National Instruments NI PXI-562X - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 1 Taking Measurements with the NI PXI-562x
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3. Find the NI 562x in the list. Notice the device number assigned to your
NI 562x. You need this device number to program your NI 562x.
4. Right-click the device name, and select Properties from the menu.
5. From the Properties window, click Test Resources to test the device
resources. A dialog box appears and indicates if the resource test has
passed.
6. Click Run Test Panels to run the functional test panels and begin
using your NI 562x. Connect a signal to your digitizer, and select
appropriate parameters.
7. Click Advanced to enable triggering options.
8. Click Close when you finish testing your NI 562x.
9. Click OK in the Properties window.
You have successfully installed and configured the necessary software and
hardware to use your NI 562x.
Acquiring Data Programmatically
You can acquire data programmatically either by writing an application for
your NI 562x or by using one of the examples that ships with NI-SCOPE.
For time-domain examples, go to the following default locations:
• LabVIEW examples are located in the Functions palette at
Instrument I/O»Instrument Drivers»NI SCOPE»IF Digitizers.
• Examples for C and Visual Basic programmers using
Windows Me/98/95 are located in
vxipnp\win95\niScope\
Examples .
• Examples for C programmers using Windows 2000/NT are located at
vxipnp\winnt\niScope\Examples\c .
• Examples for Visual Basic programmers using Windows 2000/NT are
located at
vxipnp\winnt\niScope\Examples\VisualBasic .
• LabWindows/CVI examples are located at
cvi\NI-SCOPE Support\samples\niScope\cvi .
Note If you installed the examples in a different location, your file paths differ from the
default locations above.