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CALIBRATION PROCEDURE

NI WSN-3226

NI Wireless Sensor Network 4-Channel, 20-Bit Voltage/RTD Node

This document contains the verification

 

procedures for the National Instruments WSN-3226. 

For more information about calibration solutions, visit 

ni.com/calibration

.

Contents

Software.................................................................................................................................... 1
Documentation.......................................................................................................................... 1
Test Equipment......................................................................................................................... 2
Test Conditions......................................................................................................................... 2
Initial Setup............................................................................................................................... 3
Verification............................................................................................................................... 3

Voltage Accuracy Verification......................................................................................... 3
Resistance Accuracy Verification .................................................................................... 5

Re-Verification ......................................................................................................................... 6
Accuracy Under Calibration Conditions .................................................................................. 6
Where to Go for Support .......................................................................................................... 7

Software

Calibrating the NI WSN-3226 requires the installation of LabVIEW 2010 or later and 
NI-WSN 1.2 or later on the calibration system. You can download NI-WSN from 

ni.com/

downloads

.

Documentation

Consult the following documents for information about the NI WSN-3226, NI-WSN, and 
LabVIEW. All documents are available on 

ni.com

 and help files install with the software.

NI Wireless Sensor Network Devices Getting Started Guide

NI-WSN installation and hardware setup

NI WSN-3226 User Guide and Specifications

NI WSN-3226 specific information, specifications, and calibration interval

Summary of Contents for WSN-3226

Page 1: ...Accuracy Under Calibration Conditions 6 Where to Go for Support 7 Software Calibrating the NI WSN 3226 requires the installation of LabVIEW 2010 or later and NI WSN 1 2 or later on the calibration sy...

Page 2: ...evice are secure The NI WSN 3226 must be powered by either an external 9 V to 30 V power supply or four AA 1 5 V batteries alkaline only LabVIEW Help LabVIEW programming concepts and reference informa...

Page 3: ...llowing performance verification procedures describe the sequence of operation and test points required to verify the NI WSN 3226 and assume that adequate traceable uncertainties are available for the...

Page 4: ...Table 3 Note The limits in Table 3 are derived using the values in Table 6 If the Voltage Accuracy verification procedure determines that the NI WSN 3226 is outside of the limits refer to Where to Go...

Page 5: ...orresponds to the appropriate RTD resistance range 8 Turn any connection compensation settings on the calibrator off Tip On the Fluke 5520A press the COMP softkey to turn compensation off 9 Create a V...

Page 6: ...racy Under Calibration Conditions The values in the following tables are based on calibrated scaling coefficients which are stored in the onboard EEPROM The following accuracy table is valid for calib...

Page 7: ...Specifications online at ni com manuals Where to Go for Support The National Instruments website is your complete resource for technical support At ni com support you have access to everything from t...

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