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CALIBRATION PROCEDURE
NI cDAQ Chassis
This document contains information for calibrating the National Instruments cDAQ chassis. For more
information on calibration, visit
Contents
Software Requirements........................................................................................................................ 1
Documentation Requirements.............................................................................................................. 1
Calibration Interval .............................................................................................................................. 2
Test Equipment .................................................................................................................................... 2
Test Conditions .................................................................................................................................... 2
Calibration Procedures......................................................................................................................... 2
Initial Setup.................................................................................................................................. 3
Verification .................................................................................................................................. 3
Where to Go for Support ..................................................................................................................... 4
Software Requirements
Calibrating the NI cDAQ chassis requires installing the latest NI-DAQmx driver on the calibration
system. You can download the NI-DAQmx instrument driver from
supports programming an External Calibration in the LabVIEW, LabWindows
Visual Basic .NET. application development environments (ADEs). When you install NI-DAQmx, you
only need to install support for the ADE that you intend to use.
Documentation Requirements
For information about NI-DAQmx and NI cDAQ chassis, you can consult the following documents:
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DAQ Getting Started guides—These guides provide instructions for installing and configuring
NI-DAQ devices.
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NI DAQmx Help—This help file contains general information about measurement concepts, key
NI-DAQmx concepts, and common applications that apply to all programming environments.
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NI-DAQmx C Reference Help—This help file contains C reference and general information about
measurement concepts.
The documents above are installed with NI-DAQmx. You also can find the latest versions of the
documentation at
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NI cDAQ-91xx User Guide and Specifications—This document includes detailed information
about your NI cDAQ chassis and provides the published specification values for NI cDAQ chassis.
Refer to the most recent User Guide and Specifications online at
specifications.
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Summary of Contents for National Instruments cDAQ
- Page 1 • NI cDAQ-91xx User Guide and Specifications—This document includes detailed information about your NI cDAQ chassis and provides the published specification values for NI cDAQ chassis. Refer to the most recent User Guide and Specifications online at ni.com/manuals specifications.
- Page 2 Calibration Interval National Instruments recommends a calibration interval of one year for the NI cDAQ chassis. Adjust the recommended calibration interval based on the measurement accuracy demands of your application. Test Equipment National Instruments recommends that you use the equipment in Table 1 for calibrating an NI cDAQ chassis.
- Page 3 Initial Setup Refer to the DAQ Getting Started guides for instructions on installing the software, hardware, and configuring the NI cDAQ chassis. NI cDAQ-9188 users should refer to the NI cDAQ-9188 Ethernet Chassis Quick Start. Verification This section provides instructions for verifying the counter on an NI cDAQ chassis.
- Page 4 National Instruments corporate headquarters is located at 11500 North Mopac Expressway, Austin, Texas, 78759-3504. National Instruments also has offices located around the world to help address your support needs. For telephone support in the United States, create your service request at and follow the calling instructions or dial 512 795 8248.
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