BrandTech Scientific EASYCAL 4.0 - Manual (Page 13)

EASYCAL ™ User Guide Version 4.0 · Status: June 2008 13
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User Guide
Subdivision (required entry)
Click on the arrow to the right of the entry field to display the list of available subdivisions for your instrument.
Material (required entry)
Choose the material of which your instrument is made by clicking on the arrow to the right of the entry field. You
can also enter materials not stored in the database. Enter the name of the material into the entry field. When you
save your data, this entry is automatically transferred to the list. You need to know the expansion coefficient of
the newly entered material.
Coefficient of expansion
The coefficienct of expansion is determined automatically from the database once the material has been
chosen.
Atmospheric Pressure (required entry)
There are 2 options for entering atmospheric pressure:
1. Direct entry of local atmospheric pressure: “Absolute atmospheric pressure [hPa]”
2. Entry of atmospheric pressure referred to sea level: “Relative atmospheric pressure [hPa] and Altitude
of location [m]”
Optionally, you may also state the “Source for atmospheric pressure data” (e.g. barometer, weather bureau).
Test Temperature (required entry)
The permissible temperature range for measurements is +15 °C (56 °F) to 30 °C (86 °F). Enter the measured
temperature in °C or °F.
The test was carried out according to:
Click on the arrow to the right of the entry field to display a list of the 3 different available standards.
Note:
Adding a new balance is only possible in the start window under “Settings”. If the current number of the bal-
ance is not listed, save and close the current test. Open the “Settings” window and then the “Balance list”
window to add the new balance.
Enter the number or the type of the balance used in the test. By clicking on the arrow to the right of the “Number
or type of balance” entry field, you can display a list of available balances. More than 100 different balances
are already stored.
The number entered allows to refer the test to the national and international standards.
Note:
Adding a new thermometer is only possible in the start window under “Settings”. If the current thermometer
number is not listed, save and close the current test. Open the window “Settings” and then the window “Ther-
mometer list” to add the new thermometer.
Enter the type or the number of the thermometer used in the test. By clicking on the arrow to the right of the
“Number or type of thermometer” entry field, you can display a list of available thermometers. One standard
thermometer is already stored.
The number entered allows to refer the test to the national and international standards.
Number or type of balance (required entry)
Number or type of thermometer (required entry)