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Chapter 2
Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries
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Measurement Studio User Manual
NI-VISA
The Measurement Studio NI-VISA .NET class library is in the
NationalInstruments.VisaNS
namespace. The NI-VISA class library
includes a set of classes that provides a rich, object-oriented interface to the
NI-VISA driver. Use this library to quickly create bus-independent and/or
bus-specific instrument control applications.
The NI-VISA class library supports I/O operations, locking, event
handling, and interface-specific extensions. With this class library you can
access the functionality available in NI-VISA for communicating with
message-based and register-based instruments using the following
interfaces:
•
GPIB
•
PXI
•
Serial (RS-232 and RS-485)
•
TCP/IP
•
USB
•
VXI
Tip
For information about easily creating a Measurement Studio NI-VISA application
using the Instrument I/O Assistant, refer to the
Creating a Measurement Studio NI-488.2
Developing with Measurement Studio
. For
more information about NI-VISA, visit
ni.com/visa
.
User Interface
The Measurement Studio User Interface .NET class library is in the
NationalInstruments.UI.WindowsForms
namespace. The User
Interface class library encapsulates the following Measurement Studio user
interface controls:
•
Waveform graph
•
Scatter graph
•
Legend
•
Knob
•
Gauge
•
Meter
•
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