David and others,
I will have to come back on the details. However, I'll give you the
overview from the top of my head.
The one calibration value kept in CMOS backup is the length of the
calibration pulse. This can be altered over GPIB. The program will sweep
over the value range (don't know if it does anything smart) in order to
find one that gives the minimum RMS error, which is the value then put
into the counter. The counters auto-calibration then uses that for
interpolator calibration.
The original DOS program used a particular Philips synthesizer and old
GPIB interface, but I heard nothing about this being essential to the
process in modern day. I would guess that a synthesizer able to sweep
the interpolator is really the key.
I will see what I can dig up. Would be nice to have one of these again.
Cheers,
Magnus
On 08/16/2015 10:27 PM, davidh wrote:
Magnus,
I have a few of these counters and would love to see the details of the
calibration process you mention.
Cheers.
david
On 17/08/2015 5:16 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote:
Ole,
I checked with a former Pendulum employee, and free off memory, he
recommend trimming up the 100 MHz until Error 2 does not show. Sensing
it directly can be difficult, FET-probe essentially mandatory.
Indirectly a 10 MHz is possible. A problem is that trimming with the
hood off causes a different thermal setup than when the hood is on. If
you dare, make a hole in the hood so that you can trim it with the hood
on, that is what they did.
CMOS backup battery eventually fails, and then you need to replace it
and re-calibrate it. I have the details jotted down, but it seems that
this is not your issue.
Cheers,
Magnus
On 08/16/2015 12:20 PM, Ole Petter Ronningen wrote:
Hello.
I have a Fluke PM6681 that has issues. When I got it, it gave results
all
over the place, but after adjusting the 100Mhz multiplier-chain, it
seems
to be much better; at least I get std.deviationwell within spec using a
split pulse to input A and B, 100 samples. I'd like to get it
professionally calibrated, but I don't want to send it in with known
issues
- the cost of calibration will not be refunded if the instrument can
not be
calibrated, and I believe it is no longer repairable.
So, the issue is that it fails the ASIC test (test 6), with err 2.The
service-guide lists a number of signals to be checked in test-mode,
but I
am not able to see any of them. Since the counter seems to function, I
can
only conclude that the signals are not present due to this error.. (Or
that
I am mistreading the guide and looking in the wrong place, probably at
least as likely..)
Anyway, I cant seem to find a description of this particular error, does
anyone know what it means?
Thanks,
Ole
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