METCAL® Basic Training
Practical introduction to the MET/CAL® Procedure Development – understandable, calm and with many exercises on your own seminar PC.
Description
For newcomers to the MET/CAL®-World
The METCAL® Basic Training is designed for participants without prior knowledge. The relevant topics are covered. MET/CAL® Procedure Development – from registers and variables to device communication via RS-232, GPIB and VISA.
- Better understand existing procedures
- Write your own procedures more securely
- Perform practical exercises directly on the seminar PC
- Take along sample solutions to the exercises
What she expects
Orientation and understanding of MET/CAL®-World
Structured learning
The course guides you step-by-step through the basics, programming language, tolerances, and communication with devices.
Practical experience at the workplace
Each participant works on their own PC with MET/CAL® and large screen.
Small groups
A maximum of 5 to 8 participants ensures a calm learning environment and enough space for questions.
Documents for reference
The printed seminar materials are used during the seminar and later remain as a reference work in everyday laboratory work.
Our Process
Calm setting, clear times
- Seminars begin daily at 08:30 a.m.
- End between 16:00 and 16:30 pm
- Cold drinks, coffee, tea, fruit and pastries during breaks
- Lunch is included
- Laboratory tour with insights into modern measurement technology
seminar topics
The seminar topics
Module 1: The Basics
- The most important directories and files
- Config.dat, MetCal.ini and shared folders
- Project concept and safe handling of projects
Module 2: Programming language in MET/CAL®
- Procedure headers, comments, registers, arrays and variables
- Data input and output, operations and comparisons
- Functions for measured values, strings, date and time
- Several exercises with sample solutions
Module 3: Manual Standards
- Use of manual standards in MET/CAL® procedures
Module 4: Various Techniques
- Wait-FSC
- PIC – Using pictures
- operator branch
Module 5: Calibration and Tolerances
- Legacy FSC and new NVI-FSC
- Specification and calculation of tolerances
- VSET, TSET, TARGET
- Fully automated and semi-automated procedures
Module 6: Communication with devices
- RS-232
- GPIB interface
- VISA interface
- Practical exercise
Appointments
Upcoming events 2026
| Appointment | Days | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10.06.2026 | 2 | Kassel (Germany) (at 1A Cal) |
Your seminar leader
Mike Stotz
Fluke expert MET/CAL® and Fluke MET/TEAM®, with many years of experience in consulting, seminars and software development for calibration laboratories.
Typical contents
Quickly grasped topic chips
Cancellation
- Cancellations must be made in writing.
- Free of charge up to two weeks before the event begins.
- The full course fee is then due; a substitute participant can be registered.
- Participants will be notified immediately if the event is cancelled by the organizer.
Request a free consultation or quote now
Telephone: 06061 – 967 444 · Email: maik.stotz@stotz-software.de
