Automation of the pressure calibration process has many potential benefits, including increasing productivity, ensuring better pressure measurements, minimizing human bias from calibration process, standardizing calibration procedures, eliminating data collection and transcription errors and reducing safety and ergonomic concerns. Fluke Calibration products offer features to enable automation to the extent allowable by the device under test (DUT). In cases in which the DUT has electronic output (remote communications or an electrical signal that can be read by a DMM), Fluke Calibration provides solutions for completely unattended calibration, even at the highest levels of measurement performance (primary standards):
| Equipment Type | Automation Features | Notes |
| PG7000 Piston Gauges (PG7601, PG7102, PG7202, PG7302,PG9000) | Remote interface | RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard on all models |
| Automated pressure control | Optional with PPC pressure controllers | |
| Automated mass handling | Optional with PG7000-AMH automated mass handlers | |
| Pressure calculation | Standard with onboard sensors and metrological values | |
| Automation software | COMPASS for Pressure optional to enable completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports, automated mass handling, and automated pressure control | |
| 2400 Piston Gauges (2465, 2468, 2470, 2485) | Remote interface | Dynamic data exchange (DDE) with WinPrompt software |
| Automated pressure control | Optional for 2465 and 2468 with Autofloat Controller | |
| Automated mass handling | Not available | |
| Pressure calculation | Optional with WinPrompt software (included with Autofloat Controller or 2456A piston gauge monitor) | |
| Automation software | WinPrompt software to calculate pressure and run Autofloat Controller – also has special pressure crossfloat assistance features COMPASS for Pressure software optional for test procedures, data collection and reports | |
| FPG8601 Force-Balance Piston Gauge | Remote interface | Dynamic data exchange (DDE) with FPG Tools software |
| Automated pressure control | Pressure control standard with VLPC pressure controller | |
| Automated mass handling | Not applicable, no mass changes required | |
| Pressure calculation | Standard with onboard sensors and metrological values | |
| Automation software | FPG Tools software standard enables completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports and automated pressure control COMPASS for Pressure optional to provide additional features and standardize software with other systems | |
| 2482 Differential Piston Gauge | Remote interface | Dynamic data exchange (DDE) with WinPrompt software |
| Automated pressure control | Standard automated control for differential pressure | |
| Automated mass handling | Not available | |
| Pressure calculation | Included. Standard with WinPrompt software | |
| Automation software | WinPrompt software standard to calculate pressure and run automated fine control to test point COMPASS for Pressure software can be used for test procedures, data collection and reports | |
| Deadweight Testers (P3010, P3020, P3030, P3100, P3200, M3800) | Remote interface | Not available |
| Automated pressure control | Not available | |
| Automated mass handling | Not available | |
| Pressure calculation | Optional with PressCal software (included with 0.008% measurement option) | |
| Automation software | PressCal software optional to calculate pressure with corrections to reduce uncertainty COMPASS for Pressure software can be used also, and includes test procedures, data collection and reports | |
| PPC Pressure Controllers (PPC4, PPC4E, PPCH, PPCH-G) | Remote interface | RS-232 standard on all models. IEEE-488 standard on PPCH, PPCH-G and PPC4E, optional on PPC4 |
| Automated pressure control | Static (passive) and dynamic (active) automated pressure control standard on all models | |
| Onboard automation features | Create, store and run onboard test routines with tolerance testing (to nominal pressure) and data collection. PPC4 also calculates reference uncertainty of delivered pressure. | |
| Automation software | COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports, and automated pressure control | |
| 7000 Pressure Controllers (7250, 7250i, 7250xi, 7252, 7252i, 7250LP, 7350, 7615) | Remote interface | RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard on all models. Utilizes SCPI protocol |
| Automated pressure control | Static (passive) and dynamic (active) automated pressure control standard on all models | |
| Onboard automation features | Create, store and run onboard test routines | |
| Automation software | COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports, and automated pressure control LabView drivers available for 7250, 7252 Met/Cal procedures available | |
| RPM4 Reference Pressure Monitor | Remote interface | RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard |
| Automated pressure control | Available only when RPM4 is used as an external pressure reference with a PPC pressure controller | |
| Onboard automation features | Create, store and run onboard test routines with tolerance testing (to nominal pressure) and data collection. External pressure control required. | |
| Automation software | COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports | |
| 7050 Reference Pressure Monitor | Remote interface | RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard. Utilizes SCPI protocol |
| Automated pressure control | Not available | |
| Onboard automation features | Onboard test routines not available | |
| Automation software | COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports LabView drivers available | |
| E-DWT Electronic Deadweight Tester | Remote interface | RS-232 standard |
| Automated pressure control | Not available | |
| Onboard automation features | Create, store and run onboard test routines with tolerance testing (to nominal pressure) and data collection. | |
| Automation software | COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports | |
| Fluke handheld process calibration tools | Remote interface | Available on some models |
| Automated pressure control | Not available | |
| Onboard automation features | Available on some models | |
| Automation software | COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports |