Calibration Constants; Description; Procedure - HP 8340B Manual

Chapter 8.
Calibration Constants Utility
8.0 Description
This
program
is
not a test
in
that
it
does not verify
conformance
to
a
specification- Rather
it
Is
a
utility
program which allows the operator to manipulate the Calibration Constants
In
the
instrument or In
the data disc
file.
Calibration Constants either from the Instrument or data
disc may be viewed or printed, Cal Constants may be
transferred
from the instrument onto the
data disc (Image file), or vice versa; or the Cal Constants
in
an
image
file may be compared
with
those
in the
instrument
8.1
Test Equipment
None required.
8.2
Procedure
1
The softkeys provided for
this
utility are as
follows
COMPARE
-
Compares
current Instrument Cal Constants with the image
file.
This
is
the key you should select to meet the requirements for
the opera¬
tion verification
ReadDUT
-
Reads the DUT's Cal Constants
into
the computer's memory
GetFILE
-
Loads the Cal Constant Image
file for the
OUT
into the
computer's
memory-
EXIT
-
Return to the test menu
Select the desired softkey
2.
After any
of the above three selections
are made, the program will
offer
the following
additional softkeys:
PRINT
-
Prints the Cal Constants currently in the computer's
memory
DISPLAY
-
Displays the Cal Constants currently in
memory,
Wrt OUT
-
Writes
the Cal
Constants in
the
computer's memory
to the instru¬
ment's
WORKING Cal Constant memory and then stores the Cal
Constants
into the
instrument's PROTECTED Cal Constant memory
SavFILE
-
Takes
the Cal
Constants
in the computer's memory and creates
a
permanent image
file on the data disc-
Select the desired softkey and respond to any prompts provided
by
the program-
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