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The best way to discover the capabilites of Calibration Toolbox and to see how much time, effort, and money it can save you, is to see the software in action for yourself. To get your evaluation copy, please Click Here to visit the "Downloads" page.

We will attempt to show you the main features here:

CALISO Calibration Toolbox is a comprehensive, yet simple to use, calibration management program for Windows 98 and above.

It has been designed to help you to manage your instrument and gauge calibrations in accordance with internationally recognised quality management standards.

Users come from a wide variety of disciplines and skills which include:
  • Pharmaceutical and health-care organisations.
  • Vehicle Testing.
  • Gas appliance development and certification.
  • Automotive component manufacture.
  • Bio-technology companies.
  • Manufacturers of electronic and computer components.
  • Engineering Workshops.
No other calibration management software has undergone a more rigorous cycle of evaluation and testing, so you can count on it's reliability.


  • Simple yet powerful user interface
  • Sort columns in one click of the mouse
  • Right hand side gives instant summary of device's data
  • Access to "By Date" and "By Group" searches
  • Easy location of devices and instruments
Main table display
Reporting and E-Mail Tools
  • Compile detailed reports in seconds
  • Highly configurable WYSIWYG printed output
  • Export to MS Word or Excel
  • E-mail calibration reminders to customers, custodians, or external calibration companies
  • Design your own re-useable calibration certificate templates
  • WYSIWYG design environment
  • Multi-page certificates
  • Embedded graphs
  • Add your own company logos
  • Database aware text components
  • Tabular output made easy
Certificate Builder
Measurement Uncertainties
  • Easy to use
  • Type A and Type B and Combined uncertainty calculations to NIST guidelines
  • Graphical display of Type A measurements
  • Drop-down list for probability distributions when calculating combined uncertainties
  • Re-useable instrument uncertainty budget components
  • Calibration graphs generated automatically for suitable calibration types
  • Scaleable axes with units
  • Plots curve-fit or tolerance results
  • Graphs can be printed
Calibration Graphs


A word of warning if you are considering other calibration management software:

Many - so-called - calibration management programs are not really computer programs at all. They are what are known as "Database Macros". They make use of functions in database applications, such as MS Access, DBase or Foxpro to carry out a pre-set number of simple database tasks using a limited repertoire of tools. This is why they all look pretty much the same. Furthermore, you will either need to own, or purchase separately, the database software on which they run. This can be a significant addition to the cost of your system

Such packages are simple to construct, requiring little more than the ability to use a mouse. Most were originally written for the internal use of the company selling it. Consequently, they are limited in their ability to do the jobs you really need.

Caliso Calibration Toolbox, however, and what makes it so powerful, is a genuine windows application, written by software experts with many years' experience of science and engineering. It is written in Borland Delphi, one of the most powerful programming tools available, and makes full use of the Windows API. Extensive use also is made of the Borland Paradox database engine, enabling full connectivity to other databases, and network use.

We also recognise that all of this valuable equipment is under your control. That's why you'll really appreciate the way that Caliso's inventory and asset-management features bring the correct information right to your fingertips, whenever you need it.

Try this for size...

How long would it take you to locate all the devices that you need to calibrate next month, and then send an e-mail to all the relevant customers, or users, asking them to return the equipment to you ?

Well, in the time you took to read that, Caliso would have done it. Our e-mail tools are as powerful as any you can find.

Here are a few other features of Calibration Toolbox that might interest you:

1. Multi-Level User Access.

Calibration Toolbox is configurable to allow different users, varying levels of acces to the data.

Supervisor: Sets user parameters, but must re-log on as a valid user to be able to edit data.
Edit: Access levels are set by supervisor
View Only: Users can access data in read only mode.

2. Error-Free Data Entry.

To eliminate errors when entering data, eg incorrectly spelling a department, or device-type, key-fields are selected from lists that YOU create rather than being typed in. We call them "Selectable Options". Here are a couple of examples

Click the drop-down lists - they actually work:

Location
Device Type

3. Powerful device-sorting tools.

By Date: Quickly and easily produce a list of devices whose next or last calibrations fall between two chosen dates.
By Group: List devices in the same category as defined by any one of the "Selectable Options".
Order by Selectable Option: The "By Date" and "By Group" lists produced can themselves be sorted by any of the remaining selectable options. Typical results of this analysis would be:
  • A list of all devices in a particular department sorted in order of their next calibration dates.
  • A list of all devices of a particular type grouped together by department.

4. Calibration Data Analysis.

Measurement Uncertainties: The Caliso Uncertainty Calculator module enables you to carry out calibration up to 20-points. Each calibration point can consist of up to 20 repeat measurements.
Mean values and Standard Uncertainties in accordance with the NIST Guide to Uncertainty of Measurement Results (GUM) are produced. Data can be displayed in both tabular and graphical form.
Regression Analysis: Up to 3rd order regression analysis can be performed on your 20 calibration points. This produces a curve or line of known equation that best fits your data points. This will enable you to:
  • Interpolate between data points.
  • Convert device output units into engineering units.
  • Relate measured data to that produced by a traceable reference device.
Wear and Drift Analysis: A device's complete calibration history is saved in a log file. This can be exported to either your favourite spreadsheet or word-processor, enabling time-trend reports to produced.

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