FUTEK VCal Sensor Verification User Manual

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Futek Advanced Sensor Technology – Futek VCal™Documentation

Rev. 1.8.0

07/26/05

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Loading Points -

This is where you enter the number of

Load Points

you wish to include in your test. Default is 5 points.

Calibration Date -

This where you enter the

Date

of your test. If you are entering data from a previous test you may enter the date manually. If you

are performing the test now there is a convenient button for entering the current date with one click.

Next Calibration Date -

This is where you define the

Calibration Interval

for your sensor. You may enter a date manually, or you can click the

Interval

button to bring up a window where you can define

Interval

in terms of Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly.

Description / Notes - Here you can enter a brief Description or Notes to help you label or differentiate your tests (maximum 50 characters).

NIST Number - Here you can enter the NIST traceability number for your test.

Locations - Here you can enter the Location where your test took place. Once again, there is an available pull-down menu to quickly access
previously saved locations, as well as an icon for going directly to the Location section of Management Tools. (

p.38

)

Refresh - You can use this button to reload or Refresh your screen.

Next Tab

This button allows you to move to the next tab (Example: from Sensor Info to Test Setup). You can also click on

the tab title to move to that tab.

The next window under the

Information Tabs

is the

Test Setup

tab. This is where you define/document the conditions for your Test. . .

There are three main divisions to the

Test Setup

Tab;

The first is the

Environmental Conditions Window -

Here you can manually enter readings for temperature
and humidity from your external sensors; OR you can
use the Futek VCal™ temperature probe and click

Get

Reading

and VCal™ will take and enter a value for you.

The next main division is the

Test Parameters Window -

Here you can enter an

Averaging Value,

this number tells

VCal™ how many readings to take, and then return the
value which is the

Average

of these readings.

The last division under the

Test Setup Tab

is the

Test

Conditions Window

- Here you define whether you wish

to test for

Linearity

Linearity and Hysteresis

; and also

whether you wish to enter your

Data Manually

, or let

VCal™ take and enter your

Verification

readings. There

is also an

Initialize Test Button

when you are ready to

start your test, and the

Arrow Button

to take you to the

next tab when you are ready.