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5.4.5 Resetorcalibratetheoffset
Afteracertaintimeofusage,themeter’soffset(zeroflowrate)might
ormightnothaveasmallshift.Orwhenyouapplythemeterfor
differentgases,theoffsetmightbeshifted.Toensuremeasurement
accuracy,itisnecessarytoresetorcalibratetheoffset.Followingthe
above‐mentionedsteps,attheMENUsettingscreen,usethe“Up”or
“Down”keytoselectF11–oFFST.Beforeperformingthetask,make
surethereisabsolutelynoflowintheflowchannel,otherwise,itwill
createevenbiggererroneousmeasurementresults.
Pressthe“M”keytoconfirmthetask,anditwillopenthesub‐MENUaskingyoutoconfirm.Usethe
“Up”or“Down”keytoselectthedesiredoneandpressthe“M”keytoconfirm.Thedisplaywillthen
returntotheF11–oFFSTscreen,whichindicatesthetaskiscompleted.Usethe“Up”or“Down”key
toselectF99–qUITandthe“M”keytoexittheMENUandreturntotheMainDisplayscreen.
5.4.6 Gasconversionfactor(GCF)fordifferentgasmeasurement
Forthegeneralpurposeoftheapplication,agasconversionfactor
(GCF)canbeappliedtometerthegasdifferentfromthedefaultone
ortheoneusedforcalibration.TheGCFisdeterminedbythethermal
calorimetricsensingprincipleaswellasthemeterfluidicdynamic
designandthecontrolcircuitry.Contactthemanufacturertoobtain
thevaluescorrespondingtothecorrectmodels.
TheGCFforairis1000.Note:Ifthemeterduringpurchaseis
orderedforaspecialrealgascalibration,contactthemanufacturer
beforefurtherproceeding.
Followingtheabove‐mentionedsteps,attheMENUsettingscreen,usethe“Up”or“Down”keyto
selectF12–GCF.Pressthe“M”keytoconfirm,anditwillopenthesub‐MENUshowingthecurrent
gasconversionvalue.Usethe“Up”or“Down”andthe“M”confirmingkeytoinputthedesiredvalue,
andpressthe“M”keyagaintocompletethetask.ThedisplaywillthenreturntotheF12–GCFscreen,
whichindicatesthetaskiscompleted.Usethe“Up”or“Down”keytoselectF99–qUITandthe“M”
keytoexittheMENUandreturntotheMainDisplayscreen.
ThisGCFfactorcanalsobeusedequivalenttothe“K”factortoadjustthemeterduetothesystem
deviations.Take3to5datapointsusingyourpreferredreferencemeter,andperformtheleast
squarefittingtoidentifytheKfactor,andinputheretomakethemetersynchronizewithyoursystem.