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Hardware Registers
Interface Information
The first 4 bytes contain the device serial number as an unsigned 32-bit integer. Byte [4] contains the
interface as represented in the following table.
Table 8. Interface ID
Bit Description
[0] PXI/PXIe (1 if available)
[1] USB
[2] SPI
[3] RS232
[7:4] Undefined
Revision Information
The first 4 bytes represent the hardware revision and last 4 bytes represent the firmware revision of the
device. These 4 bytes encompass a 32-bit floating point number so the data needs to be type casted from
an unsigned 32-bit value to float value.
Date Information
The first 4 bytes represent the manufactured date and the last 4 bytes represent the last calibration date.
The date format is outlined in the following table.
Bit
Type
Description
[0]
U8
Day
[1]
U8
Month
[4:3]
U16
Year (i.e. 2016)