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NI 5450 Calibration Procedure
You can initiate self-calibration using the following methods:
•
MAX
•
NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel (SFP)
•
NI-SCOPE
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.
NI-SCOPE SFP
To initiate self-calibration from the NI-SCOPE SFP, complete the
following steps:
1.
Disconnect or disable any AC inputs to the digitizer.
2.
Launch the Scope SFP, which is available at
Start»All Programs»
National Instruments»NI-SCOPE»SCOPE Soft Front Panel
3.
Select the device you want to calibrate using the Device Configuration
dialog box by selecting
Edit»Device Configuration
.
4.
Launch the Calibration dialog box by selecting
Utility»
Self Calibration
.
5.
Click
OK
to begin self-calibration.
NI-SCOPE
To self-calibrate the digitizer programmatically using NI-SCOPE,
complete the following steps:
1.
Disconnect or disable any AC inputs to the digitizer.
Note
Throughout the procedure, refer to the C/C++ function call parameters for the
LabVIEW input values.