PXIe-4145 aperture time and calibration in NI-DCPower

[TimTimTim]

The manual for the PXIe-4145 says that the aperture time must be set to 2 PLCs. However it also says that this value can not be set in DCPower soft front panel. How can I set this value? Do I need to create a Labview program just to set this one value?

Thanks!

[Captain_K]

Correct, you'll need to write a program in LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI to run the full calibration.

[TobiasG · Accepted solution]

I'm a little confused as to what you are trying to do. Are you trying to externally calibrate the PXIe-4145? That requires function calls that cannot be done entirely within the Soft Front Panel (e.g. niDCPower Initialize External Calibration, for starters). Or are you trying to calibrate something using the PXIe-4145?

Note that newer versions of NI-DCPower (18.0 and newer) install InstrumentStudio (on 64-bit Windows OSes) as a replacement for the Soft Front Panel. InstrumentStudio does allow you to configure the Aperture Time.

[TimTimTim]

I am trying to take measurements at this time. I assumed from the manuals text that for any measurement the aperture time should be 2 PLCs. I did not realize that Instrument studio did not count as a "Soft Front Panel" Setting this through the Instrument panel should solve me issue. Thanks!