Glossary - Meriam meriGauge plus User Manual

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Glossary

Words and phrases
Absolute Isolated pressure
(AI)
Button or key
Compound Isolated pressure
(CI)
Firmware
Isolated
Meriam Calibration
User Calibration
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Definitions
Absolute pressure is equal to the sum of these two:
1. Gauge pressure.
2. Atmospheric pressure
(also known as barometric pressure).
•
A button always refers to an area on the screen that you can
click to select functionality.
• A key always refers to hardware push-buttons on the keyboard
that you can press.
A compound gauge can display both positive and negative
(vacuum) pressures. The meriGauge plus System replaces the
need for buying one gauge for each sensor:
1. A pressure sensor.
2. A vacuum sensor.
Firmware is a type of software that is stored on hardware. Both
meriGauge plus and meriSense have firmware. meriLink is a
software application that can communicate with their firmware and
change or update it as needed.
The word isolated refers to the sensing element being isolated
from the media. It is commonly used in the phrases Absolute
Isolated (AI) pressure and Compound Isolated (CI) pressure.
Meriam calibration refers to any calibration completed at Meriam
with Meriam traceability. Meriam calibration includes:
•
Oven calibration.
•
Multipoint Meriam adjustment.
User calibration refers to any calibration done outside of Meriam
with non-Meriam traceability. User calibration includes:
•
Multipoint user calibration or adjustment.
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