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General
Basic Mode
In Basic Mode you can measure and generate/simulate signals.
There are two separately configurable windows available. Basic
Mode is often used for testing connections before starting the ac-
tual calibration procedure of an instrument.
Stepping and Ramping tools enable generating/simulating signals
that vary with time.
All main functions of Basic Mode are described in part B of this
manual.
Part C concentrates on Basic Mode’s higher level functions and
additional information.
Maintenance
This main function handles calibrator configuration settings.
Additionally there is the possibility to recalibrate MC5P (requires a
password).
Maintenance level subjects are handled in Part C of this Manual.
Calibration Mode
MC5P’s main duty is calibrating instruments. Therefore very spe-
cial attention was directed on this matter when creating the calibra-
tor. MC5P may be used as a stand-alone calibrator i.e. all instru-
ment data and calibration history data is saved in MC5P’s own
memory. Optionally MC5P also communicates with calibration soft-
ware.
MC5P supports the use of instruction texts. They help the techni-
cian to perform the calibration as fluently as possible. You may en-
ter three kinds of instruction texts:
Starting Guide
,
Adjusting Guide
and
Finishing Guide
. Additionally, calibration notes can be entered
after the calibration procedure.
More calibration related information is available in Part D of this
manual.
Calibration Results
The graphical representation as well as numeric data of the calibra-
tion results may be viewed in MC5P (and printed if the optional
printer is available). Transferring the results to QCAL
®
calibration
software makes it possible to view the results in PC environment.
More information concerning calibration results is presented in Part
D of this manual.