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Calibration Executive 5.1 Known Issues

Created Jun 20, 2023

Overview

This document contains the Callibration Executive 5.1 known issues that were discovered before and since the release of Callibration Executive 5.1. Known issues are performance issues or technical bugs that NI has acknowledged exist within this version of the product.

 

Not every issue known to NI appears on this list; it is intended to show the most severe and common issues that you may encounter and provide workarounds when possible. Other technical issues that you may encounter could occur through normal product use or system compatibility issues. You may find more information on these issues in NI’s Product Documentation, Knowledgebase, or Community.

Bug Number

Legacy ID

Description

Details
208070 677002

Procedure Throws Error or Terminates When a PXIe-4080/4081/4082 DMM Is Used

PXIe-408x digital multimeters are not compatible with several Calibration Executive procedures for which a PXI-407x digital multimeter is recommended as an instrument standard.

For more information and a list of procedures, refer to the Calibration Executive Help topic "DMM Instrument Standard Considerations."

Workaround:

Do not substitute a PXIe-4080/4081/4082 in a procedure in which a PXI-4070/4071/4072 DMM is recommended.

Reported Version:

Calibration Executive 4.2

Resolved Version:

N/A

Added:

Mar 3, 2020
208079 677937

PXIe-5840 Self Calibration Runs out of Memory on 32-Bit Operating Systems

The PXIe-5840 device driver has known memory limitations that can cause issues during self calibration on a 32-bit operating system.

Refer to the "Self-Calibration Memory Issue on 32-bit Operating System" section in the PXIe-5840 procedure help for further details.

Workaround:

Run the PXIe-5840 procedure in Calibration Executive on a 64-bit operating system to avoid a memory issue.

Reported Version:

Calibration Executive 4.2

Resolved Version:

N/A

Added:

Mar 3, 2020
208119 665119

Report Generator Crashes When Compiling Large Files in Microsoft Word and Excel Formats

Workaround:

The Report Generator is able to compile large reports in Microsoft Word format if the environment runs Java Runtime 64-bit and has at least 8 GB RAM. This workaround, however, does not fix the issue compiling large files in Microsoft Excel format.

Reported Version:

Calibration Executive 3.6

Resolved Version:

N/A

Added:

Mar 3, 2020
208068 643618

Report Generator Crashes When Compiling a Large File in PDF Format

The report generator fails while compiling a large PDF file if the CPU does not have enough memory available to generate the report.

Workaround:

There is currently no known workaround for this issue.

Reported Version:

Calibration Executive 3.6

Resolved Version:

N/A

Added:

Mar 3, 2020

Final Time Issue Listed

Issues found in this section will not be listed in future known issues documents for this product.
There are currently no issues to list.

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Glossary of Terms

 

  • Bug ID - When an issue is reported to NI, you may be given this ID or find it on ni.com.  You may also find IDs posted by NI on the discussion forums or in KnowledgeBase articles.
  • Legacy ID – An older issue ID that refers to the same issue.  You may instead find this issue ID in older known issues documents.
  • Description - A few sentences which describe the problem. The brief description given does not necessarily describe the problem in full detail.
  • Workaround - Possible ways to work around the problem.
  • Reported Version - The earliest version in which the issue was reported.
  • Resolved Version - Version in which the issue was resolved or was no longer applicable. "N/A" indicates that the issue has not been resolved.
  • Date Added - The date the issue was added to the document (not the reported date).