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The table below identifies the notable behavioral and functional differences between the PXI-407x series, including the PXI-4070, PXI-4071 and PXI-4072, and the PXIe-408x series, including the PXIe-4080, PXIe-4081 and PXIe-4082. This table is not an exhaustive list, however it can serve as a resource when upgrading DMM hardware, or creating a modular application that functions with both DMM families. The Content of the table is accurate as of NI-DMM 17.5 and is subject to change without notice over the lifetime of each family.
For more information on the PXI-407x or PXIe-408x DMMs please see the NI Digital Multimeters Help.
| 407x | 408x |
NI-DMM/Switch Express VI | Supported | Unsupported |
NI-DMM Soft Front Panel: Debug Driver Session | Supported | Unsupported |
Frequency Voltage Range Property: Auto Range Settings* | -1 (On) : Supported (Default) -2 (Off) : Supported | -1 (On): Unsupported (Default is 50) -2 (Off) : Unsupported |
Trigger Latching Behavior | If the device is not waiting for a trigger and then receives a trigger it will latch the trigger and then immediately "consume" it as soon as the DMM is armed to receive a trigger. | If the device is not waiting for a trigger, all triggers sent to the device are ignored and lost. |
Trigger and Sample Trigger: Default Polarity | Falling Edge | Rising Edge |
Trigger and Sample Trigger: Use | Trigger and Sample Trigger must have the same slope polarity (rising or falling), and, unless one is set to immediate, they must both have the same source. | Trigger and Sample Trigger may have different sources with different slope polarities |
Send Software Trigger Function: Behavior when the board is not in running state | Unsupported: Trigger is ignored | Unsupported: Error thrown |
Initiate Function: Calling the function twice in a row | The driver will abort the first initiated acquisition and initiate again. | Driver will abort the previous acquisition and initiate again only if the first acquisition has completed. Otherwise an error will be thrown. |
Get Aperture Time Info Function: Behavior | Returns the aperture time exactly as the user input the value. | Returns the aperture time after it has been coerced to a multiple of the ADC clock period. |
Get Measurement Period Function | Supported | Unsupported |
Fetch VIs: Maximum Time (msec) property: Behavior after Acquisition Completed | If the acquisition is done, fetch returns a timeout error ASAP rather than waiting the timeout value. In simulation, the function waits the full amount then times out. | The function waits until the full timeout has passed before returning an error. This is consistent in both real and simulated devices. |
Input Resistance Property: Valid values | 4071: Coerces user input value up to next largest valid value. 4070/2: Coerces user input value up to next largest value and errors out if that value isn't valid for the specified range | Errors if the user's value isn't valid for the specified range. (No rounding is performed) |
Buffer Size Property: Default value | 1000. Applies to all modes (Property node returns -1) | 100000. (Property does not apply to waveform mode) |
Number of Averages Property: Maximum Value | 2147483647 (Maximum integer for an I32) | 10000 |
Number of LC Measurements To Average Property: Default value | 1 | 20 |
Capacitance Measurements: Overrange Behavior | Returns calculated measurement and overrange warning | Returns NaN and overrange warning |
Offset Compensated Ohms Property: Range Support | Coerces value to "Off" for resistance measurement ranges ≥100kΩ | Returns error if property is set to "On" for resistance measurement ranges ≥100kΩ |
Waveform Points Property: Continuous Waveform Acquisition setting* | 0 (Continuous Waveform Acquisition): Unsupported | 0 (Continuous Waveform Acquisition): Supported |
Waveform Mode: DC Noise Rejection Property | All DCNR types can be used in waveform mode. (Note that the sampling frequency may need to be reduced to use some DCNR settings) | Only "Normal" DCNR type can be used in waveform mode regardless of sampling rate. |
Get Cal Count Function | Supported | Unsupported |
Restore Last External Cal Constants Function | Supported | Unsupported |
Set Cal Password Function: Password character limit | Limited to 4 characters. Longer passwords are truncated to 4 characters. | Limited to ~32 characters. Longer strings will return an error. |
Revision Query Function: Firmware Revision output | Returns letter revision in "rev X" format. | Returns revision in "YYDDMMHH" format. |
*Users enter the Numeric value shown which represents the state shown in parenthesis.
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