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National Instruments Image Acquisition Software User Manual

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NI-IMAQ User Manual

Contents

About This Manual

How to Use the NI-IMAQ Manual Set ..........................................................................ix
Organization of This Manual .........................................................................................ix
Conventions Used in This Manual.................................................................................x
National Instruments Documentation ............................................................................xi
Related Documentation..................................................................................................xi
Customer Communication .............................................................................................xi

Chapter 1
Introduction to NI-IMAQ

About the NI-IMAQ Software .......................................................................................1-1

Application Development Environments ........................................................1-2

Fundamentals of Building Applications with NI-IMAQ ...............................................1-2

The NI-IMAQ Libraries ..................................................................................1-2
Creating an Application...................................................................................1-3
Sample Programs.............................................................................................1-4

Chapter 2
Software Overview

Introduction....................................................................................................................2-1
Generic Functions ..........................................................................................................2-2
High-Level Functions ....................................................................................................2-2

Snap Functions ................................................................................................2-2
Grab Functions ................................................................................................2-2
Ring and Sequence Functions .........................................................................2-3
Signal I/O Functions........................................................................................2-3
Miscellaneous Functions .................................................................................2-4

Low-Level Functions .....................................................................................................2-5

Acquisition Functions......................................................................................2-5
Attribute Functions ..........................................................................................2-6
Buffer Management Functions ........................................................................2-6
Interface Functions ..........................................................................................2-7
Utility Functions..............................................................................................2-7

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