National Instruments ENET-232 Series User Manual page 18

Chapter 1 Introduction
Linux x86/Solaris 2.x
ENET-232 and ENET-485 Series User Manual
You can develop NI-VISA applications using any ANSI C compiler. For
Solaris, National Instruments offers LabWindows/CVI, which is an
interactive ANSI C programming environment for building virtual
instrument applications. LabWindows/CVI includes a drag-and-drop editor
for building user interfaces, a complete ANSI C environment for building
test program logic, a collection of automated code generation tools, and
utilities for building automated test systems, monitoring applications, or
conducting laboratory experiments.
NI-VISA also has a graphical API as part of LabVIEW, a National
Instruments graphical programming environment. With LabVIEW, you
control your system and present your results through interactive graphical
front panels. You can acquire data from thousands of devices, including
GPIB, VXI , PXI, serial devices, PLCs, and plug-in data acquisition (DAQ)
boards. You can also connect to other data sources via the Internet,
interapplication communication such as ActiveX, Dynamic Data Exchange
(DDE), and Structured Query Language (SQL) database links. For
complete flexibility in the LabVIEW open development environment, you
can call any external or existing code in the form of a Dynamic Linked
Library (DLL) under Windows or a shared library on any other platform.
After you acquire the data, you can convert your raw measurements into
polished results using the powerful LabVIEW data analysis and
visualization capabilities. LabVIEW simplifies and reduces the
development time of a complete system.
To order LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI, contact National Instruments.
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