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Calibration Manual 
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Temperature Specifications 
Temperature  Resolution  Accuracy 
[1,2]
 
-200 °C to +1350 °C  0.1 °C 
1 % + 10 
-328 °F to +2462 °F  0.1 °F 
1 % + 18 
[1]  Does not include error of the thermocouple probe. 
[2]  Accuracy specification assumes ambient temperature stable to ±1 °C. For ambient temperature changes of ±5 °C, 
rated accuracy applies after 2 hours. 
Capacitance and Diode Test Specifications 
Function  Range  Resolution  Accuracy 
Capacitance  1 nF 
[1]
  0.001 nF  1 % + 5 
10 nF 
[1]
  0.01 nF  1 % + 5 
100 nF 
[1]
  0.1 nF  1 % + 5 
1 μF  0.001 μF 
1 % + 5 
10 μF  0.01 μF 
1 % + 5 
100 μF  0.1 μF 
1 % + 5 
1000 μF  1 μF 
1 % + 5 
10 mF  0.01 mF  1 % + 5 
100 mF  0.1 mF  2 % + 20 
Diode Test  3.1 V  0.0001 V  1 % + 20 
[1]  With a film capacitor or better, using relative mode (REL Δ) to zero residual. 
Frequency Counter Specifications 
Function  Range  Resolution  Accuracy 
Frequency 
(0.5 Hz to 999.99 kHz, pulse 
width >0.5 μs) 
99.999 Hz  0.001 Hz  0.02 % + 5 
999.99 Hz  0.01 Hz  0.005 % + 5 
9.9999 kHz  0.0001 kHz  0.005 % + 5 
99.999 kHz  0.001 kHz  0.005 % + 5 
999.99 kHz  0.01 kHz  0.005 % + 5 
Duty Cycle 
[1][2][3]
  1.00 % to 99.00 %  0.01 %  0.2 % per kHz + 0.1 % 
Pulse Width 
[1][2]
 
0.1000 ms  0.0001 ms  0.002 ms + 30 counts 
1.000 ms  0.001 ms  0.002 ms + 3 counts 
10.00 ms  0.01 ms  0.002 ms + 3 counts 
1999.9 ms  0.1 ms  0.002 ms + 3 counts 
[1]  For rise times <1 μs. Signals centered around trigger levels.  
[2]  0.5 to 200 kHz, pulse width >2 μs. Pulse width range is determined by the frequency of the signal. 
[3]  For 10 μs < pulse width <25 μs add 1%. For 2 μs < pulse width ≤10 Ω add 3.5 %.