ANKOM RF - Manual (Page 23)

Operator’s Manual
Rev F 8/29/14
pg. 23
The temperature sensors are accurate to within

2°C over a range of 5°C – 60°C. To account for any
Module-to-Module differences in temperature sensing capability, you can calibrate each sensor using the
Temperature calibration settings screen. The values entered in the cells on this screen are used by the
GPM software to determine the appropriate offsets to apply to each sensor to calibrate them to the
temperature of your standard source.
To calibrate your Module sensors, follow the steps below:
(1) Plug the batteries into the Modules intended for your study.
(2) Place the Modules along with a reliable thermometer in the same location and let them
stabilize for a reasonable amount of time.
Stabilization times may be different depending on the temperature of the
environment.
(3) Start the GPM software.
(4) Click the Temperature calibration settings button on the GPM software screen.
(5) Type the temperature reading from your stabilized standard thermometer into the cells of the
Modules that you are using for your study.
If all of your Modules will be in the same temperature environment, you can
enter the temperature from your stabilized standard thermometer in the “All” box
and click the
SET button. This will place the same value in all of the cells.
(6) Click the APPLY button on the Temperature calibration settings screen to lock in the values.
To lock in any changes on the Temperature calibration settings screen, including
blanking all of the cells by clicking the
Remove calibration values button, you
must always apply them.
To apply settings, you can click the APPLY button, or you can click the CLOSE
button and click the YES button on the popup screen.
To exit the Temperature calibration settings screen without saving any changes,
you can do one of the following:
1) Click the CLOSE button and click the NO button on the popup screen.
2) Click the in the top right corner of the screen.
When you enter values on the Temperature calibration settings screen and apply
them, the GPM software generates offset values for the specified Modules. These
offsets will be applied to the same Modules for every run until a new calibration
is done. Since the calibration settings are associated with Modules and not
specific sensors, you should re-calibrate if you remove a temperature sensor from
a Module and install it in a different Module.
The Temperature calibration settings can only be changed before the Record
button on the GPM screen has been clicked.
16 Cumulative Pressure tab – When you click this tab you will see the cumulative pressure data for the
times specified by the
Recording Interval. This is the default data view for the program.