Chapter 1
Taking Measurements with the NI 5911
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Acquiring Data with Your NI 5911
You can acquire data either programmatically—by writing an application
for your NI 5911—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
to
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
) or the
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
.