General - BEAMEX MC5-IS User Manual

General

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Calibration
MC5-IS is a stand-alone calibrator as well as a calibrator communi-
cating with calibration software.
MC5-IS supports stand-alone calibration and off-line calibration.
The following list briefly describes these methods:
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In stand-alone calibration, all instrument and calibration result
data is stored in MC5-IS' memory. No external calibration da-
tabase is used.
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In off-line calibration (sometimes also called batch calibration),
the instrument data is downloaded from a calibration software.
The calibration is done just as in stand-alone calibration, but
calibration procedures are downloaded from a software and
the saved results are uploaded to the calibration software.
Note that off-line calibration requires the QCAL option. It also re-
quires the computer communication cable to connect MC5-IS to a
PC's serial port.
Note.
MC5-IS also includes a serial communication protocol option. With
the option, it is possible to control MC5-IS via the RS232 port to
perform, e.g. a remotely controlled calibration. The communication
protocol specification can be obtained from Beamex.