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How can I selftest programmatically a PXI 6025E and PXI 7831R on a PXI 1042 chassis

How can I selftest programmatically a PXI 6025E and PXI 7831R on a PXI 1042 chassis

‎01-14-2004 03:10 AM

How can I selftest programmatically a PXI 6025E and PXI 7831R on a PXI 1042 chassis in LabVIEW 7
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Re: How can I selftest programmatically a PXI 6025E and PXI 7831R on a PXI 1042 chassis

‎01-15-2004 04:42 PM

Greetings,

There is no real self-test VI in LabVIEW for the PXI-6025E or any other E Series device. However, you can use either the "E Series Calibrate.vi" for Traditional NI-DAQ or the "DAQmx Self Calibrate.vi" for NI-DAQmx. Additionally, there is a LabVIEW example program available online that uses the Traditional NI-DAQ to perform a self-test of an E Series board. You may use any of these suggestions to self-test your PXI-6025E.

Self-Diagnostic VI for E Series Data Acquisition Devices
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niepd_web_display.display_epd4?p_guid=B45EACE3DCD356A4E034080020E74861&p_node=DZ52334&p_submitted=&p_rank=&p_answer=&p_source=External

Best Regards,
Justin Britten

Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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Re: How can I selftest programmatically a PXI 6025E and PXI 7831R on a PXI 1042 chassis

‎01-15-2004 05:23 PM

Hello,
Coul you give more information about what you mean by "selftest". For calibration, you can use "7831R Calibration.vi" under C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.0\examples\FPGA\Calibration
folder.
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Remzi A.
Application Engineering
National Instruments
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Re: How can I selftest programmatically a PXI 6025E and PXI 7831R on a PXI 1042 chassis

‎01-16-2004 04:27 AM

Using max explorer under NI-DAQmx Devices, when right clicking the PXI-6025E displays the following commands:
Self-test
Test Panels
Reset Device
Self-Calibrate
etc
What does the self test command execute?
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‎01-16-2004 04:39 AM

The basic idea was to use Visa write vi to execute the command *TST? and get a response. The programming requirements for my app is to execute the built in test for each managed hardware.
How can I see the source code for 7831R Calibration (FPGA).vi? It is password protected.
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‎01-19-2004 01:53 PM

The Self-Test menu choice under NI-DAQmx Devices will execute a selftest of the board by testing resources, analog input/output lines, digital lines, etc. However, this you cannot call this feature programatically. It can only be called from within MAX.

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Justin Britten

Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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‎01-20-2004 02:26 AM

Thanks for your fast response to my queries.

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Khalil Mukadam
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‎01-20-2004 10:38 AM

Hi,
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, there is no any self-diagnostic utility or VI available for 7831R at the moment. You might download a simple VI to check if the board is installed properly. Some of FPGA calibration VIs cannot be modified by users, and therefore their block diagrams are not accessible.

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Remzi A.
Application Engineering
National Instruments
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