Calibration – Vaisala HMM100 User Manual

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Chapter 5 _______________________________________________________________ Maintenance

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Calibration

The recommended calibration interval is one year. You should also

perform a calibration if the HMM100 does not appear to be within the

specified accuracy.

The HMM100 can be adjusted in two ways:

- Using the onboard trimmers. This method requires no serial

connection, only a small Phillips head screwdriver and a suitable

humidity reference. The trimmers can adjust up to ± 5% of reading.

- Using serial commands. This method requires a connection to the

service port of the HMM100 module. For this, you need the USB

cable (Vaisala order code: 226068) and a PC with a terminal

application. You also need a humidity reference and a Phillips head

screwdriver for zeroing the trimmers.

As a humidity reference, you can use, for example, the Vaisala Humidity

Calibrator HMK15.

Installing the probe properly will also help with the calibration. Ideally

the probe should be placed completely in the environment, with enough

cable to prevent heat conduction, and to allow the probe to be moved

during calibration (placed in the HMK15 calibrator, for example).

NOTE

If you have changed the HUMICAP® sensor, center the trimmers, and

perform a calibration and adjustment using the serial command CRH.

NOTE

You can only calibrate the humidity measurement (RH) and temperature

measurement (T). The module calculates the dewpoint using RH and T

values.

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