Apply calibration to a route

Opening the calibration workspace does not automatically change the trip plan that is currently open.

To make the current trip use a calibration, you need to assign a saved calibration profile to that trip in the Propagation tab.

What this screen controls

The Trip Calibration Source section controls what the trip plan currently open in your workspace will use.

You can point that trip at:

  • System default for normal planner behavior
  • Calibration profile for a saved reusable calibration
  • Workspace preview (unsaved) for temporary testing only

Apply a saved calibration profile to the current trip

Use these steps when you want the route in the workspace to use a saved calibration profile:

  1. Open the route or trip plan you want to work on.
  2. Open the calibration workspace and go to Propagation.
  3. In Trip Calibration Source, choose Calibration profile.
  4. In Select trip calibration profile, choose the saved profile you want.
  5. Click Use selected profile for this trip.
  6. Confirm the status text below the selector updates to show that the profile is assigned to this trip.
  7. Confirm the line at the bottom says the planner is currently loaded with the profile you expected.

That applies the selected saved calibration profile to the current trip plan in your workspace.

Switch the current trip to a different profile

To switch the open trip from one saved profile to another:

  1. Stay in Propagation.
  2. Keep Calibration profile selected.
  3. Choose a different saved profile from the dropdown.
  4. Click Use selected profile for this trip again.
  5. Re-check the assignment text and the "currently loaded" line.

Changing the dropdown alone is not enough. The switch happens when you use the button for the current trip.

Go back to default behavior

If you want the open trip to stop using a saved profile:

  1. In Trip Calibration Source, choose System default.
  2. Confirm the planner now shows default behavior for that trip.

Use this when you want a clean baseline comparison against calibration.

Use preview only when you are still testing

Choose Workspace preview (unsaved) only when you want to test the current workspace settings on the open trip without saving them as a reusable profile.

Preview is useful for comparison, but it is not the same as assigning a saved profile to the trip.

What users often miss

Two things are easy to miss here:

  • selecting a profile in the dropdown is not the same as applying it to the trip
  • preview is not the same as saving and assigning a reusable profile

If you want the current route to keep using a calibration later, use a saved profile and apply it to the trip.

What to do next

After assigning a profile, compare the route before and after calibration to decide whether the change is strong enough to keep.

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