A typical calibration process is illustrated in the figure, where the calibration master schedule identifies an instrument that needs to be calibrated and downloads the appropriate calibration data into a technician’s handheld calibrator. After selecting the instrument from the calibrator’s memory, the technician performs an automated “As Found” calibration. If the instrument does not pass calibration (as determined by the downloaded information in the calibrator), the technician can adjust the instrument and perform an automated “As Left” calibration. Data from both calibrations are stored in the handheld calibrator to be uploaded to the database where it is documented.