instrument handle identifies a particular instrument session.

You obtain the instrument handle parameter from niDMM Initialize or niDMM Initialize With Options. The default is None.

error in (no error) describes error conditions that occur before this VI runs. If an error occurred before this VI runs, the VI passes the error in value to error out. This VI runs normally only if no error occurs before this VI runs. If an error occurs while this VI runs, it continues and sets its own error status in error out. Use niDMM Error Message to display the description of the error code. Use error in and error out to check errors and to specify execution order by wiring error out from one node to error in of the next node.

	status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI ran. The default is FALSE.
	code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a negative error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
	source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.

instrument handle out returns a handle that you use to identify the instrument in all subsequent instrument driver VI calls.

Aperture Time specifies the amount of time the DMM digitizes the input signal for a single measurement. This parameter does not include settling time.

Returns the value of the Aperture Time property. The units of this property depend on the Aperture Time Units property.

On the NI 4070/4071/4072, the minimum aperture time is 8.89 µs, and the maximum aperture time is 149 s. Any number of powerline cycles (PLCs) within the minimum and maximum ranges is allowed on the NI 4070/4071/4072.

On the NI 4065 the minimum aperture time is 333 µs, and the maximum aperture time is 78.2 s. If setting the number of averages directly, the total measurement time is aperture time X the number of averages, which must be less than 72.8 s. The aperture times allowed are 333 s, 667 s, or multiples of 1.11 ms—for example 1.11 ms, 2.22 ms, 3.33 ms, and so on. If you set an aperture time other than 333 µs, 667 µs, or multiples of 1.11 ms, the value will be coerced up to the next supported aperture time.

On the NI 4060, when the powerline frequency is 60 Hz, the PLCs allowed are 1 PLC, 6 PLC, 12 PLC, and 120 PLC. When the powerline frequency is 50 Hz, the PLCs allowed are 1 PLC, 5 PLC, 10 PLC, and 100 PLC.

Aperture Time Units indicates the units of aperture time as powerline cycles (PLCs) or seconds.

Returns the value of the Aperture Time Units property.

error out contains error information. If error in indicates that an error occurred before this VI ran, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI produces. Right-click the error out indicator on the front panel and select Explain Error from the shortcut menu for more information about the error.

	status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred.
	code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a negative error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
	source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.