BrandTech Scientific EASYCAL 4.0 - Manual (Page 3)

EASYCAL ™ User Guide Version 4.0 · Status: June 2008 3
EASYCAL
™
User Guide
Contents
1. Your License Agreement ............................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Object of Agreement .............................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 Grant of license ..................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Copyright .............................................................................................................................................. 4
1.4 Warranty ............................................................................................................................................... 4
1.5 Duties of the Licensee ........................................................................................................................... 4
1.6 Alterations to the Software ..................................................................................................................... 4
2. Introduction to the software ....................................................................................................................... 5
2.1
Program features .................................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 System requirements ............................................................................................................................. 5
2.2.1 Hardware ................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2.2 Software .................................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Installing the program on your PC ............................................................................................................ 5
2.4 Uninstalling the program ......................................................................................................................... 6
2.5 Starting EASYCAL ™ (for the first time) .................................................................................................... 6
2.6 Basic settings ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3. Main Menu ................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.1 Calibration of Liquid Handling Instruments ................................................................................................ 7
3.1.1 Entry of measuring results ............................................................................................................ 7
3.1.2 Entry of error limits .................................................................................................................... 10
3.1.3 Data analysis ............................................................................................................................ 11
3.1.4 Save present test (permanently) and Intervall entry ........................................................................ 11
3.2 Calibration of volumetric instruments of glass/plastic ............................................................................... 12
3.2.1 Entry of measuring results .......................................................................................................... 12
3.2.2 Entry of error limits .................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.3 Data analysis ............................................................................................................................ 15
3.2.4 Save present test (permanently) and Intervall entry ........................................................................ 16
4. Test History .............................................................................................................................................. 16
4.1 Selecting records from history ............................................................................................................... 16
4.2 Deleting records from history ................................................................................................................ 16
4.3 Display selected records from history (filter) ............................................................................................ 17
4.4 Printing records from history ................................................................................................................. 17
4.4.1 Printing a single record .............................................................................................................. 17
4.4.2 Printing several records ............................................................................................................. 17
4.4.3 Printing of the list of datasets ..................................................................................................... 17
4.5 Archiving ............................................................................................................................................ 18
4.6 Details of measuring results .................................................................................................................. 18
4.7 Graph ............................................................................................................................................... 18
5. Tests to be carried out within this month ................................................................................................. 19
6. Preferences.............................................................................................................................................. 19
6.1 Enter company and language ................................................................................................................ 19
6.2 Enter (external) calibration lab ............................................................................................................... 19
6.3 List of: Test operator/Balances/Thermometers/Liquid Handling/Glass/Plastic/Norms ................................ 19
6.3.1 List of: Test operators / Balances / Thermometers / Glass/Plastic / Norms .................................... 19
6.3.2 Liquid Handling ......................................................................................................................... 20
6.4 Manage EASYCAL ™ data ..................................................................................................................... 21
6.5 Interface ............................................................................................................................................. 23
6.6 Install Printer ...................................................................................................................................... 23
7. Basics for calculations ............................................................................................................................. 24
7.1
General definitions ............................................................................................................................... 24
7.2 Basics ............................................................................................................................................... 26
7.3 Calculations for Glass/Plastics .............................................................................................................. 27
7.4 Calculations for Liquid Handling ............................................................................................................ 31
8. Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................................... 32
8.1
Printing problems ................................................................................................................................ 32
8.2 Memory problems ................................................................................................................................ 33
9. Index ........................................................................................................................................................ 34