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Lab Calibration

Calibration events are launched from Events → Calibration on the main-screen menu. The default Calibration event has four steps:

  1. Event Information
  2. Documents
  3. Specify Standards
  4. Calibration Results

This is all the pertinent and required information needed to complete the event.

Required for printing a certificate

The following fields must be visible on the Event Information view to print a certificate:

  • Cert. Type
  • Cert. Number
  • Vendor
  • Result
  • Completed (set when the event is completed)

If any are missing, you'll be prompted to fill them in before completing the event.

1. Event Information

Event Information

Event Information

Click Next to proceed to the next step.

2. Documents

Document Information

Document Information

Documents are carried forward into the event if you've inserted them on the Equipment Layout under the Calibration Info tab. You can also add them on the fly by clicking the Add New icon at the top-left.

Clicking OK adds the document to the event.

Add document dialog

Add document dialog

You can scan documents by selecting the Event Docs or Certs radio buttons. The dialog below appears — attach the document from a file or scan it directly.

Scan or attach a document

Scan or attach a document

Click Next to proceed.

3. Specify Standards

Standards can be added here or from the main screen under the Calibration Info tab. Click the Search icon Search icon and choose a standard from one of the listed choices.

Specify Standards

Specify Standards

Click Next to proceed.

4. Calibration Results

Select the result by dragging the slider bar up or down. If you don't have test-point data on the main screen, the screen below appears:

Calibration Results — no test points

Calibration Results — no test points

If you do have test-point data on the main screen, the screen below appears. Enter the test results in the As Found column. When complete, click Finish.

Calibration Results — with test points

Calibration Results — with test points

When the test is complete, click Finish. You'll be prompted to mark the event as Complete.

tip

If you can't complete the event right now, click No at the prompt. The event is marked as Incomplete and you return to the main screen. You can return later by double-clicking the highlighted blue Incomplete marker in the History grid.