accommodation of hysteresis in the sensor assembly fig2 is a graph representing a relationship 48 between an applied force 58 and a voltage output 56 the application of a force in a first direction provides a relationship between force and output indicated by line 50 the release of force from a high point results in another relationship indicated at 52 a gap 54 between the relationship for the application of force 50 and the release of force 52 can cause undesirable inaccuracies however this gap 54 can be calibrated and accommodated by the method according to this invention referring to fig3 the method includes the initial step of mating the force transducer 12 with the magnetometer 11 as indicated at 60 the magnetometer 11 includes at least two channels 33 35 that receive the signals 32 34 indicative of the magnetic field 15 generated by the force transducer 12 responsive to application of force a first known force 20 is applied to the torque transducer 12 in a first direction as is indicated at 62 this provides a calibration point in this example the first force comprises a full scale positive torque applied to the torque transducer 12 the first force 20 is then released and the torque transducer 12 allowed to move back to a zero position as indicated at 64 a voltage output is recorded at this zero force point as another calibration point a second force 22 is applied to the torque transducer 12 in a second direction opposite to.