Additional Information - BEAMEX MC5-IS User Manual

Advanced Operation and Configuration

Additional Information

Most of the measurements, generations and simulations pre-
sented in this manual are straight forward: Just make the required
window settings and connect the instrument under test in the ac-
tive terminals and that's it!
Some cases require additional settings and things to check be-
fore you can be certain that the measurement, generation or simu-
lation works as expected. A typical example of this is temperature
measurement using a thermocouple. It is not enough to select the
correct quantity and port in MC5-IS. The Sensor type and the Refer-
ence Junction Mode has to be set accordingly, too. Wrong settings
give erroneous results.
Whenever this additional information may be of use in a measure-
ment, generation or simulation, text describing the function refers
to one of the following chapters. An experienced user need not
jump to read this supplemental text, but for a beginner we highly
recommend it.
The main subjects described here are:
Things to Consider when Measuring Pressure on page 87,
Thermocouple Measurement/Simulation, Connections and
Troubleshooting on page 89,
Resistance and RTD Measurement, Connections on page 93,
Current Measurement Parallel to a Test Diode, Connections on
page 95 and
Parallel Functions in MC5-IS on page 96.
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