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  • Page 1 PXI-6120...

  • Page 2: Calibration Procedure

    LabVIEW™, Measurement Studio™, National Instruments™, NI™, ni.com™, and NI-DAQ™ are trademarks of February 2003 National Instruments Corporation. Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of 370050B-01 their respective companies. For patents covering National Instruments products, refer to the appropriate location: Help»Patents in your software, the patents.txt file on your CD, or ni.com/patents.
  • Page 3 Equipment and Other Test Requirements This section describes the equipment, software, documentation, and test conditions needed for calibration. Equipment When calibrating an NI 6110/6111/6115/6120, NI recommends that you use the following instruments: • Calibrator—Fluke 5700A •...

  • Page 4: Documentation And Software

    The user manual provides instructions on installing and configuring National Instruments DAQ devices and describes how to create applications that use NI-DAQ. These documents are your primary references for writing a calibration utility. For more information on the products you are calibrating, refer to the device user manuals.

  • Page 5: Test Conditions

    Creating Verification and Calibration Code Verifying the Performance of the NI 6110/6111/6115/6120—This step determines whether the device is in specification prior to calibration. Adjusting the Device—This step adjusts the calibration constants with respect to a known voltage source. NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure ni.com...
  • Page 6 Creating Verification and Calibration Code This section shows the basic flowcharts for creating the verification and adjustment code for the NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 calibration procedure. These flowcharts only refer to the appropriate NI-DAQ function calls. You may want to refer to the...
  • Page 7 From the specification table for the product, determine the channel, output polarity, and voltage to verify. AO_Configure(deviceNumber,chan,outputPolarity,0,10,0) AO_VWrite(deviceNumber,chan,voltage) Figure 2. Analog Output Verification Verifying the Counter GPCTR_Control(deviceNumber,chan,ND_RESET) GPCTR_Set_Application(deviceNumber,chan,ND_PULSE_TRAIN_GNR) GPCTR_Change_Parameter(deviceNumber,chan,ND_COUNT_1,2) GPCTR_Change_Parameter(deviceNumber,chan,ND_COUNT_2,2) Select_Signal(deviceNumber,ND_GPCTR0_OUTPUT,ND_GPCTR0_OUTPUT,ND_LOW_TO_HIGH) GPCTR_Control(deviceNumber,chan,ND_PROGRAM) Figure 3. Counter Verification NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure ni.com...

  • Page 8: Adjusting The Device

    NI 6110/6111/6115/6120. However, for NI-DAQ to communicate with the device, you must configure the device in MAX. For information on configuring an NI 6110/6111 refer to Chapter 2, Installing and Configuring the NI PCI-6110/6111, of the NI PCI-6110E/6111E User Manual. For information on configuring an NI 6115/6120, refer to Chapter 2, Installing and Configuring the NI 6115/6120, of the NI 6115/6120 User Manual.
  • Page 9 Verifying the Performance of the NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 This section describes the verification procedures for calibrating the NI 6110/6111/6115/6120. You must verify analog input, analog output, and the counter performance. Verifying Analog Input To verify the performance of the analog input of the device, complete the...
  • Page 10 Set the calibrator voltage to the test point value indicated in Table 5 for the NI 6110/6111, Table 8 for the NI 6115, or Table 11 for the NI 6120. Call...
  • Page 11 Equipment and Other Test Requirements section. Note The NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 has two analog outputs: DAC0OUT and DAC1OUT. This test verifies the performance of both analog output channels. Connect the DMM to DAC0OUT as shown in Table 4. Table 4. Connections to Analog Outputs...
  • Page 12 • voltage—The voltage value you are testing, as shown in Table 6 for the NI 6110/6111, Table 9 for the NI 6115, and Table 12 for the NI 6120 Compare the resulting value shown by the DMM to the upper and lower limits on the data sheet.
  • Page 13 If the value falls between these limits, the device has passed the test. Disconnect the counter from the device. You have now verified the counter on the device. NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure ni.com...
  • Page 14 V for the NI 6110/6111/6115 and 5.0 V for the NI 6120 If the voltage supplied by the source does not maintain a steady 7.50 V for the NI 6110/6111/6115 or 5.0 V for the NI 6120, you receive an © National Instruments Corporation NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure...
  • Page 15 The tables in this section contain the specifications for the NI 6110/6111/6115/6120. The specifications include analog input, analog output, and counter/timer values. NI 6110/6111 devices share one set of tables. The NI 6115 and NI 6120 each have a set of tables.

  • Page 16: Test Point

    Upper and lower limits are expressed in volts. Counters Counter/timers are not user-adjustable. The test point and upper and lower limits are listed in Table 7, Table 10, and Table 13, for verification purposes only. © National Instruments Corporation NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure...
  • Page 17 Table 5. Analog Input Values for the NI 6110/6111 Test Point 24-Hour Ranges 1-Year Ranges Lower Upper Lower Upper Range Polarity Gain Location Value (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) ±42 Bipolar PosFS 41.5800 41.5063 41.6537 41.5056 41.6544...
  • Page 18 Table 6. Analog Output Values for the NI 6110/6111 Test Point 24-Hour Ranges 1-Year Ranges Lower Upper Lower Upper Range Polarity Location Value (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) Bipolar PosFS 9.990000 9.982299 9.997701 9.982812 9.997188 Bipolar Zero 0.000000...
  • Page 19 Bipolar 0.20 Zero 0.00000 –0.008303 0.008303 –0.008303 0.008303 ±42 Bipolar 0.20 NegFS –41.5800 –41.653679 –41.506321 –41.654379 –41.505621 ±20 Bipolar 0.50 PosFS 19.8000000 19.769172 19.830828 19.768839 19.831161 ±20 Bipolar 0.50 Zero 0.00000000 –0.003322 0.003322 –0.003322 0.003322 NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure ni.com...
  • Page 20 Limit (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) Limit (V) ±10 Bipolar PosFS 9.9900000 9.982980 9.997020 9.982812 9.997188 ±10 Bipolar Zero 0.000000 –0.001902 0.001902 –0.001902 0.001902 ±10 Bipolar NegFS –9.9900000 –9.997020 –9.982980 –9.997188 –9.982812 © National Instruments Corporation NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure...
  • Page 21 Table 13. Counter Values for the NI 6120 Counter Values Set Point (MHz) Upper Limit (MHz) Lower Limit (MHz) — 4.9995 5.0005 NI 6110/6111/6115/6120 Calibration Procedure ni.com...

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