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Watching these videos has sparked my interest in my 3457A and raised some
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questions. As for calibration, the Agilent website lists a per incident calibration at $204.22 and an End of Support date of 4/1/2003. It would be interesting to send it directly to Agilent and see what the data is 'As Received' versus 'As Completed'. If it has a total failure of the back up battery and you loose the calibration constants, then do your on 'House CAL', send it in, and see how well you did. When I hit CALNUM? and hit Enter, I get '98'. Now for the questions: What is the latest firmware for the 3457A? When I hit REV? and Enter, I get '6,0'. Also, what options were available for the 3457A? I could not find anything in the manual other than some mounting brackets and such, no internal 'electronic' options, although there is a box on the back of the DMM to check for 'STD' or 'OPT 700', what ever that is. When I hit OPT? and Enter, I get '0' Thanks in advance. Joe -----Original Message-----
From: hp_agilent_equipment@... [mailto:hp_agilent_equipment@...] On Behalf Of Jeff Machesky Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 2:01 PM To: hp_agilent_equipment@... Subject: Re: [hp_agilent_equipment] 3457a on the way Thanks Dave, I actually have watched those videos. Bit drawn out like most of his videos..but still good. Too much detail is not always a bad thing. As for the 3457A, if it works I plan on getting it calibrated by Agilent within the year. From what I understand it's about a $200 US investment. The meter was last calibrated in '98, so I'll be curious to see how accurate it is when I get it. Crossing my fingers that it works. The Fluke 8050A that I purchased for $25 and repaired is working a treat. Well within it's rated spec even after having the front end blown out of it. The best part about it is that the case is in excellent condition with hardly any signs of aging. I should know on Thursday if all went well. I plan on purchasing some voltage references from the well known site as a basic test of the 3457A. I may even calibrate it based on those references if it's way out and later getting it NIST traceable calibrated. Thanks, Jeff On 12/29/2012 10:01 AM, David Kirkby wrote:
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