the spectrogram library.
· Save spectrogram to library: Save the spectrogram in the database (spectrogram
library). It is not necessary to stop recording to save the spectrogram.
· Isotope info: Show detailed information about the isotope that corresponds to the
tapping point on the plot.
· Close spectrogram: Close the spectrogram, if it was selected from the library, and
display a plot of the currently recorded spectrogram.
· Spectrum histogram: Open or close the panel where the histogram of the spectrum
corresponding to the selected interval in the spectrogram is displayed.
· Load the spectrum to view: Open the spectrum, which is displayed in the spectrum
histogram panel, in the "View" tab.
· Save spectrum to library: Save the spectrum, which is displayed in the spectrum
histogram panel, in the spectra library.

7.1 Spectrogram Library

A list of saved spectrograms is displayed. For each spectrogram its name is displayed, which was
set when saving, accumulation time, interval(s) of samples, date of recording start, serial number of
the device and number of samples. It is possible to create folders for more convenient organization
of the library.

Tapping a line opens a dropdown menu:

· Open the spectrogram: Load a spectrogram to view. If a spectrogram is currently being

recorded, it continues in the background. To return to the graph of the recorded spectrogram, tap
the button on the "Spectrogram" tab and select "Close Spectrogram".
· Share spectrogram: Export the spectrogram data to a text file with the extension .rcspg and
"share" this file, i.e. save it in smartphone memory, send it by mail or via messenger.
· Rename spectrogram: Set a new name for the spectrogram.
· Delete spectrogram: Delete spectrogram data from the library.
· Mark: Switch to spectrogram marking mode. A check mark appears at the bottom left of the

graph: . Select by tapping all spectra, with which the group operation will
be performed, and tap the symbol with three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the screen:

A dropdown menu will appear:

· Select all: Mark all spectrograms in the library.

· Invert selection: Make unmarked spectrograms marked and marked ones unmarked.
· Delete selected: Delete marked spectrograms after confirmation.
· Cancel: Unselect all spectrograms and exit the mode. The same is done with the “Back” button
on the smartphone.

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Tapping the folder icon allows you to select an .rcspg file of the spectrogram from the smartphone
memory to load into the library.

7.2 Spectrum histogram

The menu command "Spectrum Histogram" in the tab "Spectrogram" opens the panel in which the
spectrum corresponding to the interval selected in the spectrogram is displayed:

The interval is selected by dragging the triangles (markers). The scale of the spectrum (linear or
logarithmic) corresponds to the scale selected for the spectrogram.

If the marker position is outside the spectrogram area displayed on the screen, the background of
the marker will be semi-transparent.

A long touch of the marker sets its position to the corresponding extreme value. If, for example, you
perform a long tap on both markers, the spectrum will be displayed for the entire spectrogram.

If during the recording of the spectrogram the corresponding marker is set to the extreme value,
which corresponds to the most recent data, then when new data comes from the device, the marker
will automatically move to the new extreme position, i.e. as if it "sticks" to the boundary. The
behavior of the second marker in such a situation depends on the setting "Do not shift the initial
boundary of the spectrum histogram range in the automatic end boundary shift mode". If this setting
is enabled (default), the second marker stays where it was and the spectrum interval increases as
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the interval between the markers remains constant and the spectrum is displayed over the selected
fixed interval.

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8 Activity
The “Activity” tab is designed to determine the absolute and specific activity of the Cs-137 isotope in
various loose and watery materials (primarily in food) and the absolute activity of Cs-137 point
sources. This isotope is one of the main pollutants after nuclear accidents and tests.

Measurement parameters
The upper part of the tab displays the parameters that shall be specified before starting the
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Parameter
Description
name
The parameter is selected from the list and determines the geometry of the sample
in which the activity of Cs-137 is evaluated.
If the sample dimensions are small (less than 5 mm), then the geometry should be
selected “Point source 5 cm”. In this case, during the measurement, the sample is
Geometry located at a distance of 5 cm from the “+” symbol on the back cover of the device
and from the side of this symbol.
If the sample is large enough (does not fit the description of the point source above),
then one of the containers in the list should be selected. Containers are not included
in the device delivery set and should be purchased separately.

Name of the sample material, selected from the list. The parameter if not entered if
Product
geometry is selected “Point source 5 cm”.

Numerical value of the sample weight in grams with an accuracy of 0.1 g. The
Weight
parameter if not entered if geometry is selected “Point source 5 cm”.

Displays the spectrum name of the sample taken from the spectrum library, or
Spectrum
“Current”if a new spectrum is being accumulated during the measurement process.

Backgroun
Name of the background spectrum from the spectra library
d

Measurement results
The results are displayed below the measurement parameters and grouped into: Activity/Specific,
MDA/Specific and MPC.

Result
Description
name
Activity Absolute activity of the sample minus the background, in becquerels.

Specific activity of the sample, based on the injected mass, in becquerels per
Relative
kilogram. The parameter is not calculated if geometry is selected “Point source 5
activity
cm”.

Estimation of the random error of the current values of absolute and specific activity.
The error decreases with increasing the measurement time. At error values greater
%
than 30%, the measured activity values are considered unreliable and are displayed
in gray. If it is impossible to estimate the error, dashes are displayed.

Estimate of the minimum detectable activity, in becquerels. Calculated from the

MDA background spectrum and the sample spectrum, taking into account their random
errors.

Estimate of the minimum detectable specific activity calculated based on the MDA
Relative
and the sample mass, in becquerels per kilogram. The parameter is not calculated if
MDA
geometry is selected “Point source 5 cm”.

Exceeding the MPC level, in times. MPC is maximum permissible concentration,

MPC
tabular values are taken for Russia. The parameter is not calculated if geometry is

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selected “Point source 5 cm”.

Spectrum
At the bottom of the “Activity” tab there is an area for displaying the histogram of the spectrum
section, according to which the above estimates are calculated. In the center of the histogram, there
is a region of the spectrum where the presence of a Cs-137 peak with an energy of 662 keV is
assumed. The region with energies of 662 ±100 keV is displayed in brighter colors. The criterion for
the availability of cesium in the sample is the bell-shaped peak on the spectrum, which stands out
above the background level, with a maximum in the middle of the graph. If such peak is not visible,
then the measured values may be unreliable.

Start/stop button (combined) serves to start/stop the measurement. When starting a

measurement, you can either continue the current measurement (if any) or start a new one. During
the measurement, the current data is saved once a minute, the measurement will automatically
continue after reconnecting the device and after restarting the application.

“Diskette” button - serves to save the obtained spectrum to the spectra library.

“i” button - serves to display extended information about the measurement.

Measurement procedure
Use the following methods to assess the sample activity:
Measurement of sample activity in a container
Point source activity measurement

8.1 Measurement of sample activity in a container

Measurement procedure

IMPORTANT: To determine the activity of loose and watery materials, it is necessary to give them a
standard shape by placing them in a special container (containers are not included in the device
delivery set and are purchased separately). At the moment, the program calculates activity, when
using multiple containers:

0.5 l Marinelli container 60 ml container 100 ml container

To measure the mass of the container and sample a balance with an accuracy of at least 1 g will
also be required.

1) Charge the device to at least 50% capacity and using the “Spectrum” mode generate a
background spectrum set. When obtaining the spectrum, the device shall always be in the same
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is recommended to obtain spectra for at least 8 hours, and if possible - a day or more. Save the
acquired spectrum to the spectra library with the name “Background Date/Location” or similar.

2) Open the “Activity” tab of the application and in the dropdown list of the “Geometry:” line
select the container used.

3) In the dropdown list of the “Product:” line select the product type.

4) In the “Weight:” line enter the weight (net) of the sample. For this:
· measure the weight of the empty container with the lid;
· fill the container with the sample to capacity, having previously crushed, dried or pressed the
sample;
· close the lid and measure the mass of the container with the sample;
· calculate the mass of the sample by the difference between the obtained values, and enter the
result in the “Weight:” line (the program allows entering a value with an accuracy of 0.1 g).

5) In the “Background:” line select the previously obtained background spectrum.

6) Place the turned on device on the sample.

· If a 60 ml container is used, place it on a horizontal surface with the lid up. Place the device on
the container so that the “+” sign of the back cover of the dosimeter is located strictly above the
center of the container lid. In this case, the other side of the device shall rest on some object of
the same height as the container (for example, a second container of the same size).
· If a Marinelli container is used, then place the device in the open cavity of the container with
the USB connector facing out and the “+” sign inward.

7) At the bottom of the “Activity” tab, in the spectrum histogram display area, click the button with
the triangle icon to start the measurement.

8) Perform measurements until the values of the minimum detectable activity (MDA), as well as the
measurement error, reach the values that suit you.

8.2 Point source activity measurement

Measurement procedure

1) Charge the device to at least 50% capacity and using the “Spectrum” mode generate a
background spectrum set. When obtaining the spectrum, the device shall always be in the same
place where the activity measurement will be carried out. To improve the measurement accuracy, it
is recommended to obtain spectra for at least 8 hours, and if possible - a day or more. Save the
acquired spectrum to the spectra library with the name “Background Date/Location” or similar.

2) Open the “Activity” tab of the application and in the dropdown list of the “Geometry:” select
“Point source 5 cm”.

3) In the “Background:” line select the previously obtained background spectrum.

4) Place the turned on device and the source at a distance from each other so that:
· the “+” sign of the rear cover of the device was turned towards the source;
· the geometric center of the source was located on the same line with the “+” sign,
perpendicular to the rear cover of the device;
· the distance to the source, measured from its geometric center to the geometric center of the
scintillator, was 5 cm (projections of the scintillator center on the side surfaces of the device
are marked with marks, and the projection on the back cover is marked with a “+” sign).

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5) At the bottom of the “Activity” tab, in the spectrum histogram display area, click the button with
the triangle icon to start the measurement.

6) Perform measurements until the values of the minimum detectable activity (MDA), as well as the
measurement error, reach the values that suit you.

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9 Map and tracks

The RadiaCode equipped with functions of displaying the emission situation on a map in real time,
as well as functions of recording routes (“tracks”) and their subsequent download for view.

To access the map, select the “Map” item in the main menu, which is called by tapping the icon
top left. To record tracks, the app needs access to the location of the device. Also, the location
function of the phone/tablet must be enabled.

Opens the settings related to the map.

Opens the track library.

Displays a point in the center of the map that corresponds to your current location.

Starts or continues recording a track.

Opens a dropdown menu:

· Mark: Enter marker flagging mode. In this mode, tapping a marker flags it for later
deletion. The flagged markers are white and surrounded by a pink circle.

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· Delete selected...: After confirmation, delete the flagged markers from the track. Markers
are permanently deleted and cannot be recovered.
Automatically colors markers on the map in accordance with the minimum and maximum
dose rate values.

Expands/hides the color bar graph.

Tracks

When you record a track, each current location is marked with a circle on the map. The color of the
circle corresponds to the emission level measured at this point, taking into account the color
settings on the color scale.

To start recording a track, tap the icon at the top left of the screen. You will be prompted to
enter a track title. After that, recording will start, and the name of the track will be displayed at the
top of the screen:

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New points appear on the map, and, accordingly, are remembered in the track only when the
location changes. In the application settings, you can set the minimum position accuracy. It should
be borne in mind that the correctness of determining the location depends on many factors - the
quality of the phone's GPS module, the interference situation, etc. In the absence of information
from the GPS sensor, the smartphone can determine the location using other sources - cell towers
and Wi-Fi networks.

When first displayed on the map, the marker is colored according to the current value of the dose
rate transmitted by the device, and surrounded by a thick gray line. The operational value of the
dose rate transmitted by the device lags behind the current calendar moment in time. The lag time
depends on the rate of change in the radiation situation: with small changes in dose rate values, the
lag can be tens of seconds; with sharp changes, the lag is reduced. As data arrives from the device,
operational markers corresponding to the calendar time of the received values are repainted in
accordance with the accepted value and acquire the status of permanent ones, the thick stroke
disappears. You can turn off the thick outline of operational markers in the map settings. Hot
markers are not stored in the database.

Track recording continues until it is explicitly stopped and as long as the application is in
communication with the device. When the device is reconnected, track recording resumes
automatically.

It should be borne in mind that in the track recording mode, the smartphone consumes a lot of
energy and its battery will drain faster. If you do not need to, do not set too small a value for the
positioning accuracy in the application settings.

If you tap any circle (marker), information corresponding to this point will be displayed - date/time,
measured emission level and positioning accuracy:

Long tap of the window with information allows, after confirmation, to remove this point from the
track.

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The color scale is a quick way to color the track points so that they clearly reflect the changing
emission situation. By moving the scale sliders, you can set the minimum dose rate value, which
corresponds to the violet color, and the maximum value, which corresponds to the red one:

This example shows that the entire range of measured values is approximately 40...77 R/h. The
purple slider is set to 40.5 R/h, so all points with the same and lower dose rate level will be purple.
The red slider is set to 77.2 R/h, and all points with the same or higher level will be red. All points
between 40 and 77 R/h will have intermediate colors, from violet to red.

In the map settings, you can turn on the function of automatic coloring of markers in accordance
with the current maximum and maximum measured value.

See also:

Map settings

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9.1 Map settings

To open the map settings, tap at the top left of the screen.

Maps API:

It is possible to choose the software platform that provides the maps and their rendering. The
default is Google Maps. As an alternative map API you can choose the OpenStreetMap platform
(https://www.openstreetmap.org/). OpenStreetMap is an open source project with the ability for
users to add their own objects to the map.

Google Maps provides an opportunity to choose between the type of map - scheme, satellite photo
or hybrid version and works only in online mode, ie, when displayed sections of the map are
downloaded by the application from the Google server.

OpenStreetMap displays the map only as a diagram. You can choose between the online mode,
when the map is downloaded as raster images-tiles from the servers of OpenStreetMap partner
companies, and the offline mode, when preloaded files with vector maps are used for display (see
below for details). OpenStreetMap draws markers much faster than Google Maps, so for very large
tracks it is more convenient to use it.

Google Maps and OpenStreetMap settings are slightly different. The different settings are listed at
the end of the page.

Location:

Always keep the geographic coordinates of measurements in the database regardless of the
track record: If enabled, the location is entered into the database along with the rest of the
information. In the future, you can open pseudo track pseudo track and view the change in the
radiation situation associated with the selected location. You should not enable this option
unnecessarily, because location determination makes the smartphone consume a lot of power.

Location resolution and distance between markers on the map: If the location of the
smartphone changes by more than the specified number of meters from the previous one, then in
track a new point is recorded. Do not set too low values, since at the same time, the GPS module of
the smartphone will work more intensively, while the number of track points will increase rapidly and
the rendering of the track on the map will be slower.

Ignore a location if its measurement accuracy is worse than: If the accuracy of the position
measurement is worse (greater than) the specified value, the application will ignore the system
message about the position change. For example, if you specify to ignore locations with a
measurement accuracy worse than 20 meters, and the system reports that the location has
changed, but the measurement accuracy is ± 22 meters, then this location change will be ignored.

Ignore location if the distance to the previous point is less than: If the distance between the
previous point and the current point is less than the specified value, the application will ignore the
system message about the location change. The combination of the last two options allows you to
eliminate situations where the system reports small changes in geolocation coordinates measured
with poor accuracy.

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- Minimum and maximum dose rate valuefor the marker defines the range of values of the
measured dose rate level displayed on the map. Points with a dose rate level outside the specified
range are not displayed.

- Automatically shift the minimum and maximum values: if the marker added to the track has
a dose rate value that exceeds the boundaries of the levels displayed on the map ("Minimum and
maximum dose rate value for the marker"), then change the corresponding boundary so that the
marker is visible. For example, if the maximum limit is set to 120 R/h, and the dose rate of the next
marker is 140 R/h, the maximum displayed value will become 140 R/h.

- Immediately put a marker on alarm: when an alarm occurs, immediately request a location from
the system and put a marker when and if the system will provide this location. Marker is set on
general grounds, all other settings and filters applicable to marker setting apply, except the option
"Ignore location if the distance to the previous point is less than...", i.e. the option "Immediately set
marker on alarm" only speeds up getting the current location from the system.

- Display markers where the dose rate value is out of bounds defined by color scale: If this
option is disabled, then only those points with the dose rate level between the values defined by the
sliders will be displayed on the map. Points with values below the purple slider (for example, less
than 40.5 R/h) and above red (77.2 R/h) will not be displayed.

- Connect markers with a line: Draw a dashed line connecting the markers. This helps to display
the intended trajectory of movement if the markers are far apart, but slows down rendering.

- Automatically set marker colors by min./max. dose rate values: Set (including during the
track recording process) colors so that purple corresponds to the minimum dose rate in the track,
and red - to the maximum value. The triangles on the color bar will be set to their respective
positions. If you move one of the triangles, then this option is disabled. It should also be borne
in mind that the automatic coloring of markers with a significant number of points slows down
the application.

- Enable the auto-coloring option when loading a new track: If auto-coloring was disabled, for
example, due to manual manipulations with the color scale, then auto-coloring will be automatically
enabled when loading another track or starting recording a new one.

- Disable live data marker stroke: Do not stroke live markers (for which the dose rate value has
not yet been transmitted by the device) with a thick gray line.

- Marker size: you can select the diameter of the circles.

- Markers stroke: Marker circles are outlined with a semi-transparent gray line, which allows you to
visually perceive them as a set of circles, and not as a solid line if the markers partially overlap. At
small map scales, the stroke masks the colors of the circles, so you can turn off the stroke or
choose to turn it off automatically at small scales. The track is rendered slightly faster when the
stroke is off.

- Decimation of markers: You can choose an additional criterion, taking into account which the
markers are thinned when they are added to the map in order to speed up the rendering of large
tracks. When adding a new marker, the application compares its parameters with the parameters of
the previously added marker. The next marker is NOT added if the following conditions are
simultaneously met: 1). The distance between this marker and the previous one is less than
specified in the selected criterion (1/4 of the marker radius, 1/2 of the radius, or whole radius). 2).
The difference in the dose rate of this marker and the previous one does not exceed 10% of the
value of the dose rate of the previous marker.

Decimation of markers affects only their display on the map. This setting does not affect the process
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- Marker palette: you can select the palette of colors that are used to draw the markers.

-Automatically display the current position in the center of the map with delay: If in the
process of recording a track you move the map to the side (for example, to view some other part of
the map), then after the specified time the map will display in the center the position corresponding
to the current location.

- Ignore a point if the accuracy of determining its location is worse than: When calculating
the track length, ignore the points for which the positioning accuracy is worse than the specified
one. This makes the calculation of the track length more accurate.

- Display location accuracy and track length: Display in the upper left corner of the map
information about the accuracy with which the last location was determined, as well as the length of
the track. This function works only if track recording is on. If the location was recorded in the track,
then the color of the text in the window will be black, otherwise it will be red (the conditions for
recording coordinates are not met).

- Keep smartphone screen on when map is active: The smartphone screen will not turn off if a
map is displayed on the screen.

Some of the settings related to location are found in the application settings,.
You can import a track with the button . The system file picker opens.

Export settings (“Share”)

The RadiaCode can export a track in several formats:

· in its own rctrk format, which is a text format and can be imported back into an application on
another smartphone.
· in gpx format (a free text format for storing and exchanging GPS data). gpx files can be opened in
a browser with a variety of viewing tools. When exporting the gpx file, the application specifies the
dose rate value in micro-roentgen as the altitude above sea level.
· in kmz format (compressed .kml) for viewing in Google Earth (https://earth.google.com/) and in
other programs that support the .kml/.kmz format.

When exporting a track in the .kmz format, one can set the following settings:

- Marker size: By default, Google Earth draws markers of some automatically selected size. This
setting allows controlling the marker size in Google Earth.

- Transparency of marker: One can choose the degree of transparency of the markers: 0% -
opaque, 75% - almost transparent.

- Decimation of markers: Do not add a marker to the file if the distance in meters between it and
the previous marker is less than the specified one, and the difference in dose rate values is not too
large. This allows reducing the number of markers on the map. For decimation, the same algorithms
are used as when drawing a track in the application.

- HTML in point descriptions: Each point is assigned a text string that is displayed in Google
Earth when the marker is clicked - date/time, dose rate, location accuracy. Google Earth allows
using an HTML markup in descriptions, which makes the text more readable. However, not all
programs that work with the .kmz format understand HTML correctly, and for such programs, you
can turn off HTML in the text.

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Settings specific to Google Maps:

In field “Map type” you can choose how the map will look - a scheme, a satellite photo or a hybrid
version.

Theme for Diagramthe "Scheme" mode: you can select a map theme: light (the default), dark or
let the app select the theme according to the smartphone's light sensor. In the latter case, the
theme switches automatically if the light level has changed and remains stable for 10 seconds. Due
to the use of the ambient light sensor, the power consumption of the application may increase
slightly.

Do not add markers to the map outside of the displayed area: This option can optimize the
map performance when there are a lot of points in the track. If the number of points is more than
500, then when moving and scaling the map, all markers are deleted and only those that are within
the map area visible on the screen are re-added. This causes track markers to blink, but the map is
drawn faster due to the limited number of markers added. The effectiveness of this technology
depends on the ratio of visible markers and their total number in the track (if the entire track is
displayed on the map, then the efficiency will even be negative), as well as the speed of the
smartphone.

Settings specific to OpenStreetMap:

OpenStreetMap map source: by default (online), the variant when the map is loaded as ready
raster images-tiles from the servers of companies-partners of OpenStreetMap is applied. The
second option is to work with maps in offline mode, i.e., no Internet connection is required for this.
The source of maps are vector map files, which you need to download yourself from one of the sites
listed on the page https://download.mapsforge.org/ (it's more convenient to do it with a computer)
and put it in the RadiaCode app folder on your smartphone
named /sdcard/Android/data/com.almacode.radiacode/files/Maps.

When downloading maps, it is better to choose the format of version 5, maps of this format are in
the folder with the name v5:

At the moment Mapsforge library does not support work with files given the restrictions on access to
files that impose the rules of Android system versions 11+, so the map files must be placed in the
folder whose name is given above.

In offline mode, map rendering, i.e. the conversion of vector information into a picture, is performed
by the Mapsforge library, which is built into the application. This operation requires some
smartphone processor resources. When you move the map around the screen and zoom in, the app
will consume more power than in online mode.

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Map theme: In offline mode, you can choose between two display options, which differ mainly in
color palette.

Image scaling: In online mode, the application obtains images of areas of the map with a low
resolution. On high-resolution smartphone screens, the inscriptions on such a map look too small,
so the images have to be scaled. After scaling, the final image may look a little blurry, but you have
to choose between image quality and inscription size. You can find the optimal ratio by using
manual scaling. Offline mode does not have this problem, but you can still experiment with the
scale.

Marker rendering optimization: In offline mode, you can select the way that the OpenStreetMap
library will use to optimize marker rendering. If large tracks take too long to render, you can try
changing this setting.

9.2 Pseudo tracks

A pseudo track is a track generated by the application based on the dose rate data that was written
to the database when the option is enabled “Save geographic coordinates of measurements in the
database".

To build a pseudo-track, select the desired point on the graph or the desired entry in the log and
make a long tap on the screen. A dropdown menu will open. Select the “Show on the map” item in
it (it will be available only if the above option was enabled during the measurement and the
application received location data from the system). You will be prompted to select time limits for
creating a pseudo track:

The map will open, it will display the markers that fall within the selected time interval. It should be
taken into account that not operational, but already processed data are entered into the database,
which come from the device with a frequency that depends on the current radiation situation. For
small changes in dose rate values, data is received at a frequency of approximately 2 minutes, with
sharp changes, data is received more frequently. When creating a pseudo track, all map settings
are taken into account and the same decimation and filtering algorithms are applied as when
building a regular track.

The pseudo track displayed on the map can be saved in the tracks library using the button on the
toolbar:

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10 Devices
Device selection is available through the navigation menu (icon in the upper left corner of the
screen). The device selection page is displayed:

It supports operation with devices connected to a mobile device via Bluetooth and USB. By
choosing “Demo”, you can get acquainted with the application operation in the demo mode - you do
not need a device for this. In the demo mode, the application operates with a virtual device.

When you select an interface, the application scans the environment and detects devices available
for connection. The “Choose Device” field displays a list of detected devices. In the “Demo” mode,
the virtual device is always available.

If for a long time the application does not find the device via the Bluetooth interface, try following
these recommendations.

Option "Remember selected device” instructs the program not to display the device selection
page before starting work, if the selected device is turned on and the program was able to detect it.

After connecting the device via Bluetooth, the application takes some time to establish connection
with the device and initialize it.

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11 Application settings

Application settings are available through the navigation menu (pictogram in the upper left
corner of the screen).
Please note that to save the settings, you need to tap the “OK” button at the bottom of the screen:

Application language: Tap to select the language of the application interface. The Russian
language is available if it is supported by the mobile device.

Count rate units: You can choose to display the count rate in pulses per second or pulses per
minute (pulses per second multiplied by 60). The setting affects the entire application, including the
spectrum.

Min. dose units of dose in Sievert: By default, the dose and dose rate are displayed in units that
are automatically selected by the program: pico-, nano-, micro-, etc. If the unit of measurement in
the instrument settings is set to Sievers, this option allows you to select microSievers as the
minimum scale, as shown on the device display. Temperature Units: You can select whether the
instrument temperature is displayed in Celsius or Fahrenheit.

Units of temperature: You can choose whether to display the instrument temperature in Celsius or
Fahrenheit.

Duplicate alarm sounds and device vibration on the phone: When an alarm occurs, the
smartphone will beep and vibrate in parallel with the device.

Phone signals: You can select the volume of the alarm sounds that your smartphone emits. Actual
volume level depends on smartphone model and settings.

Connect/disconnect sounds: Give a signal when the connection between the control panel and
the application is established or lost. You can set the volume of these signals. If the connection with
the device is lost, the application tries to reconnect with it with an interval of about 30 seconds.

Push notifications for alarms: You can instruct the application to issue pop-up notifications when
device alarms occur, either always, or only when the application window is inactive. Pop-up
notifications are issued regardless of whether the alarm sounds of the device are turned on or off
and can be useful, among other things, for indicating alarms on any kind of Smart-watch connected
to a smartphone. In order for push notifications to appear, they should be enabled for the
application RadiaCode in the “Application” settings of the smartphone.

Device battery: You can tell the application to issue push notifications if the battery charge level of
the device becomes less than the specified value, as well as in the case when the device itself turns
off its power due to a complete battery discharge. A notification about a decrease in the charge level
is issued once and does not repeat until the application is restarted or until the device's battery
charge again drops from a higher value to the specified threshold.

Tab titles: Choose how to display the tab titles on the application screen - as text ("Home",
"Journal", "Spectrum", ...) or as icons. When displayed as icons, icons of all the tabs always fit on
the screen.

Start page: You can select which page (tab) will be active when the application starts. If the "Open
map" option is set, the map will be opened after activating the page.

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Offer to save the spectrum when stopping the activity measurement: If the activity
measurement is performed in several steps, this option can be disabled so that the application does
not offer to save the accumulated spectrum each time the measurement is stopped.

Do not turn off the smartphone screen when the application is active: The smartphone screen
will not turn off if an app is displayed on the screen RadiaCode.

An animation of the icon in the status bar when the device is connected: If this option is
enabled, the app has established a connection with the device, and the app is inactive, the app icon
in the smartphone status bar will change appearance every few seconds. This allows you to see if
the device is connected to the app without activating the app.

Diagnostic Mode - enable extended information output to the application log file. When a crash
occurs, the extended log can help developers figure out the cause of the crash.

See also Expert settings.

11.1 Expert settings

Expert settings

Expert settings are for advanced users. Change them only at the direction of the technical support
or developers.

Bluetooth scan time - the maximum time during which the application waits from the system for a
response to a request to build a list of available Bluetooth devices. By default, it is 20 seconds.
Under normal conditions, when the device is working properly, is near the phone and there is no
interference, scanning for Bluetooth devices is much faster and there is no need to adjust the scan
time.

Connection timeout: The time during which the application waits for a connection to the device. If
the connection is unstable, you can try to increase this time.

Location request rate: The desired interval at which the application receives location information
from the system. This time is an approximate one and the system can inform the application about
the change in location either more often or less often than the specified interval. Increasing the
interval saves battery life on your smartphone, decreasing the interval may make location
determination more frequent (which can be important when traveling at high speeds), but it will drain
the battery faster.

Use legacy Google Maps renderer: Google announced the availability of a new, improved map
renderer, and the default application RadiaCode requests its use. If you are experiencing issues
with rendering the map, try disabling this option and restarting the application.

Debug group settings are associated with debug information that is written to the application log
file in diagnostic mode. The developers may ask you to enable this or that option in order to better
understand the problem that has arisen. All of these options are disabled by default, because
enabling them significantly increases the size of the log file and can affect application performance.
After enabling debug options, you need to restart the application.

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12 Device Settings
If the device is connected, then the device settings are available through the navigation menu
(pictogram in the upper left corner of the screen). The device settings displayed in the
application are read by the application from the device and correspond to the settings available
through the menu of the device itself.

Please note that to transfer the settings to the device, you need to tap the button at the
top right of the screen.

Measuring unit: You can choose microroentgens or Sieverts.

Device language: The language of inscriptions displayed on the device screen.

Dose Rate Alarms: Dose rate alarm thresholds can be set. If the registered emission level exceeds

the specified values, then, depending on the settings and , an audio signal and vibration
are issued. In the application settings, you can set the smartphone to repeat the device alarms
through its speaker.

Dose Alarms: You can set alarm thresholds for the level of the accumulated emission dose.

Alarm signals mode:

Continuously: When an alarm occurs, the device will generate the specified signals (sound and/or
vibration) at certain intervals until the user presses the button on the device body or mutes the

alarm sound from the application with the button .

Once: Each time an alarm occurs, the device will issue the specified signals one time.

Display backlight: You can select the backlight operating mode of the device display.

Display rotation: You can select the mode of the image rotation on the device display.
“Automatically” means that the device will itself determine the orientation of the image using the
built-in accelerometer.

The “Calibration factors": the dialog box opens where you can manually adjust the values of the
spectrum calibration factors, which are used by the instrument to convert the spectrum channel
number into the radiation energy value in keV. In the application you can calibrate the energy scale
of the spectrum.

Device settings profiles

The device settings can be saved as profiles. All instrument settings and spectrum calibration
factors are stored in the profile. To save a profile, tap the three dot icon in the upper right corner of
the screen, select "Save Profile" and enter a name for the profile. Later on, you can load a profile
from the profile library using the "Load Profile" menu item. Notethat when you load a profile from the
library, the settings are not automatically written to the instrument - to load the settings into the
instrument, you must tap the "Apply" button at the bottom of the screen.

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13 App widgets
If you don't know what a widget is and how to put it on your smartphone's desktop, look on the
Internet for help.

The RadiaCode app provides several widgets:

Indicators widget

This widget can only be resized horizontally. The right side with the battery, temperature and
Bluetooth signal strength is only displayed if there is enough space for it. The red square in the
lower left corner means that the track is being recorded.

The indicator widget is updated approximately every two seconds.

Device screen widget

This is a screenshot of the device screen, which is updated every two seconds. When an alarm
occurs, the widget can be updated more frequently. You cannot change the size of the device
screen widget.

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This widget displays the spectrum graph in the form that corresponds to the settings of the
"Spectrum" tab in the app itself. The spectrum widget is updated at the interval specified for
automatic spectrum updates in the application, but, unlike the application, the spectrum widget is
always updated automatically. The size of the spectrum widget can be changed without restriction.

Remarks

Touching the widget launches the app RadiaCode.

When you exit the RadiaCode app normally, it notifies the open widgets that the device is
disconnected from the smartphone, and the widgets display a corresponding inscription. If you exit
abnormally, for example, when "swiping" an application in the screen of running smartphone
applications, the RadiaCode app may not receive any notifications from the system. In this case,
widgets will display the latest information received from the application, although the application is
no longer in smartphone memory.

The RadiaCode widgets are updated quite often, which, by default, is not provided by the system.
So far, no negative effects of frequent widget updates have been detected.

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14 Folders in the libraries

In the libraries of spectra, spectrograms, tracks and device profiles, you can place the contents in
folders, just like in the file system. No folders are physically created on the smartphone and all
folder information is in the application database file. File names must be unique within the entire
library - the application will not let you save a file with an existing name, even if the existing file is in
a different folder.

The interface associated with folders is the same in all the libraries listed, although the composition
of the drop-down menus may vary slightly depending on the type of library. To create a folder, select
the appropriate option from the toolbar's options menu:

In the list, folders are always displayed before files. Touching a folder takes you to that folder. If the
screen does not show the root folder, you can move up a level by touching the very first line with the
arrow icon, as well as the "Back" button on your smartphone.

To move a file to a folder, tap it and choose "Move to folder" from the drop-down menu:

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At the bottom of the screen you will see a panel with explanatory text and buttons:

Navigating between folders, select the desired folder and click "Move here".

To rename, delete or mark a folder, make a long tap on it and select an action from the drop-down
menu. You can select multiple files and/or folders to move at the same time. The menu for actions
with the marked files/folders is called "options menu" by touching the three-dot icon in the upper
right corner of the screen.

It is possible to display all library files as a single list, so that you can see the entire contents of the
library at a glance. To do this, select "Simple list without folders" from the options menu. In simple
list mode, for each file, the path to its folder is displayed if the file is not in the root folder. To display
the folders again, select "Show Folders" from the options menu.

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15 Feedback
A form opens where you can send a letter with wishes to the developers or report bugs in the
application. You need to enter your name and email, to which a reply will be sent, if requested. All
the necessary technical information, including log files (logs), will be included in the report
automatically.

If you want to report a bug in the application to the developers, then first make sure that the
“Diagnostic mode” option is enabled in the settings. In the diagnostic mode, the application
generates an extended log file that can help developers. After enabling the diagnostic mode option,
you need to restart the application.

The “Add file” button allows selecting files on your smartphone, such as screenshots, that will be
included in the archive sent to the developers.

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