About Calibration Templates and Calibration Profiles
This topic provides information on how Calibration Templates and Calibration Profiles are linked to each other.
Calibration Templates
Calibration Templates contain the setup information for calibrations. They store the following information that you can use to define the calibrations that should be performed for an asset:
Calibration strategy
Input/output ranges
Maximum error limit
The following baseline Calibration Template families are provided, and let you store information for a specific type of calibration:
Calibration Template, Analog: Records calibration strategy details of a device that measures an input value and displays the output as an analog signal. Example: speedometer, pressure gauge, thermometer.
Calibration Template, Discrete: Records calibration strategy details of a device that uses a single or a double switch that changes state at the setpoint. Example: fire detector, pressure switch, level switch.
Calibration Template, Weight Scale: Records calibration strategy details of a device that is used to measure weight.
Calibration Template, Analyzer Multi-Component: Records calibration strategy details of a device that measures the composition of multiple components of a liquid or a gas. Example: mass spectrometer, liquid or gas chromatograph.
Calibration Template, Analyzer Single Component: Records calibration strategy details of a device that detects the presence or measures the composition of a gas or a liquid. Example: toxic gas detector, pH detector.
Calibration Template, Functional Test: Records details about how a functional test has to be performed by means of a set of questions with predetermined sets of acceptable answers.
Calibration Template, CMX: Records calibration strategy details of for a calibration that has to be sent for calibration to Beamex CMX calibration software.
Only members of the Calibration Administrator Security Group can create, modify, copy, or delete Calibration Templates and Calibration Template Detail records. Members of the Calibration User Security Group can only access and print these records.
Calibration Profiles
A Calibration Profile is a collection of templates that are linked to an Asset. When you create a profile, you select a calibration template, which is called the Profile Template. You then link Assets to the profile. GE Digital APM creates a copy of the original template that you have linked. Each copy is linked to each of the Assets.
For example, suppose you have created a Calibration Profile: Profile 1. You have linked it to a Calibration Template: Template 1. You have now linked Profile 1 to three Assets: Asset 1, Asset 2, and Asset 3.
GE Digital APM creates three copies of the Profile Template, Template 1, and links them to Asset 1, Asset 2, and Asset 3.
If you modify Template 1, a window appears, displaying a list of Assets that use Template 1. In this example, the window lists Asset 1, Asset 2, and Asset 3. You can select which templates among the ones linked to the three Assets should be updated with the changes made to Template 1. If you select Asset 1 and Asset 2, then Copy 1 of Template 1 and Copy 2 of Template 1 are updated with the changes made to Template 1.
GE Digital APM provides you with 30 preconfigured Calibration Templates that can be used for creating Calibration Profiles for calibration with Beamex CMX calibration software. These 30 templates are configured to match the template types that are supported by Beamex CMX calibration software. These templates are listed on the Profile Templates page. You can access these templates from the Profile Templates page. If needed, you can modify the values in these templates, and then use them to create Calibration Profiles.
The following table provides the list of preconfigured Calibration Templates of type CMX that are available in the baseline:
Template ID
Calibration Strategy
Input Type
Output Type
Calibration Type
Pressure Indicator
5U/D
PRESSURE
PRESSURE
CMX
Electrical Converter
5U/D
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRICAL
CMX
Pressure Transmitter
5U/D
PRESSURE
ELECTRICAL
CMX
Temperature Indicator
5U/D
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
CMX
Pressure Indicator, % display
5U/D
PRESSURE
VALUE
CMX
Temperature Transmitter FF
5U/D
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
CMX
Temperature Transmitter HART
5U/D
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
CMX
Pressure Transmitter FF
5U/D
PRESSURE
PRESSURE
CMX
Checklist, IEC60079-17, Table 2
25S
CHECKLIST
N/A
CMX
P/I Converter
5U/D
PRESSURE
ELECTRICAL
CMX
Pressure Switch
2SW
PRESSURE
VALUE
CMX
Thickness
3U
VALUE
VALUE
CMX
Gas Detector (CO)
3U
VALUE
VALUE
CMX
Electrical Indicator, % display
5U/D
ELECTRICAL
VALUE
CMX
Weighing Instrument
5U/D
MASS
MASS
CMX
Temperature Switch
2SW
TEMPERATURE
VALUE
CMX
I/P Converter
5U/D
ELECTRICAL
PRESSURE
CMX
Electrical Switch
2SW
ELECTRICAL
STATE
CMX
P/P Converter
5U/D
PRESSURE
PRESSURE
CMX
Temperature Element
5U/D
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
CMX
Pressure Transmitter HART
5U/D
PRESSURE
PRESSURE
CMX
Checklist, IEC60079-17, Table 1
25S
CHECKLIST
N/A
CMX
Checklist
3S
CHECKLIST
N/A
CMX
Temperature Transmitter
5U/D
TEMPERATURE
ELECTRICAL
CMX
Temperature Indicator, % display
5U/D
TEMPERATURE
VALUE
CMX
Flow Transmitter
5U/D
PRESSURE
ELECTRICAL
CMX
Length
3U
VALUE
VALUE
CMX
Electrical Indicator
5U/D
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRICAL
CMX
Temperature Transmitter PA
5U/D
TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE
CMX
Pressure Transmitter PA
5U/D
PRESSURE
PRESSURE
CMX
Note: IEC 60079-17 applies to users and covers factors directly related to the inspection and maintenance of electrical installations within hazardous areas only, where the hazard may be caused by flammable gases, vapors, mists, dusts, fibers. For additional details, see the IEC 60079-17 standard provided by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
