Wire the vis together, Run the vi – Measurement Computing ULx for NI LabVIEW Quick Start User Manual

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Quick Start: MCC ULx for NI LabVIEW

Run the VI

Wire the VIs together

1. Connect a wire between the

task out

terminal on one VI to the

task in

terminal on the adjacent VI.

2. Connect a wire between the

error out

terminal on one VI to the

error in

terminal on the adjacent VI.

3. Connect a wire between the Waveform Graph to the

data

terminal on the ULx Read.vi.

4. Connect a wire between the

signals

terminal on the Write to Measurement File VI to the

data

terminal on

the ULx Read VI.

The block diagram should look like the diagram shown here:

Run the VI

After creating the source code for the program, display the front panel and configure the user interface.
Complete the following steps:

1. Click the

physical channels

arrow and select

Dev0/Ai0

to acquire data from channel 0 on device 0. The

device number is associated with the device installed in InstaCal as "Board# 0".

2. Set the voltage range, sample mode, samples per channel, and rate to values supported by your hardware.

The front panel shown below is configured with values supported by the USB-1608GX-2AO.

3. Click the

Run

button on the toolbar to run the VI.

Waveform data displays on the front panel, and the data is written to the file specified in the

procedure on page 5. Data acquired from the USB-1608GX-2AO is shown below.