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Chapter Title Page Chapter 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 2 Installation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Chapter 1 Introduction Additel/Cal is designed for ADT22XA series and ADT761 references to manage the instruments, references, calibration tasks, calibration schedule and calibration result. This manual will introduce you to how to install, register and use the Additel/Cal. All screens have a uniform look with similar speed buttons and menus, making it easy for you to adapt to the system quickly. Each subsequent chapter individually addresses one of the program’s screens or major functions.
Chapter 3 Starting the Program To start Additel/Cal, double-click on the Additel Cal icon located in the Additel Group. (Multiple instances of Additel/Cal may not be run concurrently on the same machine.) 3.1 Licensing The first time you run Additel/Cal, you will see the “Product Activation” screen See figure 3.1 below. Enter the activation code that you buy, you can enter the HOME SCREEN. Figure 3.
Chapter 4 Home Screen 4.1 Using the Home Screen Figure 4.1 below, is the system’s HOME SCREEN. This is the main screen you work from when you are using Additel/Cal. It has the buttons and menu items used to activate every other branch and/or function of the system. Keep in mind that the buttons and menu items that are available to a user at any given time are strictly dependent upon the level of system access that they have been granted. An overview of this screen’s sections is provided below.
Navigation Toolbar Menu Toolbar Home Screen Work Area Figure 4.
4.2 Menu Toolbar The menu toolbar contains two (2) menus, File and Help, each of which enables you to perform a number of different actions or functions related to the system. 4.2.1 File Menu Opening the File menu when the HOME SCREEN is displayed provides you with the following options: (See Figure 4.2.1 below) 4.2.1.1 Instruments This will open the Instruments Screen on the Work Area. For a more detailed explanation,see Chapter 5. 4.2.1.2 References This will open the Equipment Screen on the Work Area.
Figure 4.2.1 Figure 4.2.2 4.2.2 Help Menu This will open the About Additel Cal Screen. The Help menu displays the "About" box, which will give you specific details regarding the Additel/Cal system you are working with. See Figure 4.2.2 above. 4.3 Navigation Toolbar 4.3.1 Instruments This will open the Instruments Screen on the Work Area. For a more detailed explanation,see Chapter 5. 4.3.2 References This will open the References Screen on the Work Area. For a more detailed explanation,see Chapter 6.
4.3.3 Schedule This will open the Schedule Screen on the Work Area. For a more detailed explanation,see Chapter 7. 4.3.4 Receive Cal.Data This will open the Receive Cal.Data Screen on the Work Area. For a more detailed explanation,see Chapter 8. 4.3.5 Send Tasks This will open the Send Tasks Screen on the Work Area. For a more detailed explanation,see Chapter 9. 4.4 Work Area This is the large section of the HOME SCREEN with the Additel/Cal background (see Figure 4.1 on the first page of this section).
Chapter 5 Instruments The Instruments Screen is used to add, modify and, if necessary delete Instrument records.It is where you could manage the Instrument’s information that includes the general information, calibration results and tasks. You also could query the instruments by the specified conditions.When you selected the calibration results as needed, you could also export them to a specified path by excel file.
5.1 Instruments Area When you open this screen, all the instruments data will be reloaded and displayed. Each record in this list represents a instrument, and the modified record is displayed at the top of the list. When you select the different record in list, the calibration results in the Calibration List Area and tasks in the Tasks List Area will be loaded. 5.1.1 New Instrument To add a instrument, you must specify the Instrument Type (For a more detailed explanation, see chapter 11.
Next, the New Instrument –Digital Pressure Gauges Screen will be shown,See figure 5.1.1.2 below Figure 5.1.1.2 Note: Fields contains the "*" on the left must be filled.
(1).Identity This field is the unique name of the instrument, and limited to 12 characters. when you input the characters in the field,it will real-time verify the existence of the input values in the database.If there is Identity(input characters) in the database, you will see the message(see figure 5.1.1.3 below) displayed on the right and be not allowed to click the “Save” button. Figure 5.1.1.3 (2).
5.1.3 Delete Instrument To delete a instrument, you must select the Instrument record by clicking the tool strip button labeled “Delete Instrument” on the Instruments Toolbar. Note:The Calibration Results, Tasks and Send tasks associated with the instrument also will be removed. 5.1.4 Find Instrument To query instruments, you must set up query conditions by clicking the tool strip button labeled “Find Instrument” on the Instruments (See figure 5.1.4.1 below). 5.1.4.1 Find Instrument Screen Figure 5.1.4.
5.2 Calibration Results Area When you select a instrument in the Instrument Area, all the calibration results will be loaded and displayed. You could see that in the Calibration Data tab. Each record in this list represents a calibration result. Each modified record is displayed at the top of the list. When you select the different record in list, the detail calibration results in the Detailed Data Area will be refresh. 5.2.1 Delete Cal.
5.3.1 New Task To add a task, you can click the tool strip button labeled “New Task” on the Task Toolbar, when the instrument was selected in the Instrument Area. For example, if you want to add a task for “Digital Pressure Gauge” instrument. See figure 5.3.1.1 below Figure 5.3.1.
(1).Name, Operator This Name and Operator fields are limited to 12 characters, but do not hava to filled in when entering. (2).Temperature, &Humidity The range of Temperature is from -10 to 50°C . The range of Humidity is from 0 to 90% . (3). Calibration Points This field can filled in from the drop down list 5.3.2 Edit Task To modify a Task, you could click the tool strip button labeled “Edit Task” on the Task Toolbar when the task as needed was selected in the Task Area. 5.3.
Chapter 6 References The References screen is used to add, modify and delete reference records. See figure 6 below.
6.1 New Reference The S/N and Model fields must be entered before you can save it. 6.2 Edit Reference To modify a reference, you could click the tool strip button labeled “Edit Reference” on the toolbar when the reference as needed was selected in the reference list. 6.3 Delete Reference This button will allow you to delete the reference record. 6.4 Save Selecting this button will save reference data, after you complete to add a new reference or edit a selected reference.
Chapter 7 Schedule Instruments Area Tasks Area Figure 7 21
7.1 Schedule Options This field can filled in from the drop down list,See figure 7.1 below Figure 7.1 For example: The current date is 2012-3-15. (1).Selecting the Next Week option indicates that the Next Cal Date for filtering the instruments between is 2012-3-18 and 2012-3-24. (2).Selecting the Next Month option indicates that the Next Cal Date for filtering the instruments is between 2012-4-1 and 2012-4-30. (3).
Chapter 8 Receive Cal.Data Cal.
8.1 Scan For a more detailed explanation, See Chapter 10 8.2 Receive After building the connection with the reference, you could load the calibration results shown in the Result List by clicking the “Receive” button on the Toolbar. See figure 8.2 below. Figure 8.
8.2.1 Result List Identity Field : This is the unique name of the instrument. Type Field : For a more detailed explanation, see chapter 11.5.
Chapter 9 Send Tasks Tasks List Scan Reference Figure 9 26
9.1 Scan For a more detailed explanation,see Chapter 10 9.2 Send After building the connection with the reference, you could send all the tasks in the Result List for performing the calibration by clicking the “Send” button on the Toolbar. Note:Before you perform the deletion, you must keep the reference’s operating screen out of task manager if the model of reference is ’ ADT223A’. 9.3 Remove You could delete one/more tasks used to send in the List by clicking the “Remove” button on the toolbar.
Chapter 10 Scan Ports 10.1 Possible communication problems ? Be sure the cable is connected to the reference properly, and to your PC's serial port as well. Consult your reference's documentation for the correct method of connection. ? Programs that use a serial port to connect to other external devices, such as Palm Pilots, should be shut down when using this program with that same serial port. The computer needs to recognize that the COM port is free, and can be used for communication with the reference.
Chapter 11 Standard Lists 11.1 Calibration Frequency This list option allows you to define and set up specific frequencies that can be applied to all items that get calibrated. Calibration frequencies help the program calculate due dates for item calibrations. Common ones would be “Yearly”, “Semi-Annually”, “Quarterly”, etc. There are several options with regard to the setup of a frequency that are outlined and discussed in detail below. 11.1.
11.3 Location The LOCATION screen provides you with fields in which to enter a location’s name, description, however the only information required to save a new record is the location’s name. You can add them by clicking the New button next to the Location fields in various screens throughout the program. 11.4 Customer The CUSTOMER screen provides you with fields in which to enter a customer’s name, description, however the only information required to save a new record is the customer’s name.
11.5 Instrument Type This list option allows you to create different device types,See table 11.5 below. Instrument types are useful in creating task that can be used for particular calibrations.