Measurement Studio - National Instruments USB-6001 User Manual

NI-DAQmx
The NI-DAQmx Readme lists which devices, Application Development Environments (ADEs),
and NI application software are supported by your version of NI-DAQmx. To access the
NI-DAQmx Readme, select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQmx»
NI-DAQmx Readme.
The NI-DAQmx Help contains API and NI-DAQmx concepts, and applications. To access the
NI-DAQmx Help, select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQmx»
NI-DAQmx Help.
LabVIEW
If you are a new user, go to
Use the LabVIEW Help, available by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help in LabVIEW, to access
information about LabVIEW programming concepts. Refer to the following locations on the
Contents tab of the LabVIEW Help for information about NI-DAQmx:
• Start»National Instruments»NI-DAQmx»NI-DAQmx Help»
Getting Started—Includes overview information and a tutorial about how to take an
NI-DAQmx measurement in LabVIEW using the NI-DAQ Assistant.
• VI and Function Reference»Measurement I/O VIs and Functions»DAQmx - Data
Acquisition VIs and Functions—Describes the LabVIEW NI-DAQmx VIs and functions.
• Property and Method Reference»NI-DAQmx Properties contains the property
reference.
• Taking Measurements—Contains the conceptual and how-to information you need to
acquire and analyze measurement data in LabVIEW.
LabWindows/CVI
The Data Acquisition book of the LabWindows/CVI Help contains Taking an NI-DAQmx
Measurement in LabWindows/CVI, which contains instructions about creating a measurement
task using the NI-DAQ Assistant. In LabWindows/CVI, select Help»Contents, then select
Using LabWindows/CVI»Data Acquisition.
The NI-DAQmx Library book of the LabWindows/CVI Help contains API overviews and
function reference for NI-DAQmx. Select Library Reference»NI-DAQmx Library in the
LabWindows/CVI Help.

Measurement Studio

If you program your NI-DAQmx-supported device in Measurement Studio using Visual C# or
Visual Basic .NET, you can create channels and tasks by launching the NI-DAQ Assistant from
NI MAX or from within Visual Studio. You can use Measurement Studio to generate the
configuration code based on your task or channel. Refer to the DAQ Assistant Help for
additional information about generating code.
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