User's Manual
NI 4070/4072 Calibration Procedure 2 ni.com
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this document: 
» The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options 
to a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to 
pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options 
from the last dialog box.
♦ The ♦ symbol indicates that the following text applies only to a specific 
product, a specific operating system, or a specific software version.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.
This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to 
avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash. When this symbol is marked on a 
product, refer to the Read Me First: Safety and Radio-Frequency 
Interference document included with the device for information about 
precautions to take.
bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, such 
as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes parameter 
names.
italic Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross-reference, hardware labels, 
or an introduction to a key concept. Italic text also denotes text that is a 
placeholder for a word or value that you must supply.
monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the 
keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples. 
This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, 
programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations, 
variables, filenames, and extensions.
Software Requirements
NI-DMM supports a number of programming languages including 
LabVIEW, LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
, Microsoft Visual C++, and Microsoft 
Visual Basic. When you install NI-DMM, you need to install support for 
only the language you intend to use to write your calibration utility.
Note NI-DMM version 2.1 or later supports NI PXI-4070 calibration, NI-DMM 
version 2.2 or later supports NI PCI-4070 calibration, and NI-DMM version 2.3 or later 
supports NI 4072 calibration.










