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    National Instruments ™ ,N I ™ , and ni.com ™ are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or tra de names of their respectiv e companies. 323070A-01 Copyright © 2001 National Instruments Corp. All rights reserved. April 2001 USER GUIDE C ALIBRATING THE NI 5102 WITH C ALIBRATION[...]

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    Calibrating the NI 5102 with Calibration Executive 2 ni.com Introduction This document contains info r mation and step-b y-step instructions for loading and running the calibratio n procedure for the NI 5102 using Calibration Executive. What Is Calibration? Calibration consists of verifying the measurement accuracy of a device and correcting for an[...]

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    © National Instruments Corporation 3 Calibrating the NI 5102 with Calibration Executive Equipment and Other T est Requirements This section describes the equipment, docum entation, software, a nd test conditions needed for calibrat ion. T est Equipment Tables 1 and 2 list specifications for equipmen t you can use to calibrate your NI 5102 with Cal[...]

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    Calibrating the NI 5102 with Calibration Executive 4 ni.com Alternative Equipment Table 2 contains a list of alternative equipm ent you can use to calibrate your NI 5102 with Calibration E xecutive. Connectors If you are using the Wavetek 9500 and the Acti ve Head, you do not need special connectors. If you are using the alternati ve instruments li[...]

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    © National Instruments Corporation 5 Calibrating the NI 5102 with Calibration Executive Software Complete the following steps to insta ll Calibration Executive: 1. Make sure that your computer and monitor are powered on and that you hav e installed W indo ws 2000/NT/Me/9 x . 2. Close all open applications. 3. Insert the installat ion CD into the C[...]

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    Calibrating the NI 5102 with Calibration Executive 6 ni.com Calibration Procedures This section explains how to set up and ru n the Calibration Executive procedure. Using the W avetek 9500 in automated mode, the calibratio n procedure takes approximately ten minutes. In manual mode, the procedure takes approximately 30 minutes. Using the alternativ[...]

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    © National Instruments Corporation 7 Calibrating the NI 5102 with Calibration Executive Viewing the Calibration Report When the procedure is finished, complete t he following steps to view the calibration report: 1. Click View»Reports . 2. Select View to launch your browser and vie w your report. The calibration report appears as an printable HTM[...]

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    T echnical Support Resources NI We b Support National Instruments W eb support is your first stop for help in solving installation, configuration, and application pro blems and questions. O nline problem-solving and diagnostic resources include f requently asked questions, knowledge bases, product-specific troubleshooting wizards, manuals, driv ers[...]