NI 5122/5124 Calibration Procedure
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MAX
To initiate self-calibration from MAX, complete the following steps:
1.
Disconnect or disable any AC inputs to the digitizer.
2.
Launch MAX.
3.
Select
My System»Devices and Interfaces»NI-DAQmx Devices
.
4.
Select the device that you want to calibrate.
5.
Initiate self-calibration using one of the following methods:
•
Click
Self-Calibrate
in the upper right corner of MAX.
•
Right-click the name of the device in the MAX configuration tree
and select
Self-Calibrate
from the drop-down menu.
Scope SFP
To initiate self-calibration from the Scope SFP, complete the following
steps:
1.
Disconnect or disable any AC inputs to the digitizer.
2.
Launch the Scope SFP (
Start»Programs»National Instruments»
NI-SCOPE»Scope Soft Front Panel
).
3.
Select the device you want to calibrate using the Device Configuration
dialog box (
Edit»Device Configuration
).
4.
Launch the Calibration dialog box (
Utility»Self Calibration
).
5.
Click
OK
to begin self-calibration.
NI-SCOPE
To self-calibrate the NI 5122/5124 programmatically using NI-SCOPE,
complete the following steps:
1.
Disconnect or disable any AC inputs to the digitizer.
2.
Call
niScope_init
(niScope Initialize VI) to obtain an instrument
session handle. Set the following parameters:
•
resourceName
: The device name assigned by MAX
•
IDQuery
:
NISCOPE_VAL_VI_FALSE
•
resetDevice
:
NISCOPE_VAL_VI_FALSE
•
vi
: The returned session handle that you use to identify the
instrument in all subsequent instrument driver function calls
3.
Call
niScope_calSelfCalibrate
(niScope Cal Self Calibrate VI)
with the following parameters:
•
sessionHandle
: The instrument handle that you obtain from
niScope_init
(niScope Initialize VI)
