I noticed that I have a cFP-AI-118-Cal - what is it?

[jhathaway]

I was doing some testing on some other modules in my cFP system recently, and in MAX noticed that one of my cFP-AI-118 modules appears as a cFP-AI-118-Cal.  I immediately investigated its configuration in MAX and found that it has 16 counting inputs that cannot be configured for anything but 0 to 65535 counts, and the only attribute I can set is a noise rejection of 10 Hz.  I tried setting it to a cFP-AI-118 is the Device Configuration tab, but it said that module does not match the one installed.  I have four other cFP-AI-118 modules, and they all behave as expected.  I haven't tried counting with it, mainly because I don't know what channels are the inputs.  Am I missing a setting or something?  I changed it to a different slot on the backplane, and MAX reflected the change when I hit "Find Devices" again. 

I'm using a cFP-1808 backplane.  Aside from this, I have another AI-118 module, an AI-112, two TC-120 modules, and two CTR-500 modules.  I have MAX 4.0.0.3010 installed.  I recall having to install a new version of the Field Point software to have it work with the cFP-1808 backplane, but I do not recall the version number. 

Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with the module or my settings? 

Thanks,

     -Jim

[Travis G.]

Hello Jim,

A module description with a Cal at the end is a special module used internally at National Instruments for development and verification of Fieldpoint devices.  This module will not function as a regular analog input module and will need to be replaced.  I'm not sure how one of these modules ended up in your hands (probably a shipping mistake) but I would call 1-866-275-6964 (ASK-MYNI) to arrange to have your module replaced.

Regards,
Travis G.
Applications Engineering
National Instruments
www.ni.com/support

[jhathaway]

Thanks Travis.