Calibration check history (calibration log)

Question: Is there a possibility to see a history of calibration checks done for the Medikro device? 

Answer: Yes, information about each calibration is being recorded into an XML file "SpirometryCalibration.xml" which can be found in the folder C:\Medikro\Calibration Log\  of your computer. See below for more details. 

Table of content:

1. Is there a calibration log for Medikro devices? 

2. How to read the content of the calibration log file? 

3. How to import the file into MS Excel? 

Is there a calibration log for Medikro devices? 

Medikro Spirometry Software (MSS) records all calibration check actions automatically to a calibration log. Calibration log is a file in XML-format, which can be found in C:\Medikro\Calibration Log\SpirometryCalibration.xml. XML (Extensible MarkupLanguage) can be opened and viewed in many office programs, including Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice.

How to read the content of the calibration log file? 

The syntax of this format is pretty much self-describing, for detailed explanation of the content of  SpirometryCalibration.xml file, please, check the  document Technical Note 043, March 2016, Calibration Log Content.pdf.

How to import the file into MS Excel? 

Following describes as a sample how to import XML data like Calibration Log to Microsoft Excel 2013.

1. Open empty MSExcel worksheet.

2. Open “Data” tab and “Get external data” select “From Other Sources” and “From XML Data Import”.

3. Select Data source. As default this log can be found in C:\Medikro\Calibration Log\SpirometryCalibration.xml.

4. Import data to empty sheet.

5. Now XML data is visible in MSExcel sheet. Data can be sorted and calculated in different ways.

6. Data can be further processed for example to graphs.

For more information please contact Medikro technical support.