Programming devices in software, Programming devices in software -10 – National Instruments Data Acquisition Device E Series User Manual
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DAQ System Overview
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connectors used for DAQ devices, refer to the KnowledgeBase document,
Specifications and Manufacturers for Board Mating Connectors.
Programming Devices in Software
National Instruments measurement devices are packaged with NI-DAQ
driver software, an extensive library of functions and VIs you can call from
your application software, such as LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI, to
program all the features of your NI measurement devices. Driver software
has an application programming interface (API), which is a library of VIs,
functions, classes, attributes, and properties for creating applications for
your device.
NI-DAQ includes two NI-DAQ drivers, Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) and
NI-DAQmx. Each driver has its own API, hardware configuration, and
software configuration. Refer to the DAQ Getting Started Guide for more
information about the two drivers.
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) and NI-DAQmx each include a collection of
programming examples to help you get started developing an application.
You can modify example code and save it in an application. You can use
examples to develop a new application or add example code to an existing
application.
To locate LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI examples, open the National
Instruments Example Finder:
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In LabVIEW, select Help»Find Examples.
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In LabWindows/CVI, select Help»NI Example Finder.
Measurement Studio, Visual Basic, and ANSI C examples are in the
following directories:
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NI-DAQmx examples for Measurement Studio-supported languages
are in the following directories:
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MeasurementStudio\VCNET\Examples\NI-DAQ
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MeasurementStudio\DotNET\Examples\NI-DAQ
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Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) examples for Visual Basic are in the
following two directories:
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NI-DAQ\Examples\Visual Basic with Measurement
Studio
directory contains a link to the ActiveX control examples
for use with Measurement Studio