Programming The Pxie-4163 - National Instruments PXIe-4163 Manual

When the PXIe-4163 is in an environment where the ambient temperature
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varies or the PXIe-4163 temperature has drifted more than ±5 °C from the
temperature at the last self-calibration
Within 24 hours of the previous self-calibration
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Related tasks
What Should I Do if the PXIe-4163 Fails the Self-Test?
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Programming the PXIe-4163

You can generate signals interactively using InstrumentStudio or you can use the
NI-DCPower instrument driver to program your device in the supported ADE of your
choice.
Software
InstrumentStudio
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Location
Note
InstrumentStudio is supported
only on 64-bit systems. If you are using
a 32-bit system, use your driver's
specific soft front panel instead of
InstrumentStudio.
InstrumentStudio is automatically installed when
you install the NI-DCPower driver. You can access
InstrumentStudio in any of the following ways:
From the Windows start menu, select
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National Instruments » [Driver] Soft Front
Panel. This launches InstrumentStudio and
runs a soft front panel populated with
NI-DCPower devices.
From the Windows start menu, select
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National Instruments » InstrumentStudio
2018. This launches InstrumentStudio and
runs a soft front panel populated with
devices detected on your system.
From Measurement & Automation
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Explorer (MAX), select a device and then
click Test Panels.... This launches
PXIe-4163
Description
When you install
NI-DCPower on a 64-bit
system, you can monitor,
control, and record
measurements from
supported devices using
InstrumentStudio.
InstrumentStudio is a
software-based soft front
panel application that
allows you to perform
interactive measurements
on several different
device types in a single
program.