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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 13: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 13-121
dmm.calibration.dc()
Details
DC volts calibration
dmm.calibration.dc(1) ‘ DC cal step 1
(4 wire short circuit step)
dmm.calibration.dc(2) ‘ DC cal step 2
(open circuit step)
dmm.calibration.dc(3, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 3
(+10V step, 9 < value < 11)
dmm.calibration.dc(4, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 4
(-10V step, -11 < value < -9)
dmm.calibration.dc(5, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 5
(+100V step, 90 < value < 110)
Resistance calibration
dmm.calibration.dc(6, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 6
(100 ohm step, 90 < value < 110)
dmm.calibration.dc(7, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 7
(10k ohm step, 9k < value < 11k)
dmm.calibration.dc(8, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 8
(100k ohm step, 90k < value < 110k)
dmm.calibration.dc(9, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 9
(1M ohm step, .9M < value < 1.1M)
DC current calibration
dmm.calibration.dc(10, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 10
(100uA step, 90u < value < 110u)
dmm.calibration.dc(11, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 11
(1mA step, .9m < value < 1.1m)
dmm.calibration.dc(12, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 12
(10mA step, 9m < value < 11m)
dmm.calibration.dc(13, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 13
(100mA step, 90m < value < 110m)
dmm.calibration.dc(14, <value>) ‘ DC cal step 14
(1A step, .9 < value < 1.1)
Example
To perform DC calibration step 2 after unlocking calibration:
dmm.calibration.dc(2)
To perform DC calibration step 3 with a value of 10 after unlocking calibration:
dmm.calibration.dc(3, 10)