Operating Instructions METRAwin 90 Calibration Software 3-349-929-03 Version 2/06.
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METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions Table of Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................ 2 Table of Contents............................................................................................................... 3 1 Product Description ...................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Variants and Their Use ................................
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 1 Product Description 1.1 Variants and Their Use ® METRAwin 90 calibration software is a multilingual Windows program for controlling various calibrators for electrical quantities with the help of a PC, and for documenting calibration results.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions METRAwin® 90-FJ Calibration and Adjusting Software for FLUKE D9100, 5100B, 5500A, 5520A and 5700A Multifunction Calibrators Above and beyond this, METRAHit 22-29S/M handheld multimeters can be ® automatically adjusted via their infrared interface with the METRAwin 90-FJ version (suitable calibrators: 5500A and 5520A). Type and function-specific adjusting procedures required to this end are included with the software. 1.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 1.3 System Requirements Operating System METRAwin 90 can be run with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista and 7 (32 or 64-bit).
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 2 Installing, Registering and Uninstalling the Program 2.1 Installation A Setup.exe file is included on the supplied CD ROM. The program is installed in dialog with the user by executing this file. The installation directory and the program file folder can be selected as desired. i Note METRAwin 90 software is available in a variety of versions for various calibrators.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions ► Click the corresponding button: [Create Fax] or [Create Mail]. ► Select the device type(s) for which the software will be registered in the dialog box which then appears and acknowledge with [OK]. The selection option depends on the purchased software variant. ► Send the fax form or e-mail which then appears to the specified address. ⇒ You’ll receive the password with which the program can be permanently enabled for the specified device type(s) without delay.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3 Operation 3.1 Starting and Exiting the Program Starting the Program In order to start the program: ► Double click the METRAwin 90 icon on the Windows desktop. or ► Select the program from the Windows start menu: Start / Programs / METRAwin 90 / METRAwin 90 ⇒ The program is started. Exiting the Program In order to exit the program: ► Select Close in the File menu. or ► Simultaneously press the Alt+F4 keys.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.2 Structure of the User Interface The METRAwin 90 program window is subdivided into seven segments: A B C D E G F Figure 3.2: Segments of the Program Window A) Title Bar The horizontal bar at the top of the program window shows the program name and registration information, as well as the file name of the currently open procedure.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.3 Overview of Menu Functions File Menu New Data associated with any previously loaded test calibration procedure are deleted after confirming the security prompt. Open Opens a calibration procedure file with/without results (*.KLT/*.KLF) in the TEST operating mode. Save Saves a calibration procedure file with/without results (*.KLT/*.KLF) in the TEST operating mode. Print test report Prints out a standard calibration report with a predefined structure.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.3.1 File Menu Functions File: Deletion of the data associated with a calibration procedure in the TEST operating mode New All of the steps of any previously created or loaded test calibration procedure are deleted after confirming the security prompt. File: Open a calibration procedure file with/without results in the TEST operating mode.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions ► Additional options can be selected via a further dialog box: • Test Header Only loads only the teat report header parameters of the selected file for a previously opened/created calibration procedure. • Test Procedure loads the calibrating procedure only without results. • Test Procedure With Results loads the calibration procedure along with the included calibration results.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions ⇒ You’re prompted to enter a filename in the Save as ... dialog box which then appears. The KLF file type is used for procedure files without results, and the KLT file type for procedure files with results. ► A text with up to 130 characters including 2 lines can be entered to the Comment field as a description of the data included in the file.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions test report header data will be loaded from the Open dialog box which then appears. ► The test procedure can be saved to the data storage medium with or without results by clicking [Save] (see Save in the File menu). If the test procedure includes results in at least one line, the desired printer can be selected and the standard calibration report can be printed out after clicking the [Print] button. This report is laid out as shown below: Figure 3.3.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions template. Corresponding report templates with integrated macros can be found in the program directory to this end. Editing the Microsoft® Word report template included with the program ► Start Microsoft Word and open the Word template with macro (KLT2DOC.DOT) located in the program directory. ® The included macro (AutoNew.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions #regval Measured value #fregval Measured value with measuring function #rdev Measured difference (absolute value) #frdev Measured difference with measuring function #rdig Measured difference in digits #rprc Measured difference as percentage of the specification #result Assessment: pass/limit/fail/--- #text Comment regarding the test step #udig Measuring uncertainty in digits #uval Measuring uncertainty (absolute value) #urat Measuring uncertainty rat
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.3.2 Help Menu Program Functions Opens a PDF file with a description of general program functions. ® This menu command starts Adobe Reader™ in a new window, and opens a PDF file which includes descriptions of general program functions. Device Functions Opens a PDF file with a description of device-specific program functions.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions METRAtop 90C/D9000/D9100 3.4.3 FLUKE 5100A/5500A/5520A/5700A Port Settings The corresponding dialog box appears after clicking Port Setup in the Setup menu. Its content depends on which type of calibrator is currently selected to be controlled. Device-specific port settings are described in a separate document. This document can be accessed after clicking Device Functions in the Help menu.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions c) For METRAHit 28C and 28C light process calibrators Figure 3.4.3-c: Port Settings for METRAHIT 28C and BD232 with METRAHit 28S and BD232 d) For METRAHit 18C process calibrator Figure 3.4.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.4.4 Showing and Hiding the Multimeter Display After clicking Multimeter Display On in the Setup menu, a window can be viewed in the workspace in which the current measured values of the connected multimeter are displayed in analog and digital format. This makes it unnecessary to continuously look back and forth between the monitor screen and the multimeter.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions i 3.4.8 Note 2 Temperature is generally saved in °C in the test procedures. Specifying the Thermocouple Cold Junction The Internal/External Cold Junction function in the Setup menu makes it possible to specify whether the internally measured temperature inside the calibrator or the externally measured temperature will be used as the cold junction for thermocouple simulation with the calibrator.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.5 DIRECT Operating Mode for Interactive Calibrator Operation In this operating mode, the calibrator is interactively controlled by the PC via the selected port. This is especially helpful during adjustment and balancing of amplifiers, measuring transducers, analog components and multimeters. ► Click the [DIRECT] button in the control bar.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.6 TEST Operating Mode 3.6.1 Creating a Calibration Procedure ► Click the [TEST] button in the control bar. ⇒ The first procedure line appears in the workspace which consists of an upper “output line” for programming the calibration signal and a lower “input line” for the expected results at the device to be calibrated and the allowable tolerances.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions ► Enter or select: • How the measured value will be entered to the program: Multimeter Input The measured value is read in from the multimeter via the PC’s serial port with the help of an adapter. Manual Input The displayed actual value for the device to be calibrated is read and entered using the PC’s keyboard.
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions 3.6.2 Executing a Calibration Procedure ► Click the [RUN] button in the control bar if you want to execute the procedure beginning with the selected step, or click the [STEP] button if you only want to execute the selected step. Edited in Germany • Subject to change without notice • A PDF version available on the Internet GMC-I Messtechnik GmbH Südwestpark 15 90449 Nürnberg • Germany Phone: +49 911 8602-111 Fax: +49 911 8602-777 e-mail info@gossenmetrawatt.com www.
