Software - National Instruments PXI-4130 Calibration Procedure

Software

To calibrate the NI 4130, you must install the NI-DCPower instrument driver version 1.2 or later
on the Windows calibration system. You can download the latest version of NI-DCPower at
ni.com/downloads
install NI-DCPower, you need to install only the application software that you intend to use.
LabVIEW support is in the
the NI-DCPower Calibration palette. For LabWindows/CVI users, the
provides access to the calibration functions. Refer to Table 1 for file locations.
C function calls are valid for any compiler capable of calling a 32-bit or 64-bit DLL. Many of
the functions use constants defined in the
must include
nidcpower.h
For more information about calibration VIs and functions, refer to the Programming with
NI-DCPower book in the NI DC Power Supplies and SMUs Help. The NI DC Power Supplies
and SMUs Help is accessible at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DCPower»
Documentation»NI DC Power Supplies and SMUs Help.
Table 1. Calibration File Locations (NI-DCPower 1.2 or Later)
File Name and Location
IVI\Bin\nidcpower_32.dll
IVI\Bin\nidcpower_64.dll
IVI\Lib\msc\nidcpower.lib
<LabVIEW >\instr.lib\
niDCPower\niDCPower.llb
IVI\Drivers\niDCPower\
nidcpower.fp
IVI\Include\nidcpower.h
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. NI-DCPower supports LabVIEW and LabWindows
nidcpower.llb file
nidcpower.h
in the calibration program.
, and all calibration VIs are accessible from
file. To use these constants in C, you
Description
NI-DCPower driver containing the entire
NI-DCPower API, including calibration functions.
NI-DCPower driver containing the entire
NI-DCPower API, including calibration functions.
NI-DCPower library for Microsoft C containing
the entire NI-DCPower API, including calibration
functions.
LabVIEW VI library containing VIs for calling the
NI-DCPower calibration API. You can access
calibration functions from the NI-DCPower
calibration section of the LabVIEW function
palette.
LabWindows/CVI function panel file that includes
calibration function prototypes and help on using
NI-DCPower in the LabWindows/CVI
environment.
NI-DCPower header file, which you must include
in any C program accessing calibration functions.
This file includes the entire NI-DCPower API,
including calibration functions.
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/CVI . When you
nidcpower.fp