IMC CANSAS - Shunt Calibration

BRIDGE2: DC-bridge measurement 259
imc CANSAS Users Manual - Doc. Version 1.9 - 05.12.2014© 2014 imc Meßsysteme GmbH
6.1.5.5 Shunt calibration
imc CANSAS-BRIDGE2 offers the ability to electronically shunt the measurement bridge with a shunt
calibration resistor of approx. 100k . This artificial unbalance of the bridge can provide an indication of
the measurement bridge's functioning.
Bridge
Unbalance
120
0,30 mV/V
350
0,87 mV/V
Shunt calibration can be triggered in either of the following ways:
By the special button on the imc CANSAS-BRIDGE2 module
Via CAN-bus message
To make shunt calibration triggerable by button, make the following setting:
Setting the button to trigger shunt calibration:
Bridge amplifier -> Index card “General” -> “Button function”: “Activate shunt calibration”