B - Verification and Calibration

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! AC Source calibration program

Rev B.00.00

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40ASSIGN @Ac TO 705

50!

60PRINT TABXY(3,3),"This program will calibrate the 6814B/34B/43A AC Power Solutions."

70PRINT TABXY(3,5),"Equipment requirements are: Agilent 3458A or equivalent DVM"

80PRINT TABXY(35,6),"0.01 ohm <200ppm Current Shunt for 6814B/6834B"

90PRINT TABXY(35,7),"0.001 ohm <200ppm Current Shunt for 6843A"

100PRINT TABXY(35,8),"0 - 5 ohm > 4.8 kW power resistor for 6843A"

110PRINT TABXY(35,9),"2 - 15 ohm > 1.5 kW power resistor for 6814B/6834B"

120PRINT TABXY(35,10),"1 - 1 ohm > 100 watt impedance resistor for 6843A"

130PRINT TABXY(35,11),"30:1 <50ppm Ratio Transformer"

140PRINT TABXY(3,13),"Ratio Transformer is required when calibrating to MIL-STD-45662A. If the ratio"

150PRINT TABXY(3,14),"transformer is not used, the measurement uncertainty must be recalculated."

160PRINT TABXY(3,16),"IF YOU ARE CALIBRATING A 6843B, SELECT THE PHASE TO CALIBRATE USING THE FRONT"

170PRINT TABXY(3,17),"PANEL KEYPAD. *** NOTE: THIS PROGRAM WILL ONLY CALIBRATE 1 PHASE. ***"

180PRINT TABXY(3,18),"YOU MUST RUN THIS PROGRAM 3 TIMES TO CALIBRATE ALL PHASES OF A 6843B."

190DISP "Press CONT to continue"

200PAUSE

210CLEAR SCREEN

220PRINT TABXY(10,5),"1. Turn the AC Source off"

230PRINT TABXY(10,7),"2. Disconnect all loads"

240PRINT TABXY(10,9),"3. Connect the 3458A to the rear terminal block"

250PRINT TABXY(10,11),"4. Set the 3458A to AC VOLTS"

260PRINT TABXY(10,13),"5. Turn on the AC Source"

270!

280DISP "Press CONT to begin AC PROGRAMMING and MEASUREMENT calibration"

290PAUSE

300CLEAR SCREEN

310PRINT TABXY(18,5),"CALIBRATING AC POGRAMMING and MEASUREMENT"

320PRINT TABXY(20,7),"There are 4 points to be calibrated"

330OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:STATE:ON"

340OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:VOLT:AC"

350OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P1"

360WAIT 10

370INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p1

380PRINT TABXY(25,9),"Point 1 entered"

390OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p1

400OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P2"

410WAIT 10

420INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p2

430PRINT TABXY(25,11),"Point 2 entered"

440OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p2

450OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P3"

460WAIT 10

470INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p3

480PRINT TABXY(25,13),"Point 3 entered"

490OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p3

500OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P4"

510WAIT 10

520INPUT "Enter AC rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Ac_p4

530PRINT TABXY(25,15),"Point 4 entered"

540OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Ac_p4

550WAIT 3

560CLEAR SCREEN

570!

580! Only include lines 580 - 690 if calibrating Agilent 6843

590!

600PRINT TABXY(18,5),"CALIBRATING REALTIME VOLTAGE (Agilent 6834A ONLY)"

610PRINT TABXY(20,7),"There is 1 point to be calibrated"

620OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:VOLT:RTIM"

630OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:LEV P1"

640WAIT 10

650INPUT "Enter realtime rms ( transformer ratio * DVM reading)",Rt_p1

660PRINT TABXY(25,9),"Point 1 entered"

670OUTPUT @Ac;"CAL:DATA";Rt_p1

680WAIT 3

690CLEAR SCREEN

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

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Agilent Technologies 6843A, 6834B, 6814B manual Figure B-2. Calibration Program Listing Sheet 1

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