Featuring a large 4.3” true colour touchscreen, the Nor150 provides the user friendliness of a smartphone.
Further features include; two measurement channels, built in web server, camera, GPS and advanced voice and text notes bringing the sophistications normally found in laboratory instrumentation out in the field. Connect your smartphone, pad with NorVirtual App installed and take full control of the instrument. Add photos and voice notes obtained on your smartphone or pad seamless integrated with markers to your noise data. Nor150 can also be controlled via NorCloud, Nor850 software, NorRemote and NorVirtual for PC . NorConnect is the tool you use to download, view and generate excel reports of your measurements.
- Building acoustics with on board rating
- Environmental noise assessment
- Environmental noise monitoring (NorCloud)
- Sound Intensity
- Room acoustics – STIPA
- Product noise testing
- Noise in the workplace
- Infrasound
- Noise nuisance recorder
- Front end for Nor850
- General noise and vibration measurements
- High Precision Class 1 sound level meter and frequency analyser.
- Single or dual channel.
- Large colour touch-screen (4.3”).
- Real push keys for quick operation in challenging environments.
- Intuitive user interface with graphical icons for selection of measurement mode and custom-made user setups.
- On board Building Acoustic rating and evaluation.
- Built in webserver for communication through the internet from anywhere in the world via LAN, USB, WLAN, 3G/4G modem.
- Seamless integration with NorCloud and Nor850.
- Easy management of measurement files in NorConnect Nor1051.
- Voice and text notes, built in GPS and camera help you document your measurements.
- Wide frequency range for vibration and low frequency measurements (0,4 Hz – 20 kHz in 1/3 octave band).
- Parallel 1/3 octaves and FFT analysis
- 120 dB measurement range.
- dB and engineering units (m/s² and m/s).
- Extensive trigger system for reports, audio recording and camera.
- Multi language support.
- Extensive on-board help system.
- Easy remote control via smartphone.
- Type approved by LNE – France, BEV – Austria, PTB – Germany, METAS – Switzerland
Selecting the different application is easy using the Application menu appearing after power on. You may also create own favorite setups indicated as smaller icons in the startup picture.
Nor150 is ideal for all types of environmental noise measurements. Measurements with markers, audio recordings and event triggered pictures are easily made. The large 4.3” display gives you all the necessary information. Up to 60 measurement parameters may be logged simultaneously.
The sophisticated trigger system enables different trigger levels for Day, Evening or Night with event triggers to collect markers, audio recordings and pictures. The data can be displayed remotely on any PC, notepad or smartphone. From the same device, you may change settings or simply check the status of the Nor150.
Features
- Twin time profiles with resolution from 5ms and additional Moving report with trigger possibility.
- Extensive trigger system for reports, audio recording, camera and digital output lines.
- Voice, text and picture notes
- 5 independent event triggers (LDEN support)
- Advanced marker management
- Full remote control from smartphone, PC or pads
- 0-20 sec graphical back erase / pause function.
- 0-120 sec Audio pre-trigger.
- Easy integration to postprocessing programs and Excel.
Nor150 offer four different views. You can customize each view as you like and rotate between the views using the VIEW button.
General analyser (environmental) mode has a selection of different display views. Portrait and Landscape. All Portrait views can either be a single or dual type frame.
Available views in Environmental / General mode are:
Available views are
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- Sound level meter display, only showing global values
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- Nor150 view – Level vs time display is a Profile display showing the selected level function versus time, but no global values. – available as portrait in single and dual frame mode.
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- Nor150 view – Level vs time, but only available as landscape (wide) in single frame mode
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- Nor150 view – Dual view with L/t and L/f
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- Level vs frequency display is a Spectrum display and can show spectra for both the on-going time profile and the global results at the same time. Available as portrait in single and dual frame mode.
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- Nor150 view – Level vs frequency display – wide, only available as landscape (wide) in single frame mode. The graphical display is turned 90 degrees.
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- Nor150 view – Ln – Combined cumulative and statistical percentage display – only available as single frame display
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- Nor150 viewLn – Combined cumulative and statistical percentage display. The graphical display is turned 90 degrees
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- Numerical tables – each graphical display has a numerical table as an alternative. Use the TBL button to switch between graphical and numeral display. The TBL button is assigned to the active window. To produce a picture like the one shown below, first tap the lower display so it is active then use the TBL button to switch the lower display numerically.
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- Split view with FFT and 1/3 octave. The link cursor feature connects the cursor in FFT and 1/3 octave displays, making it easy to manoeuvre in the frequency domain
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- FFT – Displays the FFT spectra
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- FFT (landscape) Displays the FFT spectra as landscape
Norsonic continue its long-time tradition for creating the state-of-the art building acoustic analysers. The Nor150 is no exception in this respect! It can be used as a manually operated single or dual channel building acoustic analyser, or as a remotely controlled advanced building acoustic frontend for the Nor850 multichannel system.
The Nor150 offers a built-in signal generator for excitation of the source room level measurements or for excitation of the reverberation time measurements. The results are measured in accordance with the ISO 16283 Standard requirements. With additional background level measurement results, the Nor150 has an on-board calculation of the final airborne sound insulation indices DnT and Rw in accordance with ISO 717. Of course, the similar possibility is available for impact sound insulation index Ln,w using a tapping machine such as the Nor277.
The reverberation time excitation may alternatively be based on an impulsive source. In any case, the Nor150 calculates the results for T15, T20 and T30 in parallel.
The Nor150 analyser is seamless integrated with the Nor850 software, either as a remote frontend to the Nor850 Measurement System, or as a manual measurement tool for exporting measurement files to the post processing Nor850 Reporting System.
Features
- Complete calculation of airborne, façade and impact sound insulation indices in accordance with international and national Standards.
- Single or dual channel measurements.
- Reverberation time measurements with parallel calculation of T15, T20, T30, Tmax and EDT.
- Ensemble averaging of reverberation decays.
- Backward integration of reverberation decays based on impulse excitation.
- User adjustment of individual RT decay lines.
- Signal generator with white, pink or bandpass filtered noise for increased S/N ratio in demanding environments.
- Supports multiple microphone and loudspeaker positions with corresponding on-board energetic or arithmetic averaging.
- Project overview with information about all individual measurement details and project progress.
- Seamless integrated with Nor850 reporting software.
Building acoustics mode offers application tailored displays to secure a good work flow and control in your project.
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- Building Acoustics- Upper frame shows Receiving room level with background noise. Running L/t in lower frame to evaluate if unwanted noise appears in the measurement.
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- Building acoustic – rating view 1, calculated sound insulation together with the single number index
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- Building acoustic – rating view 2, numerical table to present the single number index along with the spectrum adaption terms.
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- Building acoustic – rating view 3, all numerical results of the analysis plus a level overview graph.
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- Building acoustic – rating view 4, background noise vs. receiving room levels
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- Building acoustic – rating view, The # softkey toggles through specific source positions
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- Building acoustic – rating view, R’w rating
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- Building acoustic – RT view.
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- Two sample pictures out of several views offered for RT measurements.
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- Building acoustic – manual adaption of RT time is possible.
The Nor150 fitted with sound intensity option and the sound intensity probe kit Nor1290 is a powerful tool for all type of sound intensity measurements. It is designed for easy use in all type of measurement conditions.
The remote control handle using a Smartphone as a measurement control and displaying device forms a light weighted and easy to use system, allowing the user to perform all measurements with a single hand operation. The Smartphone communicates via WiFi with the internal web server running in the Nor150. The system may also be used with the sound intensity probe directly attached to the Nor150.
Applications
- Sound Power measurements in accordance with
– ISO 9614
– ANSI S12.12
– ECMA 160 - Noise Mapping
- Noise Source locations
Features
- Compliant to IEC 61043 Class 1
- Full on-board support for ISO 9614-1 and 2 sound power measurements
- Unique phase correction allows measuring 25 Hz to 10 kHz with 12 mm spacer
- Intuitive warning indicators
- Measurement-based suggestions for improving results
- Automatic measurement sequence
- Pause and back-erase with graphical display
- Full measurement edit support (segment exclusion, resize, retake)
- Add segment support
- Export to Nor850 mapping and reporting software
- Photo, text and voice annotation
- Smartphone (NorVirtual App) remote control for single-hand operation, all measurement data presented during measurement.
- Support for ½” and ¼” microphones
The STI mode supports the latest revision of the STIPA standard, IEC 60268-16 revision 5.- Additional features are background noise correction and auditory correction.
- Background noise correction can be turned on/off.
- Auditory correction gives a lower score on the STI value if the STIPA noise signal is too loud or too low. It shall normally be turned on, but the latest revision of the standard recommends it to be possible to turn it off in some special circumstances.
- The built-in signal generator generates the STIPA signal.
- A complete measurement sequence takes only 21 seconds.
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- STIPA mode is easy and intuitive to use. The display is composed of a fixed view with two frames. The upper shows each frequency band, while the lower shows the measured values including a bar graph.
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- STIPA – By selecting the lower part of the display and pressing the TBL button, the two modulation indexes for each of the STIPA-octaves will be displayed.
The Nor150 Analyser is designed to be expanded and upgradeable to give you a complete measurement tool for years to come. Norsonic’s retrofit policy ensures regular software updates with new features and new options followed by a 3 years warranty.
Option packages:
Nor150 Advanced Level option kit (e.g. for ENV) containing option: 3, 4, 11, 12.
Nor150 Building Acoustic option kit excluded on board rating incl. option 3, 7, 8.
Nor150 Consultant package option kit containing option 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13.
Nor150 basic unit includes A, C and Z weighting networks with measurement of Leq, LeqI, LE – sound exposure level, SPL, Lmax, Lmin with parallel detection of Fast, Slow and Impulse time constants, statistical calculation of Ln, and TMAX5. The measurement data is analysed as global values in addition to two parallel time profiles with an adjustable resolution ranging from ms to 2h. All interfaces and voice and text annotation included.
The internal camera is meant for documentation purpose before or after a measurement. The picture files are stored in the same project files as the measurement it belongs to.
Event triggered pictures requires an external IP camera or camera found on devices such as smart phones or pads. Pictures captures during a measurement is marked as events in the L/t graph and can be view in Nor150 or in NorReview
The GPS is used for position identification. Later software versions will also support exact time synchronisation. Time synchronisation is especially useful when several Nor150 units are used for capturing the same noise event, such as blast monitoring. The GPS position is stored as a part of the measurement file. It may also be set to be a part of the file name.
This option is not available as retrofit and must be ordered along with the instrument.
Input channel two is located on the left side of the instrument, well protected from dust and moisture by a rubber cover.
The second channel is a standard 7 pin Lemo connector with the same specifications as the main channel. It supports both standard 7 pin lemo preamplifiers as well as IEPE preamplifiers and accelerometers. Included is also SysCheck signal for check of outdoor microphones like the Nor1216 and Nor1217.
This option is not available as retrofit and must be ordered along with the instrument.
1/1 and 1/3 octave filters (0,4 – 20 kHz in 1/3 octave band) including multi-specter functionality in time profile A.
A 3 order analogue high pass filter with a -3 dB point at 3 Hz may be selected to avoid overloading the input circuitry from low frequency noise.
This option extension adds audio recording and marker management to the Nor150. The Nor150 is the third generation of sound analyser from Norsonic that is fitted with audio recording. We were the first company that added audio recording into a Sound Level Meter. With the introduction of Nor150, the audio recording is further refined with the possibility to also replay the recording on the meter itself without any need of transferring the data to a PC. The option 4 adds a sophisticated but easy to use marker management indispensable for every environmental noise assessment tasks. The user can select up to ten makers, add names, colour and associates the marker to an action. The marker can either be a single or a toggle marker. The action can be; enable a reference tone, start a recording, take a picture or set one of the digital outputs found on the 15pin socket. It is easy to add markers on an ongoing measurement. Voice and text notes may in the same way as markers be added to an ongoing measurement. The markers can be moved or deleted. Markers may also be added after a measurement is elapsed.
The Nor 150 also offers six system markers that are automatically inserted in the Level versus time profile. These are; Measurement Pause marker, Measurement continue marker, Audio recording marker, Picture marker, Signal overload marker, Battery low marker, Event trigger marker.
The Nor150 is seamless integrated to the PC program NorReview (Nor1026) to further evaluate and calculate the noise data and to create customized reports.
Features
- Single or dual channel audio recording
- 12 or 48Khz audio recording sampling rate
- 8, 16 or 24 bit audio recording resolution
- 0 to 60dB digital audio recording gain
- 0 to 120 sec audio recording pre-trigger
- Sophisticated marker management system
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- Nor150 Option 4 – Audio recording and markers including 1 event trigger
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- Nor150 Option 4 – Audio recording and markers including 1 event trigger
Sound intensity is a powerful measurement method in situations where traditional methods prove difficult or not feasible. With the new features of the Nor150, sound intensity measurements are significantly easier to accomplish than ever before, and may actually be less time-consuming than
corresponding sound pressure methods.
Nor150 equipped with the sound intensity option and the Nor1290 probe kit is a powerful tool for all types of sound intensity measurements, from high-precision laboratory conditions to demanding and rough field use.
Thanks to the unique phase correction algorithm, only a 12 mm spacer is necessary to cover the entire frequency range from 25 Hz to 10 kHz. This significantly reduces the time spent in-situ, and allows measurements of highly reactive sound fields.
Sound intensity is especially suitable for sound power measurements of non-movable machinery in industrial environments, measurements of driven machinery, industrial plant exhausts and pipes both indoors and outdoors.
In-situ building acoustics may benefit from the intensity technique, both for transmission loss and sound leakage detection. And for research & development applications, sound intensity provides powerful noise map visualisation.
Applications
- Sound Power measurements in accordance with
– ISO 9614
– ANSI S12.12
– ECMA 160 - Noise Mapping
- Noise Source locations
Features
- Compliant to IEC 61043 Class 1.
- Unique phase correction allows measuring 25 Hz to 10 kHz with single 12 mm spacer.
- Full on-board support for ISO 9614-1 and 2 sound power measurements.
- Smartphone remote control for single-hand operation, all measurement data presented during measurement.
- Intuitive warning indicators makes sound power measurements easy.
- Measurement-based improvement suggestions helps the user on the way, no need to consult the ISO standard.
- Pause and back-erase with L(t)-graph.
- Integrates with Nor850 visual mapping and reporting software for advanced post-processing.
- Configurable measurement sequence.
- Full measurement edit support (segment exclusion, resize, retake).
- Photo, text and voice annotation for individual segments.
- Accepts legacy sound intensity probes
Signal generator with sine, white, pink, band passed filtered noise.
Reverberation Time decay and calculation of T20 and T30 based on impulse or noise excitation. Requires option 3. Requires also option 7 if RT shall be based on noise excitation.
Complete Building Acoustic mode with microphone position room averaging in accordance with ISO 16283 as well as sound insulation indices calculated in accordance with ISO 717/1 and /2. (Req. opt. 3, 7, 8).
Enhanced noise assessment package including internal web server for remote control via smartphones, pads and PC and additional four triggers for independent setting of different trigger levels during a day. Requires option 4
With this option you are able to connect the instrument to Norsonic’s cloud service; NorCloud.
NorCloud is a Norsonic system to collect, display and process sound level data.
When used together with Nor150 sound analyser, you can measure, analyse and report directly from your web browser.
Create projects, assign sound level meters to projects and configure settings such as audio recording, SMS/e-mail alarms and automatic reporting.
Norsonic stores your data safely and conveniently, but you are of course free to download your measurements.
FFT sampling rate is 48 kHz with more than 16000 lines. Upper frequency is 22 kHz. Dynamic zoom from 1 – 64. The FFT calculation and 1/3 octave spectrum works in parallel.
- The STI mode supports the latest revision of the STIPA standard, IEC 60268-16 revision 5.
- Additional features are background noise correction and auditory correction.
- Background noise correction can be turned on/off.
- Auditory correction gives a lower score on the STI value if the STIPA noise signal is too loud or too low. It shall normally be turned on, but the latest revision of the standard recommends it to be possible to turn it off in some special circumstances.
- The built-in signal generator generates the STIPA signal.
- A complete measurement sequence takes only 21 seconds.
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- STIPA mode is easy and intuitive to use. The display is composed of a fixed view with two frames. The upper shows each frequency band, while the lower shows the measured values including a bar graph.
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- STIPA – By selecting the lower part of the display and pressing the TBL button, the two modulation indexes for each of the STIPA-octaves will be displayed.
The Nor150 sound and vibration analyser is supplied with ½” preamplifier Nor1209 and the ½” measurement microphone Nor1225. It conforms to the latest revision of the following National and International standard including amendments, all type 1 / class 1; IEC 61672, IEC 60651, IEC 60804, IEC 61260, DIN 45657, ANSI S1.4, ANSI S1.11, and ANSI S1.43.
Simultaneous measurement of SPL, Leq, LeqI, LMax, LMin, LE, LEI, LPeak, Ln and Tmax5.
Time weighting functions: Fast, Slow and Impulse (Simultaneous).
Spectral weighting functions: A, C and Z – weighting (Simultaneous).
Frequency analysis: 1/1 and 1/3 octave real time filters from 0,4 Hz to 20 kHz.
Statistical calculations: 8 individual adjustable percentiles from L0,1% to L99,9%, The statistical calculations are performed in real time within each frequency band and for each profile period if period length is set longer than 2 minutes. User can select between Fast or Slow time weighting as basis for the statistical calculation.
Overall measurement duration: 1 sec – 7 days. (If set to Repeat or Synchro mode a new measurement will be started automatically, with no time gap between each measurement.).
Time profile A resolution: 5 ms – 24 hours including full frequency spectra. From 1 sec if profile B or Moving is enabled.
Time profile B and Moving resolution: 1s – 24 hours. A, C and Z –
no frequency spectra.
Back erase in Pause mode: 0-20 sec free selectable graphical back erase.
12 and 48 kHz sampling rate / 8 , 16 and 24 bits / 0-120 sec pre-trigger.
One range covering 120dB without any range adjustments.
Self noise measured with 1/2” microphone with a nominal sensitivity of 50mv/Pa: 17 dBA.
Maximum RMS level 137 dBA, Maximum Peak level 140 dB PeakC.
The high SPL mode enables measurements up to 194 dB using a suitable 1/4” microphone.
Built in noise generator with Sine, White, Pink and 1/1 and 1/3 octave band passed filtered noise and Impulse noise.
Full on-board support for ISO 9614-2 with intuitive warning indicators and measurement based suggestions for improvements. Fulfils IEC 61043 class 1 requirements.
Dynamic capability Nor150 combined with Nor1290 Sound Intensity probe with 12mm spacer; >18 dB (125 Hz -10 kHz), >13 dB (f ≥40 Hz)
Parallel calculation of T15, T20 and T30 in addition to Tmax for Noise excitation and EDT for impulse excitation.
Sampling rate: 48 kHz.
Frequency resolution: 1.46 Hz or 2.92 Hz (FFT size 8192 or 16384 lines).
Upper frequency: 22kHz
Functions: Auto spectrum, linear averaging.
Acquisition rate: ~700 ms – no overlap.
Display: Dynamic display zoom 1 – to 64 in power-of-two steps.
Time windowing: Hanning
4,3” colour display, ¼ VGA with capacitive touch. Protected by an anti-smudge coated and scratch-proof glass.
Built in GPS.
Built in Camera for annotation before and after a measurement. Support for use of external IP or device cameras for event triggered pictures during a measurement. The event captured pictures are automatically timestamped, transferred to Nor150 and are bundled with the measurement.
Storage modes: Manual, Auto, Repeat and Synchro. Synchro synchronise the start of the next measurement to the next full hour.
Internal memory: 350 MB – not used for measurement storage.
Micro SD card: Up to 64 GB, supports XC and HC standard.
Data can also be stored on an external USB stick.
Data transfer via LAN, USB and high-speed RS232. Supports WLAN and GPRS – 3G/UMTS – 4G/LTE via USB.
Microphone input: Two microphone inputs (Second channel optional). Supports standard 7 pin lemo preamplifiers including SysCheck, Microphone heating, TEDS and IEPE. Polarization voltage: 0, 70 and 200V. Preamplifier voltage is ± 15V. Both channels are connected to the main microphone input in Sound Intensity mode. Channel 2 is multiplexed and replaces the SysCheck feature.
Comment microphone: Via 3 pin mini jack.
AC out, 100mV full scale on 15 pin I/O socket.
3 pin mini jack headphone socket for replay of voice notes, listen to microphone AC signal or replay of audio recordings. Comment microphone for voice notes is connected to same plug.
Signal generator on 15 pin I/O socket with Pink, White, Band-pass filtered, sine and impulse noise.
Rechargeable 3,5Ah Li-Ion batteries with fuel gauge.
External power 10-28Vdc 3-5Watt.
Typical battery lifetime: 8 hours.
Dimensions (ex. preamplifier and microphone LxWxH): 240 x 82 x 39mm.
Weight (including preamplifier and microphone): 700g.
Nor150, Precision Sound Analyser with A, C and Z weighting networks, Parallel time constants, Statistical calculation and time profile A.
Supplied with:
- Rechargeable battery pack
- Mains adaptor Nor345
- Carrying case Nor1340
- 32GB micro SD card
- USB cable Nor4525
- Microphone Nor1225
- Preamplifier Nor1209
- Windscreen Nor1451
- WiFi dongle Nor4614A
- Instruction manual,
- 3 years warranty and calibration certificate
- Nor1051 NorConnect software for file transfer & measurement view
- NorVirtual – sound level meter emulation program.
Nor345A Mains adaptor
Mains adaptor 100 – 240 Vac 50-60Hz, 12Vdc 1,2 A.
Supplied with Mains plug for destination country.
Nor1261 Tripod adaptor
Nor1261 is a “clip-on” tripod adaptor for use with 1/2″ Preamplifiers. Tripod attachment threads is 1/4″.
Nor1262 Tripod adaptor, adjustable
“Clip-on” adjustable Tripod Adaptor for 1/2″ Preamplifiers. Both 3/8″ and 1/4″ tripod screws can be used.
Nor1340 Softbag for Nor150
Softbag in nylon with room for Sound Analyser Nor150, calibrator, and accessories. The bag is normally included in Nor150 deliveries.
Nor1434 windscreen, 90 mm
Wind Shield for 1/2″ microphones/preamplifiers. Diameter 90mm.
Nor1451 windscreen, 60 mm
Wind Shield for 1/2″ microphones/preamplifiers. Diameter 60mm.
Nor4641 Portable power backup solution for Nor150
Nor4641, a cable with incorporated safety protections, that allows you to plug any 12V Jump Starter/ start booster for motorbike or car to power your instrument.
Nor4514A AC output cable
Cable (2m) for connecting the AC output of Nor145 to external equipment such as power amplifiers etc.
Please note that the Nor4514 is replaced by Nor4514A. The A version is needed for use with Nor150.
Nor1408A Preamplifier extension cable
Preamplifier extension cable Nor1408A comes with Lemo connectors to fit directly in the measurement chain. The contact pins are gold plated and the connector housing is protected with a special rubber sleeve. This protects the connectors in use from moisture, dirt and bumps. The Nor1408A replaces the Nor1408. The A version is similar to the 1408 but has in addition added threads on the outer shell of the female connector to fix the lock ring on a Nor1206 and Nor1209 preamplifier. The cable is a general purpose cable suited for all preamplifiers following the Lemo 1B standard developed by Norsonic, such as Nor1201, Nor1203, Nor1204, Nor1206 and Nor1209 as well as preamplifiers of other brands.
Standard lengths are 5, 10, 20, 30 and 50 meters. Special lengths on request. The /xx in the order code denotes the length of the cable.
Nor1408WW cable
This cable is designed for fixed installations in test chambers. It has the same pinout as a standard Nor1408 cable.
Nor1410A Microphone preamplifier cable 2m
Preamplifier cable Nor1410A comes with Lemo connectors to fit directly in the measurement chain. It features high quality connectors with gold plated contact pins. The Nor1410A replaces the Nor1410. The A version is similar to the 1410 but has in addition added threads on the outer shell of the female connector to fix the lock ring on a Nor1206 or Nor1209 preamplifier. The cable is a general purpose cable suited for all preamplifiers following the Lemo 1B standard developed by Norsonic, such as Nor1201, Nor1203, Nor1204, Nor1206 and Nor1209 as well as preamplifiers of other brands.
Standard length is 2 meter. For special length see Nor1408A.
Nor1438 Cable/Lemo
Nor1438 is a BNC to Lemo cable.
Having a length of 2 meters, this cable is a 3 mm thin and flexible cable with BNC connector in one end and a Lemo male in the other end. For connection of an electrical signal to a measuring instrument using Norsonic Lemo system.
Nor263B Hand switch
Remote hand switch with 5m cable for external triggering of start or audio recording (if applicable) on Nor150.