VALLEYLAB FT10

ENERGY PLATFORM
FT10 CALIBRATION
INTRODUCTION TO THE CALIBRATION PROCESS
THREE CALIBRATION LEVELS

▪ Level 0 – Periodic safety check

▪ Level 1 – Touchscreen calibration
▪ Level 2 – Energy calibration

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TOUCH SCREEN VERIFICATION & CALIBRATION
TWO-STEP PROCESS

▪ Touchscreen verification only. If you can verify all 19 target points, there is no
need to do a calibration.
▪ If you do a touchscreen calibration, you must also perform a verification
▪ The generator will shut down and restart during the calibration process
▪ Do NOT power down the generator in the middle of a calibration or verification
▪ Here is the path to the touchscreen calibration or verification

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TOUCH SCREEN VERIFICATION
19TARGETS

Note: If you miss a target, you

must start from the beginning.

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TOUCH SCREEN CALIBRATION
PART 1 - NINE TARGETS

Note: Do not power down in the

during a touchscreen calibration.

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TOUCH SCREEN CALIBRATION
PART 2 - FIVE TARGETS

Note: Do not power down in the

during a touchscreen calibration.

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ENERGY CALIBRATION PROCESS
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

▪ 5 Ω and 5 KΩ, 250 W, 1% tolerance, non-inductive resistive loads

▪ Current transformer - Volt per Amp equal to 0.10 with 10 MHz Bandwidth
▪ True RMS meter
▪ High-voltage differential probe set at 1000:1 attenuation (see next slide)
▪ REM plug
▪ Banana-plug style cables
▪ Alligator clips (if needed)

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ENERGY CALIBRATION PROCESS
NEED FOR DIFFERENTIAL PROBE

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ENERGY CALIBRATION PROCESS
COMMON CALIBRATION SYMBOLS & BUTTONS

Symbol Function Symbol Function

Access to the Service Starts the calibration

& Settings menu sequence

Small-scale Large-scale
adjustments adjustments

Accept calibration
Cancel step
adjustments

Go back to the
Advance to the next
previous step in the
step in the process
process
Restore the
Save the calibration
calibration to original
you just completed
factory settings

Keep the calibration Start the calibration

you had before process over

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ENERGY CALIBRATION
BASIC INFORMATION

▪ Path to Energy Calibration is shown on next slide.

▪ No need to do an energy calibration unless you replace the RF
PCBA. The sensors are very stable.
▪ No need to do an energy calibration when you replace the
Controller PCBA because it pulls the information from the other
boards.
▪ Only two loads needed for this calibration: 5 Ω and 5 kΩ
▪ Follow on-screen instructions

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ENERGY CALIBRATION
PATH TO ENERGY CALIBRATION SCREENS

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 FRONT PANEL
CALIBRATION IS DONE FOR TWO PORTS

Calibrating gain for

top two ports
(measurements in mV)

Calibrating gain for

bottom two ports
(measurements in mV & mA)

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FRONT PANEL
MONOPOLAR VOLTAGE CALIBRATION

mV

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ENERGY CALIBRATION
START SCREEN

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ENERGY CALIBRATION
USE ARROWS TO REACH TARGET VOLTAGE

Once you reach the target voltage, press ACCEPT.

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ENERGY CALIBRATION
MEASUREMENTS BEING TAKEN

If the energy calibration is stopped before completion, the

FT10 will revert to its previous calibration settings.

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FRONT PANEL
BIPOLAR/LIGASURE VOLTAGE CALIBRATION

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ENERGY CALIBRATION
ACTIVATING

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FRONT PANEL
BIPOLAR/LIGASURE CURRENT CALIBRATION

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ENERGY CALIBRATION
SUMMARY OF FACTORY, NEW & CURRENT SETTINGS

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