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3. Check that your device appears under Devices and Interfaces . If your
device does not appear, press <F5> to refresh the view in MAX. If the
device is still not recognized, refer to
ni.com/support
.
Note If you are using a MXI interface to control a PXI or
PXI Express chassis and encounter performance or initialization
issues, refer to your MXI documentation to verify the system
requirements and to ensure that the MXI interface is properly
configured. Software optimization might be necessary. For MXI-3
optimization, select
Start»All Programs»National Instruments
MXI-3»MXI-3 Optimization . MXI-4 and MXI-Express
optimization is performed automatically by the hardware.
4. Perform a device self-test to verify installation.
♦
NI-DAQmx Devices —Right-click the device and select Self-Test .
♦
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Devices —Right-click the device,
select Properties , and click Test Resources .
A dialog box appears and indicates whether the device passed the test.
When the self-test finishes, a message indicates either successful
verification or that an error occurred.
Note
If the device does not pass the self-test, reboot your system
and repeat steps 1 through 4 in section 7. Configuring and Testing
in MAX . If the device still does not pass the self-test, visit
NI Technical Support at
ni.com/support
.
5. Configure the device settings.
a. Record the device number or device name assigned to the device.
You need this number when programming the device.
♦
NI-DAQmx —The assigned device name is appended to the
device in its configuration tree label. For example, after
installing the NI 5421, the device configuration tree label may
appear as
NI PXI-5421: " Dev1 "
, where
Dev1
is the device
name. When developing your application, the resource name for
your device is the device name MAX assigned to the device.
You can rename NI-DAQmx devices by right-clicking the
device and selecting
Rename .
♦
Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) Devices
(NI 5401/5411/5431) —Select the device to see its properties in
the configuration view. The device number appears in the Value
column. When developing your application, the resource name