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5.5
Reports ....................................................................................................................43
5.6
Exporting and Importing............................................................................................44
5.6.1
Export ..................................................................................................................44
5.6.2
Import...................................................................................................................46
6
User Calibration ................................................................................................................48
6.1
User Calibration Wizard ............................................................................................48
6.2
Opening or Continuing a User Calibration in the Wizard ............................................55
6.3
User Calibration Overview ........................................................................................58
6.4
Create Calibration Materials......................................................................................59
6.5
Create Calibration Material Group.............................................................................59
6.6
Create Calibration Method ........................................................................................60
6.7
Acquire Calibration Data ...........................................................................................60
6.8
Compute Results ......................................................................................................62
7
Software Setup and Maintenance......................................................................................65
7.1
Setup........................................................................................................................65
7.2
System Policies ........................................................................................................72
7.3
Manage Users and User Groups...............................................................................74
7.3.1
Permissions..........................................................................................................74
7.3.2
Users ...................................................................................................................75
7.3.3
Groups .................................................................................................................77
7.3.4
Reactivating a Locked Account .............................................................................79
7.3.5
Clear Password History ........................................................................................79
7.4
Change Password ....................................................................................................79
8
System Calibration and Maintenance ................................................................................81
8.1
Calibration ................................................................................................................81
8.1.1
Unlock Calibrations/User Calibration.....................................................................81
8.2
Diagnostics...............................................................................................................82
8.2.1
Reference Material Test .......................................................................................82
8.2.2
System Checks ....................................................................................................86
8.3
Cleaning Procedure ..................................................................................................87
8.4
Troubleshooting........................................................................................................88
8.4.1
General Information required ................................................................................88
8.4.2
Troubleshooting List .............................................................................................89
9
Theory of Operation ..........................................................................................................92
9.1
TCi Calibrations ........................................................................................................92
9.1.1
Sensor temperature calibration .............................................................................92
9.1.2
Basic multi-point effusivity calibration....................................................................93
9.2
Material groups and power levels..............................................................................98
9.3
Contact agent ...........................................................................................................99
9.4
Thermal conductivity (k) calibration ......................................................................... 100
9.4.1
Limitations for
k
measurements .......................................................................... 101
9.5
Temperature considerations in effusivity calibration ................................................ 102
9.6
Temperature considerations in conductivity calibration ............................................ 103
9.7
Error analysis ......................................................................................................... 104
9.7.1
General .............................................................................................................. 104
9.7.2
Material .............................................................................................................. 105
9.7.3
Contact .............................................................................................................. 105
9.7.4
Equipment .......................................................................................................... 105
9.7.5
Calibration .......................................................................................................... 106
9.7.6
Additional Notes – Heat Equation ....................................................................... 107
Appendices ............................................................................................................................. 110
Appendix A: System Components and Accessories............................................................. 110
Appendix B: C-Therm TCi Controller Specifications ............................................................. 111
C-Therm TCi Sensor Specifications................................................................................. 112
C-Therm TCi Standard Computer Specifications ............................................................. 113
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