use NI-SWITCH to program the device in the application development environment (ADE) of
your choice.
Table 1.
NI SwitchBlock Programming Options
Application
Programming
Interface (API)
Location
Description
NI-SWITCH SFP
Available from the Start menu or
NI Launcher in Windows 8.
Provides a graphical interface for
controlling and viewing the state
of your NI SwitchBlock.
NI-SWITCH
Instrument Driver
LabVIEW—Available on the
LabVIEW Functions palette at
Measurement I/O
»
NI-
SWITCH
.
Features a set of operations and
attributes that exercise all the
functionality of the NI
SwitchBlock, including
configuration, control, and other
device-specific functions.
C or LabWindows/CVI—
Available at
Program Files
\IVI Foundation\IVI
\Drivers\niSWITCH
.
Installed examples for Visual
C/C++ are in the
NI-SWITCH Readme
.
Refer to the
Creating an
Application with Microsoft Visual
C/C++
topic in the
NI Switches
Help
for information about
developing an NI-SWITCH
application.
NI-SWITCH Examples
Examples demonstrate the functionality of the device and serve as programming models and
building blocks for your own applications. The NI Example Finder is a utility available for
some ADEs that organizes examples into categories and allows you to easily browse and
search installed examples. You can see descriptions and compatible hardware models for each
example or see all the examples compatible with one particular hardware model.
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