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Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this manual; abbreviations are the same in the singular and plural.
Pressure measurement units
The following units are used in this manual
a
Absolute
mV
millivolts
ALT
Altitude
MWP
Maximum working pressure
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange No
Number
CAS
Calibrated airspeed
PACE
Pressure automated calibration
equipment
e.g.
For example
PDCR
Pressure transducer
Fig.
Figure
PED
Pressure equipment directive
ft
Foot
PTX
Pressure transmitter
g
Gauge
ROC
Rate of climb
GPIB
General purpose interface bus
RS232
Serial communications standard
IDOS
Intelligent digital output sensor (GE product)
Rt CAS
Rate of Calibrated airspeed
i.e.
That is
Rt MACH Rate of MACH
IEEE 488
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers standard
488 (for programmable devices with a digital interface)
Rx
Receive data
kg
kilogram
SCPI
Standard commands for
programmable instruments
kts
knots
SDS
Sales data sheet
m
Metre
Tx
Transmit data
mA
milliampere
UUT
Unit under test
max
Maximum
+ve
Positive
mbar
Millibar
-ve
Negative
min
Minute or minimum
°C
Degrees Celsius
mm
millimetre
°F
Degrees Fahrenheit
ATM
BAR
CMH2O
CMHG
FTH2O
FTH2O4
HPA
INH2O
INH2O4
INH2O60
INHG
KG/CM2
atmosphere
bar
centimetres of water at 20°C
centimetres of mercury
feet of water at 20°C
feet of water at 4°C
hecto Pascals
inches of water at 20°C
inches of water at 4°C
inches of water at 60°F
inches of mercury
kilogrammes per square centimetre
KG/M2
KPA
LB/FT2
MH2O
MHG
MMH2O
MMHG
MPA
PA
PSI
TORR
MBAR
kilogrammes per square metre
kilo Pascals
pounds per square foot
metres of water
metres of mercury
millimetres of water
millimetres of mercury
mega Pascals
Pascals
pounds per square inch
torr
millibar