Calibration of FP TC120 in automode.

[Arun.apna]

I am facing a problem during the calibration of FP TC120 module.

The calibration setup is as follows. TC Module was placed in TB CAL connected with FP1000. Calibration Executive2.2 is running in a PC and it was communicaing with FLUKE 5520A through PCI GPIB. FP 1000 is connected to PC through RS232.

During Adjust procedure of calibration i am getting a error with code "-34123" and the caliration procedure is terminated.

We are having about 27 modules to be calibrated, is there any other way to approach this??

Regards

M. Arun Kumar

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Hello,

I tried searching your error code and did not come up with any results. Was there any message that came with this error code? It might prove useful when trying to determine what the problem is.

In addition, what operating system are you running on? Were you ever able to have the calibration procedure run properly? When the current procedure is terminated, do you have the option to send an error report? Have you ever used Cal Exec for other calibration procedures. Have you ever run any other calibration procedures using the FP-TB-CAL?

Regards,

Emilie Kopp

Applications Engineer

[Arun.apna]

Hi Emilie Kopp,

 Thanks for your reply. The Error Message along with the code is "An UNKNOWN interface error occured at Step: Adjust". I herewith attached the snap shot of the error message. I found the same problem with three different TC120 module, even i had changed the TB CAL also. The same setup is working fine for FPRTD122 procedure. My PC is loaded with Windows2000Prof.

Regards

M. Arun Kumar

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Hello,

I imagine you are explicitly following the calibration procedure for the fp-tc-120 that is listed in the .chm file for Cal Exec. Just to verify, you can find this in Start>>Programs>>National Instruments>>Calibration Executive>>Calibration Executive Help. Within this file, you'll navigate to Device Calibration Procedures>>Field Point and Compact Fieldpoint>>FieldPoint Procedures>>FP-TC-120 Calibration Procedure.

You've verified to me that you have all the necessary equipment. And you've also tried several different TC-120 modules without success. Perhaps you may take a look at this  Knowledge Base that explains an issue when Calibrating FP-TC-120 modules. It does not explicitly depict the error you had specified but it may be worth investigating. The KB was also written for Cal Exec 3.2, while you are running 2.2. I'm not sure how this will play into things, but again, it may be worth investigating.

Let me know your comments on this.

Regards,

Emilie

Applications Engineer

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Oops! I forgot to hyperlink the Knowledge Base. And now I realize it actually has not been pushed live to our website. So I've copied it's contents to this post's attachment.

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And now the KB has just been updated to our website, so to save you the trouble of downloading the zip file, just click here.

Regards,

Emilie