Cirris Easy-Touch Pro - 4 General Information; Tester Maintenance; Fixture Maintenance; Service

General Information
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4. General Information
4.1 Tester Maintenance
The Easy-Touch Pro tester requires no maintenance. If desired you may clean the outside surfaces of the tester. Since some
cleaning agents leave a conductive residue, take special care to not allow the cleaning agents to come in contact with the
test point connectors or the circuitry inside the casework.
4.2 Fixture Maintenance
The xturing contacts that mate to the device-under-test may wear due to repeated insertion cycles. Contact wear can
result in higher connection resistances which increases the measured resistances for the device-under-test. For this reason
Cirris recommends that customers evaluate the number of mating cycles and the cycle life of xture contacts to determine
maintenance intervals for testing and/or replacing xturing contacts. A good way to check xture contact resistance is to
construct and use a shorting block. For more information on creating shorting blocks, see http://www.cirris.com/adapters/
test-adapt.html.
4.3 Service
Cirris Testers are modular in design for easy servicing. If your Cirris tester requires service, as determined by Cirris support
personnel, you may need to send the aected module or the entire tester back to Cirris for repair. A loaner tester can be
sent to you. You should not attempt to service any circuit board at the component level. All component-level service should
be performed by Cirris technicians.
4.4 Calibration
With your Easy-Touch Pro tester you should have received a Certicate of Verication. Before leaving the factory, every
Easy-Touch Pro tester is calibrated in compliance with ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 and MIL-STD-45662A to standards traceable
to the NIST in the United States. The calibration of the tester should thereafter be veried annually. To verify calibration and
functionality, you can purchase the Easy-Touch Pro Performance Check Kit. In addition to the performance check kit, you
need a calibrated volt meter and high voltage probe capable of measuring up to 1500 VDC.
Note: In the event a Cirris tester is found to be out of calibration, there are no adjustable controls. The tester, or aected
portions of the tester, must be sent back to a Cirris facility for repair.
4.5 Tester Symbols
Caution: See manual for more information Risk of shock