Verification and Calibration - B

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20

! AC Source calibration program

Rev B.00.00

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40ASSIGN @Ac TO 705

50!

60PRINT TABXY(5,5),"This program will calibrate the 6811B/12B/13B AC Power Solutions."

70

PRINT

TABXY(5,7),"Equipment

requirements are:

Agilent3458A or equivalent DVM"

80

PRINT

TABXY(37,8),"0.01 ohm

<200ppm Current Shunt"

 

90PRINT TABXY(37,9),"20 ohm >1800 watt power resistor for all models"

100PRINT TABXY(37,10),"1 ohm >100 watt impedance resistor"

110PRINT TABXY(37,11),"30:1 <50ppm Ratio Transformer"

120PRINT TABXY(3,13),"Ratio Transformer is required to when calibrating to MIL-STD-45662A. If the"

130PRINT TABXY(2,14),"ratio transformer is not used the measurement uncertainty must be recalculated."

140!

150DISP "Press CONT to continue"

160PAUSE

170CLEAR SCREEN

180PRINT TABXY(15,5),"1. Turn the AC Source off"

190PRINT TABXY(15,7),"2. Disconnect all loads"

200PRINT TABXY(15,9),"3. Connect the 3458A to the rear terminal block"

210PRINT TABXY(15,11),"4. Set the 3458A to DC VOLTS"

220PRINT TABXY(15,13),"5. Turn on the AC Source"

230!

240DISP "Press CONT to begin DC OFSET and DC GAIN calibration"

250PAUSE

260CLEAR SCREEN

270PRINT TABXY(25,5),"CALIBRATING VOLTAGE OFFSET"

280PRINT TABXY(20,7),"There are 4 points to be calibrated"

290OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:STATE ON"

300OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:VOLT:OFFS"

310OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P1"

320WAIT 10

330INPUT "Enter DC offset voltage reading from DVM",Off_p1

340PRINT TABXY(25,9),"Point 1 entered"

350OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Off_p1

360OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P2"

370WAIT 10

380INPUT "Enter DC offset voltage reading from DVM",Off_p2

390PRINT TABXY(25,11),"Point 2 entered"

400OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Off_p2

410OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P3"

420WAIT 10

430INPUT "Enter DC offset voltage reading from DVM",Off_p3

440PRINT TABXY(25,13),"Point 3 entered"

450OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Off_p3

460OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P4"

470WAIT 10

480INPUT "Enter DC offset voltage reading from DVM",Off_p4

490PRINT TABXY(25,15),"Point 4 entered"

500OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Off_p4

510WAIT 3

520CLEAR SCREEN

530PRINT TABXY(25,5),"CALIBRATING DC VOLTAGE GAIN"

540PRINT TABXY(20,7),"There are 3 points to be calibrated"

550OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:VOLT:DC"

Figure B-2. Calibration Program Listing (Sheet 1 of 3)

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Agilent Technologies 6812B, 6813B, 6811B manual Figure B-2. Calibration Program Listing Sheet 1

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