B - Verification and Calibration

560OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P1"

570WAIT 10

580INPUT "Enter DC voltage reading from DVM",Dc_p1

590PRINT TABXY(25,9),"Point 1 entered"

600OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Dc_p1

610OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P2"

620WAIT 10

630INPUT "Enter DC voltage reading from DVM",Dc_p2

640PRINT TABXY(25,11),"Point 2 entered"

650OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Dc_p2

660OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P3"

670WAIT 10

680INPUT "Enter DC voltage reading from DVM",Dc_p3

690PRINT TABXY(25,13),"Point 3 entered"

700OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Dc_p3

710WAIT 3

720CLEAR SCREEN

730PRINT TABXY(5,10),"1. Connect the 3458A to the rear terminals via the ratio transformer"

740PRINT TABXY(18,12),"2. Set the 3458A to AC VOLTS"

750!

760DISP "Press CONT to begin AC PROGRAMMING and MEASUREMENT calibration"

770PAUSE

780CLEAR SCREEN

790PRINT TABXY(18,5),"CALIBRATING AC POGRAMMING and MEASUREMENT"

800PRINT TABXY(20,7),"There are 4 points to be calibrated"

810OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:VOLT:AC"

820OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P1"

830WAIT 10

840INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p1

850PRINT TABXY(25,9),"Point 1 entered"

860OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p1

870OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P2"

880WAIT 10

890INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p2

900PRINT TABXY(25,11),"Point 2 entered"

910OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p2

920OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P3"

930WAIT 10

940INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p3

950PRINT TABXY(25,13),"Point 3 entered"

960OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p3

970OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P4"

980WAIT 3

990INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p4

1000 PRINT TABXY(25,15),"Point 4 entered"

1010 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p4

1020 WAIT 10

1030 CLEAR SCREEN

1040 PRINT TABXY(15,10),"CALIBRATING OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION"

1050 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:VOLT:PROT"

1060 PRINT TABXY(30,15),"WAIT"

1070 WAIT 30

1071 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:SAVE"

1072 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:STATE OFF"

1080 CLEAR SCREEN

1090 PRINT TABXY(15,5),"1. Turn off the AC Source"

1100 PRINT TABXY(15,7),"2. Connect the current shunt and 20 ohm load resistor, see fig.B-1"

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

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

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