Appendix A: Quad Pressure Calibration. PASCO ME-8598

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Appendix A: Quad Pressure Calibration

The purpose of this calibration is to fine-tune all four pressure measurements so they read the same when exposed to the atmosphere. This will allow the small pressure differences that occur in the apparatus to be measured more accurately.

Conduct this procedure with all four pressure ports exposed to the same pressure.

DataStudio

1.

Click the Setup button to open the Experiment Setup window.

2.

Click the Calibrate Sensors button to open the calibration

window (see Figure 3).

3.

At the top of the Calibrate Sensors window, select Quad

Pressure Sensor.

4.

Select the Calibrate all similar measurements simulta-

neously option.

5.

Select the 1 Point (Adjust Offset Only) option.

6.

Click Read From Sensor (in the Calibration Point 1 section of the window).

7.

Click OK.

Figure 3: DataStudio calibration window

Xplorer GLX (Standalone Mode)

1.

Press + F4 to open the Sensors Screen.

2.

Press F4 again to open the Sensors menu.

3.

From the menu, select Calibrate to open the Calibrate Sensors win-

dow (see Figure 4).

4.

In the first box of the window, select Quad Pressure Sensor.

5.

In the third box of the window, select Calibrate All Similar Mea-

surements.

6.

In the Calibration Type box, select 1 Point Offset.

7.

Press F3 (Read Pt 1).

8.

Press

F1

F2 F3

F4

Figure 4: GLX calibration window

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