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Users Manual
Displaying the Date and Time ................................................................................... 24
Using the Backlight ................................................................................................... 26
Personalizing the Calibrator ...................................................................................... 26
Using Measure Mode..................................................................................................... 28
Measurement Ranges............................................................................................... 28
Measuring Electrical Parameters .............................................................................. 28
Testing Continuity ..................................................................................................... 30
Measuring Pressure .................................................................................................. 30
Measuring Temperature............................................................................................ 34
Using Thermocouples .......................................................................................... 34
Using Resistance-Temperature Detectors (RTDs) ............................................... 37
Measurement Scale .................................................................................................. 41
Linear-Output Transmitters .................................................................................. 41
Square-Law Process Variables ............................................................................ 42
Measuring or Sourcing with Custom Units ................................................................ 43
Using the 700-IV Current Shunt ................................................................................ 44
Damping Your Measurements................................................................................... 44
Using Source Mode ....................................................................................................... 46
Sourcing Electrical Parameters................................................................................. 46
Simulating a 4 to 20 mA Transmitter......................................................................... 48
Supplying Loop Power .............................................................................................. 50
Sourcing Pressure..................................................................................................... 52
Simulating Thermocouples........................................................................................ 55
Simulating RTDs ....................................................................................................... 56
Source Scale............................................................................................................. 59
Linear-Responding Transmitters .......................................................................... 59
Square-Law Process Variables ............................................................................ 59
Stepping and Ramping the Output Value.................................................................. 60
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