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Calibration

Required Calibration Equipment

Refer to the complete list of required equipment in the Calibration Executive Help File. For your convience, summary lists are provided below. For all PXI devices, you will need a PXI chassis and controller. NI recommends using a PXI-1042 or PXI-1042Q chassis with a MXI controller for maximum temperature control and portability.

SCXI (Traditional DAQ)

  • SCXI chassis (e.g., SCXI-1000 or SCXI-1001)
    • The PXI-1011 will not work.
    • The PXI-1010 will work, but you may not use the internal signal bus. Instead, use external connections.
  • SCXI-1349 68-pin adapter
  • CB-50 and 50-pin ribbon cable
  • 6030E/6031E/6032E/6033E MIO device (6031E/6033E use SH1006868 cable)
  • SH6868 or SH1006868 cable to connect to E Series device
  • Appropriate terminal block

SCXI Module SCXI Terminal Block
SCXI-1100 SCXI-1300
SCXI-1104 Series SCXI-1300
SCXI-1120 Series SCXI-1320
SCXI-1121 SCXI-1320
SCXI-1124 SCXI-1325

  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator Accurate to 50ppm Fluke 5700A
DMM 6 1/2 digits NI 407x

SCXI (DAQmx)

  • SCXI chassis (e.g., SCXI-1000 or SCXI-1001)
    • The PXI-1011 will not work.
    • The PXI-1010 will work, but you may not use the internal signal bus. Instead, use external connections.
  • SCXI-1349 68-pin adapter
  • CB-50 and 50-pin ribbon cable
  • 6030E/6031E/6032E/6033E/628x MIO device
  • SH6868 or SH1006868 cable to connect to E Series device or SHC68-68-EPM to connect to an M Series device.
  • Appropriate terminal block

SCXI Module SCXI Terminal Block
SCXI-1102 Series SCXI-1300
SCXI-1125 SCXI-1320
SCXI-1520 SCXI-1314

  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator Accurate to 50ppm Fluke 5700A
DMM 6 1/2 digits NI 407x

SC Series - NI 4220

  • SMB-to-BNC cable
  • 9-pin D-SUB connectors for connecting external signals to the analog ports.
  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator Accurate to 50ppm Fluke 5700A
DMM 6 1/2 digits NI 407x

DMMs - NI 4050, NI 4060, NI 4065, NI 407x, NI 4071, NI 4072

  • Two sets of Fluke 5440 low thermal electromotive force (EMF) copper cables
  • For NI 407x, NI 4071, NI 4072:
    • Pomona 5145 insulated double banana plug shorting bar
    • Two Pomona B-4 banana-to-banana patch cords (cables) or similar banana-to-banana cables with length not to exceed 4 in.
  • For NI 4072:
    • 25 Ohm, 125 Ohm, 5 kOhm, and 100 kOhm resistors
    • 270 pF, 1 nF, 100 nF, 10 µF, and 1000 µF standards.
  • Standards for NI 4050, NI 4060

Instrument Specifications Required Instrument
Calibrator Accurate to 10ppm Fluke 5700

  • Standards for NI 407x, NI 4071, NI 4072

Instrument Required Instrument
Calibrator Fluke 5700A multifunction calibrator calibrated within the last 90 days or a Fluke 5720A multifunction calibrator calibrated within the last year

Power Supply - PXI-4110

    Auxiliary power supply - NI APS-4100 External load power resistor decade box such as a Clarostat 240c Standards
Instrument Accuracy Recommended Instrument
DMM Volatge ≤±50ppm, ≤30µV resolution Current ≤±.04%, 50nA resolution NI 4071

Dataloggers - NI 4350, NI 4351

  • 4350/4351 calibration fixture - pn 778031-03 (not included with Cal Exec)
  • SH6868 cable (except DAQCard 4350)
  • For DAQCard 4350, use PSH32-30F cable (part number 183965-01)
  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator Accurate to 10ppm Fluke 5700
DMM 6 1/2 digits NI 407x

Dynamic Signal Acquisition - NI 4451, NI 4452, NI 4551, NI 4552, NI 4461, NI 4462, NI 4472, NI 4474

  • BNC-2140 (for NI 445x, NI 455x)
  • TBX-68 (for NI 445x, NI 455x)
  • Analog cable (for NI 445x, NI 455x)
  • Digital cable (for NI 445x, NI 455x)
  • For PXI-4472, install in either:
    • a PXI chassis controlled through a PXI controller.
    • a PXI chassis controlled through a MXI-4 interface.
  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator Accurate to 0.1% AC Fluke 5700
DMM 6 1/2 digits NI 407x
Counter Accurate to 6ppm Agilent 53131A
Function Generator Accurate to 6ppm Agilent 33250

High-Speed Digitizers - NI 5102, NI 5105, NI 5112, NI 5114, NI 5122, NI 5124, NI 5142, NI 5911, NI 5922, NI 5152

  • 50-Ohm terminator
  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator Accurate to 0.005% DC Fluke 5700 (required for NI 5911 and NI 5922)
Scope Calibrator 2% amplitude flatness Fluke 9500B
DMM 0.25% resistance NI 407x (only required for NI 5112)

FieldPoint

  • FP-1000 Network Module
  • FP-TB-CAL FieldPoint Calibration Base (part number 777519-90)
  • 11-24 VDC power supply
  • RS-232 serial cable
  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator 10 ppm Fluke 5700A (required for AI module)
DMM 6 1/2 digits NI 407x (required for AO modules)

  • Standards for FP-RTD-122

Instrument Specifications
330 Ω 0.025% tolerance
100 Ω 0.025% tolerance
3.3 k Ω 0.025% tolerance
1.0k Ω 0.025% tolerance

  • Standards for FP-RTD-124

Instrument Specifications
100 Ω 0.05% Tolerance
330 Ω 0.05% Tolerance

Compact FieldPoint

  • cFP-CAL-a Compact FieldPoint network interface designed for calibrating I/O modules
  • cFP-CB-1 connector block for wiring
  • 11-30 VDC power supply
  • RS-232 serial cable
  • Standards

Instrument Specifications Recommended Instrument
Calibrator 10 ppm Fluke 5700A (required for AI module)
DMM 6 1/2 digits NI 407x (required for AO modules)

  • Standards for cFP-RTD-122

Instrument Specifications
330 Ω 0.025% tolerance
100 Ω 0.025% tolerance
3.3 k Ω 0.025% tolerance
1.0k Ω 0.025% tolerance

  • Standards for cFP-RTD-124

Instrument Specifications
100 Ω 0.05% Tolerance
330 Ω 0.05% Tolerance

E/S/M/B Series

  • E Series calibration fixture - pn778056-03. This fixture is not included with Cal Exec. Only revision B works with the S Series products while both rev A and rev B work with E/M/B Series products.
  • Standards

  Calibrator DMM Counter
16/18-bit Converters Fluke 5700 - accurate to 10ppm 6 1/2 digit – NI 407x Accurate to 0.01%
12-bit Converters Fluke 5500 - accurate to 50ppm 6 1/2 digit - NI 407x Accurate to 0.01%

  • Cables and Accessories

Device Connector
E/S Series devices with a 68-pin SCSI II connectorSH68-68-EP
E/S/M Series devices with 68-pin VHDCI connectors (for example, DAQCard-6036E, NI 6254) SHC68-68-EP, SHC68-68-EPM, SHC68-68-S
E/S Series devices with a 100-pin connector (for example, NI 6025E, NI 6031E, NI 6033E, NI 6071E) SH1006868.Connect the 68-pin cable labeled MIO-16 to the accessory. The 68-pin cable labeled Extended I/O remains unconnected.
M/B Series devices with a 37-pin connector (for example, PCI-6010, NI 6221)CB-37F-LP, SH37F-37M-1

Counter/Timers - NI 660x

  • SH68-68-D1 cable
  • SCB-68 breakout box
  • Highly stable 10 MHz TTL clock source. NI recommends a rubidium frequency standard clock source.
  • Standards

Device Specifications
NI 6608 accurate to 0.75 ppb
NI 6601/6602 accurate to 1 ppm

Analog Output Products - NI 670x, NI 671x, NI 672x, NI 673x

  • CB-68 connector block
  • SH68-68-EP cable (except for the NI 6715)
  • For the NI 6715, use the SHC68-68-EP cable
  • Standards

  Calibrator DMM Counter
NI 673x Fluke 5700 - accurate to 10ppm 6 1/2 digit - NI 407x Accurate to 0.01%
NI 671x Fluke 5500 - accurate to 50ppm 6 1/2 digit - NI 407x Accurate to 0.01%

A calibrator is not needed to calibrate the NI 670x


Signal Generators - NI 5402, NI 5406, NI 5412, NI 5421, NI 5422, NI 5441

  • Standards

Instrument Recommended Model Parameter Measured Specifications
Digital multimeter (DMM) NI PXI-4070 DC gain and offset DC accuracy =±50 ppm Resolution =1 µV
Counter Agilent/HP 53131A Frequency accuracy Ability to measure 10 MHz or higher sine waves Frequency accuracy to ±500 ppb

  • Connectors
    • Male banana to female BNC adapter
    • Male BNC to female SMB cable—50 O, RG-223

RF Products - NI 5600, NI 5610, NI 5620

  • Standards

Instrument Required Model Specifications
Counter Agilent 53131A 10 MHz, >0.5Hz resolution
RF Signal Generator Agilent ESG-4422B, Agilent ESG-4433B, or Agilent 8349A 20 MHz to 2.8 GHz, –30 dBm to +16 dBm, <–95 dBc/Hz at 1 kHz
Power Meter with 2 Sensors Anritsu ML2438A Power Meter Anritsu MA2421A Thermal Sensor Anritsu MA2473A Power Sensor or Agilent E4419B Power Meter, Agilent E9304A Power Sensor, Agilent E4412A Power Sensor 10 kHz to 110 GHz, sensor-dependent –30 dBm to +20 dBm, 3 MHz to 27 MHz –70 dBm to +20 dBm, 20 MHz to 2.8 GHz
Rubidium Frequency Standard   10 MHz
Broadband Precision Power Splitter Weinschel 1507R DC to 3.0 GHz
10 MHz Distribution Unit Symmetricom 6502/Datum 65053 One, 10 MHz
SMA Torque Wrench Huber+Suhner, model 74_Z-0-0-21 1 N-m (or 100 N-cm)

  • Additional requirements for NI 5610:
    • NI PXI-5122
    • NI PXI-5421
  • Connectors
    • SMA cable—male–male, instrument-grade, coaxial 50 O(<1 meter length)
    • N-type to SMA cable—male–male, instrument-grade, coaxial 50 O(=1 meter length)
    • SMA adapter—male–male, instrument-grade, 50 O, vSWR =1.1
    • N-type to SMA adapter—N-type female–SMA male, 50 O, vSWR =1.12

High Speed Digital - NI 6551, NI 6552

  • Standards

Instrument Required Model Specifications
Precision voltmeter or digital multimeter (DMM) NI PXI-4070 or HP 34401 DC ±1 mV or better at –2 V to 5.5 V
Precision voltage source Fluke 5700A DC ±1 mV or better at –2 V to 5.5 V
Digital oscilloscope Tektronix TDS 3052, TDS 3052A, TDS 3054 or TDS 3054A -

  • Additional requirements

    The following equipment is also required for calibration.

Quantity Description
1 PC with Calibration Executive 3.0 or greater installed
1 PXI Chassis1 and SCXI chassis
or
PXI-1010 combo chassis
1 NI 6030/6031/6032/6033 DAQ device
2 NI SCXI-1193 switch modules
1 NI SCXI-11xx module to control SCXI chassis2
1 NI SCXI-1349 cable assembly2
1 NI SMB-2163 accessory (with RESERVED0 access labeled)
26 MCX-SMB cables (1 m)
4 MCX-MCX cables (0.3 m)
1 BNC-SMB cables (0.3 m)
1 BNC-MCX cable (1 m)
1 NI SHC68-C68-D2 cable
1 MCX-SMB cable (2.23 m)
1 NI MXI-4 kit1
1 Male BNC to male dual banana adapter

1 Not required if you are calibrating PCI devices installed in a PC.
2 Not required if you are using a PXI-1010 combo chassis.

C Series - NI 9201, NI 9205, NI 9206, NI 9211, NI 9221, NI 9229, NI 9237, NI 9239, NI 9215, NI 9263

  • cDAQ Chassis - NI cDAQ-9172
  • Standards for NI 9205, NI 9206, NI 9211, NI 9215
Instrument Model Accuracy
Calibrator Fluke 5700A 10 ppm

  • Standards for NI 9263
Instrument Model Accuracy
DMM NI 407x 6 1/2 digits with 40 ppm

PXI Timing and Synchronization - NI PXI-6652, NI PXI-6653, NI PXIe-6672

  • BNC-SMB Cable
  • SMB-SMB Cable
  • Standards
Instrument Required Model Specifications
10 MHz Clock Source Symmetricom/Datum 8040 a clock source that is accurate to within 75 ppb for NI PXI-6653, and 150 ppb for NI PXI-6652 and NI PXIe-6672.

If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail us at calibration@ni.com.