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Fluke Calibration Software
User Group Meeting
February 2015
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Agenda
9:00 AM - Noon
• Introduction: Fluke Calibration Software
• MET/CAL 101
• MET/TEAM
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Overview
Manual Templates, Alerting
MET/TEAM Implementation Best Practices
Noon – 2:00 PM
• Lunch
• MET/CAL & Procedures
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New Features in Version 8.3
Using New Editor Features
Procedure Sectioning - Implementation and Demonstration
Warranted Gold Procedure – New Website and Status Updates
• Q&A
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Provide input to guide Fluke Calibration Software plans into 2016
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Fluke Calibration Software
• Management
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MET/TEAM
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MET/TRACK
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Manual MET/CAL
• Automation
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MET/CAL
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COMPASS for Pressure
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COMPASS for Flow
• Compliance
– ISO/IEC 17025 measurement uncertainty calculations
– ILAC-P14 per test point uncertainty reporting
– ANSI Z540.3 decision rules by guardbanding
– 21CFR Part 11 audit trail and electronic signature
– ISO 9000, ISO/TS 16949, NRC 10 CFR, and others
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Automation: MET/CAL – DC/LF & RF
• Perform automated calibration on test and
measurement tools and equipment dc/lf, RF and
microwave instruments.
• Create, edit, test, and document calibration
procedures, quickly and easily
• Configure and report a wider range of
measurement uncertainty parameters and include
verification data to provide an audit trail and
support further analysis
• Produce customized printed certificates and
reports
• Make data available to other corporate systems
• Help meet the requirements of quality standards
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Automation:
Increase Productivity with MET/CAL
Using MET/CAL software for automating electrical and RF calibrations allows you to
reduce the cost of your initial software investment, as well as ownership costs such as
training and maintenance.
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Automation:
COMPASS for Pressure/Flow
• Off-the-shelf pressure or flow calibration software
• Built in support for many Fluke pressure and flow
products
• Flexible interface that supports custom instrument
drivers
• Built in Piston Gauge Calculator
• Test Definition editor simplifies creating/editing tests
• Built in Macro Editor to extend COMPASS for virtually
any application
• Built in Report Editor supports fully customizable reports
• Data can be directly exported to MET/TRACK for unified
MET/CAL reporting
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MET/TEAM for Asset Management
• Powerful calibration lab and asset management software
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Browser-based, no client installation
Microsoft SQL Server
Manage workflow, not just assets
Built-in email automation
Audit trail to support regulation compliance (e.g. 21CFR Part 11)
Highly customizable with extended fields and customizable labels
Lab management - KPIs, productivity and financial data
Crystal reports for customizable certs and reports
Integrated with MET/CAL or use Manual Templates
• Flexible modules to fit different needs
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Mobile application for on-site calibration
Customer web portal enables view-only access to work status and reports
Commerce module for billing, quoting, and contract pricing
• Most complete calibration software solution
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Fully integrated with MET/CAL, industry leader in calibration runtime software
Replaces MET/BASE and MET/TRACK as the MET/CAL database and asset
management engine.
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2015 Releases
• MET/TEAM 2.0.5
– Manual datasheet (Manual MET/CAL)
– Localization in 7 languages: French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian,
Russian, Chinese, and Japanese
– COMPASS Import
– Various enhancements and fixes from version 1.0
• MET/CAL 8.3.1
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Support (FSCs) for Fluke 5730A and 96270A
Easily convert an entire proc.dir to projects/PXEs
Validate and control which versions of MET/CAL clients
Procedure Sectioning
• Procedures
– My MET/SUPPORT Website
– 1,721 new and updated procedures
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2015 Plans
• MET/CAL and MET/TEAM
– New MET/CAL Runtime GUI – modern look and feel, more efficient set
up options
– Regular updates to address bug fixes, small feature improvements, and
documentation enhancements
• Procedures
– At least 700 new procedures to be released on My MET/SUPPORT
• MET/TEMP II
– Upgrade to be compatible with modern operating systems
• COMPASS for Pressure
– Fixes to the CalTool Extension
– Resolved database memory leak
– A new I/O tool to resolve the I/O Freezing issue
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MET/CAL 101
• MET/TEAM
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Stores information about assets to be calibrated (UUT)
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Stores information about calibration standards and references
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Retrieve data, run reports, and generate certificates
• MET/CAL Editor
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Development tool for creating, editing and maintaining MET/CAL procedures
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Source code written and stored as text files, compiled into procedure executable file (PXE)
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PXEs may be stored within MET/TEAM or in standard Windows file structure
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PXEs can never be viewed or edited, must have the source code
• MET/CAL Runtime
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Executes procedures
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Workstation is configured to match the standards/references connected
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Collect the results from the manual, semi-, or fully-automated calibration and deposits into
MET/TEAM.
• MET/SUPPORT Gold
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Priority support
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Upgrades
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Procedure library access
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MET/TEAM
Test Equipment Asset Management Software
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MET/TEAM Overview
• Enterprise Calibration Asset and Lab Management System
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Browser-based (no client installation required!)
Microsoft SQL Server
Built in workflow process from receiving to shipping
Eliminates need for multiple add-ons
Integrated with MET/CAL 8.1 and higher
Email automation through Alerting Schedules
Extensive customization and security
Document storage supports many formats
Utilize manual templates or integrated with MET/CAL for automated calibrations
Maintain parts database
Track equipment usage history through Tool Assignments
Audit trail to support 21CFR Part 11 compliance
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MET/TEAM Express for existing Gold customers or those looking for basic asset
management in support of MET/CAL
Full version offers more features and options (Mobile, Customer Portal, Commerce)
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MET/TEAM vs. MET/TRACK
MET/TRACK
MET/TEAM
Sybase SQL Anywhere Database – IT
won’t support (or even allow)
SQL Server – well recognized and supported
by IT
Access requires a client installation –
difficult to deploy to all users
Install once on the server, provide hyperlink
to end users
No commonality between like assets
Manage by Types which store common
characteristics
Managing preventative maintenance can
be cumbersome
Categorize work orders repair, PM, ESD, oil
change, any custom services
Multiple due dates easily managed
Calibration records subject to
uncontrolled revisions
Built in revision control mechanism for work
orders
Manual calibration procedures/work
instructions stored where?
Store PDFs, documents, spreadsheets,
pictures, vendor cal certs within the database
Update records individually
Batch processing/changing assets and
printing labels and cal certs
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MET/TEAM Express vs. Full
MET/TEAM Express
MET/TEAM Full
Free to MET/SUPPORT Gold
30% Discount for MET/SUPPORT Gold
Create custom report to use as a
shipper
Use shipping function for packing lists, tracking
numbers, non-inventory items, maintain records
Convert unused data field to enter
part information
Keep track of part information using built-in part
system, quantities on hand, easily add cost to
work order
Create extended data field to
associate work orders
Use Job Numbers for internal funding lines or
capture customer PO information
Limited management features
Lab management and workload easily displayed
Customize fields, dropdown lists, field Create custom data checks for forced data entry,
names, security, and visibility
data manipulation, and custom pop-ups
Print certs, labels
Print certs, labels in batch or group of pdf files
No options available
Add Commerce, Mobile, or Customer Portal
Go mobile with hotspot
No fear of connectivity with mobile licenses
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CIT Services
• CIT: Customization, Installation, and Training
• Training
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Onsite, Fluke-hosted, or webinar classes
• Software Installation and Startup Service
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Basic version is 3 days onsite
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Enhanced version is 4 ½ days onsite includes installation
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Train on and assist with MET/TEAM configuration for your
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Prepares you to deploy MET/TEAM
Careful implementation
planning with Fluke CIT
services can be critical
for successful
implementation of
MET/TEAM throughout
your organization.
• MET/BASE to MET/TEAM Migration
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Migration tool available via request – contact support
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Fluke provided service – we have the expertise!
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Must be at version 7.x or above
• MET/TEAM Import
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Custom data import into MET/TEAM
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CIT Services
• Self Validation
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Support regulated industries
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A test plan with a series of test scripts to guide and document the validation process
• Custom Reporting
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Laboratory metrics
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Complex formulas to support unique customer requirements
• Custom Software Services
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Connect MET/TEAM data to other systems (e.g., SAP)
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Create SQL stored procedures
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Data checks to perform unique functions
• Custom abeyance process or custom interval adjustment
• Make a work order “audit proof”
• Data manipulation
• What would you like your MET/TEAM to do?
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MET/CAL procedure development
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MET/TEAM
• MET/TEAM demonstration
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Upgrading From MET/TRACK
• Have a realistic “go live” date in mind
– Are we migrating past data?
– Who needs training on the product?
– Do we need an acclimatization period to get familiar with the new
software?
• Become familiar with the MET/TEAM Installation Guide
– Found in the MET/TEAM disc
– Understand the hardware and software requirements
• Find out the resources required to aid with the transition
– IT groups (e.g., DBA, Server, Workstation)?
– Other departments (accounting or property)?
– Fluke?
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Data Migrations – Best Practices
• Look at your current MET/TRACK data and find things to
“clean up”
– Correct inconsistent data, focusing on
• Manufacturers, Model Numbers, Descriptions
• Owners (Departments)
– Delete ‘old’ and no longer required data
– Identify the data and its purpose for nondescript or custom fields
– Do you need to migrate the entirety of your cal result data?
• All
• Latest
• None
• Is MET/TRACK the only data I need?
– Possible post migration import of other data
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Upgrading From MET/TRACK
• Testing
– Run a few items thru in parallel to current processes
– Test as many situations as possible
• MET/CAL calibrations
• Manual calibrations
• Vendor or Subcontractor calibrations
– Gain several perspectives
• End users
• Management
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Upgrading From MET/TRACK
• Report Conversion
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All current reports will need to be converted
Takes some effort but is opportunity to clean up and combine
MET/TEAM Help file includes tutorial
Easier to make a MET/TEAM report look like an old report than
vice versa
– Calibration labels are reports too!
– The following book useful for general Crystal Reports info…
ISBN 978-0-07-159098-3
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On Site CIT – How to Prepare
• Reserve a conference room with a video projector
• Have laptops available for the students
– Allows everyone to participate in exercises
• Keep your IT department in the loop
– Installation and customization often requires permission changes
and information that your IT group can provide
• Know which reports you want to bring over to MET/TEAM
– Print out example reports to help illustrate what you want
– Review stock reports supplied with MET/TEAM and make note
of which ones are applicable to you, which are not, and which
ones need to be created.
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Alerting & Recall Escalation
How does it work?
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Alerting – Automated recall reports
• We currently have two Crystal reports….
– Recall-Alerting.rpt
• Start date* – today
• End date* – today + 28 days
* Both are editable formula fields in the report
– Recall-Alerting-Delinquent.rpt
• Includes all dates up until yesterday
• These reports can be modified to include your logos,
formatted to include same data in same order. Again, use
the power of crystal to make the reports as you wish
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Alerting – Set one up
• Configure in Reports  Alerting Schedules
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Alerting – Set one up, parameters
• Set up the parameters via
the ellipse…
– The parameter “nFacilityUID”
is special, check box means,
let alerting automatically fill it
in based on the contact
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Alerting – Set one up, schedule
• Add a schedule…
– Lots of flexibility, options change based on the “Period” selected
• Hours are based 24 hour clock (1:00 PM would be 1300)
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Alerting – Set one up, Contacts
• Look at a contact to
understand the
nFacilityUID
parameter
– Note the four
facilities on the
bottom that Bill is
related to
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Alerting – Set one up, Contacts
• MET/TEAM’s alerting will attempt to send reports to Bill’s
email address, for each of these facilities. One report for
each Alert. So if both recall and delinquent were to be
run on the same day, he would get two emails each
containing the appropriate number of attachments…
– The MET/TEAM alerting engine will get a list of all the facilities a
contact is associated with
– Then for each facility the report will be run
– If the report contains one or more rows of data, it will be saved
as a .pdf file and attached the email
– If the report does NOT contain data, nothing is saved or added
to the email.
– The steps above are repeated for each facility.
– When finished with all the contact’s facilities, if the email has any
attachments, it is sent, otherwise the email is discarded
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Alerting – Example attachment
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MET/CAL® Plus Software Version 8
The complete solution for managing and
automating your calibration workload
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Agenda
• What’s New in Version 8.3?
• Using the New Editor Features
– Procedure executable files (PXE)
• What are they? Why and how to use them.
• How to easily migrate from proc.dir to PXEs and Projects
– Automated Build
– Procedure Sectioning Implementation and Demonstration
– How to work with PXEs and proc.dir in the same environment
• Warranted Gold Procedure Website and Status
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What’s New in Version 8.3?
• Version 8.3.1 released this week
• Procedure Sectioning support allows a procedure to be sectioned so
the user can decide which sections to run at run-time.
• Long Line Length Support - up to 256 characters on a procedure line
– Compiled procedure format has changed to accommodate
• New and Updated Instrument FSCs
– Fluke 5730A Calibrator
– Fluke 96270A (27 GHz) and 96040A (4 GHz) RF Reference Sources
– Fluke 5502A oscilloscope options now supported by the O_CAL FSC
• Convert an entire procedure directory (proc.dir) to projects, and
produce PXEs
• Automated build feature in MET/CAL Editor builds all projects in a
given directory tree, including optional build number incrementing
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What’s New in Version 8.3? (cont.)
• Validate and control which MET/CAL client versions can be used
• Specify the directory where PXEs reside with a new metcal.ini parameter
(persists after application is closed)
• New PORT FSC [CLOSE] special construction
• New MATH FSC functions for Auxiliary Device Accuracy Lookup
• Bug fixes (see ReadMe for details)
• Official support for Windows 8 (both 32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Server
2012
• Windows XP is no longer supported
– Microsoft ended XP support on April 8, 2014
– IT departments already phasing out XP installations
• MET/CAL Editor updated to use the VS 2012 shell
– Quick Launch, Find & Replace enhancements, Solution Explorer enhancements,
improved status reporting for lengthy operations
• Major updates to the MET/CAL Help System
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Using the new MET/CAL Editor
• Procedure Executable Files (PXE)
– What are they?
– Why should I use them?
• What are the advantages?
• What are the disadvantages over
legacy style procedures?
– How do I use them? Convert an
entire proc.dir at once
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Procedure Sectioning Preview
• What is the Procedure Sectioning feature?
– Allows specific sections of a MET/CAL procedure to be optionally skipped
– Each section can consist of one or more tests
– Supports nesting up to 4 levels deep
• Benefits of using Sectioned Procedures
– Perform some tests on one workstation, other tests on another workstation
– Not all standards are available
• Workstation configuration requirements are based on selected sections only
– Repeat specific tests without having to run the entire procedure
• Limitations
– Procedure section “tags” are only supported in a single procedure within
the project
– Only supported in PXEs
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Procedure Sectioning
• How do I implement the Procedure Sectioning feature in a procedure?
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Step 1 – Surround sections that users may elect to skip over with “start” and “end” labels
• Recommendations:
• Prefix each start label
with START_ and each
end label with END_ , or
• Postfix each start label
with _START and each
end label with _END
• Or you can implement
any label syntax you
want
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Any procedure
statements not “tagged”
will always execute!
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Procedure Sectioning
• How do I implement the Procedure Sectioning feature in a procedure? (cont.)
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Step 2 – Add procedure section “tags” to the procedure at every start label
• Tags are simply specially formatted comment statements
• Position cursor on a line containing a start label for a section
• Select Edit  Insert Procedure Section Tag or press Alt+T
• Tag comments automatically inserted above start label
• Automatically populates Tag.Start and Tag.End
values if recommended syntax was used
• Tags can be manually entered also
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Procedure Sectioning
• How do I implement the Procedure Sectioning feature in a procedure? (cont.)
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Step 3 – Populate the value of each tag:
• * Tag.Name: Give this section a “friendly” name
• * Tag.Start: Name of the start label in the procedure for this section
• * Tag.End: Name of the end label in the procedure for this section
• Tag.Prerequisites: Indicate the name of other sections that must be run in order for this section to
complete successfully
• Tag.Description: Give this section a brief description
• Tag.ExecutionTimeInMinutes: Indicate the estimated time to perform the test(s) in this section
• Tag.Notes: Any additional notes about this section
• Tag.HasOperatorPrompts: Indicate whether or not this section may prompt the operator for a response
• Tag.IsRequired: Indicate whether the test(s) in this section are required to consider the instrument fully
calibrated
* = Required; all other tags are optional and may be omitted.
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Procedure Sectioning
• How do I implement the Procedure Sectioning feature in a procedure? (cont.)
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Step 4 – Publish the project as a PXE
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Set Publish file type to pxe in Project  Properties  Package settings
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Select Build  Publish Package… or press Alt+P
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Running Sectioned Procedures
• Procedures that implement this feature display the MET/CAL Procedure Tag
Selector dialog when procedure is run
• Unselect the sections to skip over
• Prerequisite sections are selected
automatically
• Red highlight indicates required sections
• Viewing results in MET/TEAM
– Partial calibrations
• The Selector dialog can be disabled to
force the procedures to run in their
entirety.
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Sectioned Procedure Demo
• Fluke 77 Calibration
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Added start and end labels
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Added Procedure Section Tags
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Altered to not require hardware/standards and not prompt to enter readings for the demo
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Running Sectioned Procedures
• Viewing Sectioned Procedure Results in MET/TEAM
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Click Results tab
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Running Sectioned Procedures
• Viewing Partial Cal Info in MET/TEAM
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Click Partial Cal Info button
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Topics
MET/CAL Procedures
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Gold Procedure Release Status
• New “My MET/SUPPORT” Customer Web Center
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Much improved user experience for MET/SUPPORT Gold customers
Replaces the old MET/SUPPORT site and Procedure CD
Integrated with flukecal.com – large customer base to promote contents
Search, filter, select and batch download
procedures
– Premium member “My Account” information
– 2,071 new and updated procedures
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Gold Procedure Priorities
• We are looking for all of your feedback!
– Bug reports (highest priority)
– Requests for new procedures
– Updates and enhancements to existing procedures
• Priorities are currently determined via several sources:
– New product release planning within Danaher companies
• Fluke, Tektronix, Keithley, etc.
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Feedback from sales channels and software support
Fluke Calibration Community Forum
New product announcements from non-Danaher companies
Volume of assets arriving for calibration service
Industry contacts, message forums, social networking sites, and
e-mail lists
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Gold Procedure Road Map
• Your feedback directly impacts Gold procedure development
– We want to know what your highest priorities are
– Our Road Map is constantly being reviewed and adjusted
– Reduction of bug report backlog is our #1 priority
• New and Updated Procedures Coming Soon
– Agilent E4440A PSA Series Spectrum Analyzer Verification using the
Fluke 96270A
– Fluke 2638A and 1586A Verification and Adjustment
– Tektronix MDO4000B/4000, MSO/DPO4000B, MSO/DPO3000 Ver
– Support for the Fluke 5730A High Performance Multifunction Calibrator
– Support for the Fluke 5502A Multi-Product Calibrator
– Procedures for Tektronix, Keithley, Agilent, LeCroy, Yokogawa and
more…
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Open Session
Provide input to guide Fluke Calibration Software
plans into 2016
Questions?
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