trying to improve calibration docs

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Frank Mori Hess 2003-12-03 01:47:39 +00:00
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devices. Some \fBcomedi\fR devices have the ability to
measure internal stable voltage references and control
gains and offsets using programmable DACs. On these devices,
\fBcomedi_calibrate\fR adjusts the programmable calibration
DACs so that the measured value of reference voltages fall
within acceptable limits. The calibration settings are
saved to a file which can be fed to comedi_apply_calibration()
\fBcomedi_calibrate\fR determines the proper values to
feed into the programmable calibration
DACs. These calibration settings are then
saved to a file, which can be fed to comedi_apply_calibration()
and related functions.
If comedi_calibrate finds an existing calibration file, it
will not perform a new calibration by default. It will
simply read its calibration information from the file.
This behaviour
may be overriden with the
.B \-\-calibrate
option, to force a new calibration to be performed.
After obtaining the calibration information for the board,
comedi_calibrate will then apply a calibration setting
appropriate for the specified subdevice, channel, and
range (see the
.B \-\-subdevice
,
.B \-\-channel
, and
.B \-\-range
options below). See the comedilib documentation for
comedi_apply_calibration() for more information.
\fBcomedi_calibrate\fR prints a lot of debugging information
as it runs.