Calibration Executive Overview

Calibration Executive, intended primarily for metrology labs, provides an integrated software environment in which to verify and adjust NI measurement devices.

Calibration Executive Key Features

Calibration Executive has the following capabilities.

  • Externally calibrates many NI measurement devices
  • Operates in automated or manual mode
  • Configures and controls calibration instruments automatically
  • Stores calibration reports in a central database
  • Expands as new hardware calibration procedures are added

The Calibration Executive engine provides the core calibration, control, and reporting functionality. Each device calibration procedure provides the calibration routines and automation for a specific measurement device family.

Major Components of Calibration Executive

Calibration Executive is designed using NI LabVIEW, IVI, TestStand, and NI-VISA. A core component of Calibration Executive is the calibration engine. This engine, which includes the user interface, communicates with the following drivers and databases to control the calibration process:

  • Interchangeable virtual Instruments (IVI)—A software standard for creating a common interface (API) to common test and measurement instruments. The IVI driver communicates with your standards during calibration, typically using GPIB.
  • Report Database—A Microsoft Access database that stores the calibration results about assets you have calibrated, such as verification readings taken before and after calibration.
  • TestStand—A test executive framework that manages the calibration procedures used to calibrate the asset.

Download the Calibration Executive installer from ni.com/downloads. Refer to Installing, Updating, Repairing, and Removing NI Software using Package Manager on ni.com/docs.