INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 4
PURPOSE OF EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................................ 4
LOCATION OF INSTRUMENT ........................................................................................................................ 4
ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................................... 4
SETUP ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
UNPACKING ................................................................................................................................................ 4
CABLE CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 4
POWER ON/OFF ......................................................................................................................................... 4
PROBE ........................................................................................................................................................ 5
UNITS ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
MEASUREMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Continuous Mode .................................................................................................................................. 5
Regular Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Scan Mode............................................................................................................................................. 5
MEMORY STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................................ 5
APPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 6
SAMPLE FOR MEASUREMENT ..................................................................................................................... 6
UNIT OPERATION ..................................................................................................................................... 6
PROBE TUNING ........................................................................................................................................... 6
CALIBRATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Universal Calibrations .......................................................................................................................... 6
How to Store Individual and Universal Calibrations ........................................................................... 6
How to Assign Universal Calibration Locations .................................................................................. 7
How to Make Calibrations .................................................................................................................... 7
One Point Calibration ........................................................................................................................... 7
Two Point Calibration .......................................................................................................................... 8
Base Calibration ................................................................................................................................... 9
Surface Roughness Calibration ............................................................................................................ 9
MEMORY MANAGEMENT ...........................................................................................................................10
Memory Structure ................................................................................................................................10
How to Select A Memory Location ......................................................................................................10
How to Clear a Memory Location .......................................................................................................10
How to Clear all Memory Locations ....................................................................................................11
HOW TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS ................................................................................................................11
Regular Mode ......................................................................................................................................11
Continuous Mode .................................................................................................................................11
Scan Mode............................................................................................................................................12
STATISTICS ................................................................................................................................................13
Viewing the Statistics ...........................................................................................................................13
Clearing the Statistics ..........................................................................................................................13
OFFSETS ....................................................................................................................................................14
How to Enter an Offset ........................................................................................................................14
How to Clear an Offset ........................................................................................................................14
LIMITS .......................................................................................................................................................14
How to Set Limits .................................................................................................................................15
How to Remove Limits .........................................................................................................................15
DATE AND TIME STAMP ............................................................................................................................15
Memory Capacity .................................................................................................................................15
Setting the Date and Time ....................................................................................................................15
Printing the Date and Time ..................................................................................................................16
OUTPUT SELECTIONS .................................................................................................................................16
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