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How to Change a 5500A-Based Procedure to a 9100-Based Procedure
This application note describes in steps how to change a 5500A based procedure in MET/CAL software to a procedure running with a 9100 calibrator. This application note describes only the exact steps to follow, in addition we advise to follow the MET/CAL Procedure Writing course provided by Fluke Calibration throughout the world for more information and understanding the MET/CAL Procedure language.
To explain the steps we make use of the following procedure:
Fluke 21: (1 year) CAL VER /5500
To load this procedure into the MET/CAL system from the CD delivered, please refer to the Manual.
Step 1: Load the procedure in the Editor.
Open the MET/CAL Editor in the Fluke Metrology Software program group. From the menu bar choose File, Open Procedure, and select the mentioned procedure. The procedure is now loaded in the Editor, where you can make the necessary changes in the procedure.
Your screen should look something like this:
As you can see this procedure is not only written for the Fluke 21, but also for the Fluke 23, Fluke 75 and Fluke 77.
Step 2: Changing the Main FSC
To change the main FSC (Command) referring to the 5500A Calibrator to the one for the 9100 calibrator, choose from the menu bar: Edit, Replace.
Type 5500 to find what and 9100 to replace with.
Press Replace All.
Now all 5500 FSC's are replaced by 9100 FSC's.
If you now press F9 to compile the procedure you'll get the following error:
This is caused by the following: the 5500A calibrator has a feature to compensate for lead resistance during resistance calibrations, the so-called Compensated Wire Mode (CW). In this mode, you go with four leads from the calibrator to only two connections on the UUT. When you use the 9100 without the Leadmat, the 9100 does not have this feature, so we must use the 2-wire (2W) mode.
If you take a look at the procedure window the cursor is at line 2.010 and at the end of this line you’ll find the connection parameter, which is CW. Change this to 2W, do the same for line 3.002 and 4.002. You can also use the Find and Replace function again to change CW for 2W.
If you now press F9 again, you'll see in the bottom line of the Editor Window:
No errors. Procedure is executable.
Congratulations, but you're not there yet.
Step 3: Check for setup parameters
In MET/CAL software, there is for almost every standard configured instrument not only the "main" FSC (like 5500 or 9100) but also a so-called Setup Parameter FSC.
If you go to the header of the procedure, you'll see the following:
The Configuration lines are automatically determined out of the procedure. This means that there are FSC's that refer to the 9100 calibrator and FSC's which refer to the 5500A calibrator. Because we changed all the main 5500 FSC's to 9100 FSC's, this must be coming out of one or more Setup Parameter FSC's.
For the 5500A, the Setup Parameter FSC is M550 and for the 9100 it is M9100 (watch the fifference in the amount of zeros).
You can find the first occurrence of the M550 FSC with the Find command in the Edit menu.
There are two occurrences of the FSC M550 in the procedure, line 14.002 and 16.001. The parameter used in the M550 FSC is not valid for the M9100 FSC, so the best is to put the M550 FSC in remark or comment by putting a # sign in front of the line number where you find the M550 FSC.
Now press F9.
In the bottom line of the window appears again:
No errors. Procedure is executable.
If you check the header, there is only a configuration line referring to the 9100 calibrator.
Step 4: Save and test the procedure
You can save the procedure by choosing Save procedure from the File menu. A window opens where you can choose from Create New or Overwrite. You can choose any of those two, but choose Create New if you want to keep the old (5500A-based) procedure).
Now that the procedure is saved, you can choose Restart from the Test Run menu, where you can test the procedure.
Make sure you tick the Demo tick-box if you want to test the procedure without using the calibrator. In case the Test-Run is not in demo mode, make sure the 9100 is properly configured and that the calibrator is connected to the system via the IEEE bus. For configuring the 9100, please refer to the manual.
In case you have any questions about changing procedures from one type of calibrator to another type of calibrator, please contact the MET/SUPPORT team.
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