Measurement Computing WavePort rev.3.0 - Manual (Page 56)

6-4 WaveView 09-29-00 WavePort User’s Manual
Devices Properties
After you have selected the device parameters, click Close.
WaveView attempts to find the WaveBook at the specified port. One of the following situations will occur:
• The hardware is found, the WaveView main window opens.
• The hardware is not found, a dialog box informs you and provides another chance to select
parameters.
If WaveView cannot identify the hardware, and you have verified that the selected hardware
parameters are correct, exit WaveView and then use the “Test Hardware” feature of the
Daq* Configuration control panel. A discussion of this feature begins on page 2-6.
WaveView interrogates the hardware after it starts up to see what options and expansion modules are
actually connected to the WaveBook. The number of channels (shown on the configuration menu)
represents the number of channels actually connected to WaveBook.
Configure Channels
Once WaveView determines the options and expansion modules, the individual channels can be configured,
as described in the text that follows.
Configuring Channels from WaveView’s Main Window
• On/Off Column. To acquire data with WaveView, channels must be properly connected to signal
sources, and must be enabled (On). Channels can be enabled as follows:
(1) Click in a channel’s On/Off cell, then select "On" from the drop-down menu (that appears above
the range column), or