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© National Instruments Corporation v LabVIEW Data Acquisition Basics Manual
Contents
About This Manual
Organization of This Manual...........................................................................................xiii
Conventions Used in This Manual...................................................................................xiv
Related Documentation....................................................................................................xvii
Customer Communication...............................................................................................xvii
P
ART
I
Before You Get Started
Chapter 1
How To Use This Book
Chapter 2
Installing and Configuring Your Data Acquisition Hardware
LabVIEW Data Acquisition Hardware Support..............................................................2-4
Installing and Configuring Your National Instruments Device.......................................2-6
Installing and Configuring Your DAQ Device Using NI-DAQ 5.
x
, 6.0...........2-6
Configuring Your DAQ Device Using NI-DAQ 4.8.
x
on the Macintosh.........2-6
Installing and Configuring Your SCXI Chassis................................................2-9
Hardware Configuration .....................................................................2-9
NI-DAQ 5.
x
, 6.0 Software Configuration...........................................2-10
NI-DAQ 4.8.
x
Software Configuration...............................................2-10
Configuring Your Channels in NI-DAQ 5.
x
, 6.0 ..............................................2-13
Chapter 3
Basic LabVIEW Data Acquisition Concepts
Location of Common DAQ Examples.............................................................................3-1
Locating the Data Acquisition VIs in LabVIEW.............................................................3-3
DAQ VI Organization......................................................................................................3-4
Easy VIs.............................................................................................................3-4
Intermediate VIs................................................................................................3-5
Utility VIs..........................................................................................................3-5
Advanced VIs....................................................................................................3-5
VI Parameter Conventions...............................................................................................3-6
Default and Current Value Conventions..........................................................................3-7
Common DAQ VI Parameters.........................................................................................3-7