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Chapter 2
Installation
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Figure 2-1.
How to Set up Your IMAQ System
Measurement Studio
(LabWindows/CVI, Visual C++,
Borland C++)
LabVIEW
What
application software
are you using?
Configure your hardware using
Measurement & Automation Explorer and
online help.
Read the
Getting Started with Your IMAQ System
document and the NI-IMAQ release notes to install
your NI-IMAQ software, IMAQ hardware,
and documentation.
Measurement
Studio
(Visual Basic)
Read Chapter 1,
Introduction
to NI-IMAQ, in the
NI-IMAQ User Manual.
Read the sections in
chapters 2 and 3 in the
NI-IMAQ
User Manual that apply to the
function groups you
will use in your application.
Look at the self-documented
example source code on your
distribution CD for your
application language
and environment.
Use the
NI-IMAQ Function
Reference Manual when you
need specific information about
individual NI-IMAQ functions.
If you are using IMAQ Vision for
LabWindows/CVI, read the
documentation for IMAQ Vision
for LabWindows/CVI.
Read:
• The section in chapter 4 in the
NI-IMAQ User Manual for
information on using LabVIEW
with your IMAQ hardware.
• NI-IMAQ VI online help
• Your IMAQ Vision for
LabVIEW documentation
if you are using IMAQ
Vision for LabVIEW
Read the
NI-IMAQ User Manual
for information on using
NI-IMAQ in your
application environment.