User Guide

Chapter 1 Taking Measurements with the NI 5911

Acquiring Data with Your NI 5911

You can acquire data either programmatically—by writing an application

foryourNI5911—or interactively with the Scope Soft Front Panel.

Programmatically Controlling Your NI 5911

To help you get started programming your NI 5911, NI-SCOPE comes

with examples that you can use or modify.

You can find examples for these different ADEs:

• LabVIEW—Go to

Program Files\National Instruments\

LabVIEW\Examples\Instr\niScopeExamples\

• LabWindows/CVI, C, and Visual Basic with Windows 98/95—Go to

vxipnp\win95\Niscope\Examples\c\

• LabWindows/CVI, C, and Visual Basic with Windows 2000/NT—Go

vxipnp\winnt\Niscope\Examples\

For information about using NI-SCOPE to programmatically control your

digitizer, refer to your NI-SCOPE Software User Manual. Other resources

include the NI-SCOPE Instrument Driver Quick Reference Guide.It

contains abbreviated information on the most commonly used functions

and LabVIEW VIs. For more detailed function reference help, see the

NI-SCOPE Function Reference Help file, located at Start»Programs»

National Instruments»NI-SCOPE. For more detailed VI help,

use LabVIEW context-sensitive help (Help»Show Context Help)orthe

NI-SCOPE VI Reference Help, located at Start»Programs»National

Instruments»NI-SCOPE.

Interactively Controlling Your NI 5911 with the Scope Soft Front Panel

The Scope Soft Front Panel allows you to interactively control your

NI 5911 as you would a desktop oscilloscope. To launch the Scope Soft

Front Panel select Start»Programs»National Instruments»NI-SCOPE»

NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel. Refer to the Scope Soft Front Panel Help

file for instructions on configuring the Scope Soft Front Panel for your

specific application.

Note

Press F1 with the Scope Soft Front Panel running to access the Scope Soft Front

Panel Help.