(13) SysSetup Menu: Push and hold the “UNIT” button then push the “HOLD” button

CORNET® ED-88TPlus Electrosmog meter user’s manual v.2 02/27/2018
CORNET Microsystem Inc., ED-88Plus Electrosmog meter is a Tri-mode device for quick measurement of
both High frequency (RF) Electromagnetic wave field strength/power density level, Low frequency (LF)
Magnetic field level(Gauss, Tesla), and Low frequency (ELF) Electric Field(V/m) for living environments. It is
an excellent device for individual or company with Electromagnetic wave safety concerns. It has RF
bandwidth of 100MHz to 8GHz with high sensitivity (0.5uw/m² to 1.8w/m²), LF bandwidth of 50Hz to 10KHz (or
50Hz to 1KHz) with sensitivity of 0.1uT to 60uT(1mG-600mG) or 0.01uT to 1uT(0.1mG to 10mG), and E-field
bandwidth of 50Hz-50KHz with sensitivity of 10v/m to 1000v/m. The RF Frequency display function (100MHz-
2.7GHz) can detect very short burst of digital RF down to 100usec. Data Logging function is also included.
Applications:
- High frequency RF Electromagnetic wave field strength, power density and frequency measurement
- Low frequency LF Magnetic field measurement (Gauss meter function)
- Low frequency ELF Electric field measurement (E-field meter function)
- Mobile phone base station antenna radiation power density measurement
- Wireless communications, Analog & Digital RF (AM/FM, TDMA, GSM, DECT, CDMA,3G,4G)
- RF power measurement for transmitters
- Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Ultra-wide-band detection, installation, optimization
- Spy camera, wireless bug finder, IOT devices
- Cellular/Cordless phone radiation safety level, Electrical Utilities SMART METER radiation level
- AC power line, High voltage tower, power Transformer, motors and small appliance EMF
- Microwave oven leakage detection
- Personal living environment EMF safety evaluation
Usage guide:
to get into the SysSetup menu. Use the “>” button to move the cursor in the Menu
and use the “<” button to enable/disable the functions In the SysSetup menu:
(a) EXIT: exit the SysSetup menu, return to normal mode
(b) RF level Unit select: select default mw/m2, v/m, or dBm mode when meter is powered on.
(c) LED Level: used to adjust the color LED segment display level for custom safety standards
OFF,-5,-10,-15, or -20dB. (use -20dB for “SBM2008 Building Biology Testing Methods” )
(d) Average/Frequency: select Peak average, All average, or Frequency of MAX value display.
(e) MAX_Clear bit: If the MAX_Clear is “ON” the MAX value can be cleared by toggling the “HOLD”
button. If it is “OFF” the MAX value can be cleared only by power-off the meter.
(f) Alarm: ON/OFF or one of the 8 trigger levels(0, -5,-10,-15,-20,-25,-30,-35dBm) can
be selected to trigger the audio Alarm. *(Alarm function is used in RF mode only).
(e) RESET: reset to default (mw/m2 ,LED Level OFF, MAX_CLEAR ON, Alarm OFF,PeakAvg).
(g) SAVE: push the “<” button to save the changes of setup to EEPROM memory. Do not
power off meter, Wait until save is done! (EXIT without SAVE to memory the
changes will still functional, but it will lost if the meter is power-off ).
(14) The LF30 mode: has high sensitivity (0.1mG-10mG), but with lower frequency range
(50Hz – 1KHz) to reduce the high frequency noise. (The Histogram and LED
segment display can go up to 30mG)
The LF600 mode: with sensitivity (1mG-600mG), has higher frequency coverage (50Hz -10KHz).
When measuring the high frequency digital/pulse type of signals,(such as switching power supply)
the LF30 mode might have lower reading than the LF600 mode, this is due to the lower frequency
coverage range of the LF30 mode.
(15) While in LF (magnetic/electric field measurement) or E-field mode, please hold the ED88 steady to
get the good stable reading, avoid fast moving of the ED88 to prevent the sudden change of the
reading caused by the Earth magnetic field or the induced electric field of nearby objects.
(16) AC Smart Meter radiates RF signal in short burst every few minutes, use MAX function and
Histogram function of ED88, and wait a few minutes to capture the RF signals from smart meter.

(1) Put the 9V battery in the ED88Plus, Handle the unit with right hand in vertical direction, and turn on the
volume/power switch to turn on the power, it will come up with RF meter mode.
(2) The RF sensor is located in the left hand side of the ED88PLus; the LF sensor is located in the right
hand top side of the ED88Plus, the E-field sensor is located in the middle top side of the ED88Plus,
please do not cover the sensor area with hand or other objects.
(3) There are 4 push button on the ED88Plus: “Mode”, “Hold”, ”LIGHT”, and “UNIT” button, “MODE”
button is used to switch in between RF mode, two LF modes, and E-field mode. The “Hold” button is
used to freeze the data reading of the ED88Plus.
(4) RF mode: measured RF field strength/power density is shown on the digital LCD display
(with dBm, v/m, or mw/m²). 8 LED lights with Red, Yellow, and Green color on the right hand
side of LCD window are used for quick RF signal level indications. 3 Red LEDs are used to
indicate the 3 safety ranges. The power level of each LED can be found in the table on the
ED88Plus back panel. Frequency of signal detected is displayed on the LCD display.
(5) LF mode: measured LF magnetic field strength is shown on the digital LCD display (with uT
and mGauss). Two LF modes can be selected by “Mode” button: (a) LF30mode (0.1mG-10mG)
and (b)LF600 mode (1mG-600mG). 8 color LED lights are also available to show the relative
strength of the magnetic field.
(6) E-field mode: measured ELF electric field strength is shown on the digital LCD display with V/m. Field strength/power density readout:
(7) Histogram: previous 30 signal level readings are recorded and shown as moving graph
on the LCD display for RF, LF, and E-field modes. It can be used for finding direction of signal source ED88Plus use 8 high brightness LED to indicate the measured power density with 3 safety
and recording bursts from digital RF signals such as signals from AC smart meter. Indications of three countries. *Action is reference to ICNIRP (for reference only).
(8) Hold &UNIT: HOLD button can be used to halt the data measurement of the ED88Plus, a “HOLD”
Mark will shown on the LCD screen to indicate the “Hold” condition. Push the “HOLD” button again the
RF LF600/LF30 E-
ED88Plus will exit from the “Hold” condition. “UNIT” button can select the mw/m2,v/m,or dBm unit. LED RF Power
(9) MAX: Maximum measured data value since the last power-on is shown on the LCD display. Power level field Indication Action
color density
(10) Average: average or peak average value is displayed on the LCD with “A” or “P” mark. It can be level level
-5 dBm 30uT/3uT 500 Italy RF safety
used to estimate the duty cycle of the digital RF burst signals or the average of peak signal level. RED3 0.18 w/m2 Caution!
up up v/m standard (0.1w/m2)
(11) Sound function & LCD backlight: Toggling the “LIGHT” button can turn-on/off the LCD back light and 2 200 Swiss RF safety
the Audio Sound function, ( a “S” mark on the LCD indicates the sound mode is on). Wheel Volume RED2 -10 dBm 0.058 w/m 20uT/2uT Caution!
v/m standard (0.04w/m2)
control can be used to adjust the sound level. Audio Sound can be used to detect very low level RF 100 Russian RF safety
RED1 -15 dBm 0.018 w/m2 10uT/1uT Caution!
signals (down to 0.05uw/m2) especially for the modern digital RF burst signals. In order to reduce the v/m standard (0.02w/m2)
battery current consumption please remember to turn-off the LCD back light or the sound when it is not 75
YELLOW3 -20 dBm 5.8 mw/m2 5uT/0.5uT Safe*
needed. v/m
(12) Data Logging menu: Push and hold the “UNIT” button then click the “MODE” button to go into 2 50
YELLOW2 -25 dBm 1.8 mw/m 2uT/0.2uT Safe*
v/m
LoggerSetup menu. Please see the “ED88TPlus Data Logging user Guide” from 30
www.cornetmicro.com for details of the Data Logging functions. YELLOW1 -30 dBm 0.58 mw/m2 0.5uT/0.05uT Safe*
v/m
20 WiFi Wireless LAN
GREEN3 -35 dBm 0.18 mw/m2 0.2uT/0.02uT Safe*
v/m typically in this range
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down down around
 The European Community provided general guidelines in its Council
NOTE: Recommendation of July 1999.1 ICNIRP published similar guidelines in

Most high frequency RF antenna such as Mobile phone base station is vertical polarized April 1998.2 Table I gives a sampling of the international and national
(in vertical direction), therefore while in RF mode, the ED88 is normally used in vertical field-strength limit values for the general public and continuous
direction. For LF mode, the LF sensor is located in the top right hand of the ED88 and the exposure (for Reference only !)
meter is normally used in Horizontal position in LF mode. For E-field mode, the E-field sensor
is located in the top middle of the meter, point the sensor to the ELF source. Please rotate the
meter to find the maximum reading direction in either case. The maximum reading will also
950Mhz 1850Mhz
increase as you approach the source. ED88 can be used to find the location of signal source.

Most of modern communication devices (Mobile phone, Wireless LAN, Wi-Fi, etc.,) use 1W/m2 = 1000mW/m2, 42 V/m 59 V/m
International Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC
digital RF burst signals. When measuring this type of signals, several LED lights will blinking 1mW/m2 = 1000uW/m2 = 0.1uW/cm2 = 0.0001mw/m2 (4.75W/m2) (9.25W/m2)
at the same time. this is normal and it can be used as an indication of burst type of RF signals. 1uW/m2 = 0.001mW/m2 = 0.0001uw/cm2 42 V/m 59 V/m
International ICNIRP Guidelines, April 1998
For continues waves (AM/FM) signals, the LED light will be stable. ED88 measures the peak (4.75W/m2) (9.25W/m2)
1uT = 10mG, 0.1uT = 1mG
power density of the signal with very fast sampling time. It is more accurate than the needle style 49 V/m 61 V/m
1mV/m
Austria = 0.001V/mÖNORM S1120
(6.33W/m2) (10W/m2)
of readout which only shown the average value of signal power most of the time.

Electromagnetic wave field strength/power density reduces very fast with distance (distance 21 V/m 30 V/m
Belgium Belgisch Staatsblad F.2001-1365
square), keep a good distance from the high frequency RF signal source can reduce the high (1.18W/m2) (2.31W/m2)
frequency radiation effect. Alumina foil or window sun reflector film (silver color) can be used 42 V/m 59 V/m
Germany 26. Deutsche Verordnung
as an effective and low cost shielding material for most of RF radiations. (4.75W/m2) (9.25W/m2)

ED88 is designed for quick living environment RF radiation evaluation and is for reference use 6 V/m 6 V/m
only. Official RF safety radiation measurement procedure is complicate and should be handled (0.1W/m2) (0.1W/m2)
by trained technical person with lab instruments. Safety range standard listed below is for Italy Decreto n. 381, 1998
20 V/m 20 V/m
reference only. ED88 is not a medical instrument, Please do not use it in medical, legal, (1W/m2) (1W/m2)
commercial rental purpose or other related applications.. (for personal use only) 51 V/m 83 V/m

Turn the volume control to minimum first before plug in the earphone to the ED88 to avoid The Netherlands Health Council
(6.92W/m2) (18W/m2)
damage to your ear by accident from high level audio sound produced by digital RF signals. 4 V/m 6 V/m

The audio sound output of the sound function is the demodulated RF signal, it is good for AM Switzerland Verordnung 1999
(0.04W/m2) (0.1W/m2)
and modern digital RF signals (pulse/burst ) detection, it is not for FM or constant amplitude RF 49 V/m 68 V/m
signals or LF/ELF modes. it is an excellent tool for RF signal type indication. (different RF United States IEEE C95.1
signal such as Wifi, GSM, DECT, … .etc., all has different sound frequency signature of the Draft: National Quality Technology
(6.33W/m2)
49 V/m
(12W/m2)
61 V/m
demodulated RF signal) and for very low level signal detection. China
Monitoring Bureau (6.33W/m2) (10W/m2)

When in E-field mode, the electric field induced by human body or large objects nearby can
affect the measurement results, hold the ED88 by hand on the lower right side of the meter, do Radio-Radiation Protection Guidelines, 49 V/m 61 V/m
not cover the E-field sensor area (top of the meter) by hand or other objects, keep away from Japan
1990 (6.33W/m2) (10W/m2)
large metal door or objects. Point the top of the ED88 to the high voltage AC power line (with
ED88 at least 1 meter above the ground) when measuring the VLF/ELF E-field radiation from AC
power lines or towers. Average value is displayed in E-field mode to reduce background
noise, Reading will be lower for narrow spike type of E-field radiation such as from FL lamp.

Specification
Sensor type: Electric field sensor and Magnetic field sensor
Frequency range & Sensitivity: RF: 100MHz to 8GHz
(-60dBm to +5dBm),(0.5uw/m2 to 1.8w/m2),
(14mv/m to 26.2v/m)
LF1: 50Hz to 10KHz (0.1uT to 60uT)/(1mG to600mG)
LF2: 50Hz to 1KHz (0.01uT to 1uT)/(0.1mG to 10mG)
E-field/ELF: 50Hz to 50KHz (10v/m to 1000v/m)
Frequency display: for RF mode only, 100MHz-2.7GHz,
-35dBm minimum signal input required
RF Peak power measurement: 0.5uw/m² to 1.8w/m²
Display type: digital LCD graphic display
Unit of measurements: dBm, mw/m², v/m, uT, mG, MHz
LCD back light: 15 seconds auto-off and manual on/off control
Display of data: LCD 4 and 5 digit, 8 LED color segment,
Moving Histogram (level/time) of previous 30 recorded data,
Analog segment bar
Data update rate: Sampling rate: 10000/sec. Display update rate: 2/sec.
Error rate: RF: +/- 3.5dBm, LF: 20%, E-field: 25%
Functions: Hold, Max, Average, Sound signature, Alarm, Frequency
Sound & Alarm: Sound on/off/volume control, programmable Alarm triggering level
Safety standard indication: 3 safety range indication by 3 Red LED, adjustable LED level
Data Logging: 1000 data storage point memory for logging/recording measured RF signal level
Battery used: 9V alkaline battery or external power supply through USB port (5V)
Battery life: >20 hours
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CORNET Microsystem ED88TPlus Data Logging/recording function description
and user guide:
2/22/2018 (ReV.2.1)
Features:
1) Sending recorded data to PC computer by using USB to serial interface
2) 1000 data storage point memory for logging/recording measured RF signal
level
3) Programmable time interval (0.5sec, 1sec, 10 sec, 30 sec, 1min, and
3min.(or 2min. depend on the revision) ) for data recording. Up to 50 hours
of recording time when using 3min. time interval.
4) The Maximum signal level will be recorded within each time interval
5) Recorded data is in Excel csv format, can be saved to PC computer and
used with Excel spread sheet for data analysis, chart, and documentation
purpose.
6) Can be powered by external USB Mobile Battery Pack for long data logging
session.
Setup and enable the Data Logging/recording function in ED88TPlus and PC
computer:
1) Download and install the Holtek USB-to-serial chip (HT42B534) software
driver for Windows, USBBridgeSetup_CA.zip from Holtek website
(http://www.holtek.com/productdetail/-/vg/42B534-x) in your PC computer
with correct Windows version. The driver supports Windows7, and later
version of Windows operation system.
2) Download and install the free Teraterm serial terminal software from
http://ttssh2.osdn.jp/ in your PC computer, you will use the Teraterm serial
interface mode as a host program to connect your PC computer to
ED88TPlus.
3) After the Holtek HT42B534 driver and Teraterm terminal program is
successfully installed in your PC computer, connect the ED88TPlus to the
PC computer by using microUSB to USB cable. The ED88TPlus will be
powered by the PC through USB cable (turn off the power switch on the
ED88TPlus to save the battery inside ED88TPlus, the power switch is used
to control the 9V battery inside ED88TPlus only). Run the Teraterm
program, select the correct serial port devices detected by Teraterm to
connect it to ED88TPlus’s internal Holtek HT42B534 USB to serial UART
bridge chip. (use Teraterm’s setup/serial port command to setup the
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Teraterm serial port data rate to 9600, 8bit, no parity, 1 stop). If you do not
find the Holtek USB to UART Bridge device in the Teraterm, you can use
the Window’s device manager in control panel/system and security/ to
check the COM port# assigned by Windows. The ED88TPlus is setup to
send the measured data to USB serial port automatically after powered on.
The data is automatically recorded in the internal data Buffer of ED88TPlus
all the time. You should be able to see the serial data sent by ED88TPlus in
the Teraterm data window after selecting the serial mode with proper serial
data rate in Teraterm.
4) Use the Log function in the Teraterm to Log and save the received data
from ED88TPlus to the Log file in PC by using the File/Log command in the
Teraterm. Teraterm will save/Log the received data in the file name
specified by you. You can rename the saved Logged/saved file
(teraterm.log by default) to xxx.csv and open it with Excel spread sheet
program for analysis/chart and documentation purpose.
5) You can halt the ED88TPlus Data Logging/recording by HOLD button.
Release the HOLD mode will continue the automatically data recording.
6) The measured data is recorded in the internal data Buffer automatically all
the time (when the meter is not is in HOLD mode). 1000 data storage in the
data Buffer is available to store the data, then it will wrap around and
overwrite the old data when the data Buffer is full. 1000 previous
measured data is stored in the data Buffer all the time.
7) Currently, the RF mode with dBm, or mw/m2 unit is supported for Data
Loggin/recording only. The time interval is set to 0.5sec by default (you can
change it).
Data Logging/Recording modes in ED88TPlus:
1) There are 3 data output modes in ED88TPlus Data Logging/recording
function. (a) Real time mode (b) Buffer output mode (c) Flashmem output
mode.
2) Six programmable recording time interval for Logging/recording is available.
(0.5sec. 1 sec. 10 sec. 30 sec. 1 min. and 3 min.(or 2min. depend on the
revision of the meter).) Measured data is recorded to the internal data
Buffer by time interval, the Maximum signal level within each time interval is
recorded and saved to the internal data Buffer. 1000 data storage location
in the data Buffer is available, therefore if the time interval is 0.5 sec. you
can record up to 500 second of data. It is possible to store 50 Hours of data
if the time interval is set to 3 minutes. You can turn off the automatic data
logging/recording by setting the time interval to “OFF”
 3) In Real time mode, the meter output the real time measured data to serial
port each time interval. Both signal level and frequency of the data is output
to serial port in Real-time mode.
4) In Buffer output mode, the 1000 recorded data in data Buffer is sent to serial
port. (only signal level is output to the serial port in Buffer output mode).
The output data is sent from the current data first then the previous 1000
data in backward sequence.
The data Buffer is high speed SRAM memory, the data in data Buffer will
get lost when the meter is power off. You can save the data Buffer data to
Flash memory first if you want to keep the recorded data in the data Buffer
after power off the meter.
5) In Flashmem output mode, the 1000 saved data in the internal Flash
memory will be sent out to serial port. The output data is sent from current
data first then the previous 1000 data in backward sequence. The recorded
data in Flashmem will not get lost after meter power off.
6) The Typical application sequence for Data Logging/recording in the field is:
power-on meter-->measure the signal around area-->get into Logger setup
mode-->save the data in Buffer to Flashmem--> power off the meter--> Go
back to office--> connect the MicroUSB cable from ED88TPlus to PC
computer--> run Teraterm program in PC--> enable the file Log function in
Teraterm--> get into meter’s Logger setup mode--> select the Flashmem
output mode--> start sending data to PC--> change the Logged file name
from xxx.log in PC to xxx.csv --> open the renamed logged file in Excel
spread sheet program using .csv format--> analyze and chart the data in
Excel spread sheet.
ED88TPlus Data Logger/Recording setup command:
1) Push and hold the “->” key and click the “MODE” key then release the ->
key to get into the ED88TPlus Logger setup mode, use the “->” key to move
the cursor, use the “<-“ key to activate the selection.
2) Logger Setup menu:
(EXIT) Logger Setup --- exit the setup mode
1) Data2Send -- select data from Realtime, or data Buffer or Flashmem
to serial port
2) Send data -- start sending the 1000 logged data from selected source
to serial port, It might take a while, please wait until it is finished
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3) Logg time -- change the time interval of recording, (0.5 sec, 1 sec, 10
sec, 30 sec, 1 min, 3 min. (or 2min. depend on the revision of the
meter ), and OFF)
4) Clear buffer – clear data Buffer to all zero
5) Save config -- save the new Logger setup/configuration
6) RESET config – RESET the Logger setup/configuration to default
7) Save to Flashmem --- save the recorded data in data Buffer to Flash
memory, so data will not get lost after meter power off
Note1: You can have both 1000 new data stored in data Buffer and 1000 old data
already stored in Flashmem at the same time, each with its own recording time
interval. You do not have to save the new data in the data Buffer to Flashmem
(overwrite the data already in Flashmem) if you can connect the ED88TPlus to PC
computer’s USB port without losing the power of meter, ( use the internal 9v battery)
and then send both the data in Buffer and in Flashmem to PC computer for analysis.
This way you can effectively have 2000 data storage for Logging/recording.
Note2: Check your MicroUSB cable to make sure it is the sync cable for PC
communication (not battery charging only cable), some of the MicroUSB cable
included in USB Mobile Battery Pack is only for battery charging only, not for
communication to PC computer.
Note3: Check your USB Mobile Battery Pack to see if it will power down by itself
when the output current is lower than some number. Avoid the older type of USB
Mobile Battery Pack which is designed for charging the mobile phone internal battery
and it will auto power down itself when the charging is done or output current is lower
to some threshold. Use a USB Mobile Battery Pack (ex. PNY AD5200) which will “not”
auto power down for ED88TPlus for long data logging session. (the typical current
consumption of ED88TPlus is 55mA in RF mode )
Note4: In Logger Setup menu, after changing the new Logg time. you need to
select “EXIT” from the Logger Setup menu first to activate the new configuration
then back to the Logg Setup menu again (Push and hold the “->” key and click the
“MODE” key then release the -> key) then use the “Save config” to save the
configuration data to memory.
Note5: In Realtime mode, when the meter is sending the serial data to USB-to-serial
chip in the end of each time interval, the audio speaker of the meter will generate
“chipping” noise. Setting the Data2Send in Logger Setup to “buffer” can disable the
“chipping” noise. (the meter default is in Realtime mode).