Omega Vehicle Security OMB-CHARTSCAN 1400 User Manual

ChartScan User’s Manual

Calibration 6-3

CAUTION

Unless you are setting main unit calibration constants or changing the password,
the calibration mode should be disabled.

The calibration mode applies to main unit calibration, and not to the calibration of
signal conditioning cards.

ScanCal Software Application

ScanCal’s Main Window

Select the ScanCal option from the ChartView Program Group. ScanCal’s Main Window will appear. The
window contains pull-down menus, a toolbar, and calibration instructions.

The options available from the pull-down menus (

File, Instrument

, and

Calibrate

) are the same as those

offered by the toolbar, with one exception: the

Calibrate

pull-down menu contains a selection to

Upload Cal Constants

Icon Legend

Open Interface Parameters

Save Interface Parameters

Setup Interface Parameters

Inventory Instrument System

Calibrate Selected Devices

ScanCal Main Window and Icon Legend

ScanCal Main Window Pull-Down Menus

Using ScanCal

To use ScanCal, simply follow the four steps listed under the word Instructions in ScanCal’s Main Window.
The steps are repeated below, along with the proper tool icon and equivalent pull-down menu option.
Instructions for setting up calibration equipment are contained in specific sections of this chapter, for
example, the section Offset Calibration of Main Unit details how to use a calibration card and either of two
shorting methods.

Step

Instruction

Tool Icon

Pull-down Menu

Verify the interface parameters

Dip Switch
Icon

File menu

Click the inventory tool to perform a system inventory.

Inventory
Icon

Instrument menu

Select the desired devices from the inventory list.

Inventory
Icon

Instrument menu

Click the calibrate tool.

Calibrate
Icon

Calibrate menu

Note: The following text discusses the use of the tool icons. However, if desired, the pull-down menus

can be used instead.