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About This Manual

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NI USB-621x User Manual

ANSI C without NI Application Software

The NI-DAQmx Help contains API overviews and general information
about measurement concepts. Select Start»All Programs»National
Instruments»NI-DAQmx Help
.

The NI-DAQmx C Reference Help describes the NI-DAQmx Library
functions, which you can use with National Instruments data acquisition
devices to develop instrumentation, acquisition, and control applications.
Select Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DAQ»
NI-DAQmx C Reference Help
.

.NET Languages without NI Application Software

With the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or later, you can use
NI-DAQmx to create applications using Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET
without Measurement Studio. You need Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 for the API documentation to be
installed.

The installed documentation contains the NI-DAQmx API overview,
measurement tasks and concepts, and function reference. This help is fully
integrated into the Visual Studio .NET documentation. To view the
NI-DAQmx .NET documentation, go to Start»Programs»National
Instruments»NI-DAQ»NI-DAQmx .NET Reference Help
. Expand
NI Measurement Studio Help»NI Measurement Studio .NET Class
Library»Reference
to view the function reference. Expand
NI Measurement Studio Help»NI Measurement Studio .NET Class
Library»Using the Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries
to view
conceptual topics for using NI-DAQmx with Visual C# and Visual Basic
.NET.

To get to the same help topics from within Visual Studio, go to Help»
Contents
. Select Measurement Studio from the Filtered By drop-down
list and follow the previous instructions.

Device Documentation and Specifications

The NI USB-621x Specifications contains all specifications for the
USB-6210, USB-6211, USB-6212, USB-6215, USB-6216, and USB-6218
M Series devices.

Documentation for supported devices and accessories, including PDF
and help files describing device terminals, specifications, features, and
operation are on the NI-DAQmx CD that includes Device Documentation.