Additel PCal User Manual - Manual (Page 3)

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Introduction
Overview
Thank you for purchasing Additel/PCal from Additel Corporation which is one of
the leading providers of process calibration instruments throughout the world.
Additel/PCal is a specially designed pressure calibration system for calibrating
gauges and transmitters. It’s a combination of our excellent know-how of
experienced professionals and valuable suggestions from worldwide customers that
can help users to highly increase calibration efficiency.
Additel/PCal is called PCal for short in the following document.
About this Manual
The user of this document should be familiar with Windows environment and
such terms as Clicking, Selecting, Double-clicking, Marking, using the secondary
button of the mouse, Drag and drop, Resizing a window, etc.
This document will indicate how to use PCal software. Following is a brief
introduction of all the sections in this document.
Introduction
Basic information about PCal.
Installation
Initial setup of PCal, system requirements and hardware setup.
Starting PCal
Providing the “License Key” and explaining how to use it, how to start PCal and
the general look and feel of PCal.
Basic Settings
Information that should be used to get started
Calibration
Explanation of how to calibrate gauges and provide as found and as left
calibration results. This section also includes an introduction on how to view the
calibration result from the certificate template in PCal.
Certificates
Detail description of the calibration certificate. Useful information about how to
manage and rework the certificate template.
Appendix
This section includes common standard units, a list of certificate template tags
used by PCal to store all useful information and some frequently asked questions.