Flow and pressure averaging tutorial
Most Alicat devices have sensor response times <1 ms, making measurements susceptible to noise. This tutorial details how to change flow and pressure averaging to average out noise in readings.
Video tutorial
Step-by-step instructions (front panel)
Pressure averaging
- Press the bottom right button for “MENU” selection.
- Press the bottom middle button for “ADV SETUP” selection.
- Press the top left button for “SENSOR SETUP” selection.
- Press the bottom middle button for “AVERAGING” selection.
- Press the top left button for “PRESS AVG” selection.
- Use the up, down, and select digit buttons to set your desired pressure averaging (1-255 ms).
- Press the bottom right button for “SET” selection.
Flow averaging
- Press the bottom right button for “MENU” selection.
- Press the bottom middle button for “ADV SETUP” selection.
- Press the top left button for “SENSOR SETUP” selection.
- Press the top right button for “FLOW AVG” selection.
- Use the up, down, and select digit buttons to set your desired flow averaging (1-255 ms).
- Press the bottom right button for “SET” selection.