User manual
METRAwin 90 - Operating Instructions
GOSSEN METRAWATT 6
1.3 System Requirements
Operating System
METRAwin
®
90 can be run with Microsoft
®
Windows XP, Vista and 7 (32 or 64-bit).
Hardware Requirements
METRAwin
®
90 can be used on PCs which fulfil the minimum requirements of the
respective operating system:
•
CD ROM drive
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Microsoft compatible mouse or other pointing device
For controlling METRAHit 18C, 28C or 28C light process calibrators and for reading in
measured values from METRAHIT 2X multimeters with METRAwin
®
90-2:
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A least 1 free serial RS
232 COM port for the connection of 1 to 3 BD232 interface
adapters or SI232-II memory adapters
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Or USB port(s) for the connection of 1 to 3 USB-HIT interface adapters
For controlling METRAHit CAL or METRACAL MC process calibrators and for reading in
measured values from METRAHIT Starline multimeters with METRAwin
®
90-2:
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USB port(s) for the connection of 1 to 3 USB-XTRA interface adapters
For controlling FLUKE multifunction calibrators with METRAwin
®
90-F/-FJ:
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1 installed or external GPIB controller interface (IEEE488) with National
Instruments
™ compatible protocol and drivers suitable for the Windows system,
for example:
National Instruments PCI-GPIB NI-488.2 or
National Instruments GPIB-USB-B NI-488.2
For printing reports:
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Local or network printer which is supported by Windows
Other Required Software
For registering the software:
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Microsoft
®
Word 97, 2000, 2003, 2007 or 2010 or another word processing
program for the automatic creation of a fax form in RTF file format (rich text
format)
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Or Microsoft
®
Outlook or another e-mail program for the automatic creation of an
e-mail with registration data
For the creation of individualized calibra
tion reports with company logo and/or modified
report layouts:
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Microsoft
®
Word 97, 2000, 2003, 2007 or 2010
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Or Microsoft
®
Excel 97, 2000, 2003, 2007 or 2010
For viewing and/or printing out the integrated help files in PDF format:
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Adobe
®
Acrobat™ Reader – available free of charge from
www.adobe.com/acrobat