Verification and Calibration - B

1110 PRINT TABXY(15,9),"3. Connect the 3458A across the current shunt"

1120 PRINT TABXY(15,11),"4. Set the 3458A to AC rms VOLTS"

1130 PRINT TABXY(15,13),"5. Turn on the AC Source"

1140 !

1150 DISP "Press CONT to begin Current Program and Measurement calibration"

1160 PAUSE

1170 CLEAR SCREEN

1180 PRINT TABXY(22,5),"CALIBRATING CURRENT POGRAMMING"

1190 PRINT TABXY(20,7),"There are 2 points to be calibrated"

1191 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:STATE ON"

1200 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:CURR:AC"

1210 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P1"

1220 WAIT 10

1230 INPUT "Enter AC rms current ( DVM reading divided by shunt resistance )",Ai_p1 1240 PRINT TABXY(25,9),"Point 1 entered"

1250 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ai_p1

1260 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P2"

1270 WAIT 10

1280 INPUT "Enter AC rms current ( DVM reading divided by shunt resistance )",Ai_p2 1290 PRINT TABXY(25,11),"Point 2 entered"

1300 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ai_p2

1310 WAIT 10

1320 CLEAR SCREEN

1330 PRINT TABXY(22,5),"CALIBRATING CURRENT MEASUREMENT"

1340 PRINT TABXY(20,7),"There are 2 points to be calibrated"

1350 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:CURR:MEAS"

1360 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P1"

1370 WAIT 10

1380 INPUT "Enter AC rms current ( DVM reading divided by shunt resistance )",Am_p1 1390 PRINT TABXY(25,9),"Point 1 entered"

1400 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Am_p1

1410 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P2"

1420 WAIT 10

1430 INPUT "Enter AC rms current ( DVM reading divided by shunt resistance )",Am_p2 1440 PRINT TABXY(25,11),"Point 2 entered"

1450 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Am_p2

1460 WAIT 10

1470 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:SAVE"

1480 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:STATE OFF"

1490 CLEAR SCREEN

1500 !

1510 !

1520 PRINT TABXY(15,5),"1. Turn off the AC Source"

1530 PRINT TABXY(15,7),"2. Disconnect all equipment from the AC Source"

1540 PRINT TABXY(15,9),"3. Connect the 1 ohm impedance resistor, see fig.B-1"

1550 PRINT TABXY(15,11),"4. Turn on the AC Source"

1560 !

1570 DISP "Press CONT to begin Output Impedance calibration"

1580 PAUSE

1590 PRINT TABXY(15,10),"CALIBRATING OUTPUT IMPEDANCE"

1600 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:STATE ON"

1610 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:IMP"

1620 PRINT TABXY(30,15),"WAIT"

1630 WAIT 30

1640 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:SAVE"

1650 OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:STATE OFF"

1660 CLEAR SCREEN

1670 PRINT TABXY(25,10),"CALIBRATION COMPLETE"

1680 END

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

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