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Use the
LabVIEW Help
, available by selecting
Help»Search the
LabVIEW Help
in LabVIEW, to access information abo
u
t LabVIEW
programming concepts, step-by-step instr
u
ctions for
u
sing LabVIEW, and
reference information abo
u
t LabVIEW VIs, f
u
nctions, palettes, men
u
s, and
tools. Refer to the following locations on the
Contents
tab of the
LabVIEW
Help
for information abo
u
t NI-DAQmx:
•
Getting Started with LabVIEW»Getting Started with
DAQ
—Incl
u
des overview information and a t
u
torial to learn how to
take an NI-DAQmx meas
u
rement in LabVIEW
u
sing the DAQ
Assistant.
•
VI and Function Reference»Measurement I/O VIs and
Functions
—Describes the LabVIEW NI-DAQmx VIs and properties.
•
Taking Measurements
—Contains the concept
u
al and how-to
information yo
u
need to acq
u
ire and analyze meas
u
rement data
in LabVIEW, incl
u
ding common meas
u
rements, meas
u
rement
f
u
ndamentals, NI-DAQmx key concepts, and device considerations.
LabWindows/CVI
The
Data Acquisition
book of the
LabWindows/CVI Help
contains
meas
u
rement concepts for NI-DAQmx. This book also contains
Taking
an NI-DAQmx Measurement in LabWindows/CVI
, which incl
u
des
step-by-step instr
u
ctions abo
u
t creating a meas
u
rement task
u
sing the DAQ
Assistant. In LabWindows
™
/CVI
™
, select
Help»Contents
, then select
Using LabWindows/CVI»Data Acquisition
.
The
NI-DAQmx Library
book of the
LabWindows/CVI Help
contains
API overviews and f
u
nction reference for NI-DAQmx. Select
Library
Reference»NI-DAQmx Library
in the
LabWindows/CVI Help
.
Measurement Studio
If yo
u
program yo
u
r NI-DAQmx-s
u
pported device in Meas
u
rement St
u
dio
u
sing Vis
u
al C++, Vis
u
al C#, or Vis
u
al Basic .NET, yo
u
can interactively
create channels and tasks by la
u
nching the DAQ Assistant from MAX or
from within Vis
u
al St
u
dio .NET. Yo
u
can generate the config
u
ration code
based on yo
u
r task or channel in Meas
u
rement St
u
dio. Refer to the
DAQ
Assistant Help
for additional information abo
u
t generating code. Yo
u
also
can create channels and tasks, and write yo
u
r own applications in yo
u
r
ADE
u
sing the NI-DAQmx API.
For help with NI-DAQmx methods and properties, refer to the NI-DAQmx
.NET Class Library or the NI-DAQmx Vis
u
al C++ Class Library incl
u
ded
in the
NI Measurement Studio Help
. For general help with programming
