Calibration Templates and Profiles

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.

Baseline Templates for Beamex CMX calibration software

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 IDCalibration StrategyInput TypeOutput TypeCalibration Type
Pressure Indicator5U/DPRESSUREPRESSURECMX
Electrical Converter5U/DELECTRICALELECTRICALCMX
Pressure Transmitter5U/DPRESSUREELECTRICALCMX
Temperature Indicator5U/DTEMPERATURETEMPERATURECMX
Pressure Indicator, % display5U/DPRESSUREVALUECMX
Temperature Transmitter FF5U/DTEMPERATURETEMPERATURECMX
Temperature Transmitter HART5U/DTEMPERATURETEMPERATURECMX
Pressure Transmitter FF5U/DPRESSUREPRESSURECMX
Checklist, IEC60079-17, Table 225SCHECKLISTN/ACMX
P/I Converter5U/DPRESSUREELECTRICALCMX
Pressure Switch2SWPRESSUREVALUECMX
Thickness3UVALUEVALUECMX
Gas Detector (CO)3UVALUEVALUECMX
Electrical Indicator, % display5U/DELECTRICALVALUECMX
Weighing Instrument5U/DMASSMASSCMX
Temperature Switch2SWTEMPERATUREVALUECMX
I/P Converter5U/DELECTRICALPRESSURECMX
Electrical Switch2SWELECTRICALSTATECMX
P/P Converter5U/DPRESSUREPRESSURECMX
Temperature Element5U/DTEMPERATURETEMPERATURECMX
Pressure Transmitter HART5U/DPRESSUREPRESSURECMX
Checklist, IEC60079-17, Table 125SCHECKLISTN/ACMX
Checklist3SCHECKLISTN/ACMX
Temperature Transmitter5U/DTEMPERATUREELECTRICALCMX
Temperature Indicator, % display5U/DTEMPERATUREVALUECMX
Flow Transmitter5U/DPRESSUREELECTRICALCMX
Length3UVALUEVALUECMX
Electrical Indicator5U/DELECTRICALELECTRICALCMX
Temperature Transmitter PA5U/DTEMPERATURETEMPERATURECMX
Pressure Transmitter PA5U/DPRESSUREPRESSURECMX
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).

Create a Calibration Profile

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. Access the Calibration Management Overview page.
    Tip: You can also access the Calibration Management Overview page for a hierarchy level.
  2. Select the Calibration Profiles tab.

    The Calibration Profiles section appears, displaying a list of Calibration Profiles available in the database.

  3. In the upper-left corner of the Calibration Profiles section, select .

    On a new page, a blank datasheet for the new calibration profile appears.

  4. As needed, enter values in the available fields.
  5. In the upper-right corner of the section, select .

    The Calibration Profile is created.

What to do next

Access a Calibration Profile

Procedure

  1. Access the Calibration Management Overview page.
    Tip: You can also access the Calibration Management Overview page for a hierarchy level.
    Note: You can also access a Calibration Profile from the Calibration Queue tab. Select the Calibration Queue tab, and in the Profile ID column, select the required task.
  2. Select the Calibration Profiles tab.

    The Calibration Profiles section appears, displaying a list of Calibration Profiles.

  3. In the Profile ID column, select the Calibration Profile that you want to access.

    The datasheet for the Calibration Profile appears. In the Linked Assets section, the assets linked to the profile appear.

    Note: As needed, you can modify the values in the available fields.
  4. If you want to modify the Equipment Technical Number for a linked asset, follow these steps:

    1. In the Linked Assets section, in the Equipment Technical Number column, select the required asset.

      The Record Explorer workspace appears on a new page.

    2. As needed, modify values in the available fields.

      On the upper-right corner of the page, select .

  5. If you want to customize values in the profile template for a linked asset, follow these steps:

    1. In the Linked Assets section, in the Applied Profile column, select the link.

      The Edit Default from Template window appears, displaying the Equipment Details section.

    2. As needed, modify the values in the available fields based on the profile template that you selected.

    3. Select Save.

      Note: If you want to restore a customized template to its default state, select Restore Template Defaults.

      The Applied Templates of the selected assets are updated with the details of the selected profile template.

  6. In the upper-right corner of the page, select .

What to do next

Generate a Calibration Template Report

About this task

You can generate a Calibration Template report and print it to record the readings taken when performing a calibration.

Procedure

  1. Access the Calibration Management Overview page.
    Tip: You can also access the Calibration Management Overview page for a hierarchy level.
  2. Select the Calibration Queue tab.

    The Calibration Queue section appears, displaying a list of calibration queue records.

  3. Next to the template for which you want to generate a report, select the check box.
    Note: You can generate a report only for one calibration template.
  4. In the upper-right corner of the section, select .

    The Calibration Template report is generated and appears in a new tab. You can print, save, or export the report or attach the report to an email.

Link Assets to a Calibration Profile

Before you begin

  • Link the Calibration Profile to a profile template.
  • You can only link assets that belong to the same site as the Calibration Profile or the site to which you are assigned.
Important: If you have created the Calibration Profile in GE Digital APM  V3.6.0.0.0 or later, and then upgraded to the current version, then you cannot link an asset to the Calibration Profile. If, however, you have created the Calibration Profile in V4.2.0.0.0 or later, you can link an asset to the Calibration Profile.

Procedure

  1. Access the Calibration Profile to which you want to link assets.
  2. In the Linked Assets section, select .

    The Asset Finder window appears.

  3. In the row containing each asset that you want to link, select .

    The selected assets appear in the right section.

  4. Select Done.

    The assets are linked to the Calibration Profile. If, however, any of the assets is already linked to the Calibration Profile, a validation message appears, indicating that the asset has already been linked, and will not be linked again.

Results

  • A copy of the Profile Template is created, and linked to the asset.

    Note: The original template (i.e., the profile template) is not linked to the asset. Only a copy of the template is linked to the asset.

What to do next

Delete a Calibration Profile

About this task

Important: Deleting a Calibration Profile deletes all the templates linked to the Equipment in the profile. It does not, however, delete the Profile Template.

Procedure

  1. Access the Calibration Management Overview page.
    Tip: You can also access the Calibration Management Overview page for a hierarchy level.
  2. Select the Calibration Profiles tab.

    The Calibration Profiles section appears.

  3. Next to each Calibration Profile that you want to delete, select the check box.
  4. In the upper-right corner of the section, select .

    The Delete Calibration Profiles(s) dialog box appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the selected Calibration Profile.

  5. Select OK.

    The Calibration Profile. The Applied Templates associated with the Equipment in the Calibration Profile are also deleted.