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CALIBRATION PROCEDURE

SCXI -1102/B/C

For NI-DAQmx

This document contains information and instructions for calibrating the
National Instruments SCXI-1102/B/C signal conditioning module.

Contents

Initial Setup...................................................................................... 5
Verification Procedure ..................................................................... 7
Adjustment Procedure...................................................................... 12
Verifying Adjusted Values .............................................................. 14

Test Limits .............................................................................................. 14

Gain and Offset ................................................................................ 15

SCXI-1102/B/C Front and Rear Panel Diagrams ................................... 15
World Wide Support and Services.......................................................... 18

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Page 1: ...ditioning module Contents Conventions 2 Software 2 Documentation 3 Calibration Interval 3 Password 3 Test Equipment 4 Test Conditions 4 Calibration Process 5 Initial Setup 5 Verification Procedure 7 Adjustment Procedure 12 Verifying Adjusted Values 14 Test Limits 14 Gain and Offset 15 SCXI 1102 B C Front and Rear Panel Diagrams 15 World Wide Support and Services 18 ...

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Page 3: ...ocuments by selecting Start All Programs National Instruments NI DAQmx after installing NI DAQmx For more information about the SCXI 1102 B C refer to the SCXI 1102 B C User Manual For information about installing and configuring SCXI modules refer to the SCXI Quick Start Guide Calibration Interval Calibrate the SCXI 1102 B C at a regular interval as defined by the measurement accuracy requirement...

Page 4: ...tennas picking up extra noise and thermal offsets that affect measurements Use shielded copper wire for all cable connections to the SCXI 1102 B C Use twisted pair wire to eliminate noise and thermal offsets Maintain the ambient temperature between 18 C and 28 C Keep relative humidity below 80 Allow a warm up time of at least 15 minutes for the SCXI 1102 B C and 30 minutes for the DAQ device to en...

Page 5: ...XI 1102 B C calibration constants with respect to a known voltage source 4 Verifying Adjusted Values Perform another verification to ensure that the SCXI 1102 B C is operating within its test limits after adjustments Initial Setup Complete the following steps to configure the SCXI 1102 B C for calibration 1 Make sure that all the appropriate driver and application software is installed 2 Make sure...

Page 6: ...n document the functions used for demonstrating the calibration process use the device identifiers Dev1 for the DAQ device and SC1Mod1 for the SCXI 1102 B C 1 SCXI 1300 Terminal Block 2 SCXI 1102 B C Module 3 SCXI Chassis 4 SCXI 1349 Cable Adapter 5 Shielded 68 Pin Cable 6 NB1 Cable 50 Pin Ribbon Cable 7 TBX 50 Pin Terminal Block 8 Cable to DMM 9 Cable to Calibrator 10 Calibrator 11 DMM 12 DAQ Dev...

Page 7: ...ain and offset calibration constants for each gain setting per analog input channel A complete verification of the inputs involves measuring the accuracy at all possible gain settings on all channels of the SCXI 1102 B C To view the calibration VIs in LabVIEW select Measurement I O DAQmx Data Acquisition DAQmx Advanced DAQmx Calibration on the Functions palette You can also use the Search button s...

Page 8: ...nnels Refer to the SCXI 1300 1301 Terminal Block Installation Guide for connection instructions If you are not using the recommended SCXI 1300 refer to Table 8 for the front signal pin assignments of the SCXI 1102 B C If the calibration signal source is floating connect AI to the SCXI chassis ground using the ground lug available on the SCXI terminal block 3 Set the calibrator voltage to the desir...

Page 9: ... current test point LabVIEW Block Diagram NI DAQmx Function Call Call DAQmxCreateAIVoltageChan with the following parameters taskHandle taskHandle physicalChannel SC1Mod1 aiX nameToAssignToChannel myVoltageChannel terminalConfig DAQmx_Val_Cfg_Default minVal 10 V maxVal 10 V units DAQmx_Val_Volts customScaleName Where X refers to the channel you are verifying LabVIEW Block Diagram NI DAQmx Function...

Page 10: ...all DAQmxCfgSampClkTiming with the following parameters taskHandle taskHandle source rate 1000 0 activeEdge DAQmx_Val_Rising sampleMode DAQmx_Val_FiniteSamps sampsPerChan 1000 LabVIEW Block Diagram NI DAQmx Function Call Call DAQmxTaskControl with the following parameters taskHandle taskHandle action DAQmx_Val_Task_Commit Table 2 Settling Time of the SCXI 1102 B C SCXI 1102 SCXI 1102B SCXI 1102C 3...

Page 11: ...e acquisition using the DAQmx Clear Task VI 14 Repeat steps 4 through 13 for the remaining channels 15 Repeat steps 3 through 14 for all test points in Tables 6 or 7 You have finished verifying the analog input accuracy of the SCXI 1102 B C LabVIEW Block Diagram NI DAQmx Function Call Call DAQmxReadAnalogF64 with the following parameters taskHandle taskHandle numSampsPerChan 1 timeout 10 0 fillMod...

Page 12: ...I 1300 refer to Table 8 for the front signal pin assignments of the SCXI 1102 B C If the calibration signal source is floating connect AI to the SCXI chassis ground using the ground lug available on the SCXI terminal block 2 Connect the DMM to CH 0 and CH 0 pin 3 and 4 on the rear connector Refer to Table 9 for the rear signal pin assignments of the SCXI 1102 B C Note You can access these pins usi...

Page 13: ...er to Table 5 for the settling time of the SCXI 1102 B C LabVIEW Block Diagram NI DAQmx Function Call Call DAQmxSetup1102Cal with the following parameters calHandle calHandle channelNames SC1Mod1 aiX gain 1 or 100 Where X refers to the channel you are calibrating Table 3 SCXI 1102 Voltage Set Points Gain Set Points V 1 9 6 2 0 2 6 9 100 0 09 0 06 0 02 0 00 0 02 0 06 0 09 Table 4 SCXI 1102 B and SC...

Page 14: ...e gain and offset of the SCXI 1102 B C Verifying Adjusted Values After calibrating the SCXI 1102 B C NI recommends that you verify the analog input operation by repeating the steps listed in the Verification Procedure to ensure that the SCXI 1102 B C is operating within its test limits Test Limits Refer to the SCXI 1102 B C User Manual for the specifications of the SCXI 1102 B C LabVIEW Block Diag...

Page 15: ...DAQ device errors SCXI 1102 B C Front and Rear Panel Diagrams Table 8 shows the pin assignments for the SCXI 1102 B C front panel connector Table 9 shows the pin assignments for the SCXI 1102 B C rear signal connector Table 6 SCXI 1102 and SCXI 1102 B Test Limits Gain Test Point V Upper Limit V Lower Limit V 1 9 800000 9 80345 9 79655 0 000000 0 001002 0 001002 9 800000 9 79655 9 80345 100 0 09800...

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