Ni-Scope Examples; Making Your First Measurement - NI 5114 Getting Started Manual

NI-SCOPE Examples

Examples demonstrate the functionality of the device, serving as programming models and
building blocks for your own applications. The NI Example Finder is a utility available for some
software applications 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.
To locate examples, refer to the following table.
Software Application
LabVIEW or
™
LabWindows /CVI
ANSI C or Visual Basic

8. Making Your First Measurement

To begin making measurements with an NI high-speed digitizer, complete the following steps:
1. Launch your ADE.
2. Navigate to Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-SCOPE»Examples and
open one of the examples.
Examples. If you are not sure which example to run, begin with the Getting Started
example.
3. Enter the correct string into the resource name control or parameter. This string varies if
the digitizer is a Traditional NI-DAQ device. For more information about device names,
refer to any of the following resources.
• Section 6. Configuring and Testing in MAX
• NI High-Speed Digitizers Help»Programming»Reference»NI-SCOPE
LabVIEW Reference»VIs»niScope Initialize
• NI High-Speed Digitizers Help»Programming»Reference»NI-SCOPE Function
Reference Help»Functions»niScope_init
4. Adjust the parameters, if necessary, to capture the input signal that you want to acquire.
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Locate examples with the NI Example Finder. Within LabVIEW
™
or LabWindows/CVI, select Help»Find Examples and navigate
to Hardware Input and Output»Modular Instruments.
Locate examples in the
directory, where
directories:
• (Windows 2000/XP) Documents and Settings\
All Users\Shared Documents\National
Instruments
(Windows Vista) Users\Public\Documents\
•
National Instruments
(Windows 7/8) Users\Public\Public Documents\
•
National Instruments
(Windows 8)
Locating Examples
<NIDocDir>\NI-SCOPE\examples
is one of the following
<NIDocDir>
Click NI Launcher and select NI-SCOPE»
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