Supervisor-Lite User Manual

USER MANUAL
Supervisor
Lite
SOFTWARE
Warsaw, 2022-01-15 Copyright © 2022 SVANTEK.

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Supervisor Lite User Manual 1

CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 5
1.1. ABOUT SUPERVISOR ................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 6
1.3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................................... 6
1.4. CHOOSING SUPERVISOR MODE ................................................................................................................. 6
1.5. HOW TO USE SUPERVISOR ......................................................................................................................... 7
1.6. SUPERVISOR PERSONALIZATION ................................................................................................................ 9
1.7. SUPERVISOR UPDATE................................................................................................................................ 10
................................................................................................................... 12
2 COMMUNICATION WITH SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS ..................................... 12
2.1. ESTABLISHING CONNECTION ................................................................................................................... 12
2.2. MANAGING SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS ...................................................................................................... 12
2.2.1. INSTRUMENTS AND INVENTORY PANELS ........................................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2. CALIBRATION REPORTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.3. EDITING THE INSTRUMENTS’ SETTINGS .................................................................................................. 16

2.3.1. EDITING SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.3.2. APPLYING SETTINGS ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
2.3.3. USING PRESETS .................................................................................................................................................................... 20
3 MANAGING MEASUREMENT DATA ............................................................. 22

3.1. DOWNLOADING FILES............................................................................................................................... 22
3.2. DATA BROWSER ........................................................................................................................................ 25
3.2.1. FILE MANAGER ..................................................................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.2. FILE DETAILS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 29
3.2.3. PREVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................................... 34
3.2.4. CREATING POST-PROCESSING SESSIONS ............................................................................................................................ 35
3.3. USING ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 36

3.3.1. ASSIGNING INFORMATION TO FILES .................................................................................................................................. 36
3.3.2. MANAGING ASSIGNMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 37
3.3.3. USING ASSIGNED INFORMATION TO SEARCH FILES .......................................................................................................... 38
3.3.4. SUMMARY REPORTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
4 SESSIONS AND REPORTING ......................................................................... 42

4.1. SESSIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 42
4.1.1. CREATING AND MANAGING SESSIONS ............................................................................................................................... 42
4.1.2. SESSION DATA ...................................................................................................................................................................... 47
4.1.3. TOOLBAR .............................................................................................................................................................................. 48
4.1.4. GENERATING REPORTS FROM SESSIONS ........................................................................................................................... 49
4.1.5. EXPORTING DATA TO MS EXCEL ......................................................................................................................................... 51
4.1.6. LAYOUT TEMPLATES ............................................................................................................................................................ 51
4.2. BASIC PANELS ............................................................................................................................................ 52

4.2.1. SESSION HEADER ................................................................................................................................................................. 55
4.2.2. INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................................................... 55
4.2.3. LOGGER RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................................. 56
4.2.4. TOTAL RESULTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 57
4.2.5. LOGGER STATISTICS ............................................................................................................................................................. 58
4.2.6. LN SPECTRA .......................................................................................................................................................................... 59
4.2.7. SPECTRUM RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 60
4.2.8. TIME INTERSECTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 61
4.2.9. WAVE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 62
4.2.10. TEXT ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
4.2.11. MAP ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
4.3. DISPLAY MODES ........................................................................................................................................ 64

4.3.1. TABLE MODE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 65
4.3.2. PLOT MODE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 69
4.3.3. SPECTROGRAM MODE ........................................................................................................................................................ 82
4.3.4. TEXT MODE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 84
4.4. CONFIGURATOR ........................................................................................................................................ 84

4.4.1. USING THE CONFIGURATOR ............................................................................................................................................... 85
4.4.2. LIMITING THE TIME DOMAIN.............................................................................................................................................. 88
4.4.3. SAVING SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................................................ 88
4.4.4. SPECIAL CASES ..................................................................................................................................................................... 89
5 DATA ANALYSIS .......................................................................................... 90

5.1. CONVERSION OF UNITS ............................................................................................................................ 90
5.2. ZOOM AND AGGREGATION ...................................................................................................................... 90
5.3. ACCELERATION, VELOCITY AND DISPLACEMENT .................................................................................... 92
5.4. EXPOSURE LEVEL CALCULATOR................................................................................................................ 92
5.4.1. DATA CONFIGURATOR......................................................................................................................................................... 93
5.4.2. SUMMARY RESULTS / TIME HISTORY MODE...................................................................................................................... 95
5.4.3. NOISE EXPOSURE ................................................................................................................................................................. 96
5.4.4. NOISE DOSE/TWA ................................................................................................................................................................ 99
5.4.5. HAND-ARM VIBRATION EXPOSURE .................................................................................................................................. 100
5.4.6. WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION EXPOSURE .............................................................................................................................. 101
5.5. HEARING PROTECTORS ........................................................................................................................... 102

5.5.1. PROTECTORS DATABASE ................................................................................................................................................... 103
5.5.2. CLASSIFICATION OF PROTECTORS .................................................................................................................................... 106
5.6. ‘WHAT IF’ panel....................................................................................................................................... 108

5.7. MARKERS ................................................................................................................................................. 109
5.7.1. CREATING MARKERS .......................................................................................................................................................... 109
5.7.2. VIEWING MARKERS ........................................................................................................................................................... 111
5.7.3. EDITING MARKERS ............................................................................................................................................................. 112
5.7.4. ADDING BLOCKS TO MARKERS.......................................................................................................................................... 114
5.7.5. SPECIAL MARKERS ............................................................................................................................................................. 114
5.7.6. TRIGGER LEVEL+ MARKERS ............................................................................................................................................... 115
5.7.7. EXPORTING LOGGER EVENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 116
5.8. LOGGER DOSE CALCULATOR .................................................................................................................. 118

5.8.1. CALCULATION OF DOSIMETRIC FUNCTIONS .................................................................................................................... 118
5.8.2. DISPLAYING THE RESULTS OF CALCULATION ................................................................................................................... 119
5.8.3. PREDICTING DOSE RESULTS FOR SIMULATED DATA ....................................................................................................... 121
5.8.4. MODIFYING PARAMETERS OF CALCULATION .................................................................................................................. 121
5.9. NOISE RATING AND NOISE CRITERION .................................................................................................. 122
6 OTHER FEATURES ..................................................................................... 124

6.1. DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND BACKUP .............................................................................................. 124
6.2. AUDIO SIGNALS ....................................................................................................................................... 128
6.2.1. AUDIO NAVIGATOR............................................................................................................................................................ 128
6.2.2. EXPORTING AUDIO EVENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 130
6.2.3. PLAYING AUDIO COMMENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 132
6.2.4. DOWNLOADING AUDIO COMMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 133
6.2.5. DOWNLOADING WAVE FILES ............................................................................................................................................ 134
6.3. LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................ 136

6.4. STATUS BAR ............................................................................................................................................. 138
6.5. QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR ........................................................................................................................ 139

1 INTRODUCTION
The Supervisor software is designed to extend the functionality of the Svantek instruments for
Health and Safety professionals. Supervisor can be used in two modes - Advanced (Supervisor)
or Simple (Supervisor Lite). Supervisor Lite is complementary module of the Supervisor software
for Health and Safety professionals who are just starting to work with the program.
1.1. ABOUT SUPERVISOR
General characteristics:
• Easy to use, intuitive interface
• Easy measurement database management and browsing
• Very convenient and fast generation of reports with templates and by free hand
• Powerful tools for data analysis
• Easy installation including sample measurement files
• Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese
(Traditional / Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), Korean
• Contextual help
Main applications:
• Noise dosimetry
o Exceedance data presentation from measurement files
o Noise exposure recalculations in accordance with ISO 9612
o Hearing protection adjustment in accordance with ISO 4869-2
o What-if analysis to simulate effects of noise source insulation
• Sound level meters
o Time history logger-based recalculations with possibility of break-time and
disturbance removal
o 1/1 and 1/3 octave band sound analysis
• Vibration dosimetry
o Hand-Arm dose recalculations in accordance with ISO 5349-2
o Whole-Body dose recalculations in accordance with ISO 2631-1
Measurement instruments management:

• Easy access to instrument configuration and data
• Quick measurement data download
• Clear setup editor with presets for compliance with health & safety legislation
• Inventory management with calibration certificate validity notifications
Analysis tools:
• Wide range of available charts for adjustable data presentation in plot and table
• Quick in-blocks recalculations on time history data
• Time history data shifting, clipping and cutting
• 1/1 octave and 1/3 octave bar and spectrogram plots
• Statistical levels presentation

Additional features:
• Easy maintenance with assigning measurement data to locations, users and tasks
• Summary reports across wide ranges of measurement data
• Widely used intuitive drag-and-drop convention
• Audio events, voice comments and WAVE files support
1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
• 1.6 GHz CPU

• 1 GB RAM
• 1280×768 pixels colour display
• 500 MB free disk space (more disk space may be necessary in the case of large databases)
• MS Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
• (recommended) MS Word 2003 or newer for extended reporting capabilities
Supervisor supports all Svantek instruments for Health and Safety professionals: SVAN 971,
SV 971A, SV 973 and all modifications of SV 104, SV 106, SVAN 977, SV 102, SV 101 and SV 100.
1.3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
In order to install Supervisor, open the installation file which can be downloaded from the
Svantek website. After opening it, follow the installation instructions.
You will be asked whether to install Supervisor for yourself, or for anyone who uses the
computer on which Supervisor is being installed. This choice determines the area in which
Supervisor settings and shortcuts are stored and hence its availability to users sharing the
workstation.
Note: The USB drivers are integrated with the installation file and you do not have to download
them yourself from the website.
1.4. CHOOSING SUPERVISOR MODE
When you open Supervisor for the first time, the welcome dialog box proposes you choosing
the program mode: Advanced (SUPERVISOR) or Simple (SUPERVISOR Lite).
You can disable the appearance of this dialog box at the next opening of the program in the
Main Options window – see Chapter 1.6.

Fig. 1-1. Choosing the Supervisor mode
You can also switch between the modules when Supervisor is running by clicking the Svantek
icon and clicking in the opened menu Run as Supervisor Advanced or Run as Supervisor Lite.
Fig. 1-2. Switching the Supervisor module
1.5. HOW TO USE SUPERVISOR
Supervisor have three tools:

• Instrument,
• Data Browser,
• Sessions.

You can select the tool using the tabs located below the title bar (Fig. 1-3). There can be multiple
Sessions opened simultaneously, and a tab is created for each opened Session.
Fig. 1-3. Buttons for the selection of modes in which Supervisor can be used
Instrument allows for:

• Managing Svantek instruments used with Supervisor,
• Exchanging data (measurement results as well as the instruments’ settings) between
Svantek instruments and a PC.
Data Browser allows for:

• Viewing and organizing the database of measurement results downloaded from Svantek
instruments,
• Creating Sessions.
Sessions allow for:

• Displaying the measurement results downloaded from Svantek instruments,
• Analysing data and performing calculations,
• Generating reports.
More details on using the Supervisor tools can be found in subsequent sections of this manual,
as well as in the contextual HTML help, which can be accessed by pressing F1 when using
Supervisor or using the Help topics command in the main menu.
Click on the Svantek icon to open the menu
Fig. 1-4. Opening the HTML Help using the main menu

The contents of the HTML Help are the same as of this manual. The HTML Help also includes
several mechanisms that are useful for finding information on a particular subject, such as Help
Context Tool: in order to open the help topic related to a particular element of the Supervisor
application’s graphical user interface, press SHIFT+F1 and click on that element.
Note: Please be advised that the easy-to-follow Supervisor Lite tutorial can be found on the
Svantek YouTube website or via the links provided in the top right corner of Supervisor Lite.
Fig. 1-5. Links to the tutorial Videos
1.6. SUPERVISOR PERSONALIZATION
Supervisor can be personalized using the Main Options tool. To open the Main Options window,
click on the Svantek menu and then click on Options… in the drop-down list.
Fig. 1-6. General settings in the Main Options dialog box

The left panel of the Main Options window presents the tree of sections in which you can
configure program settings.
In the General section you can define warnings for calibration validity, format of the time axis
at the time-history plot (absolute or relative to the measurement start), select the library for
the map (Google or Open Layers), display warnings if datafile has been created with a firmware
version not supported by Supervisor, skip Summary results which integration period was cut by
stopping the measurement earlier, decide whether to ask for Supervisor mode at startup and
decide whether to show sample files in the data browser.
a)
b)
Fig. 1-7. Example of time-history plot with the Absolute a) and Relative b) Time
Other settings are described in the appropriate chapters of this manual.
1.7. SUPERVISOR UPDATE
SVANTEK constantly improves their products, including Supervisor. You can find the
information about new version. To check the information about new version, click on the
Svantek menu and then click on Check for updates… in the drop-down list.

Click on the Svantek
icon to open the
menu
Fig. 1-8. Checking for updates

2 COMMUNICATION WITH SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS
2.1. ESTABLISHING CONNECTION
Supervisor supports the USB interface for direct communication. It requires appropriate drivers
being installed, as described in Section 1.3. Supervisor will automatically detect a Svantek
instrument when it is connected to the PC by USB.
2.2. MANAGING SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS
2.2.1. INSTRUMENTS AND INVENTORY PANELS
When a connected Svantek instrument is detected by Supervisor, it is added to the Instruments

panel. The currently selected instrument is in the orange frame. The instrument information is
presented in the Inventory panel (Fig. 2-1).
Inventory panel
Instruments
panel
Fig. 2-1. Instruments and Settings panels of the Instrument window
Settings and Download panels relate to the selected instrument type. If you click the instrument
in the Instruments panel the program automatically downloads the setup file from this
instrument and shows its settings in the Settings panel. At the same time the program
downloads the list of instrument files and shows it in the Download panel.
Both panels can be switched by clicking the appropriate tabs.

Note: If you have more than one instrument of the same type, the Inventory panel will be
extended to present credentials of all these instruments. The Settings panel will present the
setup of the first connected instrument and the Download panel will present the list of files of
all connected instruments.
The columns of the Inventory table contain information about the Svantek instruments. You
can customize the table in order to display only selected information. To do this, right-click the
header to display the context menu, then check the options you want to be shown and uncheck
the ones you want to hide. The available columns are:
• Name – the instrument’s name; only available for SV 104 instruments.
• Clock – the date and time set in the real-time clock of the Svantek instrument; you can
adjust it to match the PC’s date and time by pressing the button. You can also right-
click on the row corresponding to the selected instrument in order to open a context menu,
allowing to specify the date and time manually.
• Free memory – the amount of free space on the instrument’s SD card in percent. This
option is available only for selected types of Svantek instruments.
• Firmware version – the version number of firmware installed on the instrument.
• Last setup upload date – the date and time when the last setup file was uploaded from
Supervisor to the Svantek instrument.
• Last uploaded setup name – the name of the last setup file uploaded from Supervisor to
the Svantek instrument.
• Last setup activation date – the date and time when the last setup file was activated
(applied) in the Svantek instrument using Supervisor.
• Last activated setup name – the name of the last setup file activated (applied) in the
Svantek instrument using Supervisor.
Note: The information about the last uploaded / activated setup files concerns only the
setup files uploaded from Supervisor installed on the particular PC, so the setup file in the
Svantek instrument can be different (newer) than displayed if it was modified in any other
way.
• Instrument calibration certificate – the title of the calibration certificate.
• Calibration validity date – date of calibration certificate’s validity.
• Calibrator Serial Number – serial number of the instrument’s calibrator.
Note: The information about calibration can be specified by right-clicking on the table row
containing a particular Svantek instrument and, in the context menu, selecting the Edit
calibration info command (Fig. 2-2).
• Instrument Calibration Report and Calibrator Calibration Report – for details, see Chapter
2.2.2 below.

Right-click
Fig. 2-2. Editing calibration information
The calibration validity date in the Inventory panel is coloured according to the time remaining
until the validity period is exceeded. By default, the colours mean the following:
− Black means that there are at least 90 days left;
− Yellow means that there are at least 14, but less than 90 days left;
− Orange means that there are less than 14 days left;
− Red means that the calibration validity period is already exceeded.
These periods can be modified in the General settings in the Main Options dialog box.
Fig. 2-3. Calibration validity date is coloured according to the proximity of the expiration date
In order to search for the latest firmware for your Svantek instrument in the Internet, right-
click on the instrument’s line in the Inventory table and, in the context menu, select the Look
for new firmware command.
In order to unlock additional options or measurement functions of the SV 100, SV 101, SV 103
or SV 104 instrument that are available on purchase, use the Manage options/functions
command in the instrument’s context menu. When you click on this command, Supervisor
downloads a list of available functionalities from the connected instrument and displays it in
the form of two lists: one for options and one for measurement functions (Fig. 2-4).
Fig. 2-4. Manage instrument options / functions dialog box
The State column, located at the right-hand side of each option / function, contains the
‘Enabled’ label for unlocked options / functions, and the ‘Unlock’ button for the ones that have
not yet been unlocked. If you wish to unlock an option or function that you purchased, press
the ‘Unlock’ button and enter the unlocking code in the window that appears.
Note: If wrong code is entered three times since the instrument was last turned on, any later
attempt to lock or unlock an option will fail (regardless on whether the entered code is correct
or not) until the instrument is restarted.
Fig. 2-5. Window allowing to enter code for unlocking an additional option or measurement function
You can also lock again an unlocked option / function by right-clicking on its name, selecting
‘Lock’ and entering the same code that was used for unlocking.
In case of the SV 104 instruments, the instrument’s name can be specified using the Edit name
command, available in the menu that opens by right-clicking on the row of the selected
instrument in the Inventory table.
In case of the SV 104 instruments connected to a PC via the SA 104-5 Docking Station, an
additional column is displayed, showing the serial number of the Docking Station and the
number of the slot occupied by each SV 104 instrument, as illustrated in the figure below.
Fig. 2-6. Inventory panel view in case of SV 104 instruments connected via the SA 104-5 Docking Station

2.2.2. CALIBRATION REPORTS
Word and PDF documents presenting the Svantek instrument’s calibration report and the
calibrator’s calibration report, can be assigned to each instrument in the Inventory database.
To add a calibration report, right-click on the row of the Inventory table corresponding to the
Svantek instrument and, in the context menu, select the Add instrument calibration report or
Add calibrator calibration report command. If the Instrument Calibration report or Calibrator
calibration report columns are shown in the Inventory table, you can also use the corresponding
buttons (Fig. 2-7). A dialog box will appear allowing you to select a file with the
calibration report.
Right-click to open the

context menu...
...or use these buttons
Fig. 2-7. Assigning calibration reports to a Svantek instrument
Once a calibration report is added, you can:

• open the assigned file using the context menu or the button,
• select another file to be assigned as the report using the context menu or the
button,
• remove the report using the context menu.
Note: In order for the described buttons to be available, you have to enable the display of
columns corresponding to the calibration reports in the Inventory table. For this, check the
Instrument Calibration Report or Calibrator Calibration Report option in the context menu
opened by right-clicking on the header of one of the Inventory table’s columns.
2.3. EDITING THE INSTRUMENTS’ SETTINGS
The Settings tool of Supervisor enables one to modify the instrument settings using the clear
graphical interface and activate them on the connected instruments of the same type. In order
to use the Settings tool, open the Settings tab in the Instrument window .
If you click the instrument in the Instruments panel the program automatically downloads the
setup file from this instrument and shows its settings in the Settings panel.

Setup Editor
Fig. 2-8. Using Supervisor to edit Svantek instruments’ settings
Using the buttons below the Setup Editor, you can:

• choose from up to ten previous settings that have been used most recently with this
type of instrument,
• Import the setup file from a PC catalogue,
• Export the current settings as a setup file to a PC catalogue,
• Rename previous settings.
To rename previous settings, click the Rename button and in the Rename box enter the name
for the selected Settings.
Note: After entering the name, press Enter or click the Save button!
This name will be added to the standard settings identification that shows data and time of
their creation.

Fig. 2-9. Renaming the previous settings
Settings are shown in the Choose previous settings list with their name extension.
Fig. 2-10. List of previous settings
2.3.1. EDITING SETTINGS
The settings are divided into several categories, such as General, Measurement, Spectrum, etc.
They can be accessed using the tabs located on the bar at the top of the Setup Editor panel.
The availability of particular categories depends on the type of instrument the edited setup file
is compatible with. In case there are too many categories to display all the tabs simultaneously,
you can use the and buttons to scroll the bar.
The settings available in the Setup editor correspond to those available via the Svantek
instrument’s interface. For details on the meaning of the available settings, please refer to the
manual of your particular Svantek instrument.
The settings can be easily edited using the following elements of the Setup Editor’s graphical
interface:
− check boxes – allowing to select some out of several possibilities,
− list boxes – allowing to select one out of several possibilities,
− text fields – allowing to specify a text value (e.g. a file name),
− binary buttons – allowing to enable or disable an option.
These elements are shown in Fig. 2-11.

a) Check boxes. b) List box.
c) Text field. d) Binary button.
Fig. 2-11. Elements of the Setup Editor’s graphical interface
In some cases, the ‘Settings currently not available’ message may appear, all settings in a
particular category being unavailable for modification (Fig. 2-12). It only occurs if the particular
category of settings is triggered by enabling an option from another category in the same setup
file. For example, the Spectrum settings will be available only if an analyser function (e.g. 1/1
Octave) is selected in the Measurement category of settings.
Fig. 2-12. Example of a category of settings unavailable due to some

other options in the same setup file being disabled
2.3.2. APPLYING SETTINGS
Changes that are made in setup files using the Setup editor are not automatically applied. To
apply settings, you should press the Activate setup button.
After changing the settings, the Activate setup button changes its colour.
If you changed the settings for the one instrument type but haven’t activated them, the
program will warn you about this before leaving the Setup editor.

Fig. 2-1. Warning that the setup was not activated
If you want to reinstall previous settings, press the Choose previous settings button and select
the date of previous settings.
2.3.3. USING PRESETS
In case of some types of Svantek instruments, the dosimetry profiles (available in the Dosimeter
category of settings in the Setup editor) can be configured using so-called “presets”. A presets
is a set of values of parameters related to the dosimetry profile, such as e.g. Filter or Detector.
There are two types of presets: predefined and user defined. The six predefined presets are
provided with Supervisor by default and are compliant with the following health and safety
norms:
• OSHA HC – Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hearing Conservation,
• OSHA PEL – Occupational Safety and Health Administration Permissible Exposure Level,
• MSHA HC – Mine Safety and Health Administration Hearing Conservation,
• MSHA PEL – Mine Safety and Health Administration Permissible Exposure Level,
• ACGIH – American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists,
• Nordic – standards specific for the Nordic countries.
Except of these predefined presets, you can create up to three user defined presets, consisting
of custom parameters values.
Press this button to change the name of the selected preset

Use these
buttons to
select presets.
Parameters Current profile
whose values settings
are specified
Predefined
in presets
presets
User-defined
A parameter presets
unaffected by
presets
Fig. 2-2. Configuration of dosimetry profiles using presets

Different presets can be selected for each profile independently. In order to configure one of
the profiles according to a preset, use the Preset list-box (Fig. 2-2). The first preset on the list,
marked as [Current], represents the profile configuration currently saved in the edited setup
file. It is provided so you can reset the changes you made in Setup editor by selecting it. If you
make any changes in the Current preset, its name will be cleared (the currently selected preset
will be named None).
When you select one of the predefined presets, the elements of the interface related to the
parameters whose values are specified by the preset will be disabled. In order to change the
values of those parameters, you need to select the current preset or a user-defined preset.
Note: presets do not specify the values of all parameters; the parameters whose modification
remains possible after selecting a predefined preset do not belong to the presets. These
parameters are separated from the ones belonging to presets with a blank row.
You can create a user-defined preset by selecting one of the three last presets on the list and
configuring the profile in a way you want it to be stored in the preset. The changes are
automatically remembered by Supervisor. You can change the name of the preset using the
button.
Note: The three user-defined presets correspond only to the currently selected type of Svantek
instrument. Different three presets are stored for each instrument type.

3 MANAGING MEASUREMENT DATA
3.1. DOWNLOADING FILES
In order to download files from the connected Svantek instrument(s), open the Download tab
in the Instrument window.
The Download panel contains a list of files stored in the connected Svantek instrument’s
memory in the form of a table. Various types of files are displayed there, e.g. measurement
files, voice comment files, etc. The first three columns of the table contain basic information
about the files: name, size in bytes and date of creation. The last three columns contain
additional information (concerning location, users and tasks) assigned to files; it is described in
detail in Chapter 3.3.1. Files that have not yet been downloaded are displayed with bold font.
Select files on this list and

press this button to download Files that have not yet
files from the connected been downloaded are
instrument to the Supervisor’s displayed with bold
database. font.
Fig. 3-1. Downloading files from a Svantek instrument using Supervisor
To download files, use the Download button located below the files table on the left side of the
Download panel. If one or more files are selected in the table, pressing the Download button
will cause the download of the selected files. Otherwise, pressing this button will cause the
download of all of the files stored on the connected instrument.
Note: You can select files by clicking a row of the table. Clicking with the CTRL or SHIFT button
pressed allows to select multiple files.

Files from the instrument are downloaded to the special internal Supervisor catalogues that
are created automatically in the parent catalogue with the name “Catalogue”. Created
catalogues by default have names of the instruments, for example, SV 104B, SV 104BIS, etc.
(see Chapter 3.2.1).
After the downloading procedure is completed, a window, containing information about

success or failure of downloading, is shown. You can disable showing these windows in cases
when no errors occur in the downloading procedure; for this, check the Don’t display Download
Summary if no errors checkbox in the Data Exchange settings in the Main Options. The same
can also be done in the Download result window by checking the don't show this message if all
files were downloaded correctly checkbox (Fig. 3-2).
Fig. 3-2. Download result window
Note: You can download individual files by double-clicking on them.
The buttons located at the right side of the Download panel enable you to perform some basic
operations concerning the files stored in the connected instrument:
• Refresh – updates the list of files, so that all the files created after you entered the
Download panel will also be shown.
Note: Every time the list of files is refreshed, a new “downloading session” begins, i.e. a
new subdirectory is created for the downloaded files. This is why sometimes the overwrite
warning does not appear even though two files of the same name are downloaded — after
beginning a new download session, the file will be stored in a different location, thus
eliminating the possibility of overwriting.
• Change dir – opens the Change folder dialog box, allowing to select a directory in the
Svantek instrument’s memory for displayed files in the Download panel (Fig. 3-3).
Note: For some types of Svantek instruments this button is inactive.

Fig. 3-3. Dialog box allowing to select the directory in the Svantek instrument’s memory
from which files are displayed in the Download panel
• Delete – deletes a selected file from the Svantek instrument’s memory.

• Delete all – deletes all result, logger, and WAVE files in the instrument’s current working
directory.
Note: In case of the SV 100, SV 101, SV 102 and SV 106 instruments where Summary
results (main results) and Time-history results (logger results) are saved in separate files, it
is not possible to delete a file with logger results. In this case, when only files with logger
results are selected on the list, the Delete button is disabled; pressing Delete when both
types of files are selected will only delete the files with main results; downloading files with
logger results with the Delete file(s) after downloading option enabled will not cause the
deletion of these files.
• Select all – selects all files in the table.

• Deselect all – clears the selection.
All downloaded files are stored in the Supervisor’s database and they can be viewed and
processed using the Data Browser, which is described in the following chapter. The Data
Browser is automatically opened each time files are downloaded from a connected Svantek
instrument.
Note: In case of the SV 100, SV 101, SV 102 and SV 106 instruments where main results and
logger results are saved in different files, downloading the result files will also cause the
associated logger files to be downloaded as well. This feature can be disabled by unchecking
the Automatically download associated logger files when downloading Result files option in the
Data Exchange settings in the Main Options.

Note: Details on downloading audio comment files are presented in Chapter 6.2.4.
Whenever you download / upload files from / to a connected instrument, Supervisor displays
the progress in the File operations panel, located at the top-left corner of the application
window.
Press to hide
the File operations
panel
Press to cancel file operations for all connected instruments Press to cancel file operations for a single instrument
Fig. 3-4. File operations panel
Each instrument can perform one operation at a time. If multiple instruments are connected
and performing file operations at the same time, you can cancel them all by pressing the Cancel
all button.
You can show/hide the File operations panel by clicking on the File operations in progress tab.
3.2. DATA BROWSER
In order to view all the files downloaded from Svantek instruments and stored in the
Supervisor’s database, open the Data Browser using the button located in the top-left corner
of the Supervisor window.
Fig. 3-5. Button for opening the Data Browser
The Data Browser is composed of three panels:

− on the left side of the window, the File manager panel contains a list of all files stored in the
Supervisor’s database and allows you to select a group of files to be displayed in detail
− on the right side of the window, the File list panel contains a list of files belonging to a
selected group and allows to open a file for further processing
− below the file list panel, the File preview panel enables to preview data contained in a
selected file.
File list
File
manager
File preview
Fig. 3-6. Data Browser window
3.2.1. FILE MANAGER
The File manager panel can be used to select a group of files to be displayed in detail. It is
divided into six sub-panels: Library, Archived sessions, Summary reports, Locations, Users, and
Tasks. Each of them can be accessed by pressing the horizontal bar with the respective name
(Fig. 3-7).
Press one of these horizontal

bars to select a sub-panel of
the Files manager
Fig. 3-7. File manager

Library
The Library sub-panel lists all the files stored in the database using a tree view. It contains four
base items:
− Sample files containing some sample files provided with Supervisor, grouped further
according to the type of measurement they refer to.
Note: You can hide the Sample files section. To do this, go to the Main Options and uncheck
the Show sample files in data browser (Fig. 1-6).
− Catalogue containing all the files downloaded from instruments. You can arrange the
Catalogue in any way by adding, deleting, moving and renaming files and folders. You can
easily move files and folders, as well as add them to the database from any location on the
PC, using the drag & drop technique. You can also use the context menu, opened by right-
clicking, for various operations on files and folders.
Note: It is also possible to export files from the Supervisor’s database using the drag & drop
technique outside the application window (dropping files into Windows Explorer).
Note: The catalogues for the downloaded files are created automatically in the Catalogue.
Created catalogues by default have names of the instruments, for example, SV 104B,
SV 104BIS, etc.
Fig. 3-8. Example of the Catalogue content
− Recent containing two sub-items: Flagged, which is a folder for grouping a number of
selected files—in order to add a file to this group, you have to set its flag, which can be
done in the File details panel; and Last downloaded, which contains a list of files
downloaded since the last launch of Supervisor.
− Assigned containing all files to which additional information about location, user, and task
performed during measurement have been assigned. For details on assigning additional
information to files, see Chapter 3.3.
You can export selected folders and files as a Supervisor’s database by right-clicking on an item
in the Library and selecting the “Export database” command (Fig. 3-9). It opens the Database
export wizard, automatically configured according to the selection made in the Library. For
details on the Supervisor’s databases, see Chapter 6.1.
Right-click on an item in the Library
to open the context menu
Use this command to
export the selected item
and all of its sub-items
as a database
Fig. 3-9. Exporting a selected part of the database using the Library
Archived sessions
The Archived sessions sub-panel contains a list of all the sessions that have been moved to
archive. You can use this list to restore an archived session for viewing and processing it again,
or to use files which have been used to create that session. In case many sessions are archived,
you can use filters to display only some of them (Fig. 3-10). Sessions are described in detail in
Chapter 4.
To filter archived sessions use the context

. . . or use this button.
menu opened by right-clicking on the Session
folder and selecting the Filter Session . . .
Fig. 3-10. Filtering archived sessions

Summary reports
The Summary reports sub-panel contains a list of Summary reports that you have created. The
Summary reports can be used to gather selected measurement results according to additional
information that has been assigned to them. It is described in detail in Chapter 3.3.4.
Locations, Users and Tasks
The last three sub-panels of the File manager contain files listed according to additional
information assigned to them. Such assignments are described in detail in Chapter 3.3.
3.2.2. FILE DETAILS
The File details panel contains a table in which files corresponding to the selected item of the
File manager are listed. The files corresponding to all sub-items of the selected item are also
shown in the Files details panel. Files can be further processed by using them for sessions. In
order to create a session, select one or more files and press the New post-processing session
button. If you want to create a session starting with only one file, you can do it by double-
clicking with the left mouse button the row of the table corresponding to that file. Sessions are
described in Chapter 4.
Filters
Use these buttons to add selected files to the Flagged group
Use this command to create a session using the

selected file (you can also double-click the file)
Fig. 3-11. File details panel
Customizing the table
The File details table contains some information about the displayed files. The contents of this
table can be customized by selecting columns to be shown. For this, right-click on one of the
columns’ headers, and use the checkboxes in the context menu to show or hide particular
columns (Fig. 3-12).

Use the checkboxes to select information to be shown
Right-click on a column header to
open the menu
Fig. 3-12. Customizing the File details table
Note: Every column that you add is automatically displayed at the end of the table and it might
not be visible until you scroll the panel to the right. Its location can then be changed.
Clicking on the Autosize columns command resizes the columns of the File details table so that
their width is equal to the width of the contained text. You can also rearrange the order of the
columns by clicking on a column’s header and dragging it to another place, or manually resize
them by dragging their limits. The order and widths of columns are saved by Supervisor
(separately for each type of measurement, such as Hand-Arm or Whole-body) and restored
after reopening the application.
The Path column provides the locations of files relative to the database location (see
Chapter 6.1).
Filtering the list of files and results
Buttons at the top of the File details panel serve for filtering the list of files. Buttons in the first
row correspond to different types of measurement (such as Hand-Arm vibration dosimetry,
Noise dosimetry, etc.). After clicking one of these buttons, only the files of the selected type or
related to the selected type of measurement are displayed on the list.
Two buttons below the types of measurement enables applying a special filter for measured
results (Global Mask) and the measurement profile (if used in the instrument).
Using Global Mask for data presentation
The Global Mask is used to define a global filter on the displayed results. You can define the
Global Mask in the Display Results section of the Main Options.

Fig. 3-13. Display results settings in the Main Options dialog box
The Enable button switches the mask on/off and the same is done by the Funnel button in the
data browser Filter panel. If the mask is switched on for a given type of measurement (e.g.
Noise dosimetry) then only the results according to this mask are shown on all views and in the
data browser. An example of the Global Mask filter is presented in the figure below.
Fig. 3-14. Example of the Funnel button operation

Exporting file details
The contents of the File details table can be used outside Supervisor by means of three different
tools, using the Excel icon located in the row below the types of measurement or two
commands available in the popup menu (opened by right-clicking):
• Copy with headers - copies the selected rows of the table, together with the column
headers, to the clipboard.
Example:
Flag Filename Unit type Duration Lpeak Lmax Lmin
0 L1299.SVL SV 104 00:06:25 137.4 dB 101.1 dB 54.9 dB
0 L1300.SVL SV 104 00:07:32 128.3 dB 89.8 dB 54.8 dB
0 L1301.SVL SV 104 00:12:55 122.6 dB 88.8 dB 54.9 dB
• Export table selection... - enables one to save the selected rows of the table, together with
the column headers, in CSV (comma-separated values) format, in an external file. In this
case, the CSV export parameters, as set in the Values formatting tab in the Main Options,
are taken into account.
Example:
Flag;Filename;Unit type;Duration;Lpeak;Lmax;Lmin
0;L1299.SVL;SV 104;00:06:25;137.4 dB;101.1 dB;54.9 dB
0;L1300.SVL;SV 104;00:07:32;128.3 dB;89.8 dB;54.8 dB
0;L1301.SVL;SV 104;00:12:55;122.6 dB;88.8 dB;54.9 dB
Note: Only the columns selected for displaying (as described in the subsection Customizing the
table, above) are exported.
Fig. 3-15. Commands for exporting the contents of the File details table
The Excel button enables copying the selected files or whole table to MS Excel.

Setting flags
By pressing the button located in the first column at the left side of the File details table you
can set a flag for a selected file. As a result, the file will be accessible in the File manager in the
Recent → Flagged group. You can flag several files in order to get a quick and easy access to
them.
Dragging files outside Supervisor
You can easily export files from the Supervisor’s database to a selected location on the PC using
the drag & drop technique outside of the application window.
Fig. 3-16. Using the drag & drop technique to export files outside the Supervisor’s database
Note: Exporting measurement files with comments (e.g. WAVE files) attached to them
automatically exports the comment files too. In order to export a single file without the
attached comments, use the drag & drop technique with the CTRL button pressed.
Creating reports
You can generate a report of the selected file(s) based on some templates using the General
report button. After pressing this button, you should select a template for the report.
All reports are saved in the Summary reports sub-panel.

Fig. 3-17. Creating general reports
Templates for the report are created using the Session tool (see Chapter 4.1.6).
3.2.3. PREVIEW
The panel below the File details table provides a short preview of the data stored in the selected
file, giving an initial idea of the time history of the measurement results (Fig. 3-18). In case
multiple files are selected, the file which is actually used as source of displayed data is specified
in the top left corner of the Preview panel.
Fig. 3-18. Preview panel
It is possible to copy the contents of the Preview panel by right-clicking in its area and activating
the Copy command. It can then be pasted as an image in another application, such as e.g.
MS Word.

You can specify the kind of data (and the order of their priority) to be displayed in the Preview
panel using the Preview settings in the Main Options dialog box. Different kinds of data are
available for different applications, such as Hand-Arm vibration dosimetry, Whole-Body
vibration dosimetry, SLM and Noise dosimetry. To choose the application, use the list box at
the top of the Preview settings panel. It is possible to select different kinds of data for the
Parameters & results panel (on the left hand side of the Preview panel, displaying data in
numerical form) and for the Plot panel (on the right hand side of the Preview panel, displaying
data in graphical form).
Fig. 3-19. Preview settings in the Main Options dialog box
3.2.4. CREATING POST-PROCESSING SESSIONS
Sessions can be used to work with data downloaded from Svantek instruments and to create
reports containing these data.
To create a session, in the File details table, select files which contain the data you wish to work
with, press the New post-processing session button or right-click and select the New post-
processing session command in the opened menu. You can create a session with one or multiple
files. To create a session from a single file just double-clicking it (see Chapter 4.1.1).

3.3. USING ASSIGNMENTS
Three types of additional information can be assigned to each file downloaded from a Svantek
instrument:
− Location (where the measurement was carried out),
− User (whom the measurement concerned),
− Task (which was being performed by the user during the measurement).
This information can then be used to facilitate searching for particular measurement results
and to generate summary reports.
3.3.1. ASSIGNING INFORMATION TO FILES
You can assign this additional information to the files when you download them from the
connected instrument. For this, in the Instrument → Download panel (see Chapter 3.1), select
one or more files, select the Location / User / Task in the respective list-box located at the
bottom-right corner of the window and press Apply (Fig. 3-20). If you want to add a new
location, user or task, in the list-box select [new...]. If you want to erase information already
assigned, select [none]. Chosen values will be assigned upon downloading files to the
Supervisor’s database.
1. Select value
2. Press this button
Fig. 3-20. Assigning additional information to downloaded files in the Instrument → Download panel
You can also assign additional information to files in several ways using the Data Browser. In
the File details table, left-click on the Location / User / Task field corresponding to a selected
file, and select a value from the menu.
Fig. 3-21. Assigning User information to a file in the File details table
Another method for assigning information to files is to drag & drop a file from the File details
table to a particular item in the Assigned sub-tree in the Library (Fig. 3-22). Notice that if you,

for example, drop a file to a sub-sub-item corresponding to both a User and a Task, both these
values will be assigned to that file.
Fig. 3-22. Assigning additional information to files using the drag & drop technique
Right-clicking on the item in the Assigned section, you can remove, and rename assignments.
3.3.2. MANAGING ASSIGNMENTS
You can add a new value of Location, User or Task any time you assign this type of information
to a file, by selecting [new...] from the list. A dialog box will appear, allowing you to specify the
new value. Notes can also be added to each value.
In order to manage the values of assignments, use the Locations, Users and Tasks sub-panels
in the File Manager. In each of these panels, all the values of the corresponding type of
assignment are listed. Using the context menu, opened by right-clicking, you can add a new
value or delete existing ones.
Sub-panels
which allow
for viewing
assignments Double click a
value to edit it
Use these
commands to
add or delete
values for
assignment
Fig. 3-23. Sub-panels of the File Manager allowing for viewing and editing assignments

You can also edit a location, user or task by double-clicking it and making the changes in the
Update location / user / task dialog box.
Note: You can permanently delete a value of Location, User or Task only in the sub-panels of
the File Manager. Deleting an item in the Assigned sub-tree in the Library sub-panel will only
remove the assignment from the files, but the value will remain available.
3.3.3. USING ASSIGNED INFORMATION TO SEARCH FILES
You can use the assigned information to filter the list of files in two ways: using the Library and
using the assignment-related sub-panels.
In the Library sub-panel of the File Manager, you can select an item in the Assigned sub-tree
corresponding to a Location, User or Task in order to display in the File detail panel only the
files to which the selected value has been assigned.
Note: Each file appears in exactly one item of the tree, which means that files with multiple
types of information assigned will be displayed in lower branches of the tree, while files with
only one type of information assigned will be displayed separately.
The numbers in brackets denote the number of files corresponding to the particular items. The
hierarchy of the types of information that can be assigned is as follows: Location → User →
Task.
Files to which the Excavating task

is assigned, but with no information
about location or user
Files to which Excavating and John
are assigned, but w ith no
Such items are deleted from information about location
the Assigned list after using
the Remove empty locations /
users / tasks command
Fig. 3-24. Assigned sub-tree in the Library
On the contrary, in the Locations, Users and Tasks sub-panels, the lists of files with the
respective types of information assigned are generated independently of the other types of
information, i.e. when the Excavating task is selected in the Tasks sub-panel, all the files with
this task assigned will be shown, regardless of whether they do or not have an assigned Location
or User.
The Remove empty locations/users/tasks command deletes all items that do not contain any
files from the list. It can be accessed by right-clicking on the ‘Assigned’ item.

Right-click on the
Assigned item
Fig. 3-25. Remove empty locations/users/tasks command
3.3.4. SUMMARY REPORTS
The summary reports can be used to gather measurement results related to selected locations,
users, or tasks, in the form of MS Word documents. In order to create a summary report, right-
click on an item corresponding to an object in the Assigned sub-tree in the Library sub-panel of
the File Manager and select Generate summary report (Fig. 3-26). This command opens the
Summary report wizard. You can also use the “Assigned” root item to create a summary report
for all the files that have a location, user and/or task value assigned to them.
Fig. 3-26. Using the Library to generate a summary report

A summary report must be created according to a template. The first window which appears
when the Summary report wizard is opened allows to select a template for the report. When
you generate your first summary report, you need to create a new template, but the template
will be saved, and you can use it later to generate more reports. In order to create a template,
press the Create new button. The Summary report template editor window will appear.
Note: You can also create multiple templates; later you will be able to choose one of them each
time you generate a summary report.
Press this button to create a

new template and proceed
with generating a summary
report
Fig. 3-27. Summary report wizard initial window
A template of the summary report consists of a set of parameters (i.e. the parameters of the
Svantek instrument, parameters of the measurement, and measured quantities) to be
displayed in numerical form, and another set of parameters to be displayed on a plot. In order
to create a template, first specify the application you intend to use it for, since it determines
the availability of particular parameters. The application can be specified using the list box in
the top-right corner of the window. Next, select the parameters to be included in the report
using the template editor, as presented in Fig. 3-28.

Specify the
application for
your summary
report (determines
the availability of
parameters)
Add / remove a
parameter to be Add / remove a
displayed in parameter to be
numerical form displayed on the
plot
Select filters and Arrange the order of parameters Choose whether the scale of the Y axis of the generated
logger display mode displayed in numerical form plots should be adjusted automatically or set manually
Fig. 3-28. Summary report template editor dialog box
After you have created a report template, you can select it on the list of the Summary report
wizard and press the Continue button to proceed. In the second step of generating the
summary report, you can select the time interval from which results will be included. After
specifying the minimum and maximum date, press Finish to generate the report.

4 SESSIONS AND REPORTING
Sessions can be used to work with data downloaded from Svantek instruments and to create
reports containing these data.
4.1. SESSIONS
4.1.1. CREATING AND MANAGING SESSIONS
To create a session, go to the Data Browser. In the File Details table, select the files which
contain the data you wish to work with, press the New post-processing session button or right-
click and select the New post-processing session command in the opened menu. You can create
a session with one or multiple files. To create a session from a single file just double-clicking it.
Note: You cannot create sessions directly from the wave file itself.
Open the
Data Browser
Fig. 4-1. Creating a new session using the Data Browser
After using above mention commands, the special window appears in which you should choose
the template for the post-processing session.

Template list
Enabling validation tool
Fig. 4-2. Choosing post-processing template
The template list consists includes predefined templates: Default template, templates related
to the results type, for example, Noise dose (P1 ISO 9612 task); and templates created by the
user, for example, New template. You cannot delete predefined templates. User templates and
results type related templates can be exported (saved as the .svlt file) to the any catalogue on
the PC. You can also import the previously exported template.
For each new session a tab is created on the bar at the top of the application window
(Fig. 4-3). To open a session, click on the tab. By right-clicking on a tab you can open a context
menu, allowing to specify a custom name for a session or to close it. You can close a session in
two ways: by deleting it (permanently), or by moving it to the archive, which will allow you to
later work with that session again. Deleting a session does not cause measurement files to be
deleted. The archived sessions are available in the Data Browser, in the Archived sessions sub-
panel of the File Manager (see Chapter 3.2.1). Using the Delete all sessions command it is
possible to delete all the currently opened sessions at once.
currently opened sessions
Fig. 4-3. Tabs corresponding to the opened sessions
You can also close a session using the Move to archive and Delete session buttons, located at
the bottom-left corner of the window.

Fig. 4-4. Buttons for closing a session
When there are multiple sessions opened simultaneously, you can use the Windows dialog box
to jump to a selected session or to delete some sessions in a quick way.
Use this command to open

the Windows dialog box
Fig. 4-5. Opening the Windows dialog box

Press this button to jump to the
session selected on the list
List of currently
opened sessions
Fig. 4-6. Windows dialog box which allows to manage sessions
Validation tool
The Validation tool is used to check the correctness of the measured data and, if necessary, to
reject "disturbances".
After creating a session with the Use validation tool option, the logger results view will appear
with the Validation tool open on the left enabling automatic searching for markers areas:
• NoMotion,
• High vibration level,
• Audio, which serves as a basis to judge by ear whether a given fragment is correct or not.
You can move between the following ranges of these markers with the buttons
, where the selected range is highlighted with a block on the time history.
If there is an audio signal available within a given fragment of the time history, you can listen
to it.
The following information is displayed for the following ranges:

• Type - the type of disturbance (i.e. the name of the marker)
• Duration - the length of the selected fragment
• DOSE / LAeq / LAV - dose / LAeq / LAV calculated for the selected fragment
• Start / End - start and end that can be manually "corrected" if we find that a larger or
smaller fragment of the time history should be excluded from further calculations
• Consider entire event - is used to select the whole fragment of a given disturbance
(selected by default) or if you want to enter it manually, you should uncheck it.

Fig. 4-7. Validation tool panel
The disturbances list is presented on the bottom part of the Validation tool panel. The
disturbances list is synchronized with the cursor on the time-history graph, so that if you select
the item in the list the cursor will be show this event on the right graph.
Clicking the left selector above the disturbances list header, you can apply the filter, for
example, NoMotion, Audio event or High vibration level. Clicking the left button above the
disturbances list header, you can select or deselect all items in the list.
Jumping on successive disturbances and selecting them with the button rejects a given
fragment from the calculations, while the button causes the acceptation of that fragment.
There is a short blink when accept / reject is used.
By default, the entire time history is considered correct, so you do not have to go through all
the fragments and click (this is more useful for the situation when something was
previously excluded and we want to restore it).
The Validation tool generates the "Valid data" marker that specifies the correct fragments of
the time history that are taken into calculations in other calculation panels (see Chapters 5.4
and 5.5).
By default, this marker covers whole time history and only exclusion removes incorrect
fragments from it.

If we do not have NoMotion or High vibration level markers (Chapter 5.7.6) or we want to
manually exclude a fragment from the calculations, you can mark the block on the time history
and press .
In validation mode for a session created from multiple files, the Validated data marker
fragments are assigned according to source file tasks on the Noise Dose/TWA, Noise exposure
(ISO 9612), Hand-arm and Whole-body vibration exposure panels. Individual fragments of the
Validated data marker belonging to subsequent files are assigned to the appropriate tasks
resulting from the assignments of these files.
Fig. 4-8. Validated data marker assignments in multi-file session
4.1.2. SESSION DATA
The measurement data used to create sessions are contained in files, stored in the Supervisor’s
local database (more details about downloading and storing measurement data can be found
in Chapter 3). Several files can be used to create a single session. A list of files which have been
used to create the currently opened session is displayed in the Session data panel at the top-
left corner of the window.

Click on the bar to hide
the panel
Fig. 4-9. Session data panel, containing a list of files which

have been used to create the current session
Once a session is created, you cannot modify its data source. If you want to use different files
in a session, you must create a new session with these files.
You can configure the way data will be displayed in the report using the so-called panels.
Various types of panels are available, each of which serves for displaying different type of data.
More details about the panels can be found in Chapter 4.2.
4.1.3. TOOLBAR
The Toolbar consists of a set of useful buttons, located at the top of the panels area. The effect
of each of the Toolbar buttons is described in Table 4-1.
Fig. 4-10. Toolbar
Table 4-1 Toolbar buttons
Icon Effect
Generates a new report according to the configuration of panels in the current

session and opens it in MS Word.
Generates a report preview.
Opens the Report options dialog box (see Chapter 4.1.4).
Opens the Manage templates dialog box (see Chapter 4.1.6).
Increases the zoom.
Decreases the zoom.

Enables to select the sound units.
Enables to select the vibration units.
Increases the font size for panels displayed in the Table mode.
Decreases the font size for panels displayed in the Table mode.
Sets the default font size for panels displayed in the Table mode.
4.1.4. GENERATING REPORTS FROM SESSIONS
You can easily generate a report containing measurement data displayed in the same way as in
the current session by clicking the button, located on the Toolbar.
The report can be created in one of the following formats:

− DOC (if MS Word 2003 or newer is installed),
− PDF (if MS Word 2007 or newer is installed),
− RTF.
You can select the format, as well as the paper size, using the First run wizard dialog box,
opened via the main menu.
Fig. 4-11. First run wizard dialog box
The generated file will contain a start page and all the contents of the panels (in the same order
and with the same graphical settings).

All the reports created in the current session are listed in the Reports panel, located at the
bottom-left corner of the window. By double-clicking a report’s name, you can open it in
MS Word.

this panel
Double-click to open the report

in MS Word, or right-click to
access the context menu
Fig. 4-12. Reports panel
By right-clicking you can open a context menu allowing for opening, renaming and deleting
reports.
The start page and the style of the report can be customized using the Report options dialog
box, opened by clicking the button. Instead of customizing the start page, you can also
disable adding it to the reports at all.
To customize the start page, open it in MS

Word by pressing Edit start page, modify
and save it. You can also use an external
RTF or MS Word document
Fig. 4-13. Report options dialog box
The report will show green highlights and red highlight areas if you check Accepted of Highlight
validated regions in report.
4.1.5. EXPORTING DATA TO MS EXCEL
It is also possible to export the contents of a panel directly to a MS Excel worksheet:

1. Switch to the Table mode using the button.
2. Select the table cells you wish to be exported.
3. Press the Send current view to MS Excel ( / ) button, located on the panel’s toolbar.
Note: If the panel is too narrow, the Send current view to MS Excel button may be hidden.
In such case you must resize the panel (or the entire application window) by dragging its
borders until it is wide enough.
If a single cell is selected, the whole table will be exported (otherwise, only the selected
fragment).
3
Fig. 4-14. Exporting data from a panel in Table mode to Microsoft Excel
After the export, MS Excel will be automatically opened with selected data pasted to the
worksheet. In case the amount of data exceeds MS Excel’s rows or columns number limit, it will
be split to more than one worksheet.
4.1.6. LAYOUT TEMPLATES
The configuration of a session can be stored in the form of a template. This possibility enables
to later easily use all the custom settings, concerning the way measurement results are
displayed, with different data. The following information is saved in a template:
• Types of panels and their sequence,
• Most of the panels’ specific settings, such as plot colours and data configurator options,
• Contents of the Text panels, including images.
In order to save or use a template, press the button, located on the Toolbar. You can also
set a template as the default one, i.e. it will be used every time a new session is created.
You can also save the template in a selected location on the PC (rather than in the Supervisor’s
database), making it possible to later transfer it to another computer. To do so, use the Export
button in the Manage templates dialog box. Similarly, you can import a template from a
selected location on the PC if you acquired the template file in a different way than creating it
in Supervisor (e.g. by e-mail).
Specify the name and press the ‘Save

current layout...’ button to store the layout
of the current session as a new template
Press this button to use a

selected template for arranging
the current session
Use these buttons to set or

clear the default template, Use these buttons to store
used each time a new the template in a selected
session is created location on the PC or to load
it from an external file
Fig. 4-15. Manage templates dialog box
The default layout template is used always when a new session is created. You can select one
of the already saved templates and set it as the default template using the Set as default
template button. When you clear the default template, sessions will be created using a basic
layout, containing only the header, instrument configuration and a panel for the presentation
of raw measurement results.
4.2. BASIC PANELS
Panels are the basic building blocks of the reports created using Supervisor’s sessions. They can
be used to configure the way data will be displayed in the report.

The Toolbar
The panels area
Delete panel
Maximize panel
List of all
available panels Autosize columns
List of panels in
the current session
Fig. 4-16. Panels in the Session window
The Add panel list (at the left side of the window) shows all types of panels available for the
current data. You can add a panel to the current session by double-clicking on its name in this
list.

this list
Double-click to add a
panel to the current
session
Fig. 4-17. Add panel list of all panels available for the current data
You can add any number of panels you want, including multiple panels of the same types. All
panels added to the current session are listed in the Panels list, located at the left side of the
window. You can use this list to jump to a selected panel by double-clicking it. You can also
rename a panel by selecting it and clicking its name, or by pressing the F2 key when a panel is
selected.
To delete a panel, use the button located at its top-right corner. To make it fill the whole
panels area, use the button. By clicking the button once again you can shrink the panel
to its previous size.
Panels are automatically scaled to fit the size of the panels area in horizontal direction. Their
order in the vertical direction specifies the order in which data will be contained in the report.
You can change the position of a panel using the drag & drop technique.

this panel
Double-click to jump to
the selected panel
OR
Select panel and click on
its name to rename it
Fig. 4-18. Panels panel, containing a list of panels added to the current session
Each panel is equipped with the Configurator tool that allows you to select the information to
be displayed on the panel.
Click on the pin to
lock Configurator
Click here to expand

/ hide Configurator
Fig. 4-19. Configurator tool
Note: Configurator is described in detail in Chapter 4.4.
The available types of panels are listed in Table 4-2. The following subsections are devoted to
the description of several basic types of panels. Chapters 5.5 and 5.4 are devoted to some
special panels that constitute useful tools for the analysis of dosimetry data. The Wave panel is
described in Chapter 4.2.9.
Table 4-2 Types of panels available in the Supervisor’s sessions
Icon Name
Session header
Instrument configuration
Logger results
Total results
Logger statistics
Statistical results
Logger spectrum results

Time Intersection
Spectrum results
Text
Hearing protectors / summary
Noise exposure
Hand-arm vibration exposure
Whole-body vibration exposure
‘What if’
Map
Wave
4.2.1. SESSION HEADER
This type of panel contains general information about the report, such as project’s and author’s
name. It can be viewed in the Table and Text modes.
Note: The Session header panel is editable only in the Table mode.
Fig. 4-20. Session header panel
4.2.2. INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION
This type of panel contains basic information about the measurement data used for creating
the session, such as the device used for measurement, the instrument settings, measurement
date and time. It can be viewed in the Table or Text mode.
Note: In case more than one file was used to create the session and the instrument
configuration differs from file to file, the information is shown in several columns, one for each
file; identical information in files is displayed only in the first column.

Fig. 4-21. Instrument configuration panel
4.2.3. LOGGER RESULTS
This type of panel serves for displaying measurement results as a function of time. It can be
displayed in the Plot or Table mode.
Functions that cannot be plotted may also be added to a Logger results panel; however, such
data will only be presented in the Table mode.
In the Logger results panel, it is possible to modify the measurement data in three ways:
deleting, clipping and shifting. Modifications apply to all data if no block selection has been
made. If there is a block selection, modifications only apply to the selected data. The Delete
tool affects all data for the selected time range, while the Clip and Shift tools only affect the
visible data (the ones selected in the View Configurator).
• To delete data, select a range of time and press the button, or right-click and select
the Delete data command. There are two methods of deleting data: compressing the time
domain to keep the signal continuous, or leaving an empty region, marked with the so-
called Deleted data marker.
• Clipping means truncating all data above a specified threshold; the truncated values are
replaced with the threshold value. To clip data, enter the threshold in the field to the left
of the button and press this button. You can also right-click the data curve, select the
Clip data… command and enter the threshold value in the dialog box which will appear.
• Shifting means adding a constant positive or negative value to a range of data. To do so,
first select a point or a range of data to be shifted using the main cursor or blocks of
selection. You can then enter the value to be added in the field to the left of the button
and press this button, or you can right-click the data curve, select the Shift data… command
and enter the value to be added in the dialog box which will appear.
A marker, called Changed data, is generated for all ranges where data has been clipped or
shifted.
All modifications can be undone by pressing the button or selecting the Restore data to
original command in the context menu.

Controls for
modifying
measurement
data
Fig. 4-22. Logger results panel displayed in the Plot mode
Note: The button serves for opening the Limit lines window; for details, see Chapter 4.3.2.
4.2.4. TOTAL RESULTS
This type of panel contains summary results of the measurement. It can be displayed in the
Table or Text mode. In case when many results are to be displayed simultaneously, it is
advisable to display the Total results panel in the transposed view; in the Table mode, the
transposition can be easily done by clicking on the button. For details, see Chapter 4.3.1.
Summary results, corresponding to each separate integration period, are displayed together
with the Total results, corresponding to the whole measurement period. To hide Summary
results, press the Skip SR button.
Note: The Total results panel allows for sorting the displayed periods by start time or by name.
To do so, right-click and in the pulldown menu, choose the Sort by start time or Sort by name
command.
You can hide the column representative of the data source, as well as the column
representative of the measurement channel, in case all rows contain the same value, by using
the options available in Main Options » Table view » Total results.

Press to hide results corresponding to each
Transpose table separate integration period Select results
Fig. 4-23. Total results panel
4.2.5. LOGGER STATISTICS
The statistical data can be presented in two different modes: Histogram or Ln. By default,
Histogram is initially presented. To switch the presentation mode, use the selector located on
the panel’s toolbar (Fig. 4-24).

Presentation
mode selector
Fig. 4-24. Logger statistics panel – Histogram and Ln modes
4.2.6. LN SPECTRA
This type of panel allows for displaying the results of measurement in the form of the Ln
spectra. It can be displayed in the Table or Text mode.

Fig. 4-25. LN spectra panel
4.2.7. SPECTRUM RESULTS
This type of panel allows for displaying the results of measurement in the frequency domain,
such as 1/1 Octave, 1/3 Octave and FFT spectra. The name of each spectrum results panel
contains the type of spectrum (1/1 Octave, 1/3 Octave or FFT), e.g. Logger 1/1 Octave panel.
This panel can be displayed in the Table mode, Plot mode, and Spectrogram mode.
Fig. 4-26. Logger 1/1 Octave panel
While displaying spectral data in the Plot mode, the spectrum is displayed for a selected interval
of time. The time history of the spectrum can be browsed using the buttons located on the
panel’s toolbar.
Next sample
Scroll to the beginning Current position Scroll to the end
Previous sample
Fig. 4-27. Buttons for browsing the time history of measured spectrum
4.2.8. TIME INTERSECTION
By default, the Time Intersection (TSect) panels are not displayed in the Add panel list. They can
be enabled in Main Options » Data Exchange.
Fig. 4-28. Enabling the Time Intersection panels
The TSect panels allow for viewing logger / merged spectral data at a selected value of
frequency as a function of time. They can be displayed in the Table or Plot mode.

Current frequency Data smoothing
Fig. 4-29. Table mode of the Intersection panel
• The frequency can be selected using the and buttons, located on the Panel
Toolbar.
• The / button can be used to enable / disable the
smoothing od data. The number of samples used for smoothing can be set using the
selector located to the right of this button (using more samples for smoothing results in a
higher amount of smoothing).
• Selecting a point in time when working with a Tsect panel automatically changes the time
viewed in the corresponding spectral panel.
4.2.9. WAVE
The Wave panel can be used to look at the waveform of an Audio event or a separate .WAV
file.
Note: The WAVE panel can be opened for an .svl file that either contains an audio event or has
some associated wave files which are created during the time history recording to an .svl file.
You can work with a Wave panel just in the same way as with typical time-history data. The
Audio Navigator, located at the top-right corner of the panel, allows for playing the displayed
audio signal.

Fig. 4-30. Wave panel
4.2.10. TEXT
The Text panel makes it possible to include text in the report. It provides some simple text-
processing options, such as font style or size selection. You can also include pictures from the
PC memory in a Text panel using the button.
Fig. 4-31. Text panel
4.2.11. MAP
The Map panel, available in case of logger files downloaded from SVAN instruments capable of
acquiring GPS data, allows for displaying the location of measurements.
• The selected result, measured in different locations, is plotted on a map - Google or Open
Layers (see Chapter 1.6).
• The colours of the plotted points represent the measured values, according to the colour
scale, displayed at the right-hand side of the Map view sub-window.

Fig. 4-32. Map panel
The Result selector allows for selecting the displayed result.
The Show selector allows for selecting the displayed time range (Whole data / Block selection).
The Threshold tool allows for displaying only results which excess a selected value. To use it,
press the Threshold button and specify the threshold value in the field to the right of it.
The Autoscale tool automatically adjusts the colour scale so that the whole range of measured
values is displayed. If you disable it by pressing the Autoscale button, you should manually set
the colour scale by entering the minimum and maximum values in the fields located to the right
of that button.
4.3. DISPLAY MODES
A panel can be displayed in one of four available modes:

− Table,
− Plot,
− Spectrogram,
− Text.
Each of these modes has its own particular features; for each type of panel, only some of the
display modes are available (e.g. a Session Header panel can only be displayed in the Table or
Text mode). To choose the display mode, use the buttons located at the top-left corner of the
panel.

Table Plot Spectrogram Text
Fig. 4-33. Buttons for choosing the display mode
4.3.1. TABLE MODE
In the Table mode, numeric and text data are displayed in the form of a table. This mode is used
for displaying the Session header or Instrument configuration, as well as for displaying
measurement results such as Logger results in numeric form.
Fig. 4-34. Example of panel displayed in the Table mode
Normal / Transposed view
In general, when the Normal view is set, the table rows contain different time samples while
columns contain results of different measurements or calculations. Switching to the Transposed
view sets the inverse configuration. The Transposed view is particularly useful if you need to
view many variables in few points of time.
To enable the Transposed view, you can do one of the following:

• Click on the button – the view will switch to the other than currently set.
• Use the Table mode menu to choose one of the views.

Press this button
to switch mode
Fig. 4-35. Selecting the view in the Table mode
Copying with headers
The Copy with headers tool is available in the context menu opened by right-clicking. It copies
the selected data to the clipboard together with headers describing it, located above and to
the left of the selection.
Fig. 4-36. Copy with headers tool
Cell types
There are three different types of cells in Supervisor’s tables:

− Cells with grey background contain headers, describing the current data, which will be
copied when you use the Copy with headers tool.
− Cells with yellow background also contain descriptions for the data values, but they are not
copied by the Copy with headers tool.
− Cells with white background contain the data values.

Adjusting the view
To configure the size of the fonts displayed in the panels in the Table mode, you can use the
following buttons, available on the Toolbar:
• – increases the font size,
• – reduces the font size,
• – sets the default font size.
The AutoSize Columns tool enables setting the width of the columns equal to the longest text
string in each column. It can be activated using one of the following buttons:
• – located on the panel’s toolbar,

• – located at the top-right corner of the panel.
You can easily convert the unit of displayed results in terms of the power prefix using the menu
opened by right-clicking on the header of a column in the normal view or of a row in the
transposed view.
Right-click the header to

open the unit conversion
menu
Select a power prefix from

this menu to convert the
unit of displayed results
Fig. 4-37. Converting units in a table in terms of the power prefix using the context menu
Table view options
Configuration of the Table mode settings is also available in the Table View tab of the Main
Options dialog box.

Fig. 4-38. Table View settings in the Main Options dialog box
The Table view options are divided into 3 panels:
The Font and colors panel enables configuring the way text is displayed in the Table view. To
select the text font, press the Choose button. A font selection window will appear, allowing to
set the preferred font. To select the text colour, press the colour button. A colour choice
window will appear allowing to select the preferred colour.
The Display panel enables configuring the way results (functions) are displayed in the Table
view when viewing multiple functions of different steps. The continuously repeating values
option causes the fields where the values are not defined (because a function has a greater
step than other displayed functions) to be filled with the last available value. The show single
value at start time of greater step option causes to display values only at the beginning of a
greater step, leaving the other fields empty.
The Marker set of values panel enables configuring the way markers are displayed in the Table
view. Markers contain ranges of the time domain specified by the user or created automatically.
They can be displayed in the Table view as a function. You can select the value displayed in the
table corresponding to data contained / not contained in the marker (Existence value / Not
existence value).
Limiting the time domain
The Limit time domain tool enables to display only a limited range of the time domain, specified
by a selected function or marker. In order to enable this option, you have to open the View

Configurator, select the desired function / marker and click the Limit time domain to command
in the Options menu. In order to remove the limit, use the Clear time domain limit command.
1. Open Configurator
3. Click Limit time

information to
2. Check the marker
Fig. 4-39. Limiting the time domain in the Table mode
Note: Configurator is described in detail in Chapter 4.4.
4.3.2. PLOT MODE
In the Plot mode, results (functions) measured in the time or frequency domain, such as e.g.
Logger results or Logger 1/3 Octave, are presented in the form of a 2D plot.
Window configuration
Each panel in Plot mode is composed of 3 parts (Fig. 4-40):

• Central part – the plot together with the axes and additional controls,
• Upper table – containing some additional information, such as the titles,
• Lower table – containing the positions of cursors and selections as well as numerical results
of measurements and calculations.
You can show or hide the tables using the buttons, located at the left-hand side of the panel.
You can also use the button to switch between 3 available modes:
• Normal – all parts visible;
• Data And Results – upper table hidden;
• Only Data – both tables hidden.

Upper table
(additional
information)
Show / hide
upper table
Central part
(plot and controls)
Show / hide
lower table Lower part
(data selection
and numerical
results)
Fig. 4-40. Parts of panels in Plot mode
Viewing the plot
In the Plot mode, the horizontal (x) and vertical (y) axes can easily be scrolled and scaled. To
scroll an axis, you can:
• use the blue slider at the top of the plot area,
• left-click on the axis and move the mouse without releasing.
To scale an axis, click on it with the right mouse button and move the mouse without releasing.
Axis auto scaling
The Y-axis auto scaling tool serves to automatically scale the y-axis to make the result function
values fill the plot area. To enable the Y-axis auto scaling, use the / buttons, located on
the top left side of the panel in the Plot mode.
Analogously, the X-axis auto scaling tool serves to automatically increase or decrease the
number of pixels per sample (and aggregation degree for time history plots) to make all samples
visible in the whole plot area. To enable the x-axis auto scaling, use the / buttons, located
on the bottom left side of the panel in the Plot mode. You can also automatically scale the x-
axis so that only the selected time period is displayed using the Auto scale x settings dialog box,
accessed by selecting the Auto scale x settings... command in the context menu opened by
right-clicking anywhere in the plot area. It also allows you to extend the range of measurement
results so that the x axis starts at a selected time.

Use this field to select
the length of the period
to be displayed
If this option is enabled,
the smallest value
displayed on the x-axis
will be as specified in
these fields
Fig. 4-41. Auto scale x settings dialog box
Right-clicking in the plot area and selecting the Auto scale x to selection command scales the x-
axis according to the current block selection.
Note: The displayed range of the time history may contain unselected fragments if the block
selection is non-continuous.
Note: If you manually scroll or scale an axis when the corresponding auto-scaling tool is
enabled, it will be automatically disabled.
The commands related to the X-axis auto-scaling are also accessible from the Zoom menu on
the Toolbar.
Fig. 4-42. Commands related to X-axis auto-scaling in the Zoom menu

Adjusting the view
All functions displayed on the plot are listed in the table in the lower part of the Plot view
window.
Primary Secondary
function/ y-axis
y-axis selector
selector
Drawing
mode
Export
mode
Displayed
functions
Click on the square to select color list
Fig. 4-43. Controls for adjusting the view in the Plot mode
When you click on a function’s name on the list, that function’s representation in the plot area
becomes highlighted so you can easily recognize it when many functions are plotted
simultaneously. The / buttons serve for showing / hiding the functions. Colour used for
plotting each function can be selected by clicking on the square located next to that function’s
name.
The contents of the table below the plot can be customized using the context menu, opened
by right-clicking anywhere in the table area (Fig. 4-44). The menu contains the following
commands:
− Set font... – enables you to select the font used in the table below the plot,
− Copy with headers – you can use this command to copy the contents of the table to the
clipboard (the column and row headers are also copied),
− Autosize columns (off / fit in window / fit in column) – enables you to automatically adjust
the table columns’ width: the fit in window option causes the columns to fill the whole width
of the panel, while fit in column resizes the columns to fit exactly the width of the contained
text. Anytime you manually resize a column, the Autosize off option becomes automatically
selected.
− Show start / stop / duration – enables you to show or hide the columns of the table
representative of the information about periods specified by block and cursor selections
and markers.
− Show whole data / inside blocks / outside blocks / individual blocks – enables you to show
or hide the rows of the table representative of various ranges of the time domain: whole
data corresponds to all available time history, inside blocks correspond to the accumulated
ranges of all block selections, outside blocks correspond to the ranges of all fragments of
the time domain which are not included in block selections, and individual blocks
correspond to separate block selections, displayed individually (as Block 1, Block 2 etc.).
− Show units in header – enables you to show or hide the units in headers.
− Delete selected marker – removes the marker created by you. Markers created by the device
cannot be deleted, therefore, this command will be inactive.
Use the commands in this

menu to customize the Right-click anywhere in the table area to
contents of the table open the context menu
Fig. 4-44. Context menu for customizing the contents of the table below the plot
You can specify the way functions are drawn on the plot using the Drawing mode buttons /
/ located on the left side of the window.
You can choose the currently active function, used to define the primary y-axis and the main
cursor domain, as well as the quantity to be represented on the secondary y-axis, using the
Active function selector and the Secondary y-axis selector, located in the upper part of the Plot
window.
Note: By default, the secondary y-axis is displayed in each Plot windows. To enable hiding it,
use the "Allow none secondary axis" option in Main Options » Graph View » Data Visualization
(Fig. 4-45).

Fig. 4-45. Option which allows for hiding the secondary y-axis
Export modes
You can export the plotted results in two modes:

− the ‘single’ mode, represented by the icon, consists in exporting a single figure,
containing only the range of the time history displayed in the panel.
− the ‘multi (screen-by-screen)’ mode, represented by the icon, consists in exporting entire
time history in several figures.
The two modes are illustrated in Fig. 4-46. In order to change the mode, use the /
buttons, located at the bottom-left corner of the panel.

dB
Pressure
120.0
In ‘single’ mode,
only one figure is 100.0
exported
80.0
60.0 In ‘multi’ mode,

16:50:38 16:51:42 16:52:46 16:53:50 16:54:54 Time several figures are
exported in order to
present entire time
PEAK Z (TH) MAX (TH) MIN (TH)
history
Info dB
Ch1, P1 (A) Ch1, P1 (A, Slow) Ch1, P1 (A, Slow)
Pressure
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
16:55:58 16:57:02 16:58:06 16:59:10 17:00:14 Time
PEAK Z (TH) Modes

Fig. 4-46. MAXof(TH)
exporting panels MIN
in the(TH)
Plot mode
Info Ch1, P1 (A) Ch1, P1 (A, Slow) Ch1, P1 (A, Slow)
Local plot settings
The graphic options of the Plot view can be configured in the Local Plot Settings dialog box,
opened with the Local plot settings… command, available in the context menu opened by right-
clicking in the plot area.
Settings specified in this dialog box only apply to the particular panel for which it was opened.
When you save the layout of the session (see Chapter 4.1.6), these settings are also saved.
Note: Global settings of the same type can be configured in the Graph view tab of the Main
Options dialog box.

Fig. 4-47. Local Plot Settings dialog box
In the Cursors and selections colors panel, you can choose one of three modes of drawing the
vertical lines representative of the positions of cursors and blocks marking selected data:
• Inverted – a line of inverted background color,
• Solid – a line of a chosen color, drawn over the plotted functions,
• Transparent – a line of a chosen color, not hiding the plotted functions below it.
The selection of the Draw mode is equivalent to what can be achieved using the / /
buttons. The Total style concerns the way of displaying the Total results, drawn at the end of
the x-axis in case of frequency domain functions.
Trace current block – with this box option enabled, clicking with the main cursor on a block
selection will automatically jump to the field containing the range of the selected block in the
table below the plot area.
Show extended – enabling / disabling this option will show / hide the extended x-axis
description.

Selection of data
To select data, you can use the cursors or block selections. Each cursor allows to select one
element of the data at once, while blocks enable the selection of multiple elements at once.
Main cursor
When you open a window with the plot view, only the Main cursor is present. You can set its
position by clicking in the plot area, by using the left and right arrow keys or by using the
buttons located in the upper part of the Plot panel. You can also switch the Main
cursor off, unchecking it in the table below the plot. By default, the position of the Main cursor
is marked on the plot with a vertical line in inverted background colour; you can change the
way the Main cursor is displayed using Local Plot Settings or Graph View settings in the Main
Options. The Main cursor may be placed where the samples of the active function exist. If the
Main cursor is switched off, clicking in the plot area you can switch it on and make it visible
again.
#1 and #2 (Block) cursors

There are two additional cursors available, named Block cursor #1 and #2. You can set their
positions by clicking somewhere in the plot area with the right mouse button and choosing the
Put #1 or Put #2 command in the pulldown menu, or by pressing CTRL+1 or CTRL+2 keys. The
selected cursor position is then set at the current position of the Main cursor. In default
settings, the positions of the additional cursors are marked on the plot with vertical lines in
inverted background colour with numbers written next to them. You can clear the selections of
additional cursors by clicking on the icons next to their names in the table below the plot.
Block selections
To set a block selection you have to click in the plot area and drag the mouse without releasing
until all the elements you need are selected. When you select two different blocks, the
selections will be added (previous selections are not removed). The selected area is
represented with a grey background. To deselect blocks, click on the icons next to their
names in the table below the plot, or click in the plot area with the right mouse button and
choose the Deselect block(s) option. You can deselect the current (last selected) block or all
blocks at once. You can also invert the block selection. Choosing this option removes the
current selection and selects all the remaining data in the file.
Additional features
• The #1 and #2 cursors can be used for precise selection of blocks. When both Block cursors
are located on the plot:
o Pressing ENTER will create a new block selection between the two block cursors;
o Pressing ESC will deselect the part of a block selection from between the cursors (if the
area between the cursors contains a fragment of a block).
• When you click inside a block with the main cursor, the row in the table below the plot
containing the range of the selected block will be active .
Note: This feature can be disabled in the Local plot settings dialog box – Trace current block.
• Pressing ESC if the #1 and #2 cursors are not placed will remove a block selection containing
the Main cursor. If the Main cursor is not located within any blocks, pressing ESC will
remove all the selections (you will be asked for confirmation).

The selected data is listed in the table in the lower left corner of the Plot panel (it is not visible
if you select the Only data mode). In case of the cursors, the point of their position is given in
the Start column. In case of block selections, the points of begin and end of all separate blocks
are given in the Start and Stop columns. For each cursor and block selection, these points can
be edited by entering the time values manually after double-clicking corresponding fields of the
above-mentioned columns.
Double-click the Start / Stop field for a selected

cursor or block selection to enable editing
Fig. 4-48. Editing the position of cursors and block selections by entering time values manually
Note: To show the Start and Stop columns, corresponding options should be enabled in the
table’s context menu; for details, see the Adjusting the view paragraph in this chapter.
The Main cursor’s position is also marked below the X-axis of the plot.
Block cursors
Block selection
Main cursor
Position of the
Main cursor
Fig. 4-49. Data selection in the Plot mode

Labels
You can add labels to the plot, consisting of a short text and an optional arrow pointing to a
selected point in the plot area. To add a label, right-click anywhere in the plot area and select
the Add label command.
• To edit the label’s text, click somewhere close to the middle of the label, or click the label
with the right mouse button and select the Edit text command.
• To delete the label, click it with the right mouse button and select the Delete label
command.
• To move a label, place the mouse close to an edge of the label, and when the cursor face
turns to , left-click and drag it.
• To resize a label, place the mouse close to a corner of the label, and when the cursor face
turns to , left-click and move the mouse without releasing it.
• To add an arrow, click the label with the right mouse button and select the Add arrow
command. The arrow can be moved by dragging its end with the left mouse button pressed
(when the mouse is in a place allowing for moving the arrow, the cursor face turns to ).
To remove the arrow, use the Remove arrow command in the context menu.
Click inside the label to edit text

You can open this
context menu by right-
Click close to an edge
clicking the label
and drag to move the
label
Click close to a corner

Drag the end of the and drag to resize the
arrow to move it label
Fig. 4-50. Editing labels in a plot mode panel
Limit lines
The Limit lines are coloured horizontal lines with custom labels which you can draw in the Plot
views at selected levels of the Y axis.
Limit lines
Fig. 4-51. Exemplary plot with two limit lines

If you want to display limit lines in the Plot view, first you need to configure them in the Graph
view » Limit lines settings tab in the Main Options dialog box. Separate sets of limit lines values
and labels can be specified for sound and vibration data. A separate value, label and colour can
be specified for each limit line.
Specify value (unitless), label

and color for each line
Fig. 4-52. The Limit lines settings in the Main Options dialog box
Note: The value specified in the Limit lines settings is unitless – the line will always be drawn at
the same value on the Y axis regardless of the currently displayed units (so the lines will
intersect with the measurement results in different places when linear and logarithmic values
are displayed).
Once the limit lines are configured in the way described above, they can be drawn on the plot
by doing the following (Fig. 4-53):
1. Select the Limit lines settings... command from the context menu available after right-
clicking in the plot area,
2. Set the visibility of selected lines in the Limit lines dialog box.
To access the limit lines settings, you can also use the button, located on the Panel
Toolbar.
Note: This button may be hidden if the view sub-window is too narrow.

Right-click to open the menu
Select the lines you want to be drawn.
(Go to Limit lines settings in the Main Options)
Fig. 4-53. Setting the visibility of limit lines on a plot
You can also access the Limit lines settings in the Main options directly from the Limit lines
dialog box by pressing the button.
It is also possible to specify a set of limit lines that will be displayed by default in each newly
created panel in the Plot mode. For this, use the checkboxes located at the left side of the Limit
lines settings tab in the Main Options (Fig. 4-53). Having specified the default set of limit lines,
a different set of limit lines can be later selected for each particular Plot panel in the manner
described above.
Go to min/max
Buttons above the plot area allow for placing the Main cursor at the sample corresponding to
the minimum or maximum value of the active function.
Note: These buttons may be hidden if the panel is too narrow.

Select active function Go to maximum / minimum
Fig. 4-54. Buttons for automatically locating maxima and minima of the active function
4.3.3. SPECTROGRAM MODE
The Spectrogram mode can be used to show the 3D variation of time, frequency and amplitude.
The x-axis represents the time domain, the y-axis represents the frequency domain and the
colours correspond to the values of the currently selected function. The time scale is linear
while the frequency scale is logarithmic. The range of the colour scale is shown down the right
side of the plot area.
Press to show the spectrogram
Lower table
(results at the
selected point)
Fig. 4-55. An example of panel displayed in Spectrogram mode
The table at the top of the panel, containing the titles, and the one at the bottom, containing
the position of the Main cursor together with corresponding measurement results, can be
shown or hidden by pressing the button. You can choose one of three modes:
• Normal – both tables visible,

• Data And Results – upper table hidden,
• Only Data – both tables hidden.
To scroll the time axis, you can use the blue slider at the top of the spectrogram area or click
on the axis below the spectrogram area with the left mouse button and move the mouse
without releasing. Scaling the x- and y-axis is not available in the Spectrogram mode.
Adjusting the view
You can choose the parameter displayed on the spectrogram by using the Active function
selector in the upper part of the panel in the Spectrogram mode. The selected function defines
the values on the z-axis.
Fig. 4-56. Active function selector
The Auto-scale z tool serves to scale the z-axis to fit the range of currently displayed data. When
browsing the time domain, the scale will be modified automatically. When you disable the Auto-
scale z option, the scale will remain constant.
Fig. 4-57. Auto-scale z button in the panel’s toolbar
You can modify the colour profile to set the optimal dynamics for the range of data that you
need. To do so, click on the colour bar representing the z-axis, on the right side of the panel in
the Spectrogram mode. Then click on one of the displayed squares to move the range in which
the chosen colour will be displayed. You can set 4 points of the profile to adjust the colour
dynamics as needed. Modifying the colour profile does not change the scale of the z-axis.
Fig. 4-58. Examples of colour profiles in the Spectrogram view

Selection of data
A point of the spectrogram can be selected using the Main cursor. To select a point, simply click
somewhere in the spectrogram area. You can also modify the position of the cursor using the
arrow keys and the buttons above the Spectrogram window.
The current position of the Main cursor is presented as the crossing point of grey lines. The
table below the spectrogram area describes the position of the Main cursor in the time and
frequency domains, as well as the value of the displayed function in the selected point.
You can hide / show the Main cursor clicking on the / icon next to its name in the table
below the spectrogram area.
4.3.4. TEXT MODE
The Text mode can be used for displaying measurement results and other information in the
text form. Data is presented as simple text with additional descriptions (if available). The text
can be copied with the use of the pulldown menu, opened by right-clicking in the Text panel.
Fig. 4-59. Example of panel displayed in the Text mode
4.4. CONFIGURATOR
The Configurator is located at the right side of each panel. It can be used to select the set of
results to be displayed in the panel.

Configurator panel
Fig. 4-60. Configurator panel
4.4.1. USING THE CONFIGURATOR
To show / hide the Configurator, use the button, located on the panel’s toolbar. The
Configurator may be shown by placing the cursor on the Configurator button located in the
upper-right corner of the panel or hidden by placing the cursor outside the Configurator sub-
panel.
To have the Configurator always shown click the Lock icon in the upper left corner of the
Configurator sub-panel. To go back to the auto-hide mode click the icon.
The results and functions displayed in the Plot or Table modes are selected in the Configurator.
Checking the name of a result / function adds it to the view. If you check a branch containing
more than one result / function, all the data inside the selected branch will be displayed. If you
select in this way more than 30 objects at once, you will be asked for confirmation.
There are two ways of selecting multiple results simultaneously:

− Selecting a result with the CTRL button pressed will cause the selection of all available
results of the same type, e.g. selecting the Time history MIN results in Profile 1 will also
cause the selection of Time history MIN results in other profiles, as well as Summary MIN
results in all profiles.
− Selecting one result, and then selecting another one in the same subtree with the SHIFT
button pressed will cause the selection of all objects in the subtree that are displayed
between these two objects.
These two methods are illustrated in Fig. 4-61.

1
Selecting this Selecting this
object with the object... 3
CTRL button ...also causes the
pressed... selection of objects
between them
...and then
2 selecting this
object with the
...also causes SHIFT button
the selection pressed...
of this object
and all other
objects of the
same type
a) Using the CTRL button b) Using the SHIFT button
Fig. 4-61. Methods for the selection of multiple results simultaneously in the Configurator
Note: The same effect as using the CTRL button can also be obtained by turning on the Lock
results option in the Options menu.
Fig. 4-62. Options menu
By default, the Configurator is presented in the Tree view (the hierarchy is: Channel » Profile »
Function). By activating the Options » Flat view command, you can view the configurator as a
plain list, not representing the structure of data. This also enables to select all the available data
at once by checking the Flat results checkbox.

Check to select
all data.
Fig. 4-63. Configurator in the Tree and Flat view modes
Use Expand/Collapse command to expand or to collapse the tree.
The Configurator of most panels contains a Funnel icon which switches the Global Mask for the
selected measurements (see Chapter 3.2.2). For example, if you select Noise dosimetry in the
pop-down menu, the configurator tree will display only results of the Global Mask.
Fig. 4-64. Example of the Funnel icon operation

4.4.2. LIMITING THE TIME DOMAIN
The Limit time domain tool enables showing only a selected range of data. Selecting a marker
on the list and pressing the Options » Limit time domain to command will hide in the table all
samples not contained within the selected marker’s range. Pressing the Options » Clear time
domain limit command resets the time domain, showing all the data once again. The time
domain limit only affects the Table display mode. For details, see also Chapter 4.3.1.
Fig. 4-65. Limiting the time domain of a panel in the Table mode
4.4.3. SAVING SETTINGS
It is possible to save the Configurator’s settings for later use by pressing the button. The
settings are saved in a package including selection of data to be displayed and colours of plots.
Fig. 4-66. Saving Configurator settings

To load saved Configurator’s settings, press the button, select the settings from the list and
click one of the commands from the right side.
Fig. 4-67. Configurator settings dialog-box
You can select a saved package of settings to become default:

1. select saved settings from the Configurator settings list,
2. click Set default view settings.
Newly created panels will be automatically configured according to the default settings (as far
as it is possible with regard to the available data). The default settings are indicated with a green
tick mark . You can clear the default settings using the Clear default view settings button.
4.4.4. SPECIAL CASES
The Configurator works as described above in case of panels representing the measurement
results, such as the Logger results panel. For some types of panels, such as Noise Exposure or
Text, it is not available at all. For some other types of panels, such as:
− Session header,
− Instrument configuration,
− ‘What if’
it also enables to select information to be included, but it has a simpler form.
Fig. 4-68. Configurator for the Session header panel

5 DATA ANALYSIS
5.1. CONVERSION OF UNITS
In Supervisor it is possible to easily recalculate logarithmic to linear and linear to logarithmic

units. In case of VLM results, it is also possible to display the values in linear non-metric units.
The available units are shown in Table 5.1.
Table 5-1. Units for displaying SLM and VLM results available in Supervisor.
VLM results
SLM results
Acceleration Velocity Displacement
Logarithmic [dB] [dB] [dB] [dB]
Linear [Pa] [m/s2] [m/s] [m]
Linear non-metric - [g] [ips] [mil]
To select the units for sound level values you can use the button located on the Toolbar
(available in the Session mode), and the menu attached to this button. Analogously, to select
the units for vibration level values, use the button.
5.2. ZOOM AND AGGREGATION
The Zoom serves to adjust the amount of displayed data. In case of the Plot mode, this is
achieved by selecting the number of pixels per sample. In case of the Table mode, increasing
the zoom from the original level cannot affect the way data is displayed. However, in each
display mode, the zoom can be reduced in reference to the original level, meaning that multiple
samples are represented by one pixel or cell. This requires the application of data aggregation
algorithms. The so-called aggregation degree denotes the number of data represented by one
element (sample in a plot / cell in a table).
Note: It is possible to display more than one pixel per sample with aggregation degree higher
than one at the same time.
To reduce / increase the zoom, use the / buttons on the Toolbar. In case the Plot mode
is currently active and aggregation is not applied, using these buttons you can increase /
decrease the number of pixels per sample.

You can also set the aggregation degree manually using the Set aggregation level command
from the pulldown menu, opened by cliking on the button next to the Zoom Plus / Minus
buttons. The aggregation degree can be then entered in the Set aggregation level… dialog box.
The maximum value of the aggregation degree equals the number of samples in the current
data.
Another possibility is to set the aggregation degree by time interval. The degree will
automatically be set to a value for which a single element (a pixel or a cell) will correspond to a
selected time interval. For example, for measurement results in which each datum corresponds
to measurement time of 1 second, selecting the aggregation time interval as 1 minute will set
the aggregation degree to 60.
Fig. 5-1. Setting the aggregation level by time interval
Using the same pulldown menu, you can also decide whether aggregation should be applied to
the time or frequency domain, if it is available in the currently viewed data. Aggregation can be
applied to the currently viewed panel only (if ‘Apply time aggregation to active view only’ is
checked), or to each panel generated using the same data as the currently viewed one
(otherwise).
5.3. ACCELERATION, VELOCITY AND DISPLACEMENT
In case of VLM spectrometric data Supervisor allows for the recalculation of three quantities:
• Acceleration,
• Velocity,
• Displacement.
To select the quantity you wish to display, use the pulldown menu opened next to the button
for VLM units selection, located on the Toolbar (which is available in the Session mode).
Fig. 5-2. Selection of VLM quantities
Acceleration, velocity and displacement can all be displayed simultaneously. In the Plot mode
the particular quantities can be recognized in the functions list below the plot by ‘Acc’, ‘Vel’
and ‘Dil’ (for acceleration, velocity and displacement, respectively) added to the name of the
function.
Fig. 5-3. Function list containing functions for various VLM quantities
5.4. EXPOSURE LEVEL CALCULATOR
Supervisor provides three types of panels which serve for the calculation of exposure and dose
levels for noise and vibration: Noise exposure, Noise dose/TWA, Hand-arm vibration exposure
and Whole-body vibration exposure.

5.4.1. DATA CONFIGURATOR
In the Hand-Arm/Whole-Body vibration exposure or Noise Dose/exposure panels, the

Configurator is located at the left-hand side of the panel and contains data grouped by “user”
and “task” information assigned to data. Data files are presented in the form of a tree with
“users” and “tasks” as branches that combines data files. Using the checkboxes located next to
the branch you can select data that will be used for estimation.
Note: You can also modify the assignments in the Noise exposure panel - the changes will be
applied in the Supervisor’s database. More details about assigning additional information to
data are described in Chapter 3.3.
Use these buttons to

modify the user and task
information assigned to
the data
Use these checkboxes to

select data that will be
used for estimation of the
noise exposure level
Click this bar to hide
Configurator
Fig. 5-4. Configurator in the Dose/exposure panels
If you created the session using files with no user / task information assigned, the Configurator
panel contains a list of files and no additional information. You can then add the users and tasks
using the buttons located at the top of the configurator panel, and assign files to them
(Fig. 5-5).
One way to assign the files is right-clicking on a user or task, pressing the Add files... button and
selecting the files in the Add files... dialog box (Fig. 5-6); you can also use the drag & drop
technique (Fig. 5-7).

Close the window after all needed
users have been added
Use this panel to

modify users or
create new ones
Press this button to add

the selected user to the
Noise exposure panel
Fig. 5-5. Adding users / tasks to the Noise exposure panel using the buttons
located at the top of the configurator
Select one or more

files on this list . . .
. . . and press the ‘OK’ button
Fig. 5-6. Assigning files to users / tasks from the Session data panel using the
Add files... dialog box

Fig. 5-7. Assigning files to users / tasks from the Session data panel using
the drag & drop technique
5.4.2. SUMMARY RESULTS / TIME HISTORY MODE
The Dose/exposure panels can be used in two different modes: Summary Results and Time
History. By default, the Summary Results mode is used; it uses summary results (in case of
logger files) or the overall measurement result (in case of a single measurement files) for the
calculation dose/exposure results. The Time History mode can be used if you wish to use the
ranges of a selected marker (defined in the logger file) for calculation dose/exposure results.
In order to use the Time History mode, at least one user-defined marker or Force marker must
exist. To create a marker, open a Logger results panel and follow the instructions provided in
Chapter 5.7.1.
You can switch to the Time History mode by clicking the button located at the top of the
Configurator. The text on this button indicates the current mode.
Fig. 5-8. Switching between Summary results and Time history modes
in the Dose/exposure panels

In the Time history mode, the Task assignments are replaced with marker ranges. Each marker
represents a single task; you can specify the duration of these tasks in the same way as in the
Summary results mode.
Detailed results for separate marker ranges
Fig. 5-9. Noise exposure panel in the Time history mode
When you click on a marker range in the Configurator, the Main cursor is automatically placed
at the corresponding sample in the Logger results panels generated using the same data.
5.4.3. NOISE EXPOSURE
The Noise exposure panel serves for estimating the daily noise exposure level according to the
ISO 9612 standard, using data representative of Leq summary results.
The data are ordered according to the user and task information assigned to data; for details,
see Chapter 5.4.1.
The daily noise exposure level can be estimated using three different measurement strategies:
− Task-based strategy,
− Job-based strategy,
− Full-day measurement-based strategy.
You will be asked to choose a measurement strategy each time you add a Noise Exposure panel
to a session.
Fig. 5-10. Measurement strategies… selecting window

Task-based strategy
The Task-based strategy consists in calculating the LEQ values for separate tasks and estimating
the daily noise exposure level according to the declared duration of tasks. You can specify the
total duration of a task—using a time-picker field—or the duration of separate samples. In the
latter case the average time will be used for calculation. The duration of samples needs to be
typed in the format: hh:mm;hh:mm;... where the ‘;’ sign separates different samples. The value
in the Duration of task m field is taken into account only if the Duration of samples of task m
field is empty. The value in the column Average duration of task m is the average value of the
duration of samples specified in the column Duration of samples of task m.
Note: The number of specified samples and the dispersion of their duration affects the
assessment of the estimation uncertainty.
1 Use this field to specify the

duration of the task...
2 ... or specify the duration of 3

separate samples in format The results are
hh:mm;hh:mm;... in this field presented in this table
Fig. 5-11. Noise exposure panel with the Task-based strategy selected
The results of at least three independent measurements should be available for a single task.
According to the ISO standard, each measurement should be long enough so that the measured
level of noise is representative for the whole duration of the task.
If the expanded uncertainty of the LEQ values exceeds 3dB (which is signalized by red
background of the cell), you can do one of the following:
− perform three or more measurements for the same task,
− divide the task into smaller ones,
− increase the duration of the measured samples for the task.
Job-based strategy
The Job-based strategy consists in averaging the results of a series of LEQ measurements
performed during various fragments of the day, and then using a declared value of the effective
duration of the working day to estimate the daily noise exposure level.

Use this field to specify the effective
duration of the working day
The results are presented in this table
Fig. 5-12. Noise exposure panel with the Job-based strategy selected
The results of at least five independent measurements should be available for a single job. The
necessary length of samples, specified in the ISO standard, depends on the number of workers
and number of measurements.
Full-day strategy
The Full-day measurement-based strategy consists in averaging the LEQ values obtained in
several full-day measurements and using them to estimate the daily noise exposure level
according to a declared duration of the working day.
Use this field to specify the effective

duration of the working day
The results are presented in this table
Fig. 5-13. Noise exposure panel with the Full-day strategy selected

The results of at least three full-day measurements should be available in order to use the Full-
day strategy. The dispersion of data is also displayed, since if the dispersion is greater than 3 dB,
two more full-day measurements should be performed.
The expanded uncertainty of estimation is also calculated and displayed next to the results. The
contribution of uncertainty due to sampling, i.e. caused by limited length of samples, is
displayed separately. If it exceeds 3.5 dB, it is advisable to consider a modification of the
measurement plan.
5.4.4. NOISE DOSE/TWA
The Noise dose panel allows for the estimation of the Noise dose and the Time Weighted
Average Noise Level (TWA) on the basis of the measured LAV data, according to standards
OSHA HC and OSHA PEL.
Once data have been selected for calculation using the Configurator, you need to declare the
exposure time for each task and user.
Select standard
Set exposure time for

each task and user
Results
Fig. 5-14. Noise dose/TWA panel
The resulting values of Dose and TWA are presented for the total exposure time (sum of
exposure times of all tasks), for a standard day (8 h) and for a custom projected duration.
Note: If the validation tool has been used, Supervisor Lite will use by default the validated data
as the data source to calculate the Noise / TWA dose. Always make sure "Time History
(Markers)" is selected as Mode if you want to calculate the Dose/TWA based on validated data.
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5.4.5. HAND-ARM VIBRATION EXPOSURE
The Hand-Arm vibration exposure panel allows for the estimation of the average daily (8 h)
exposure to hand-arm vibration according to the ISO 5349-2 standard, as well as 4-hour or 2-
hour per day exposures, using vibration measurement results.
see Chapter 5.4.1.
In order to select the mode (A(8) – 8-hour per day, A(4) – 4-hour per day or A(2) – 2-hour per
day exposures), use the selector located at the top-left corner of the panel. The results can be
presented as exposure levels or points. To switch the presentation mode, use the button
located to the right of the ‘Show exposure’ label.
Use this selector to select calculator mode
Use this button to change the results presentation mode

Use this selector to change the profile
Show / hide
detailed data
for this task
Declare exposure duration

for each task / user
The final results of

calculation are displayed
below detailed data
Fig. 5-15. Hand-Arm vibration exposure panel
Once data have been selected for calculation, you need to declare the exposure duration for
each task and user. The daily exposure values for each of the users will then be displayed below
the corresponding data.
The background of the result cells is colored according to the exposure level:
• green: if Daily Exposure < EAV,
• yellow: if EAV ≤ Daily Exposure < ELV,
• red: if Daily Exposure ≥ ELV.

You can show / hide the detailed data for each task by pressing the button labelled with the
task’s name.
5.4.6. WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION EXPOSURE
The Whole-Body vibration exposure panel serves for estimating the level of daily exposure to
whole-body vibration according to various standards using vibration measurement results.
see Chapter 5.4.1.
Once data have been selected for calculation, you need to declare the exposure duration for
each task and user. The final results of calculation (daily exposure, VDVR or aren – according to
the selected mode) for each of the users will be displayed in the cells located below the detailed
data.
The background of the result cells is colored according to the exposure level:
• green: if Daily Exposure < EAV,
• yellow: if EAV ≤ Daily Exposure < ELV,
• red: if Daily Exposure ≥ ELV.
Use this selector to select calculator mode
Show / hide
detailed data
for this task
Declare exposure duration

for this task / user The final results of
calculation are displayed
below detailed data
Fig. 5-16. Whole-body vibration exposure panel
The calculation can be performed in four different modes:

− A(8) (according to the standard ISO 2361-1),
− VDV (according to the standard ISO 2361-1),
− aren (according to the standard NHO 09),
− VDVR (according to the standard NHO 09).
To select the calculator mode, use the selector at the top-left corner of the table.
In case of the A(8) mode, the results can be presented as exposure levels or points. To switch
the presentation mode, use the button located to the right of the ‘Show exposure’ label.

In case of the aren mode, the working day period can be specified manually.
You can show / hide the detailed data for each task by pressing the button labelled with the
task’s name.
5.5. HEARING PROTECTORS
The Hearing protectors panel is designed to provide information about the type of hearing
protectors recommended for a user, given the results of dose measurement. It can only be
used with noise dose data and is not applicable for vibration dosimetry.
This type of panel is always displayed in the form of a table.
Specify the data

representative of
the measured Press this button
noise level to open the
Hearing protectors
dialog box
Select a device
from the database
Use these buttons

to show or hide
the results of Press this button to
estimation using open the Hearing
particular method protectors
classification dialog
box
Fig. 5-17. Hearing protectors panel
You can use the Hearing protectors table in two calculator modes, based on Summary results
or Time history results associated with a marker. To change the calculator mode, press the
button containing the name of the current mode, located next to the Mode label.
Fig. 5-18. Changing the mode of the Hearing protectors panel

The Summary results method operates on the LAeq, LCeq or 1/1 Octave results averaged with
the Integration Period step and recorded by the instrument.
The Time history method operates on the LAeq, LCeq or 1/1 Octave results averaged with the
Logger Step. The range of these results depends on some marker so that you can select
fragments of the time history that are included in the calculations. To create a marker, open a
Logger results panel and follow the instructions provided in Chapter 5.7.1.
When you open the Hearing protectors panel the File position shows the file containing data
for calculation LA and LC values. If you select the [None] option, LA and LC values can be changed
manually – these fields turn white. To change the LA or LC values, double click on the cell with
value.
Fig. 5-19. Manual changing the LA value in case of [None] option
In case the used file contains multiple Summary results, it is possible to perform calculations on
a selected Summary results, or to average all Summary results. To decide, use the list box
located next to the File and Channel fields.
Fig. 5-20. Selecting a single Summary result or averaged results in the Hearing protectors
panel
5.5.1. PROTECTORS DATABASE
The Protectors database mode allows to use the stored information about multiple hearing
protection devices in a database to estimate the effective level of noise when wearing different
protectors, and for different measured levels of noise, using three methods: the SNR method,
the HML method and the Octaves method.

The program includes an exemplary base of protectors based on the offers of the most popular
companies.
You can add your own hearing protection devices to the database. To do so, press the Manage
database button located next to the button for switching modes and use the Hearing protectors
dialog box.
After you save one or more hearing protection devices in the database, you can use them
together with dose data to estimate the effective level of noise. It is not compulsory to fill in all
the fields. The missing values will be treated as 0 (no attenuation).
Enter a name for

the new device and
select its type
Specify
characteristics of
the device
List of own
devices Automatically fill
in empty fields
Press this button to remove a Press this button to add the Press this button to apply the characteristics
selected device from the database specified device to the database to an existing device of specified name
Fig. 5-21. Hearing protectors… dialog box, serving for managing

the hearing protection devices database
It is also possible to fill in only two of the three parameters, and automatically calculate the
remaining one according to the formula:
Mean attenuation – Standard deviation = APV
using the Calculate missing parameters button.
You can choose from three types of hearing protectors: Earmuffs, Formable earplugs, All other
earplugs or Undefined.

The hearing protectors stored in the database can be exported to external CSV files (which use
semicolon ";" as the field separator), as well as imported to Supervisor, using the Export / Import
buttons, located at the bottom-left corner of the window.
Note: The easiest way to analyse the internal structure of such CSV files is to export an
exemplary hearing protector (e.g. one with all parameters equal to zero).
Contents of the Hearing protectors table can be configured using the Hearing protectors panel
category of the Main Options dialog box (Fig. 5-22).
You can choose which parameters of the hearing protector should be shown in the Octaves
method part of the table. The available parameters are:
− Mean attenuation,
− Standard deviation,
− APV.
You can also enable displaying an optional preview of the APV, noise spectrum and reduced
spectrum in graphical form below the results of the Octaves method (Fig. 5-23) by checking the
Show octaves graph preview option.
Use this field to specify the

value of the Action level, used
for classification of hearing
protectors
Use these checkboxes to choose
what should be displayed
together with the results of
estimation using the Octaves
method
Use these checkboxes to choose

what method should be
displayed in the Hearing
protection panel
Check to enable attaching a preview of the APV, noise spectrum and

reduced spectrum in graphical form to the results of the Octaves method
Fig. 5-22. Modifying the Hearing protectors preferences in the Main Options dialog box

Classification of the
hearing protector
Fig. 5-23. Optional preview of the APV, noise spectrum and reduced spectrum
in graphical form, attached to the results of the Octaves method.
The following data is used in the calculations:

− In case of methods which use the values of the parameters L A and LC: these values can be
entered manually (when ‘[None]’ is selected in the ‘File’ field) or loaded from a selected file.
In case of data acquired from some Svantek instruments, the difference L C−LA may be
available instead of the LA or LC value; the remaining value is then automatically calculated
using the difference and other available value.
− In case of methods which use octave spectra: the data is loaded from a file; if only 1/3 octave
spectrum is available in the selected file, the octave spectrum is automatically recalculated.
5.5.2. CLASSIFICATION OF PROTECTORS
Protectors are classified using the calculated effective level of noise according to the EN 458
standard. The result of classification is displayed next to the estimated L’A in text form and is
also shown by the colour of the table cells which contain the results. The possible classes are
shown in Fig. 5-24.
Fig. 5-24. Classification of hearing protectors according to L’A
Note: The classification is based on the value of the Action level, which can be specified in the
Main Options dialog box (Fig. 5-22).

The results of classification can also be viewed using the Hearing protectors classification dialog
box. To open it, press the Compare protectors button, located below the table cell which
contains the classification result for the selected protector.
Result of classification for the

currently selected protector
Press this button to view results of
classification for all protectors stored in
the database
Fig. 5-25. Button for opening the Hearing protectors classification dialog box
The Hearing protectors classification dialog box contains lists of all protectors, stored in the
database, which have been classified as Good or Acceptable (with the estimated effective noise
level value either slightly higher or slightly lower than the optimal one) using the selected
method of estimation.
Use this list box to select

the method used for estimation
of the effective level of noise
Lists of hearing protection

devices which have
been classified as
Good or Acceptable
After pressing the ‘OK’
button, the protector
selected in one of the
lists in this dialog box
will also become
selected in the Hearing
protectors panel
Press this button to open the

hearing protectors database
Fig. 5-26. Hearing protectors classification dialog box

5.6. ‘WHAT IF’ panel
The ‘What if’ panel is a special tool which enables you to estimate the values of dose functions
assuming different values of parameters such as threshold or criterion level. The recalculation
is always based on logger (time history) data. To use it, specify the assumptions using the ‘New
value’ fields in the parameters-related part of the panel, and the recalculated values of the
functions will appear in the yellow cells at the bottom of the panel.
You can select the functions for which recalculation will be done using a special version of the
View configurator, specific for this type of panel. In this case, the View configurator can be
opened by clicking on the vertical bar with the icon, located on the right side of the panel.
Data source
Fields for
modifying the
assumptions
Results of estimation
for the modified
assumptions
Decide whether
modifications of data
should be taken into
account or not
Fig. 5-27. ‘What if’ panel
All modifications of the data, such as deletion, shifting and clipping, done in a Logger results
panel, are considered when recalculating new values of parameters.
If the session is in validation mode, the What if panel retrieves data according to the Validated
data marker range.
You can select dose functions to be recalculated in the Configurator.

Fig. 5-28. Configurator specific for the ‘What if’ panel, serving for
the selection of dose functions to be recalculated
5.7. MARKERS
Markers can be used as a tool for data classification. They constitute binary functions defined
in the time domain. A marker denotes a certain range of data, specified automatically or
selected by the user. Markers created by Svantek instruments and markers created in
Supervisor are equivalent and can be used in the same way.
5.7.1. CREATING MARKERS
There are two types of markers:

• Block markers,
• Point markers.
The block markers contain a finite range of data, while point markers only contain one sample.
To create a block marker:

1. Make a block selection in the plot area, dragging the mouse with the left button pressed.
Note: A block marker does not have to be continuous, i.e. it can be composed of several
separate ranges.
2. Press the right mouse button to open a context menu and select Edit markers » Use selected
blocks » New marker.
3. In the Create New Marker dialog box, specify the desired name and colour for the new
marker.

1
Fig. 5-29. Creating a block marker
You can also divide the block marker into intervals checking Enable checkbox and selecting the
interval duration. The figure below presents marker divided into five 30-minutes intervals and
one smaller interval. The last interval can be truncated if you check Truncate incomplete
intervals.
Fig. 5-30. Dividing a block marker into intervals
In case of point markers, instead of making block selections you only have to place the Main
cursor at the desired location (clicking in the plot area). The rest of the process is analogous to
the creation of block markers, the only difference being the path in the pulldown menu: Edit
markers » Point marker » New marker.

5.7.2. VIEWING MARKERS
Block markers are visible in the Plot mode as horizontal lines below the plot area, above the x-
axis. In case of point markers, vertical lines are also drawn. Each marker has its own colour. The
markers are listed in the table below the plot. To show or hide markers, click on the /
icons, located next to their names on the list.
Block
marker
Point marker
Visible markers
Hidden marker
Buttons for showing / hiding markers
Fig. 5-31. Visualization of markers in the Plot mode
In the Table mode, markers are considered as one of the functions available for displaying. You
can select the values displayed in the table for data contained / not contained within range of
a marker using the Table view tab in the Main options dialog box.
In the Plot mode, you can highlight block markers selecting the Highlight markers … command
and remove all highlights selecting the Remove highlights command.

Fig. 5-32. Highlighting markers
5.7.3. EDITING MARKERS
A marker need not be continuous — it can be composed of several disconnected continuous

fragments. Such an individual fragment is called a ‘range’ of the marker.
To modify the ranges of markers, you can use the pulldown menu opened by right-clicking
somewhere in a plot area, when working with a panel in the Plot mode. Following commands
are available:
• Edit markers » Use selected blocks » Add selection – adds the current block selection to a
chosen marker.
• Edit markers » Use selected blocks » Remove selection – subtracts the current block
selection from a chosen marker.
• Edit markers » Point marker » Add cursor position – adds the range of the current cursor
position to a chosen marker.
• Edit markers » Point marker » Remove cursor position – removes the range of the current
cursor position from a chosen marker.
• Edit markers » Delete marker – deletes a chosen block or point marker.
Every time you modify or delete a marker, the Choose marker window will appear. It serves for
selecting the marker you wish to modify or delete. You can select multiple markers, clicking on
their names with CTRL pressed. You can also select several successive markers, clicking on the
first one and then the last one with SHIFT pressed.

Fig. 5-33. Choose Marker dialog box
Note: A group of ranges can be selected in order to perform some operations on several
markers simultaneously. To select/deselect a range, click on it with the SHIFT button pressed.
You can also use the Add/remove marker range to/from selection to select/deselect ranges.
Selected ranges are drawn in black.
You can easily modify ranges in the following ways:

• Clicking with the left mouse button in the middle of a range and moving the mouse without
releasing will move the selected range within the time domain. When the mouse is in a
position allowing for moving a range, the marker’s name and the number of the range is
displayed (Fig. 5-34 a).
Note: If multiple ranges are selected, moving one of them automatically moves the whole
group.
• Clicking with the left mouse button on one of the ends of a range and moving the mouse
without releasing will resize the selected range. When the mouse is in a position allowing
for resizing a marker range, the <<, >> signs are added to the name of the marker (Fig. 5-
34 b).
a) Clicking and moving mouse will move the range. b) Clicking and moving mouse will resize the range.
Fig. 5-34. Labels that appear when the mouse is in a position allowing
for the modification of a marker range
Right-clicking on a marker range activates a pulldown menu, containing the following

commands (all these commands can be used for a group of selected ranges):
• Open comment file – opens the comment file that the selected marker corresponds to.
• Export event(s) – in case of markers denoting the range of audio events, this command can
be used to open the Export Events dialog box (see Chapter Error! Reference source not
found.); the event corresponding to the clicked marker will be automatically selected.
• Add marker range to selection – selects the range that was clicked.
• Remove marker range from selection – deselects the range that was clicked.
• Selected ranges to blocks – adds the selected ranges to the block selection on the plot.

• Add selected ranges to another marker – adds the selected ranges to a chosen marker.
• Remove current range from marker – removes the range that was clicked from the marker
that it belonged to.
• Remove all selected ranges from marker – removes the selected ranges from a chosen
marker.
5.7.4. ADDING BLOCKS TO MARKERS
You can add new blocks to the existing markers. For this:
1. Make a block selection in the plot area, dragging the mouse with the left button pressed.
2. Press the right mouse button to open a context menu and select Add block(s) to marker.
3. Choose the marker to which you want to add the block.
2
3
Fig. 5-35. Adding blocks to the marker
5.7.5. SPECIAL MARKERS
Some markers are created automatically and cannot be edited. This includes:
• The Comment markers denote the ranges of audio comments attached to the
measurement results.
Note: Double-click a Comment marker to open the corresponding audio file in the default
audio player.
• The Audio markers denote the position of audio events, recorded automatically by Svantek
instruments, and allow for their export to external files.
• The Wave marker denote fragments of logger data to which a .WAV file is associated.
• The Missing wave marker denote fragments of logger data to which a .WAV file was
associated but has not been downloaded.
• The Whole data marker contains the whole-time domain.
• The Pause or Break marker shows the time ranges containing pauses or breaks, if available
in the currently viewed data.
• The Block selection marker denotes the current block selection.
• The Overload and Underrange markers denote the ranges in which measurement results
are outside of the measurement range.
• The Changed data marker denotes the ranges in which data has been shifted or clipped
(see Chapter 4.2.3)
Note: The Underrange marker is hidden by default and has to be enabled in the View
Configurator.
There are more types of special markers, which are created by Svantek instruments. For details,
see the manual of the instrument.
Note: The Whole data marker and the Block selection marker are only applicable in the Table
mode.
5.7.6. TRIGGER LEVEL+ MARKERS
In the currently opened logger file, you can easily generate a marker corresponding to the time
ranges with high level using the Show trigger level+ marker parameters button, located at the
right end of the View Toolbar.
Note: This button may be hidden if the panel is too narrow.
For example, when force measurement results are available, you can generate a marker
corresponding to the time ranges with high force level.
Fig. 5-36. Displaying automatically generated markers corresponding to high levels

The parameters related to the generation of the Level+ marker are available in the menu, as
shown in the figure below.
Fig. 5-37. Level+ marker generation parameters
• Function – result function that is compared for excess;

• Threshold - minimum level taken into account in the analysis;
• Minimum duration - optionally, allows for removing all the generated Level+ marker's
ranges of duration lower than the specified minimum duration;
• Smoothing samples - optionally, allows for smoothing the measured level using selected
number of samples;
• Remove distortions - if this option is enabled, the ranges in which an overload,
underrange, high vibration level or force underrange marker occurs are removed from
the generated Level+ marker.
5.7.7. EXPORTING LOGGER EVENTS
To export events included in the active logger view, right-click on a marker range and in the
pulldown menu select the Export event(s) command (see Chapter 5.7.3).
After activating this command, the Export Events dialog box will appear. Logger events available
in the current data are listed in the upper part of the window. You can set the target directory
for the output wave files by clicking on the icon next to the Path field.
To export the Events as WAV files, press the Export button located at the bottom of the window.

Available
events list
Wave
export
settings
Press to export events Press to show more settings
Fig. 5-38. Export Events dialog box
You can select the events you wish to export using the checkboxes in the Export column, or the
Select all and Select none buttons. It is also possible to select events according to their length.
To do so, specify minimum and/or maximum length and press the Select by length button.
If you want to configure more detailed export settings, press the Advanced >> button.
Fig. 5-39. Advanced settings of the Export Events dialog box
The available settings are:

• Filename prefix – text string with which the output filename will start,
• Naming convention – select between appending the number of the event or its start
time to the filename,
• Output Files Format – the format of created file,
▪ Note: Currently only WAV file format is supported.
• Settings – wave parameters settings (Compression, Sampling Rate [Hz], Channels, Bits
Per Sample),

• Gain control – select whether to use no signal boost, constant-level signal boost or
Automatic gain control smart signal boosting mechanism,
• Play – playback of the last selected audio event.
5.8. LOGGER DOSE CALCULATOR
5.8.1. CALCULATION OF DOSIMETRIC FUNCTIONS
Supervisor makes it possible to quickly calculate the values of several dose functions using the
measurement results. In case of noise dosimetry, the available functions include:
− DOSE,
− DOSE_8h,
− LAV,
− SEL,
− TWA,
− PDose.
In case of vibration dosimetry, the available functions include:
− Current exposure,
− Daily exposure,
− AEQ,
− awv (for whole-body vibration) / ahv (for hand-arm vibration),
− awmax (for whole-body vibration) / ahwmax (for hand-arm vibration),
− Current dose,
− Daily dose,
− MaxVDV.
Note: The presentation of the values of calculated dose functions is only available in the Logger
results panels, displayed in the Plot mode. The availability of particular functions depends on
the data used for calculation. Similar functions are also calculated (in a different manner) in the
‘What if’ panel (see Chapter 5.6).
You can calculate the values of these functions immediately when viewing data. All you need
to do is select the desired functions in the Configurator (located at the right hand side of the
panel; more details on the Configurator are presented in Chapter 4.4).
The calculation of noise-dose functions can be based on Leq data or LAV data. The functions
available for calculation are contained in two sub-branches of the Configurator tree: Leq
calculations and LAV calculations.

Fig. 5-40. List in the Configurator containing noise-dose functions available for calculation
The vibration-dose functions available for calculation are contained in the Logger vib dose
branch of the Configurator tree. The numbers in brackets correspond to the numbers of
channels used for calculation of the RMS or VDV functions (1–3 or 4–6).
Fig. 5-41. List in the Configurator containing vibration-dose functions available for calculation
5.8.2. DISPLAYING THE RESULTS OF CALCULATION
The results of calculation are displayed in the table below the plot area (if it is hidden, you can
show it using the button located at the bottom-left corner of the panel).
Calculation is performed for the whole data set, as well as for ranges selected in one of two
ways: as markers and as block selections. To show / hide results for time ranges determined by
markers, select the markers in the View configurator (in the Markers branch, at the bottom of
the list). To show / hide results for whole data or time ranges determined by block selections,
use the context menu opened by right-clicking anywhere in the table area. This context menu,
as well as the selection of data and markers, are described in detail in Chapter 4.3.2, describing
the Plot display mode.

If the table is
hidden, click
this button
Calculated values of the

DOSE_8h parameter
Fig. 5-42. Results of Logger dose calculation displayed in the table below the plot
Except of the total values displayed in the table, it is also possible to draw the time histories of
the dose functions calculated using the Logger Dose Calculator. This option can be enabled in
Main Options » Logger calculations.
Fig. 5-43. Drawing time histories of calculated dose functions

5.8.3. PREDICTING DOSE RESULTS FOR SIMULATED DATA
The Logger dose calculator tool can also turn out useful for viewing the values of dose results
and manipulating the data simultaneously (using shifting, clipping and deletion of data, as
described in Chapter 4.2.3). You can, for example, display the DOSE result and see how the dose
reduces when a range of measured LEQ values is decreased by 10 dB. Such an exemplary
procedure is illustrated in the figure below.
3
2 Select the range of Specify the
data to be modified shifting value and
press the ‘Shift
data’ button
1
Select DOSE
in the Logger
dose branch
in the View
4 Check the new Configurator.
value of DOSE
Fig. 5-44. Using the Logger dose calculator to predict the values of dose
results for simulated data – an example: viewing how the value of DOSE
changes when the LEQ data in a selected range is shifted by −5dB
5.8.4. MODIFYING PARAMETERS OF CALCULATION
Calculations can be performed according to the values of parameters loaded from the
measurement file, or the values of the parameters can be specified manually. To manually
modify the parameters values, use the Logger calculations settings panel in the Main Options
dialog box (Fig. 5-Error! Bookmark not defined.).

Uncheck this box to

enable manual
configuration of Use the fields in this panel to
parameters manually specify the values of
parameters of calculation
Fig. 5-45. Modifying the Logger calculations parameters in the Main Options
5.9. NOISE RATING AND NOISE CRITERION
If LZeq spectral data (e.g. 1/1 Octave LZeq results) are available, the Noise Rating (NR) can be
calculated according to the ISO 1996 standard, and Noise Criterion (NC) can be calculated
according to the ANSI S12.2-1995 or ANSI S12.2-2008 standard.
Fig. 5-46. Calculation of the NR results

To show calculation results, use the Configurator:
• Select the grid option to display NR / NC curves.
• Select the result option to display the NR / NC value calculated for the current
measurement data.
To select the standard used for the calculation of NC, go to Main Options » Spectrum
calculations.

6 OTHER FEATURES
6.1. DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND BACKUP
The Supervisor’s database contains the following data:

− files downloaded from Svantek instruments,
− location, user and task information assigned to the downloaded files,
− sessions created in Supervisor, as well as their templates.
Multiple databases can be stored on a PC in different locations, but only one can be used in
Supervisor at a time. The possibility of exporting and importing whole databases enables one
to easily create backup copies of measurement results and reports, as well as to exchange data
between different PCs.
Note: In order to understand and properly use the tools described in this section, two forms in
which Supervisor’s databases are stored need to be distinguished.
− The database that is accessed by the Supervisor application every time you use it is stored
in some location in the PC’s memory in the form of various folders and files, corresponding
to the measurement results, sessions, etc. that you create and process using Supervisor.
The location of this database can be managed using methods described further in this
section. There can also be several such databases stored on the same PC and you can switch
between them while working with Supervisor. The folders corresponding to these databases
should not be deleted, moved or renamed manually using Windows Explorer.
− Databases created using the Export tool and loaded to Supervisor using the Import tool are
stored in the form of .SVP files (a single .SVP file corresponds to a single database). You can
move these files freely, e.g. in order to exchange data between different PCs. Note that
when you import a database from a .SVP file, the .SVP file remains unchanged, while all the
files that co-create the current database are deleted and replaced with the contents of the
new, imported database.
Managing the database location
The location of the current database in the PC’s memory can be managed using the Database
location dialog box, opened using the Database location... command available in the main
menu.

Fig. 6-1. Managing location of the currently used database in the PC’s memory
There are three modes in which the database location can be changed:
− New... – creates a new, empty database in the specified location and sets it as the current
database. The previous database remains unchanged.
Note: The files that are present in the selected location at the moment of creating a new
database are not deleted. A unique catalogue is created for the new database.
− Move... – moves the whole current database to the specified location. The data currently
used in Supervisor remain the same. The previous location of the database becomes
cleared.
− Switch... – sets an existing database, stored in the PC’s memory, as the current database.
The previous database and its location remain unchanged.
When you press one of the buttons corresponding to different modes of managing the
database location, a dialog box will appear allowing you to select a new location.
Importing / exporting the database
To import the database, use the Import database... command, available in the main menu (Fig.
6-2).

Click on the Svantek icon
to open the main menu
Use these buttons to save or load

the whole Supervisor’s database
for backup or exchange
Fig. 6-2. Buttons for importing / exporting the Supervisor’s database
When importing a Supervisor database from an external SVP file, you have two options:
• Replace whole database with new one, which means deleting all the contents of the
previous database prior to importing the new one.
Note: In this case, if you import an earlier copy of your database, any newly downloaded
files may be deleted.
• Import measurement files and add them to current database, which means that the
previous database will stay unchanged, and the imported data will be placed in a separate
folder, called "Imported".
Fig. 6-3. Selecting an import option
When you choose one of these options, a dialog box will appear, allowing for the selection of
the SVP file to be imported.

To export the database, use the Export database... command. You can export the whole
database, or you can use the Wizard to select elements of the current database (i.e. particular
files, folders and/or sessions) to be exported.
Fig. 6-4. Selecting an export option
The folders and files are displayed in the Folders & files panel of the Database export wizard
dialog box in a similar way as in the Library panel of the Data Browser (see Chapter 3.2.1): the
Catalogue branch contains all the files and sub-folders as they have been configured after
downloading, and the Assigned branch contains a list of files with a specified location, user or
task, ordered according to the assigned values. Similarly, the Sessions panel contains lists of the
currently opened sessions and of the archived sessions.
Fig. 6-5. Database export wizard, allowing you to select folders, files and sessions to be
exported

To select a folder, file or session for exporting, check the checkbox next to its name. When you
select a folder, all of the files and sub-folders contained inside it become automatically selected
too. When you finish selecting files, a dialog box will appear allowing for the selection of the
location for the exported database.
Note: It is also possible to export selected folders and files using the File manager's Library:
after activating the Export database… command for a selected folder or file, the Database
export wizard is opened and configured automatically to match the selection made in the
Library (see Chapter 3.2.1 for details).
6.2. AUDIO SIGNALS
Three types of audio signals should be distinguished when working with Supervisor:
Audio events - audio signals, recorded automatically by Svantek instruments during

measurement, when some specified conditions are met; they are integrated into the files
containing logger measurement results (not stored in separate files).
Audio comments - audio signals, recorded manually by the user, such as voice recordings; they
are stored as a special type of Wave files.
Wave files - recorded automatically by Svantek instruments, stored as separate files, but linked
to the fragments of logger files.
6.2.1. AUDIO NAVIGATOR
The Audio Navigator is located at the top-right corner of the panels with logger data in the plot
mode. It allows for playing audio signals associated with the currently viewed logger data (e.g.
recorded during measurement by the SV 104 instrument). The Audio Navigator's interface
consists of a set of buttons whose functions are described in Table 6-1.
Audio
Navigator
Fig. 6-6. Audio Navigator

Table 6-1 Buttons of the Audio Navigator.
Button Function
Play event / resume playback
Pause playback
Stop playback
Jump to the previous event

(press this button and CTRL simultaneously to jump to the
first event)
Jump to the next event

(press this button and CTRL simultaneously to jump to the
last event)
Show options (described below)
Several options are available for the Audio Navigator after pressing the Show options button:
Fig. 6-7. Show options menu in case of audio events
− The Maximum Level slider allows for setting the audio signal boost level. 0 dB leaves the
signal at its original level.
− The Automatic Gain Control tool serves to automatically adjust the signal boost. With this
option enabled, fragments of audio data will be constantly analysed in order to maximize
the signal dynamics, given the Maximum Level slide bar is left at 0 dB. The length of analysed
fragments can be specified in Main Options » Audio Playback » Buffer Length. The minimum
value of the Maximum Level parameter depends on signal bit depth, e.g. -144 dB for 24 bit,
-96 dB for 16 bit. Differences below 12 dB between subsequent fragments of audio data will
not affect the boost level. The algorithm is designed to reduce the boost level faster than
when increasing it, so that sudden loudness is avoided.

− The Play event from beginning option (available only in case of audio events) alters the
behaviour of the Play button, automatically moving the Main cursor to the beginning of
current event before starting playback.
− The Synchronize all views option allows for simultaneous movement of the data selection
tools in all panels which contain the audio record (comprising the Main cursor in case of the
Plot mode and the selection bar in case of the Table mode).
− If the Play all events option (available only in case of audio events) is enabled, after reaching
the end of an event, playback will automatically continue from the beginning of the next
event. Otherwise it will stop.
− The Mix to mono option (available only in case of Wave files) allows for mixing the signal
from all channels to be played equally in all output channels.
Note: In case of multi-channel audio events, all the channels are always played
simultaneously.
− The Loop playback option (available only in case of Wave files) causes the Wave file to be
played from the beginning again when the end of file is reached.
Note: A minimized version of the Audio Navigator is also shown in the Preview panel in case a
.WAV file is selected in the File Details list (see Chapter 3.2.3).
6.2.2. EXPORTING AUDIO EVENTS
You can export the audio events, which are originally integrated with logger files, to external
.WAV files. In order to export an audio event, recorded automatically by a Svantek instrument,
find its corresponding Audio marker on a plot-mode panel, right-click on it and select the Export
event(s) command from the pop-down menu.
Right-click on the Audio marker
Fig. 6-8. Exporting audio events

In the Export Events window, you can select the events you wish to export using the check-
boxes in the Export column, or the Select all and Select none buttons. It is also possible to select
events according to their length. To do so, specify minimum and/or maximum length and press
the Select by length button.
Available events
Wave export
settings
Press to export events Press to show more options

Fig. 6-9. Export Events window
If you want to configure more detailed export settings, press the Advanced >> button.
Fig. 6-10. Advanced options in the Export Events window
Available options include:

Path − select target directory
Filename prefix − set text to start the filename with
Naming convention − select between appending number of the event or start time to the
filename
Output Files Format − currently only WAV file format is available
Settings − displays exported WAV file parameters
Gain control − select whether to use no signal boost, constant level signal boost or
'Automatic gain control' smart signal boosting mechanism (see
Chapter 6.2.1 for more details)
Play − playback of the last selected audio event
Export − export selected audio events using given settings

6.2.3. PLAYING AUDIO COMMENTS
In case there are audio comments attached to a logger file, the Notes column of the File Details
table (see Chapter 3.2.2) will contain the button in the row corresponding to that logger file.
Pressing this button will open a menu, containing a list of all comments attached to the selected
logger file. Selecting one of the comments will start its playback.
Note: In order to see the Notes column and enable playback of audio comments, you have to
check the appropriate option in the File Details table’s context.
Press this button to show

the list of audio comments
attached to this logger file
Select one of the audio
comments to start its
playback
Fig. 6-11. Playback of the audio comments
Some options related to the audio comments are also available in the Notes dialog box, which
can be opened using the Notes command in the context menu, available after right-clicking on
a file in the File details panel.
Use these buttons to

Select one or more perform operations on
audio comments the selected files
Fig. 6-12. Notes dialog box
The Notes dialog box contains a list of all audio comments attached to the selected file. You can
select one or more of them in order to perform one of the following operations, using the
buttons located at the right-hand side of the window:
− Play / Stop – starts / stops the audio playback of the audio comment.
− Open – opens the audio comment file in your default application for audio files.
− Export – allows for storing the audio comment file in a selected location in the PC’s memory.

You can adjust the audio playback settings, such as the device used for playback and the length
of the buffer, in the Playback panel of the Main Options dialog box.
Fig. 6-13. Adjusting the playback options
6.2.4. DOWNLOADING AUDIO COMMENTS
Some Svantek measuring instruments (SVAN 971, SV 971A, SV 973 and SV 104) support
attaching audio comments, in the form of .WAV files, to logger measurement files. Such audio
files are, by default, not shown in the files list of the Download panel (see Chapter 3.1).
Furthermore, they are also (by default) downloaded automatically when the logger file to which
they are attached is downloaded. However, you can modify these settings in order to treat the
audio comments files in the same way as all the other types of files downloaded from
connected Svantek instruments. To do so, go to the Data Exchange settings in the Main Options
and use the following checkboxes:
− Download associated audio comments after downloading logger(s) – if this option is
enabled, the audio comments will be downloaded automatically when the logger file to
which they are attached is downloaded.
− Hide audio comments in Download panel – if this option is enabled, audio comment files will
not be displayed in the files list of the Download panel.

Options related to
downloading audio
comments
Fig. 6-14. Settings related to the downloading of audio comments in the Main Options
Fig. 6-15. If the Hide audio comments in Download panel option is disabled, the audio
comments are shown just like other files
6.2.5. DOWNLOADING WAVE FILES
Some Svantek measuring instruments allow for automatically recording audio signals and
storing them in the form of separate .WAV files. Such files can be downloaded just as any other
types of files using the Download panel; however, each such .WAV file is linked to a logger file,
which results in some additional features related to their downloading and viewing.
The .WAV files, unlike audio comments, are not downloaded automatically together with the
associated logger files; they are listed in the Download panel (see Chapter 3.1) and have to be
downloaded separately.

Wave files
Fig. 6-16. Wave files in the Download panel
Note: A simple way to recognize which logger file is connected to a given .WAV file is to look at
the Date column and find a pair of files whose dates are identical.
Fig. 6-17. Wave files associated with the logger files
If the currently viewed logger results have a .WAV file associated with them, a Wave marker is
created. It denotes the range of the logger linked with the .WAV file. In the Plot mode, you can
right-click on the Wave marker and select the Remove selected wave command in the pop-
down menu in order to delete the .WAV file.

Fig. 6-18. Wave marker
In case a logger file has been downloaded, but some .WAV file associated to it has not, a Missing
wave marker is created, denoting the range in which the .WAV file should be present. When
you click on the Missing wave marker with the right mouse button, you can select Get missing
wave files from connected instrument or Get missing wave files from local directory to download
the linked .WAV file from a connected instrument or associate one stored on the PC memory.
Fig. 6-1. Missing wave marker
6.3. LANGUAGES
Supervisor is available in various languages. In order to enable a language different than English,
you should acquire an activation key from your local Svantek distributor. Then, the key has to
be entered in the Enter Activation Key dialog box, available via the Help branch of the main
menu (Fig. 6-Error! Bookmark not defined.).
Fig. 6-19. Entering an activation key for a different language version
Once a language is activated, it can be set in the Language settings in the Main options dialog
box.
Select language and

press ‘OK’.
The change will take
effect only after
Supervisor is
restarted
Fig. 6-20. Changing the language in the Main options dialog box

After entering the activation keys, all the activated languages are listed in the Activated
Modules window.
Fig. 6-21. Activated Modules window, containing a list of all languages

for which activation key has been entered
6.4. STATUS BAR
The Status bar can be displayed at the bottom of the Supervisor application window. It contains
some information, such as the currently used version of Supervisor.
Status bar
Fig. 6-22. Location of the Status bar in the Supervisor application window
The visibility of the Status bar can be toggled using the main menu, as shown below.

Fig. 6-23. Command in the main menu for toggling the visibility of the status bar
You can also configure the status bar by right-clicking somewhere in its area and selecting the
information you want to be displayed.
Fig. 6-24. Status bar configuration
6.5. QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR
The Quick Access Toolbar can be used to make selected buttons from the main menu easily
accessible. It can be located above or below the Ribbon (Fig. 6-25). Its location can be chosen
using the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu (Fig. 6-26).
a) Above the Ribbon b) Below the Ribbon
Fig. 6-25. Two possible locations of the Quick Access Toolbar

By default, the Quick Access Toolbar is empty. You can fill it with buttons using the More
commands... button in the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu (Fig. 6-Error! Bookmark not
defined.). When you press this button, the Customize dialog box will appear.
Use this button to add / remove

buttons from the Quick Access Toolbar
Click here to open the Customize

Quick Access Toolbar menu
Use this button to change the location

of the Quick Access Toolbar
Fig. 6-26. Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu
The Commands panel at the left side of the Customize dialog box contains a list of all commands
available to include in the Quick Access Toolbar. To add a command, select it and press the
Add >> button. The panel at the right side of the dialog box contains a list of commands
currently contained in the Quick Access Toolbar. You can also configure the order of the
commands in the Quick Access Toolbar using the arrow buttons.
Commands
already
added
Available
commands
Use these
buttons to
configure
the order of
commands
Use these buttons to add / remove

a selected command
Fig. 6-27. Dialog box for customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

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2.3. EDITING THE INSTRUMENTS’ SETTINGS .................................................................................................. 16

3 MANAGING MEASUREMENT DATA ............................................................. 22

3.3. USING ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 36

4 SESSIONS AND REPORTING ......................................................................... 42

4.2. BASIC PANELS ............................................................................................................................................ 52

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4.3. DISPLAY MODES ........................................................................................................................................ 64

4.4. CONFIGURATOR ........................................................................................................................................ 84

5 DATA ANALYSIS .......................................................................................... 90

5.5. HEARING PROTECTORS ........................................................................................................................... 102

5.6. ‘WHAT IF’ panel....................................................................................................................................... 108

5.8. LOGGER DOSE CALCULATOR .................................................................................................................. 118

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5.9. NOISE RATING AND NOISE CRITERION .................................................................................................. 122

6 OTHER FEATURES ..................................................................................... 124

6.3. LANGUAGES ............................................................................................................................................ 136

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1.1. ABOUT SUPERVISOR

Measurement instruments management:

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1.2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• 1.6 GHz CPU

1.3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

1.4. CHOOSING SUPERVISOR MODE

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Fig. 1-2. Switching the Supervisor module

1.5. HOW TO USE SUPERVISOR

Supervisor have three tools:

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Instrument allows for:

Data Browser allows for:

Sessions allow for:

Click on the Svantek icon to open the menu

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Fig. 1-5. Links to the tutorial Videos

1.6. SUPERVISOR PERSONALIZATION

Fig. 1-6. General settings in the Main Options dialog box

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Other settings are described in the appropriate chapters of this manual.

1.7. SUPERVISOR UPDATE

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Fig. 1-8. Checking for updates

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2.1. ESTABLISHING CONNECTION

2.2. MANAGING SVANTEK INSTRUMENTS

2.2.1. INSTRUMENTS AND INVENTORY PANELS

When a connected Svantek instrument is detected by Supervisor, it is added to the Instruments

Fig. 2-1. Instruments and Settings panels of the Instrument window

Both panels can be switched by clicking the appropriate tabs.

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Fig. 2-2. Editing calibration information

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Right-click to open the

...or use these buttons