Dakota Ultrasonics PR-8V - Manual (Page 36)

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Selected Using The Tabbed Submenu Items
1) Press the MENU key once to activate the menu items tab. Press the MENU
key multiple times to tab right and the ESC key multiple times to tab left until
the PROBE menu is highlighted and displaying the submenu items.
2) Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to scroll through the sub menu items
until MEASURE MODE is highlighted.
3) Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to scroll the mode options. Once the
mode is displayed, press the MEAS key to return to the measurement mode
screen.
6.2 Probe zero
As noted in chapter 3, the probe zero function is a very important and necessary
function that must done prior to calibration. It should also be done on a regular basis.
If the PR-8V is not zeroed correctly, all of the measurements taken, may be in error
by some fixed value. In order to perform a probe zero, the PR-8V must be in pulse-
echo mode. If echo-echo mode was previously selected in the last section, skip this
section and continue on to the next. Note: If you intend to switch between
measurement modes simultaneously, temporarily select the pulse-echo mode using
the hot menu option, perform the probe zero function, and switch back to echo-echo
measurement mode after zeroing. The following steps outline the procedure for
performing a probe zero: