Multifunction calibrator

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• A high-end multifunction calibrator supports artifact calibration, in which a small set of external direct-voltage and resistance references adjusts all of its ranges and functions under the calibrator's own control, extending the interval between full verifications. Source: Fluke Calibration product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.artifact-calibration
• Calibration-management software drives the calibrator and the instrument under test over an interface such as USB, a serial port or GPIB, runs the procedure, collects the results and prints the report, so that a laboratory's throughput is not limited by manual operation. Source: Transmille product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.automation-software
• A clamp meter is calibrated from the calibrator's high-current output passed through a multi-turn coil adapter, so that the jaw senses a current many times the sourced value; the same output calibrates low-value current shunts, and a thermal cut-out limits how long it stays on. Source: Transmille product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.clamp-meter-coil
• A multifunction (multi-product) calibrator is a precision source of direct and alternating voltage, direct and alternating current, resistance and capacitance, with thermocouple and resistance-temperature-detector simulation, that replaces the separate voltage, current and resistance calibrators once needed to calibrate a workload of electrical instruments. Source: Fluke Calibration product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.definition
• Output protection disconnects the outputs immediately when an external voltage is applied to the terminals, and a safety timeout turns a high-voltage output off when it is left unattended. Source: Fluke Calibration product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.output-protection
• Some calibrators verify themselves by measuring their own outputs with a connected reference multimeter and producing a test report, which maintains confidence between laboratory calibrations. Source: Transmille product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.self-verification
• The calibrator is itself calibrated with traceability to national or international standards by an accredited laboratory, and its specifications include the uncertainty of the standards used, so that each instrument it calibrates sits one step below it in the traceability chain. Source: Fluke Calibration product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.traceability
• A multifunction calibrator is a laboratory or bench instrument of wide range and high accuracy, whereas a process calibrator is a portable field tool that sources and measures loop current, millivolts, thermocouple and RTD signals for transmitters and plant instrumentation. Source: Time Electronics product family page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.versus-process-calibrator
• The workload of a multifunction calibrator includes hand-held and bench multimeters, current clamps, thermocouple and RTD readouts, process calibrators, data loggers, recorders, watt meters and power-quality analyzers, and with an option, oscilloscopes. Source: Fluke Calibration product page, web page edition. Verified 2026-10-27. Record instr.multifunction-calibrator.workload