•
After first installing the PXIe-5170/5171 into your chassis
•
After any module in the chassis is installed, uninstalled, or moved
•
When the system is in an environment where the ambient temperature varies or the
module temperature has drifted more than ±5 °C from the temperature at the last self-
calibration
•
To periodically adjust for small performance drifts that occur with product aging
To programmatically self-calibrate the PXIe-5170/5171 when using instrument design
libraries, use the Self Calibrate VI located on the
Functions
»
FPGA Interface
»
Software-
Designed Instruments
»
Oscilloscopes
»
NI PXIe-5170R/5171R
»
Calibration
palette.
To programmatically self-calibrate the PXIe-5170/5171 when using NI-SCOPE, use the Self
Calibrate function located on the
Functions
»
Measurement I/O
»
NI-SCOPE
»
Calibration
palette.
You can also self-calibrate the PXIe-5170/5171 by pressing the
Self Calibrate
button for the
device in MAX.
First Measurements
Making a Measurement with Instrument Design
Libraries
You can verify proper installation and configuration of your device by making a measurement
using a LabVIEW sample project.
This measurement requires installation of the instrument design libraries.
1.
Launch LabVIEW.
2.
Select
File
»
Create Project
.
3.
On the left side of the
Create Project
window, select
Oscilloscopes
.
4.
On the right side of the
Create Project
window, select the
Multirecord Acquisition
sample project and click
Next
.
5.
Specify a name, location, and device target for the project in the
Create Project
window
and click
Finish
.
6.
In the project tree, navigate to
My Computer
»
Project Documentation
, open the
.html
file, and navigate to the
Running this Sample Project
section of the documentation.
7.
Follow the instructions in the project documentation for making the measurement.
Making a Measurement with NI-SCOPE
Making a Measurement with NI-SCOPE SFP
1.
Connect CH 0 to an input signal.
2.
Launch the NI-SCOPE SFP from the
Start
menu.
3.
In the
Select Device
dialog box, select the device name assigned to the device in MAX.
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