5.4.3 Accuracy test using a set of reference photometric illumination lamps The voltage and current are adjusted continuously on the luminance gauge based on the calibration sheet and allowed to stabilise. After that, they are adjusted at distances of 1 m, 2 m, 3 m, 4 m and 5 m from the photocell of the test lux metre. For each change in distance, the reference lamp is allowed to stabilise for at least 15 seconds and the measured value is read. The whole cycle is repeated for the next two reference lamps. The illuminance value Ei at the individual points is calculated based on the following relation (2):
(2)
in which
ri is the distance in metres between the photocell and the reference lamp at the ith point,
Ivis the luminance specified on the calibration sheet for the reference lamp.
The deviations determined during the test must correspond to the parameters specified in Article 2.3.
5.5 Linearity test In the case of the specific lux metre accuracy test described above, the test lux metre’s linearity of response is tested on a linearity gauge for a minimum of five illumination values for each measurement range of the lux metre. The measurement is repeated at least three times.
The non-linearity index f3 is calculated based on the following relation (3) and must correspond to the parameters specified in Article 2.3 during the test:
(3)
in which
Y is the lux metre’s output signal at an input value of X,
Xmaxis the input signal corresponding to a maximum lux metre output signal of Ymax.
5.6 Relative spectral responsivity test A lux metre’s relative spectral responsivity is always measured in a quasi-monochromatic beam, which must be sufficiently homogenous over the entire sensitive surface of the lux metre’s photometric transducer. For the selected value of the wavelength of the monochromator’s output radiation, the lux metre’s readout is compared with the value of the photocurrent measured on the spectral responsivity detectors’ working gauge in the given spectral range. The current spectral responsivity values from the work gauge together with the corresponding uncertainties must be specified in the gauge’s calibration sheet.
The normalised spectral responsivity function is calculated to determine the value of integral characteristic f1':
(4)
in which SA (λ) is the function of the spectral density of standardised source A.
The index value of integral characteristic f1' is defined by:
(5)
The values of integral characteristic f1' during the test must correspond to the parameters specified in Article 2.3.