Programmatically managing Calibrations and calibration files

[Pianne]

I am making a tool to handle various Veristand channel calibration tasks.

- I use the NIVS Calibration API to Read&Write calibration coefficients.

- I wrote some basic tools to Read/Write the .nivscf file using the XML parser functions.

- I wrote some tools to Read/Write the .nivscalh 'Calibration History' file, based on this, provided by Jarod S. (thanks!).

But I still don't quite get the function of these files and how they all fit together...

Does the use of a Veristand project influence the calibrations and which files are used? On certain test rigs we deploy from a veristand project, on other machines, only the .nivssdf and .nivscf files are deployed (using the System Connection API).

Can anyone elaborate or point me to a document or example?

Oh, we are using Veristand 2015, 2017 & 2018.

[DanielleC]

Hi Pianne,

Have you had a chance to look at Understanding the NI Certificate of Calibration, this may provide the information you are looking for. 

The code you downloaded you just need to open and run the Example Cal.vi once the folder has been unzipped.

Danielle