Measurement Computing DASYLab - Manual (Page 11)

DASYLab – Enhanced Driver
977391 Daq, WaveBook, & Personal Daq/3000 Series Devices 1-7
Using the Control Panel Device Manager ( for USB Plug-and-Play Devices )
The PC will automatically detect plug-and-play data acquisition devices including those belonging to the series:
Personal Daq/3000, DaqBoard/3000USB, and DaqBook/3000USB. However; if you need to find the name of
your device, for example, if you are writing a custom program for multiple devices, navigate from the Windows
Desktop to the Device Manager. The navigation path is:
Start
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Settings
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Control Panel
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System
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Hardware(Tab)  Device Manager
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DaqX PnP Devices
You will see the device listed under DaqX PnP Devices (see first figure, below). You can change the name of the
device by doing a right-click on the device name to open its properties dialog box, then clicking on the Properties
tab (see second figure). You can then change the “FriendlyName” of the device.
Locating DaqXPnP Devices Properties Dialog Box
Select the IOtech Driver in DASYLab
1. Start DASYLab and go to Measurement / Driver Selection
(see figure at right).
2. When the driver selection menu is presented, select IOtech
Enhanced DASYLab Driver from the list. You may be
prompted to restart DASYLab for the changes to take effect. If so,
exit and restart DASYLab before continuing.
3. Click Help
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About DASYLab. The “Information about
DASYLab” screen will appear.
The screen’s “Version” tab states the versions of:
DASYLab, the active hardware DLL Driver, and the
low-level hardware Virtual Driver.
4. Verify that the DLL name is iotdcDASY.
5. Verify that the Virtual Driver name is DaqCOM.
The Enhanced DASYLab driver uses DaqCOM to communicate
with, control, and acquire data from the hardware.
6. Use the “Additional Options” tab to confirm that the options you
purchased have been properly installed.