HP 8712ES User Manual page 275

Step 2: Create a User-Defined Calibration Kit
A user-defined calibration kit can be created by either of these two
methods:
• Method A: use the softkeys under the Modify Kit menu.
This method provides a convenient and quick way to modify
calibration kit standards. Use this method during the development of
new calibration kit standards.
• Method B: use an ASCII file.
This method provides a way to manage calibration kit descriptions in
separate files. Use this method to keep permanently filed descriptions
of your calibration kits.
Method A: Use the softkeys under the Modify Kit menu.
Press More Cal Cal Kit
CAL
keys to highlight the desired port in the display's table.
Select the softkey that matches the connector type of your port. Next,
press Modify (connector type)
calibration standard, select the softkey of the characteristic you want to
modify, and enter the data using the keypad and softkeys. When you're
done modifying all of the appropriate calibration standards and
characteristics, press
front panel knob or the
Kit in the display's table and press
indicate that your user-defined calibration kit applies to the port you
highlighted earlier. If you want to enter a cal kit description in the
display's table, press
to the analyzer's DIN KEYBOARD connector to enter the description.
(If you don't have a keyboard, you can use the analyzer's
keys or the front panel knob and the
select and enter characters from the top of the analyzer's display. Press
Enter
when done.) User Cal Kits A–J are saved in nonvolatile memory
in the method just described. Saving the instrument state also saves the
Cal Kit.
ES User's Guide
Calibrating for Increased Measurement Accuracy
and use the front panel knob or the
, select the softkey of the appropriate
Prior Menu , Mod Kit SaveRecall
keys to highlight the desired User
Save
Add Kit Description
Calibration Kits
. Use the
. The display's table will now
. Use a keyboard connected
Select Char
key to
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