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Performance Check Kits

"Zero Ohm" Test Adapter
Touch1/1000H+/1100-H+ Zero Ohm Adapter

"Resistor Leak" Adapter
Resistor Leak Adapter

"Capacitance Measurement" Test Adapter Touch1 / 1000H+ / 1100H+ Capacitance Measurement Adapter

Virtual Calibration Demo

(2.2 Mb, Audio / Video, 110 sec. play time, requires a Flash Plug-in)

Performance Check Kits are designed As;

An In-house Calibration Tool.
Performance Check Kits are designed to easily intergrate the manufacturer's approved verification standard into your in-house ISO quality processes for equipment calibration.

A Performance Verification Tool
Designed to confirm and verify that your tester is operating to published, specified standards.

A Troubleshooting Tool.
For troubleshooting Cirris testers to determine possible tester malfunctions.

What's Included with each Performance Check Kit?

A Users Manual
The step-by-step users manual walks the user through each phase of the verfication process and provides blank documention sheets for recording parametric test data.

Precision Standards
The test standards, (examples on left) are certified gauges with traceability to the N.I.S.T.. When used in accordance with the verification procedures outlined in the manual, traceability can be transferred to your Cirris cable tester. Depending on the model of your tester, each kit contains a Zero-Ohm board along with a precision resistive standard and capacitance board. (These boards allow you to verify your tester with the same level of precision as Cirris Systems uses on units sent back to the manufacturer for calibration.)

Please Note: The type and number of test standards in each kit vary depending on the testing capabilities of each model.

A Certificate of Calibration
Each kit contains a Certificate of Calibration that provides traceability to the N.I.S.T. These 'standards' are calibrated and certified for a service period of five years.
(Click for Sample Certificate of Calibration )

What Specific Test are Performed with these kits?

Signal Routing System Check.
All kits verify the proper operation of the signal routing system of your tester by scanning all test points on the tester. Each model generates a unique code as part of this test which must conform to the known standard. This verification process insures that all points are functioning properly. This is not a "calibration" process as such (as you can not "tweak" any settings), but should be thought of as a process to verify that each test point is properly adjusted and operating as expected. The zero Ohm adapter is used as the standard for the 'Signal Routing System' test.

Resistance Measurement System Verification
The tester models which have the capacity to test for resistance values during the normal test cycle must have the "resistance measuring system" verified by comparing resistances found at selected points in the tester against the known resistance values of the 'Resistive Test Standard'. The 'Resistor Leak' adapter shown above is the test standard used for this type of test.

Capacitance Standards Measured and Verified. In a similar manner, testers with other testing capabilities; IE: Capacitance measuring, 4 wire Kelvin measurements, diode presence and bias etc., each have their capabilities tested when the proper test adapter is used to verify that capability.

Measurement of Voltage Outputs on Hipot Testers.
Using a high impedance voltmeter (or a standard voltmeter with a High Voltage Probe attached) the kits designed for our hipot testers will also help measure and verify output voltages of the "high voltage supply". This process verifies that the hipot test voltages selected by the user during a test are actually at the voltage levels selected. Again, this verification process cannot rightly be called a calibration process because there are no adjustments that you can make to bring testers into 'compliance'. If the tester fails any of these test the analyzer must be returned to Cirris Systems for repair.

STANDARDS / COMPLIANCE

Cirris quality system is ISO9001:2000 certified.
Cirris calibrations are performed with NIST traceable standards adhering to ANSI NCSL Z-540 and MIL-STD-45662A.

All Performance Check Kits are calibrated with NIST traceable standards for a period of five years. They cannot be re-calibrated and must be replaced after this five-year period.

Click for "The Calibration Program at Cirris" document (PDF Format) 27KB

Why Should I Buy these Kits?

The Performance Verification Check Kits can save your company time and money by bringing 'in-house' the ability to verify that your Cirris test system is working properly and within its published specifications. In just a few minutes you can confidently certify that your Cirris test system is in compliance with the toughest standards.

Please Note: Your yearly calibration cost savings will be dramaticly increased if you have multiple units of one model type because one kit can verify any number of testers of the same model type.

Performance Verification Check Kit Part Numbers

Part Number	Listing of Cirris Cable Testers by Model
PCHK-00	Models 1000 / 1000M / 2000 cable testers.
PCHK-05	Model 500 cable tester.
PCHK-11	Model 1100-H+ Hipot cable tester.
PCHK-1H	Models 1000H / 2000H Hipot cable testers.
PCHK-1R	Model 1100-R+ cable tester.
PCHK-50	Model 5000 PC Based continuity tester.
PCHK-5A	Model 5000A PC Based continuity tester.
PCHK-CH	Model CH+ Hipot cable tester.
PCHK-C2	Model CH2 Hipot cable tester. (Newest Kit!)
PCHK-CR	Model "easy-wire CR" cable, harness and backplane tester.
PCHK-HN	Model 1000HN Hipot cable tester.
PCHK-H+	Model 1000H+ Hipot cable tester.
PCHK-LC	Model 1000LC continuity tester.
PCHK-R+	Model 1000R+ cable tester.
PCHK-T1	All Models, Touch 1 Hipot cable testers.
PCHK-TL	Model Touch 1 (Low Voltage) testers.

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