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1. Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package QZ Decomposition Vv Schur Decomposition Vv Special Matrix Vv Vv Solve Linear Equations Vv Multiple Right Hand Solve Linear Equations Y Single Right Hand SVD Factorization Y Test Positive Definite Matrix Y Y Trace Vv Vv Transpose Vv Vv Array and Numeric Operations 1D and 2D Array Arithmetic Vv Vv 1D and 2D Linear Evaluation Vv Vv 1D and 2D Polynomial Vv Vv Evaluation 1D Polar to Rectangular Vv Vv 1D Rectangular to Polar Y Vv Scale 1D and 2D Y Y Find Polynomial Roots Y Vv Complex Number Arithmetic Y Y Curve Fitting Cubic Spline Fit Y Exponential Fit Vv Vv Exponential Fit Interval Vv Gauss Fit Vv National Instruments Corporation 2 9 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Gauss Fit Interval Vv General Least Squares Fit Goodness of Fit Linear Fit Linear Fit Interval Logarithm Fit Logarithm Fit Interval Nonlinear Fit Polynomial Fit Power Fit Power Fit Interval Remove Outliers KIRIS ESP SENSES SNYSTS Statistics 1D 2D and 3D ANOVA Chi Square Distribution erf x
2. Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Sinc Pattern Vv Sine Pattern Sine Wave Square Wave Triangle Wave KISIS Uniform White Noise Y NSIS SYSYS Windowing Blackman Window Y Blackman Harris Window Blackman Nuttall Window Cosine Tapered Window Dolph Chebyshev Window Exact Blackman Window Exponential Window Flat Top Window Force Window Gauss Window General Cosine Window Hamming Window Hanning Window Kaiser Window Scaled Time Domain Windows Symmetric Time Domain Windows KIRI IR ISIS A ARA SIRIA AARS KIRI RIR IS S SAIR RIRIS SISARI S Triangle Window s s Measurement Studio User Manual 3 6 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Filters Bessel Y Butterworth Cascade Chebyshev Elliptic KIKRISIS Equiripple FIR FIR Windowed IIR Cascade IHR Inverse Chebyshev NISSEN Kaiser Vv KIRIS ISIRAN SIR IR NESTS S Signal Processing Autocorrelation Y Convolution Cross Power Cross Correlation Decimate
3. Deconvolution Derivative x t Discrete Cosine Transform Discrete Sine Transform Fast Hilbert Transform Fast Hartley Transform KIRIS ISI SISSI SI S KIRIS SIA RAISINS National Instruments Corporation Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Integral x t Y Y Inverse Real and Complex Fast Fourier Transform FFT Y Y Inverse Fast Hilbert Transform Inverse Fast Hartley Transform Peak Detection Power Spectrum Pulse Parameters Real and Complex FFT Threshold Peak Detector KIKIR SISIA Unwrap Phase Y NISSEN ISISI SIS Linear Algebra Back Transform Eigenvectors Backward Substitution Cholesky Factorization Complex Back Transform Eigenvectors KISIS S Complex Cholesky Factorization X Complex Determinant Complex Dot Product S Complex Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues Complex General Eigen AB Complex Hessenberg Decomposition Complex Inverse Matrix Measurement Studio User Manual 3 8 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library
4. e Bind properties to a DataSocket source or target You use binding to read property values from a source and write property values to a target 0 Tip For more information about easily using the slide control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Slide Visual C Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Utility Use the Measurement Studio Utility Visual C class library to easily access Windows operating system functionality Table 3 2 lists classes in the Utility class library and their functionality Table 3 2 Utility Class Names and Functionalities Utility Class Functionality CNiFile CNiFile extends the MFC cStdioFile class by adding streaming operators for standard Visual C data types In addition a variety of class static functions add the ability to manipulate file path directory and drive attributes CNiSound CNiSound encapsulates an interface for generating synchronous and asynchronous tones at specific frequencies National Instruments Corporation 3 25 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 2 Utility Class Names and Functionalities Continued Utility Class Functionality CNiSystem CNiSystem provides the following functionality e Getting and setting system preferences e Displaying help files e Getting input for the keyboard CNiSystemTraylIcon CNiSystemTrayIcon encapsulates the interface
5. Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Toolbox ax Measurement Studio NET T h Pointer WaveformGraph BY ScatterGraph EE DigitalWaveformGraph E ComplexGraph EJ Legend E Gauge 223 Knob Vt Meter F Slide m Tank Thermometer PE NumericEdit amp Switch Led a PropertyEditor B DataSocket Ej DataSocketServer i DataSocketSource Measurement Studio C T Data Components Windows Forms Clipboard Ring General 7 Select the WaveformGraph control and drag and drop it onto the form 8 Right click the waveform graph and select Edit Plots to display the WaveformPlot Collection Editor dialog box You use the WaveformPlot Collection Editor to add or remove plots and to configure plot properties Measurement Studio User Manual 5 6 ni com 10 11 12 13 14 15 National Instruments Corporation Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio WaveformP lot Collection Editor Members Plot Properties o ee Ge a ToolTipsEnabled False a ToolTipxFormat Numeric GS a ToolTipyFormat Numeric GS El Gonfiaurations DynamicProperti E Dat Tag Plot Modifiers Private Fill Lines To Base BasePlot L none BaseXValue 0 BaseYYalue 0 __ FillBase FA vvalue x Name Indicates the name used in code to Remove identify the object cmt _ Type Plot for the Name Click OK Before you add the legend and gauge controls you need to resize the form to acc
6. Elliptic Ist Elliptic 2nd Exponential Integral Factorial Fresnel Integrals Gamma Gauss HyperGeometric Hyperbolic Cosine Integral Hyperbolic Sine Integral Incomplete Beta Incomplete Elliptic Ist Incomplete Elliptic 2nd Incomplete Gamma Jacobian Elliptic Function Kelvin Ist Kelvin 2nd KIRIS IRA A A R R IS S A AIRA R SISIA ESSENSE SNYSNYESTS National Instruments Corporation Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Kummer Vv Logarithm of Factorial Modified Bessel Ist Modified Bessel 2nd Parabolic Cylinder Psi Sine Integral Spherical Bessel Ist Spherical Bessel 2nd Stirling Struve Tricomi Zeta KIRIA ISIS SESE SESE SYS Tip For more information about analyzing or generating data with the Analysis class library refer to the Analysis Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help For more information about the functionality included in the Analysis class library visit ni com analysis and select Analysis in Measurement Ss Studio Common The Measurement Studio C
7. Microsoft Windows 2000 XP XP x64 Microsoft NET Framework 1 1 for Visual Studio NET 2003 or Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 for Visual Studio 2005 required only for the Measurement Studio NET class libraries Standard Professional Enterprise Developer Enterprise Architect or Academic edition of Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 and Standard Professional or Team System edition of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 required to use the Measurement Studio integrated tools or Visual C Visual Basic or Visual Web Developer Express Editions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Intel Pentium II class processor 733 MHz or higher Video display 800 x 600 256 colors 16 bit color recommended for user interface controls Minimum of 256 MB of RAM 512 MB or higher recommended Minimum of 405 MB of free hard disk space for Visual Studio NET 2003 support and minimum of 385 MB of free hard disk space for Visual Studio 2005 support Microsoft compatible mouse Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 0 or later Optional Installation In order for links from Measurement Studio help topics to INET Framework help topics to work you must install the Microsoft NET Framework SDK 1 1 for Visual Studio NET 2003 or Microsoft NET Framework SDK 2 0 for Visual Studio 2005 1 You cannot use Measurement Studio class libraries in 64 bit applications You can however use Measurement Studio class libraries in 32 bit applications and run those applications on XP
8. e Additional Online Resources Measurement Studio Home Page Use the Measurement Studio Web site at ni com mstudio to find Measurement Studio news support downloads and evaluation software Select Measurement Studio Online Resources Measurement Studio Home Page to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 e Additional Online Resources Measurement Encyclopedia Use the online NI Measurement Encyclopedia to find information on measurement principles standards organizations and a wide range of technology and measurement terms Select Measurement Studio Online Resources Measurement Encyclopedia to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 e Preferences Use the Measurement Studio Preferences dialog box to configure Measurement Studio settings such as conversion options and add in preferences Select Tools Options to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 e Patents Use the Patents dialog box to view information about NI patents e Licenses Use the Licenses dialog box to view information about NI licenses About NI Measurement Studio Use the NI Measurement Studio About box to view version information Tip For more information about the resources included in the Measurement Studio menu refer to the Measurement Studio Menu topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Creating a Measurement Studio Project Measurement Studio includes class library and application templates that you can use to quickly c
9. 2 19 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Annotation Operations e Configure text labels arrows and drawing shapes to annotate a point anywhere in the plot area of the graph e Configure range area text labels and arrows to annotate a range in the plot area of the graph Additional Operations e Pan and zoom interactively e Configure major minor and custom divisions and origin lines e Copy the graph as a BMP GIF JPEG or PNG image to the clipboard or a file 9 Tip For more information about using the waveform and scatter graph controls refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Scatter and Waveform Graph NET Controls section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Digital Waveform Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio digital waveform graph control as shown in Figure 2 2 to display Digitalwaveform data on a Windows Forms user interface Digital Waveform Graph Control 0 l Waveform Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal Waveform Signal Figure 2 2 Windows Forms Digital Graph Control Measurement Studio User Manual 2 20 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries With the digital waveform graph control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations Plot Operations e Plot digital waveform data Data values can represent up to eight different digital stat
10. Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 and Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio 2005 sections of Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio For more information about NI VISA visit ni com visa ug National Instruments Corporation 3 19 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries User Interface Button Control Measurement Studio User Manual Use the Measurement Studio User Interface Visual C class library to add user interface controls to your application You can configure the user interface controls programmatically or through the property pages in the Visual C resource editor Measurement Studio includes the following Visual C user interface controls e Button e Graph e Knob e Numeric edit e Slide The following sections describe each of the Measurement Studio Visual C user interface controls Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX button control as shown in Figure 3 2 for different Boolean displays such as on off or true false Typically you use buttons to input or display Boolean information or initiate an action in a program The CNiButton class provides the Visual C interface to the ActiveX button control J Figure 3 2 ActiveX Button Control With the button control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following oper
11. Select Auto Format to display the Auto Format dialog box Select Dark and click OK Right click the gauge and select Properties to display the Properties window oo om 9 Set the Range property for the gauge with the drop down Range type editor Type 0 2 for the minimum value and type 0 2 for the maximum value 10 Click the numeric edit smart tag to display the Numeric Edit Tasks 11 Select Gauge in the Source drop down list Setting the Source property to the gauge allows two way binding between the controls 12 Deselect ArrowKeys Buttons and Text for the InteractionMode property of the numeric edit control Deselecting these interaction modes makes the numeric edit an indicator The numeric edit control only displays the calculated mean 13 Select the Format Mode property and in the Numeric Edit Format Mode Editor dialog box change the Precision to 4 to show four decimal places of precision 14 Select File Save Form1 cs to save your application National Instruments Corporation 5 43 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 15 16 Select Debug Start Without Debugging to run the application After your program builds and runs click Start Notice the graph shows the data plot and the gauge and the numeric edit display the mean of the data The following screenshot shows Form1 with customization Formi Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Appl
12. Smart Device gM Class Library mel YISA Class Library Database Starter Kits My Templates Measurement Studio Visual Ja FE Search Online Templates 4 Visual C Other Project Types A project for creating a Measurement Studio C Visa application with a Windows user interface Name MyIIOAProject Location C Documents and Settings Projects v Browse Solution Name MyIIOAProject Create directory For solution Cancel 3 Inthe Project Types pane expand the Measurement Studio Projects folder Select Visual Basic Projects or Visual C Projects depending on which language you want to use This walkthrough refers to Visual C but Visual Basic NET users can follow the same process 4 Inthe Templates pane select NI VISA Windows Application Specify MyIIOAProject for Name and select a Location of your choice 5 Click OK Your project opens in Visual Studio with a VisaTask mxb file and references to NationalInstruments VisaNS NationalInstruments WindowsForms and NationalInstruments Common created for you 6 Select View Solution Explorer to display the Solution Explorer Double click the VisaTask mxb in the Solution Explorer to launch the Instrument I O Assistant National Instruments Corporation 5 65 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Performing a query on the instrument 1 The Select Instrument step automaticall
13. This walkthrough refers to Visual C but Visual Basic NET users can follow the same process In the Templates pane select Windows Application Specify MyIIOAProject for Name and select a Location of your choice 5 26 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 5 Click OK The Measurement Studio Application Wizard launches gt Measurement Studio Visual C Windows Application Wizard Add Class Libraries Select the class libraries to add to the project O Enterprise Analysis Measurement Studio Hardware Class Libraries O DAGms Library DONI 488 2 Library VisaNS Library O DataSocket Communication Windows Forms User Interface Controls Help lt lt Back Finish Cancel Tip If you are working with an existing project you can access the Add Class Libraries dialog box by selecting Measurement Studio Add Remove Class Libraries Wizard 6 Inthe Application Wizard dialog box select Windows Forms User Interface Controls and VisaNS Library The wizard automatically adds references to the appropriate class libraries and sets up the project for you 7 Click Next National Instruments Corporation 5 27 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 8 Select Launch the Instrument I O Assistant to create a VisaNS Task This option adds a new Instrument I O Assistant task to your project Each task consists of a collection of related instrument communication operatio
14. minor and custom divisions and origin lines e Copy the graph as a BMP GIF JPEG or PNG image to the clipboard or a file Tip For more information about using the complex graph control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Complex Graph NET Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Legend Control Use the Measurement Studio legend control as shown in Figure 2 1 to display symbols and descriptions for a specific set of elements of another object such as the plots or cursors of a graph When you associate the legend control with another object any changes you make to that object are automatically reflected in the legend For example if you associate the legend control with the plots of a graph any changes you make in the plots collection editor are automatically reflected in the legend Q Tip For more information about using the legend control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Legend NET Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Numeric Controls Use the Measurement Studio numeric controls to display numerical information on a Windows Forms user interface with the look of scientific instruments The numeric controls include a knob gauge meter slide thermometer and tank The following sections describe operations available with the controls and the classes that interface with them National Instruments Corporation 2 23 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter
15. such as a waveform graph control and a gauge control and analysis functionality such as signal generation and mathematical functions This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to add analysis and presentation functionality to a Windows Forms application by taking you through the following steps Setting up the project Using the Measurement Studio Application Wizard you will create a new project that references the Measurement Studio Analysis class library and Windows Forms controls Adding user interface controls to the project Using the Toolbox smart tags and the Properties window you will add and configure a button waveform graph legend gauge and numeric edit user interface control Generating plotting and analyzing the data Using NationalInstruments Analysis SignalGeneration White NoiseSignal and NationalInstruments Analysis Math Statistics Mean you will generate data plot the generated data on a waveform graph and calculate the mean of the data Customizing the user interface Using smart tags and the Collection Editor and Auto Format dialog boxes you will display the mean value on the gauge and the numeric edit as well as customize your user interface Before You Begin The following components are required to complete this walkthrough Measurement Studio User Manual Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Measurement Studio Professional or Enterprise package 5 34 ni com New Project E Visual Bas
16. you can perform the following operations Plot Operations Plot and chart ComplexDouble data Configure a graph to contain multiple plots to show separate but related data on the same graph Draw lines or fills from a plot to an X value Y value or another plot Use the extensible plot and plot area drawing capabilities and events to customize the graph appearance Configure the plot to display arrows The arrows indicate the direction of the complex data Create custom point and line styles for plots Specify anti aliased plots for plot lines Axis Operations Measurement Studio User Manual Configure a graph to include multiple axes or independent ranges so that plot data fits the graph plot area Configure the axis modes to fixed exact autoscaling loose autoscaling strip chart or scope chart 2 36 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries e Interactively change the range of an axis and invert the axis at run time by clicking on the axis end labels Additional Operations e Zoom interactively e Specify the image format of the control as BMP GIF JPEG or PNG e Configure major minor and custom divisions and origin lines 0 Tip For more information about using the complex graph control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Web Forms Complex Graph NET Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Legend Control Use the Measurement Studio legend control as shown in Figure
17. 55 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 5 Inthe Add DAQ Component dialog box you can choose to create a new project task create anew MAX task create a reference to a MAX task copy a MAX task to a project task or copy an existing mxb For this walkthrough select Create a new project task and click Finish Add DAQ Component Add DAQ Component Add a DAQ component to your project Create a new project task Create a new task that will be added to your project Create a new MAX task Create a new global task that will be stored by Measurement and Automation Explorer MA Create a reference to a MAX task fam Read1DBool i Select the name of a global task that is stored in Measurement and Automation Explorer MAX to reference from your project Copy a MAX task to a project task Read1DBool v Select the name of a global task that is stored in Measurement and Automation Explorer MAX to copy to your project Copy an existing mxb la Specify the path to an existing mxb file to copy into your project The Measurement Studio DAQ Application Wizard automatically sets up your data acquisition project and launches the DAQ Assistant Q Tip Ifyou are working with an existing project you can access the Add DAQ Component dialog box by selecting Project Add New Item Measurement Studio User Manual 5 56 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Mea
18. 75m 100m Time sec AutoScale Axis 7 Click the Close button when you are done National Instruments Corporation 5 19 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 8 Right click the MyDAQmxTask mxb tab and select Save MyDAQmxTask mxb Saving the mxb file causes the DAQ Assistant to regenerate the class so that any changes you made are automatically reflected 9 The class contains source code that corresponds to the configuration information that is stored in the mxb file To view this code right click the mxb file in the Solution Explorer and select View Code If the Solution Explorer is not open select View Solution Explorer Formi cs Design MyDAQmxTask mxb MyDAQmxTask cs 1 gt x ig MyDAQmxProject MyDAQmxTask gt Configure gt E namespace MyDAQmxProject E E using System using NationalInstruments DAQmx public class MyDAQmxTask Task public MyDAQmxTask a base MyDAGQmxTask this Configure m public virtual void Configure this AIChannels CreateVoltageChannel Devi ail Voltage AITerminalConfiguration Differential 10 10 AIVoltageUnits Volts this Timing Configuresampleclocki 1000 Samp leClockictiveEdge Rising SampleQuantityMode FiniteSamples 100 C l Notice that the call to ConfigureSampleClock has a sample mode set to finite This mode is what you select
19. Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 0 eee eceeeeeeeseeeeeeees 5 44 Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 00 ee eeeescesseeeesecesecsecssesseceaecsessaeeeeeaseseesateaes 5 53 Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio 2005 00 eee eeeeccesseesessecesecseeesececeaeeseceaeeeseaeeseeateaes 5 64 Appendix A Technical Support and Professional Services Glossary Index National Instruments Corporation vii Measurement Studio User Manual About This Manual The Measurement Studio User Manual introduces the concepts associated with the Measurement Studio class libraries and development tools This manual assumes that you have a general working knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio including NET Windows ASP NET and MFC How To Use this Manual Measurement Studio 8 0 1 includes two CDs one with support for Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 and one with support for Visual Studio 6 0 This manual documents the Measurement Studio for Visual Studio 2003 2005 CD The Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 CD includes separate parallel sets of class libraries integration features and support documentation for developing with Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 For help with Visual Studio 6 0 refer to the Measurement Studio Support for Visual Studio 6 0 Readme located
20. Instruments Corporation 4 9 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features wrapper for the DAQmx task class contains additional information on using the user code Q Tip For more information on how to create user code refer to the Using a DAQmx Task Class in a Project topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument Control Application To create a Measurement Studio instrument control application use the Instrument I O Assistant The Instrument I O Assistant for Visual Studio 2005 as shown in Figure 4 5 integrates into Visual Studio as a code designer Use the Add New Item wizard to add an instrumentation task to your project and use the Instrument I O Assistant user interface to create and configure the instrumentation task The Instrument I O Assistant generates a Visual Basic NET Visual C or Visual C class that includes the functionality you configure in the user interface Use this assistant to help you write code that communicates with devices such as serial Ethernet or GPIB instruments For step by step instructions on how to use the Instrument I O Assistant refer to the Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 and Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio 2005 sections of Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Measurement Stud
21. Pseudo Inverse Vv Vv Matrix Complex QR Factorization Vv Complex QR Factorization Y with Pivot Matrix Complex QR Factorization Y with Pivot Vector Complex QZ Decomposition Y Complex Schur Y Decomposition National Instruments Corporation 2 7 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Complex Solve Linear Equations Multiple Right Hand Vv Complex Solve Linear Equations Single Right Hand NS Complex SVD Factorization Complex Vector Norm Determinant Dot Product Forward Substitution General Eigen AB Hessenberg Decomposition Inverse Matrix Linear Equations LU Factorization Matrix Balance Matrix Condition Number Matrix Multiplication Matrix Norm Matrix Rank Outer Product Pseudo Inverse Matrix KIKIKI AIS QR Factorization QR Factorization with Pivot Matrix KISIRI IRISI ISIA RA R SISSA SISI SISI SNAS QR Factorization with Pivot Vector s Measurement Studio User Manual 2 8 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued
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23. To complete the DAQ configuration select the N Samples Acquisition Mode in the Task Timing tab For more information on timing refer to Timing in the NI DAQmx Help National Instruments Corporation 5 59 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual Task Timing 1 Task Triggering Acquisition Mode 1 Sample On Demand Clock Settings 1 Sample HW Timed Samples To Read 100 N Samples Continuous Rate Hz 1000 Advanced Clock Settings Clock Type Active Edge Clock Source Internal v Rising Next click the Test button in the toolbar near the top of the Edit DAQ Task dialog box to launch the test panel for your task The test runs automatically You can use test panels in the DAQ Assistant to test the task and make sure you connected the signal properly If necessary you can modify the settings before any code is generated DAQ Assistant Analog Input Test Panel voltage A Display 1 I i Graph 50m 75m 100m Time sec AutoScale Y Axis Click the Close button when you are done Click the Finish button in the Edit DAQ Task dialog box to complete the configuration of your DAQ task and launch the Configure DAQ Component UI wizard 5 60 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio To create a custom user interface for the task 1 In the Configure DAQ Component UI wizard you can customize and p
24. Use this library to quickly create bus independent and or bus specific instrument control applications The NI VISA class library supports formatted I O operations locking event handling and interface specific extensions With this class library you can access the functionality available in NI VISA for communicating with message based and register based instruments using the following interfaces e GPIB e IEEE 1394 e PXI e Serial RS 232 and RS 485 e TCP IP e USB e VXI 0 Tip For information about easily creating a Measurement Studio NI VISA application using the Instrument I O Assistant refer to the Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument National Instruments Corporation 2 15 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Control Application section in Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features or the Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 and Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio 2005 sections of Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio For more information about NI VISA visit ni com visa User Interface The Measurement Studio user interface controls are in the Windows Forms and Web Forms NET class libraries Refer to Table 2 2 for the UI controls provided by Measurement Studio Table 2 2 Measurement Studio User Interface Controls User I
25. User Manual the Auto Format feature configures the appropriate control properties to reflect the style you chose Select Points Only Click OK Notice that the legend changed automatically to match the formatting of the graph yy Auto Format 10 11 Anti aliased plot Black and white Default Double Y axis Drop fill to 0 Drop lines to 0 Fill to 0 Hidden axes Histogram LabVIEW default Logarithmic x and Y axes Logarithmic gt axis Strip chart Y step Description Configures the graph with settings that are ideal for plotting scatter data Cancel Right click the gauge and select Auto Format to display the Auto Format dialog box Select Dark and click OK Right click the gauge and select Properties to display the Properties Window Set the Range property for the gauge with the drop down Range type editor Type 0 2 for the minimum value and type 0 2 for the maximum value Right click the numeric edit and select Properties to display the Properties window Select Gauge in the Source drop down list Setting the Source property to the gauge allows two way binding between the controls Deselect ArrowKeys Buttons and Text for the InteractionMode property of the numeric edit control Deselecting these interaction modes makes the numeric edit an indicator The numeric edit control only displays the calculated mean 5 10 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Select the
26. and initialize an instance of WhiteNoiseSignal Dim whiteNoise As New WhiteNoiseSignal Store the generated data in a double array named data Dim data As Double whiteNoise Generate 1000 0 256 Use the PlotY method to plot the data Plot PlotyY data Use the Mean method to calculate the mean of the data Dim mean As Double Statistics Mean data Display the mean on the gauge gauge Value mean C Declare and initialize an instance of WhiteNoiseSignal WhiteNoiseSignal whiteNoise new WhiteNoiseSignal Measurement Studio User Manual 5 50 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Store the generated data in a double array named data double data whiteNoise Generate 1000 0 256 Use the PlotY method to plot the data Plot PlotY data Use the Mean method to calculate the mean of the data double mean Statistics Mean data Display the mean on the gauge gauge Value mean Customizing your user interface 1 Select the Default aspx tab to return to the Web Forms Designer 2 Right click the legend and select Edit Items to display the LegendItem Collection Editor dialog box You use the LegendItem Collection Editor to add or remove legend items and to configure legend item properties Legenditem Collection Editor Members Items 0 properties tens Se E Appearance Source graph Plots o Text Signal Visible True E Data Tag 3 Select graph
27. expanded list You use a Query and Parse step to write a command to an instrument and to read the instrument response at once LP lel ol lick write o Read and Parse Tite and read from a message based instrument and parse the response 3 Enter the command idn and click Run this step The idn command is a standard instrument command for querying an instrument s identification information If your instrument does not support the idn command refer to the documentation for the instrument for more information about the instrument s command set Run this step Enter a command click Run to send command Termination character 4 Click Auto parse to parse the instrument s response The Auto parse button automatically parses binary block data and ASCII text Refer to the Parsing an Instrument Response topic in the Instrument 1 0 Assistant Help for information about how the assistant parses different data formats 5 Ifthere are more than two tokens in the token list remove them for this example To remove a token right click on the token in the Response Window and select Remove National Instruments Corporation 5 29 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 6 Click Token In the Token name text box enter Vendor to rename the first token You use this name to reference the token in your application Selected Token Settings Token name Data Type Scal
28. features included in the Standard Professional and Enterprise packages of Measurement Studio Refer to ni com mstudio for more information about the functionality and features included with each Measurement Studio package including Visual C functionality Table 1 1 Measurement Studio Package Comparison Chart for Visual C and Visual Basic NET Feature Standard Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition Project Wizards Vv Vv Vv Windows Forms User Y Y Y Interface Controls Standard Analysis Y Y Vv Libraries GPIB Class Libraries Vv Vv Vv VISA Class Libraries Vv Vv Y NI DAQmx Class Y Y Y Libraries NET Instrument Y Y Y Driver Wizard National Instruments Corporation 1 5 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Table 1 1 Measurement Studio Package Comparison Chart for Visual C and Visual Basic NET Continued Feature Standard Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition User Interface Y Y Y DataSocket Binding Web Forms User Y Y Interface Controls ActiveX Controls for Y Y Visual Basic 6 0 MFC and ActiveX Y Y Controls for Visual C 6 0 Professional Analysis Y Y Libraries 3D Graph for Visual Y Y C DataSocket Server Y Y DataSocket Library Y Y Parameter Assistant Y Y Instrument I O Y Y Assistant DAQ Assistant Vv Y Enterprise Analysis Y Libraries NI Reports Y NI
29. for Windows Forms controls at run time Window or dialog box that displays current configuration information and allows users to modify the configuration PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation Rugged open platform for modular instrumentation with specialized mechanical electrical and software features Refer to www pxisa org for more information National Instruments Corporation G 9 Measurement Studio User Manual Glossary R range S scalar scale scatter graph scope serial slide slider smart tag switch synchronous tank task Region between the limits within which a quantity is measured received or transmitted The range is expressed by stating the lower and upper range values Number that a point on a scale can represent The number is a single value as opposed to an array Part of graph chart and some numeric controls and indicators that contains a series of marks or points at known intervals to denote units of measure A control that displays two dimensional data on a Windows Forms or Web Forms user interface displays a graph of X and Y data pairs See oscilloscope Standard serial bus on a computer used to communicate with instruments Also known as RS 232 A control used to input or display numerical data Moveable part of a slide control A glyph attached to a Measurement Studio control or component that exposes commonly performed tasks A control used to receive and co
30. for detailed information about these libraries Measurement Studio Visual C Class Library Overview Measurement Studio provides libraries of MFC based classes that you can use to develop complete measurement and automation applications in Visual C Measurement Studio includes the following Visual C class libraries 3D Graph Analysis Common DataSocket Instrument Drivers LabVIEW Real Time Interface Microsoft Excel Interface Microsoft Word Interface NI 488 2 NI DAQmx NI Reports The Measurement Studio LabVIEW Real Time C class library is not supported in Visual Studio 2005 You must use Visual Studio 6 0 or Visual Studio NET 2003 to use the Measurement Studio LabVIEW Real Time C class library The LabVIEW RT DLLs you create with the Measurement Studio LabVIEW RT Interface Visual C class library work only with LabVIEW Real Time Module 6 0 or later National Instruments Corporation 3 1 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries e NI VISA e User Interface e Utility Refer to the following sections for information about each Measurement Studio Visual C class library ActiveX Controls in Visual C ActiveX controls are specialized COM servers that implement a specific set of interfaces The Measurement Studio Visual C button graph knob numeric edit slide and 3D graph are ActiveX controls Measurement Studio includes classes that provide na
31. gauge control 2 23 2 37 graph control 3D 3 2 ActiveX 3 21 complex 2 22 2 35 digital waveform 2 20 2 34 scatter 2 18 2 32 waveform 2 18 2 32 Measurement Studio User Manual l 2 H help NI Measurement Studio Help 1 7 technical support A 1 how to use manual set ix installation optional 1 2 requirements 1 2 instrument driver wizard NET 4 12 instrument drivers NI resources A 1 Instrument Drivers Visual C class library 3 16 Instrument I O Assistant 4 10 K knob NET control 2 24 NET Web Forms control 2 38 Visual C control 3 22 KnowledgeBase A 1 L LabVIEW Real Time Interface Visual C class library 3 16 LED array control 2 29 LED control 2 26 2 41 legend control 2 23 2 37 Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX 4 2 ni com Measurement Studio developing with 4 1 home page 4 3 Menu 4 1 package comparison chart 1 5 Preferences 4 3 resources 1 7 meter control 2 24 2 38 Microsoft Excel Interface Visual C class library 3 17 Microsoft Word Interface Visual C class library 3 17 National Instruments support and services A 1 NET class libraries Analysis 2 2 Common 2 13 NI 488 2 2 14 NI DAQmx 2 14 NI VISA 2 15 overview 2 1 2 28 User Interface 2 16 2 31 deployment requirements 1 3 NI DAQ Assistant 4 6 NI Discussion Forums 4 2 NI Instrument Driver Network 4 2 NI Measurement Encyclopedia 4 3 NI Spy 4 2 NI support and services
32. if you change the value of one control it changes the value of the other control e Customize the appearance of the control using 3D lab styles or classic 2D styles and change the color and length of ticks and labels e Configure the format of value labels to engineering or date time e Specify the image format of the control as BMP GIF JPEG or PNG e Interactively change the range of an axis and invert the axis at run time by clicking on the axis end labels Use the Measurement Studio knob gauge and meter controls as shown in Figure 2 15 to input and display numeric data on your user interface Z Measurement Studio Knob Gauge and Meter Controls Microsoft Internet Explorer DEAR Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q sxx Q x a A pA Search Sie Favorites amp A ee 3 Figure 2 15 Web Forms Knob Gauge and Meter Controls With the knob gauge and meter controls and the classes that interface with the controls you can perform the following operations e Specify the start and sweep angle of the arc programmatically or from the Properties window e Use automatic division spacing custom divisions and invert the scale Measurement Studio User Manual 2 38 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Use the Measurement Studio slide tank and thermometer controls as shown in Figure 2 16 to input and display numeric data on your interface A Measurement Studio Slide Tank and Thermometer Co
33. on the Measurement Studio for Visual Studio 6 0 CD The Measurement Studio User Manual is organized into five chapters Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio is an overview of Measurement Studio This chapter includes installation and deployment requirements installation instructions and a list of Measurement Studio resources Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries and Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries include information about the NET class libraries and the Visual C class libraries respectively Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features includes information on using Measurement Studio tools and features integrated into the Visual Studio environment Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio includes walthroughs that guide you through step by step instructions on how to develop with Measurement Studio features Use this manual as a starting point to learn about Measurement Studio Refer to the NI Measurement Studio Help within the Visual Studio environment for function reference and detailed information about the Measurement Studio class libraries wizards assistants and other features National Instruments Corporation ix Measurement Studio User Manual About This Manual Conventions lt gt Q S 3 bold italic monospace Measurement Studio User Manual The following conventions appear in this manual Text enclosed in angle br
34. opc servers e Specify data sources and targets using a URL the same way you access Web pages in a Web browser e Use DataSocket Transfer Protocol DSTP to exchange different types of data e Expose DataSocket data items as data sources that you can bind to properties of a Windows Forms control e Interactively browse to quickly locate and select data items on other computers and servers 0 Tip For more detailed information about the DataSocket class library refer to the Using the Measurement Studio DataSocket NET Library section in the NI Measurement Studio Help NI 488 2 The Measurement Studio NI 488 2 NET class library is in the NationaliInstruments NI4882 namespace This class library is included when you install the NI 488 2 driver The NI 488 2 class library includes a set of classes for communicating with GPIB instruments controlling GPIB devices and acquiring GPIB status information Use this library to design code that communicates with and controls instruments on a GPIB interface Use the NI 488 2 class library to configure and communicate with GPIB devices using the Device and Board classes 9 Tip For more detailed information about the NI 488 2 class library refer to the Using the Measurement Studio NI 488 2 NET Library section in the NI Measurement Studio Help For more information about GPIB visit ni com gpib NI DAQmx The Measurement Studio NI DAQmx NET class library is in the NationalI
35. refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Control Array NET Controls topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Measurement Studio User Manual 2 30 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries ASP NET Web Forms Controls The Measurement Studio ASP NET user interface controls are in the Web Forms NET class library The Web Forms NET class library is in the NationalInstruments UI WebForms namespace The Web Forms class library encapsulates the following Measurement Studio user interface controls e Waveform graph e Scatter graph e Digital waveform graph e Complex graph e Legend e Knob e Gauge e Meter e Slide e Thermometer e Tank e Numeric edit e Switch e LED e AutoRefresh Use this class library to add measurement specific user interface controls to your Web application You can configure the controls programmatically at design time or through the Properties window in the Web Forms Designer The Measurement Studio ASP NET Web Forms controls are designed to provide a rich user interface experience through the web browser The browsers are divided into two broad categories uplevel and downlevel Uplevel browsers include recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox All other browsers are downlevel browsers The following sections describe each of the Measurement Studio Web Forms user interface controls National Instruments Corporation 2 31 Measurement Studi
36. representation of a data element Component Object Model Microsoft specification for architecting and developing reusable software components A control that displays a ComplexDoub1e data type the ComplexDouble data type represents a complex number of type Double that is composed of areal part and an imaginary part Help for dialog boxes the controls in dialog boxes and keywords in source code that you can access with the key or a Help button or by clicking the link that appears in the Dynamic Help window in Visual Studio 1 ActiveX control See ActiveX control 2 Object for entering displaying or manipulating data on a user interface Reading or writing data based on high precision timing through a counter or timer By combining a counter with a highly accurate clock you can create a wide variety of timing and counting applications such as monitoring and analyzing digital waveforms and generating complex square waves Flashing rectangle that shows where you may enter text on the screen If you have a mouse installed there is a rectangular mouse cursor or pointer Text object used to display X and Y coordinates that a cursor crosshair points to on a graph Data acquisition Process of acquiring data typically from A D or digital input plug in boards A graphical interface for configuring measurement tasks channels and scales A device that acquires or generates data and can contain multiple channels and conversio
37. shown in Figure 2 3 to display ComplexDouble data on a Windows Forms user interface A ComplexDouble consists of a real part and an imaginary part E Complex Graph control Figure 2 3 Windows Forms Complex Graph Control with Arrows Indicating the Direction of the Complex Data With the complex graph control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations Plot Operations e Plot and chart ComplexDouble data e Configure a graph to contain multiple plots to show separate but related data on the same graph e Draw lines or fills from a plot to an X value Y value or another plot e Use the extensible plot and plot area drawing capabilities and events to customize the graph appearance e Configure the plot to display arrows The arrows indicate the direction of the complex data e Create custom point and line styles for plots e Specify anti aliased plots for plot lines Measurement Studio User Manual 2 22 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Axis Operations e Configure a graph to include multiple axes or independent ranges so that plot data fits the graph plot area e Configure the axis modes to fixed exact autoscaling loose autoscaling strip chart or scope chart e Interactively change the range of an axis and invert the axis at run time by clicking on the axis end labels Additional Operations e Pan and zoom interactively e Configure major
38. to the system tray area that displays changes in the status of an application The CNiSystemTraylIcon class includes the following features e Jcons You can place an icon in the system tray to notify the user of changes in an application status e String tooltips You can associate a string tooltip with an icon and display the tooltip when the user hovers over the icon e Shortcut menus You can associate a shortcut menu with an icon and display the shortcut menu when the user right clicks the icon e Overridable event handling CNiTempFile CNiTempFile extends the functionality of CNiFile to add temporary file creation and manipulation CNiTimer CNiTimer objects use the Windows multimedia timer to generate high resolution asynchronous tick events Respond to tick events when you want to perform an action at a discrete interval Additionally you can count the tick events to calculate elapsed time The CNiTimer class also contains static functions you can use to delay for a period of time or to determine elapsed time between two points in your program Q Tip For more information about using the Utility class library refer to the Utility Visual C Class Library Overview section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Measurement Studio User Manual 3 26 ni com Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features When you use Measurement Studio in the Visual Studio environment you have access to measurement
39. 1 National Instruments Corporation l 1 IviDcPwr 3 16 IviDmm 3 16 IviFgen 3 16 IviScope 3 16 IviSwitch 3 16 Common NET class library 2 13 Visual C class library 3 14 complex graph control 2 22 2 35 conventions used in the manual x creating Measurement Studio Application with Web Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 walkthrough 5 44 Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis walkthrough 5 2 Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 walkthrough 5 34 Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application walkthrough 5 24 5 64 Measurement Studio NI 488 2 or NI VISA application 4 10 Measurement Studio NI DAQmx application 4 6 Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application walkthrough 5 11 Measurement Studio User Manual Index Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 walkthrough 5 53 new Measurement Studio project 4 3 NI DAQmx user control 4 8 NI DAQmx user interface 4 8 4 9 D DAQ Assistant 4 6 data acquisition DAQ 2 14 3 18 DataSocket NET class library 2 13 deployment requirements 1 3 developing with Measurement Studio 4 1 diagnostic tools NI resources A 1 digital waveform graph control 2 20 2 34 documentation conventions used in the manual x how to use manual set ix NI resources A 1 drivers NI resources A 1 E examples NI resources A 1 G
40. 2 12 to display symbols and descriptions for a specific set of elements of another object such as the plots or cursors of a graph When you associate the legend control with another object any changes you make to that object are automatically reflected in the legend For example if you associate the legend control with the plots of a graph any changes you make in the plots collection editor are automatically reflected in the legend 0 Tip For more information about using the legend control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Web Forms Legend NET Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Numeric Controls Use the Measurement Studio numeric controls to display numerical information in an ASP NET Web application with the look of scientific instruments The numeric controls include a knob gauge meter slide thermometer and tank The following sections describe operations available with the controls and the classes that interface with them With all of the numeric controls and the classes that interface with them you can perform the following operations e Configure the scale to be linear or logarithmic and toggle the visibility of the scale e Fill the scale and configure the range color dimensions and style of the fill National Instruments Corporation 2 37 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries e Connect to a Measurement Studio NET numeric edit control so that
41. 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries With all of the numeric controls and the classes that interface with them you can perform the following operations e Configure the scale to be linear or logarithmic and toggle the visibility of the scale e Fill the scale and configure the range color dimensions and style of the fill e Connect to the Measurement Studio NET numeric edit control so that if you change the value of one control it changes the value of the other control e Customize the appearance of the control using 3D lab styles or classic 2D styles and change the color and length of ticks and labels e Configure the format of value labels to engineering or date time Use the Measurement Studio knob gauge and meter controls as shown in Figure 2 4 to input and display numeric data on your user interface Knob Gauge and Meter Controls Figure 2 4 Windows Forms Knob Gauge and Meter Controls With the knob gauge and meter controls and the classes that interface with the controls you can perform the following operations e Specify the start and sweep angle of the arc programmatically or from the Properties window e Use automatic division spacing custom divisions and invert the scale Use the Measurement Studio slide tank and thermometer controls as shown in Figure 2 5 to input and display numeric data on your interface Measurement Studio User Manual 2 24 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET
42. 3 2 37 meter 2 23 2 37 numeric edit 2 25 2 40 property editor 2 27 scatter graph 2 18 2 32 slide 2 25 2 39 switch 2 26 2 41 tank 2 25 2 39 thermometer 2 25 2 39 waveform graph 2 18 2 32 Visual C class library button 3 20 graph 3 21 knob 3 22 numeric edit 3 23 slide 3 24 Utility Visual C class library CNiFile table 3 25 CNiSound table 3 25 Measurement Studio User Manual l 4 CNiSystem table 3 26 CNiSystemTrayIcon table 3 26 CNiTempFile table 3 26 CNiTimer table 3 26 V Visual C class libraries 3D graph 3 2 Analysis 3 3 Common 3 14 deployment requirements 1 3 Instrument Drivers 3 16 LabVIEW Real Time Interface 3 16 Microsoft Excel Interface 3 17 Microsoft Word Interface 3 17 NI 488 2 3 18 NI DAQmx 3 18 NI Reports 3 19 NI VISA 3 19 overview 3 1 User Interface 3 20 Utility 3 25 W walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Webs Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 5 44 Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis 5 2 Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 5 34 Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application 5 24 5 64 Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application 5 11 ni com Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 5 53 waveform graph control 2 18 2 32 We
43. A 1 NI 488 2 creating a 488 2 application 4 10 NET class library 2 14 Visual C class library 3 18 NI DAQmx creating a DAQ application 4 6 NET class library 2 14 Visual C class library 3 18 National Instruments Corporation l 3 Index NI Reports Visual C class library 3 19 NI VISA creating a VISA application 4 10 NET class library 2 15 Visual C class library 3 19 numeric controls 2 23 2 37 numeric edit NET control 2 25 2 40 Visual C control 3 23 0 overview NET class libraries 2 1 2 28 Visual C class libraries 3 1 P Parameter Assistant 4 12 programming examples NI resources A 1 project conversion wizard 4 2 project templates 4 3 property editor control 2 27 R requirements distribution 1 3 installation 1 2 S scatter graph control 2 18 2 32 selecting a Measurement Studio parameter value 4 12 slide control NET 2 25 2 39 Visual C 3 24 software NI resources A 1 Measurement Studio User Manual Index support technical A 1 switch array control 2 29 switch control 2 26 2 41 T tank control 2 25 2 39 technical support A 1 thermometer control 2 25 2 39 training and certification NI resources A 1 troubleshooting NI resources A 1 U User Interface NET class library 2 16 2 31 AutoRefresh 2 41 complex graph 2 22 2 35 digital waveform graph 2 20 2 34 gauge 2 23 2 37 knob 2 23 2 37 LED 2 26 2 41 legend 2 2
44. Assistant to create an NI DAQmx task Configuring your task Using the DAQ Assistant you will interactively configure and save your task The wizard then generates code to reflect your configuration settings The wizard also generates 5 53 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio a component that provides common operations for your task and integration with the Windows Forms designer e Creating a custom user interface for the task Using the DAQ Component UI generation wizard you will create a custom user interface that uses the DAQ component you created to automatically plot the DAQ signal Before You Begin The following components are required to complete this walkthrough e Visual Studio 2005 e Measurement Studio Professional or Enterprise package e NI DAQmx 8 1 or later e NI DAQmx supported DAQ device or simulated device For information about installing and configuring your DAQ device refer to the DAQ Getting Started Guide You can also use simulation to complete this walkthrough For information on how to create an NI DAQmx simulated device refer to Creating NI DAQmx Simulated Devices in the Measurement amp Automation Explorer Help for NI DAQmx To open this help select Start All Programs National Instruments Measurement amp Automation In Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX select Help Help Topics NI DAQmx MAX Help for NI DAQmx For the purposes of this
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47. Class Libraries i Slide Tank and Thermometer Controls DEAR Figure 2 5 Windows Forms Slide Tank and Thermometer Controls With the slide tank and thermometer controls and the classes that interface with them you can perform the following operations e Fill to the minimum or maximum value of the scale e Position the scale horizontally with left right or both and position the scale vertically with top bottom or both Tip For more information about using the Windows Forms knob gauge meter slide tank or thermometer controls refer to the Knob Gauge Meter Slide Tank or Thermometer Class sections in the NI Measurement Studio Help Numeric Edit Control Use the Measurement Studio numeric edit control as shown in Figure 2 6 to display numeric values and to provide a way by which end users can edit numeric values Typically you use a numeric edit control to input or display double numerical data instead of using a Windows Forms TextBox or NumericUpDown control 5 000 kHz Figure 2 6 Windows Forms Numeric Edit Control With the numeric edit control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations e Use up down buttons for easy incrementing and decrementing National Instruments Corporation 2 25 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Y Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Perform range checking Set the minimum range value to negative infinity and th
48. Design tab so that you can place UI controls on the form 2 Inthe Visual Studio Toolbox select MyDAQmxUserControl from the My User Controls tab and drag it to Form1 MyDAQm Project Microsoft Visual C NET design Form1 cs Design File Edit View Project Build Debug Data Tools Window Measurement Studio Help D s Hg amp p Debug H Toolbox A X MyDAQmxTask mxb Formi cs Design MyDAQmxUserControl cs C My User Controls o h Pointer Form1 A MyDAQmxUserControl Measurement Studio NE Measurement Studio C To Data Components Windows Forms Clipboard Ring General Sa Server E 3 Toolbox Tip If you receive a user control error message when you drop the MyDAQmxUserControl on Form1 ensure that you have first compiled the project by selecting Build Build Solution 3 Press lt F5 gt to run the application National Instruments Corporation 5 23 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 4 After you have started the application click the Read button to begin acquiring data from your DAQ device Form1 What s Next To learn more about tasks channels and other NI DAQmx concepts refer to the NI DAQmx Help located at Start All Programs National Instruments NI DA Q NI DAQm x Help For more information about creating and using tasks in Measurement Studio refer to Using the Measurement Studio NI DAQmx NET Library sec
49. Format Mode property and in the Numeric Edit Format Mode Editor dialog box change the Precision to 4 Select File Save Form1 cs to save your application Select Debug Start Without Debugging to run the application After your program builds and runs click Start Notice the graph shows the data plot and the gauge and the numeric edit display the mean of the data The following screenshot shows Form1 with customization Form1 Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to create an NI DAQmx application by taking you through the following steps National Instruments Corporation Setting up the project Using the Measurement Studio Application Wizard you will create a new project that references the NI DAQmx assembly and launches the DAQ Assistant to create an NI DAQmx task Configuring your task Using the DAQ Assistant you will interactively configure and save your task The wizard then generates code to reflect your configuration settings Creating a custom UI control and source code for the task Using the Add New Item wizard you will create a custom NI DAQmx user control that uses the task you just configured to automatically plot the DAQ signal 5 11 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio e Acquiring data To begin acquiring data from the DAQ device o
50. IB and VXI instruments or controllers It has been accepted as a standard for VXI by the VXIplug amp play Systems Alliance VME eXtension for Instrumentation Instrumentation architecture and bus based on the VME standard Used in high end test applications A control that displays two dimensional data on a Windows Forms or Web Forms user interface displays data that is uniformly spaced in one dimension Measurement Studio User Manual Index A B ActiveX controls in Visual C 3 2 Add Remove Class Libraries wizard 4 5 adding or removing Measurement Studio c class libraries 4 5 button control 3 20 Analysis calling Instrument Drivers from NET NET class library languages 4 12 Array and Numeric Operations class driver class libraries table 2 9 Curve Fitting table 2 9 Enterprise Analysis 2 3 Filters table 2 5 Linear Algebra table 2 6 Measurements table 2 3 Professional Analysis 2 2 Signal Generation table 2 4 Signal Processing table 2 5 Standard Analysis 2 2 Statistics table 2 10 Windowing table 2 4 Visual C class library 3 3 Array and Numeric Operations table 3 11 Curve Fitting table 3 11 Enterprise Analysis 3 4 Filters table 3 7 Linear Algebra table 3 8 Measurements table 3 5 Professional Analysis 3 4 Signal Generation table 3 5 Signal Processing table 3 7 Standard Analysis 3 4 Statistics table 3 12 Windowing table 3 6 AutoRefresh control 2 4
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52. Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Numeric Edit Array Control Use the Measurement Studio numeric edit array control as shown in Figure 2 11 to control and visualize values of an array of double values 2e 000 2e 000 HKEE 2e 000 Figure 2 11 Numeric Edit Array control With the numeric edit array control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations e Set values by passing an array of data e Modify the number of controls displayed based on the length of the array of values you specify e Use up down buttons for easy incrementing and decrementing e Perform range checking e Set the minimum range value to negative infinity and the maximum range value to positive infinity e Create custom formats or use built in numeric formats including generic engineering and simple double e Connect to a numeric control so that if you change the value of one control it changes the value of the other control e Set the coercion mode property to discrete or continuous values This property configures the control to allow entry or display of either a discrete set of values or any value e Set the interaction mode to keyboard and mouse keyboard only mouse only or none e Use the edit box to select text programmatically and to validate text values Tip For more information about using the numeric edit array control
53. Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Axis Operations Use the CNiAxis class to interface to a single axis of a graph control This feature allows you to modify the appearance and behavior of the axis Automatically label axes with log or inverted numeric scales Configure the axis modes for manual scaling or autoscaling Additional Operations Configure cursor snap modes to be fixed floating nearest point and to plot Pan and zoom interactively Configure the graph for fixed strip or scope charting Customize the graph by using ticks labels and value pairs Bind properties to a DataSocket source or target You use binding to read property values from a source and write property values to a target Q Tip For more information about easily using the graph control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Graph Visual C Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Knob Control Measurement Studio User Manual Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX knob control as shown in Figure 3 4 to display numerical information The CNiKnob class provides the Visual C interface to the ActiveX knob control 3 22 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Knob Control with Knob Dial and Meter Styles Figure 3 4 ActiveX Knob Control with Knob Dial and Meter Styles With the knob control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations e Use
54. Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Complex Linear Equations Vv Complex LU Factorization Complex Matrix Balance Complex Matrix Condition Number NS KISIS Complex Matrix Norm Complex Matrix Rank Complex Outer Product Complex Pseudo Inverse Matrix KIKRISIS KIKI SIS Complex QR Factorization s Complex QR Factorization with Pivot Matrix s Complex QR Factorization with Pivot Vector Complex QZ Decomposition Complex Schur Decomposition Complex Solve Linear Equations Multiple Right Hand Complex Solve Linear Equations Single Right Hand s Complex SVD Factorization Complex Vector Norm Determinant Dot Product Forward Substitution SI SYSESUS National Instruments Corporation 3 9 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package General Eigen AB Y Hessenberg Decomposition Inverse Matrix Y Linear Equations LU Factorization Matrix Balance Matrix Condition Number Matrix Multiplication Matri
55. NET class libraries that you can use to develop complete measurement and automation applications in Visual Basic NET and Visual C Measurement Studio includes the following NET class libraries e Analysis Common e DataSocket e NI 488 2 e NI DAQmx e NI VISA e User Interface Refer to the following sections for information about each Measurement Studio NET class library National Instruments Corporation 2 1 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Analysis Standard Analysis The Measurement Studio Analysis NET class library is in the NationaliInstruments Analysis namespace The Analysis class library includes a set of classes that provides various digital signal processing signal filtering signal generation peak detection and other general mathematical functionality Use this library to analyze acquired data or to generate data The functionality included in the Analysis library varies based on the Measurement Studio package you purchased Refer to the following sections for information about the Standard Professional and Enterprise Analysis class libraries The Standard Analysis class library which ships with Measurement Studio Standard Edition includes the sawtooth sine square triangle and basic function wave generators Professional Analysis The Professional Analysis class library which ships with Measurement Studio Professional Edition includes the S
56. National Instruments Corporation 2 33 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Tip For more information about using the waveform and scatter graph controls refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Web Forms Scatter and Waveform Graph NET Controls section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Digital Waveform Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio digital waveform graph control as shown in Figure 2 13 to display Digitalwaveform data in an ASP NET Web application amp Measurement Studio Digital Waveform Graph Web Forms DAR Fie Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae gt E A 2 Search 5 Favorites L2 10 15 Figure 2 13 Web Forms Digital Graph Control With the digital waveform graph control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations Plot Operations e Plot digital waveform data including digital signal state data and timing information Measurement Studio User Manual 2 34 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries e Configure plot labels on the y axis e Configure plot templates to customize plots that are implicitly created from plotted data e Specify anti aliased digital plots e Expand and collapse signal plots interactively Waveform Sample and Signal State Operations e Simultaneously display waveforms and signals or display signals only e C
57. Operations Plot and chart data Configure a graph to contain multiple plots to show separate but related data on the same graph Draw lines or fills from a plot to an X value Y value or another plot Specify plots in the scatter graph control as X and Y data Specify plots in the waveform graph control as X or Y data and optionally with date and time scaling Use the extensible plot and plot area drawing capabilities and events to customize the graph appearance Use plot data tooltips to display X and Y coordinates when a user hovers the mouse over a data point Create custom point and line styles for plots Specify anti aliased plots for plot lines Axis Operations Configure a graph to include multiple axes or independent ranges so that plot data fits the graph plot area Configure the axis modes to fixed exact autoscaling loose autoscaling strip chart or scope chart Use logarithmic axes with configurable bases Interactively change the range of an axis and invert the axis at run time by clicking on the axis end labels Cursor Operations National Instruments Corporation Use cursors to identify key points in plots and the plot area Configure cursor snap modes to be fixed floating nearest point or to plot Use cursor labels to display X and Y data coordinates that the cursor crosshair points to and customize the text font and colors of the label Create custom point and line styles for cursors
58. Plots 0 in the Source drop down list and enter Signal in the Text box Click OK Now that you have specified a legend item for the plot changes you make to the plot are reflected on the legend National Instruments Corporation 5 51 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual Right click the graph and select Auto Format to display the Auto Format dialog box The Auto Format dialog box provides a set of pre configured control styles When you select a style and click OK the Auto Format feature configures the appropriate control properties to reflect the style you chose Select Points Only Click OK Notice that the legend changed automatically to match the formatting of the graph Sy Auto Format Anti aliased plot Black and white Default Double Y axis Drop fill to 0 Drop lines to 0 Fill to 0 Hidden axes Histogram LabVIEW default Logarithmic and Y axes ee axis Strip chart Y step Description Configures the graph with settings that are ideal for plotting scatter data Right click the gauge and select Auto Format to display the Auto Format dialog box Select Dark and click OK Right click the gauge and select Properties to display the Properties window Set the Range property for the gauge with the drop down Range type editor Type 0 2 for the minimum value and type 0 2 for the maximum value 10 Right click the numeri
59. T Declare variable values for vendor and model Dim vendor model As String Declare an instance of VisaNSTask Dim mytask As New VisaNSTask1 Display the data in the text boxes mytask Run vendor model textBoxl Text vendor textBox2 Text model C Declare variable values for vendor and model string vendor model Declare an instance of VisaNSTask VisaNSTask1 mytask new VisaNSTask1 Display the data in the text boxes mytask Run out vendor out model textBox1l Text vendor textBox2 Text model National Instruments Corporation 5 31 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Press lt F5 gt to build the application 9 Click the button on the form to run the task The following screenshot shows the controls on the form with sample returned data Form1 3 Note Although this walkthrough only covers the use of a simple Query and Parse step the Instrument I O Assistant offers additional features such as independent Write and Read and Parse steps and advanced parsing capabilities The following screenshot shows the Instrument I O Assistant s ability to scale and parse IEEE long definite block data Measurement Studio User Manual 5 32 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Run this step Enter a command click Run to send command Termination character CURY Auto p
60. TestStand Y Integration Measurement Studio User Manual ni com Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Table 1 1 Measurement Studio Package Comparison Chart for Visual C and Visual Basic NET Continued Feature Standard Edition Professional Edition Enterprise Edition LabWindows CVI Vv Full Development System FDS 1 Refer to the Standard Analysis section of Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries for a list of the functionality included in the Standard Analysis class library 2 Included with the Device Drivers CD 3 Refer to the Professional Analysis section of Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries for a list of the functionality included in the Professional Analysis class library 4 Refer to the Enterprise Analysis section of Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries for a list of the functionality included in the Enterprise Analysis class library Measurement Studio Resources As you work with Measurement Studio you might need to consult other resources For detailed Measurement Studio help including function reference and in depth documentation on developing with Measurement Studio refer to the NJ Measurement Studio Help within the Visual Studio environment The NI Measurement Studio Help is fully integrated with the Visual Studio help You must have Visual Studio installed to view the online help and you must have the Microsof
61. The default directory for Measurement Studio 8 0 1 support for Visual Studio NET 2003 Program Files NationalInstruments Measurement Studiovs2003 is different than the default directory for Measurement Studio 7 0 Program Files NationalInstruments Measurement Studio70 If Measurement Studio 7 0 is installed on your machine when you install Measurement Studio 8 0 1 Measurement Studio 8 0 1 installs to the 7 0 directory If you prefer to install Measurement Studio 8 0 1 to the default 8 0 1 directory you must first uninstall all Measurement Studio class libraries including class libraries installed with National Instruments driver software such as NI VISA NI 488 2 and NI DAQmx Measurement Studio supports side by side installation of version 6 0 and 8 0 1 You must install Measurement Studio 6 0 and 8 0 1 to different directories You cannot use Measurement Studio class libraries in 64 bit applications You can however use Measurement Studio class libraries in 32 bit applications and run those applications on XP x64 provided that all drivers you use in the applications support XP x64 Current NI driver support for XP x64 is limited National Instruments Corporation 1 3 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Installing Measurement Studio Complete the following steps to install Measurement Studio These steps describe a typical installation Please review carefully all additional licen
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63. You use the LegendItem Collection Editor to add or remove legend items and to configure legend item properties Legenditem Collection Editor Members legendItem1 properties amp Appearance Source B Plot Text Signal Visible True E Data ApplicationSettin Tag E Design Name legendItem1 GenerateMember True Modifiers Private 2 Select Plot in the Source drop down list and enter Signal in the Text box Click OK Now that you have specified a legend item for the plot changes you make to the plot are reflected on the legend 3 Right click the graph and select Auto Format to display the Auto Format dialog box The Auto Format dialog box provides a set of pre configured control styles When you select a style and click OK the Auto Format feature configures the appropriate control properties to reflect the style you chose Measurement Studio User Manual 5 42 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 4 Select Points Only Click OK Notice that the legend changed automatically to match the formatting of the graph Sy Auto Format Anti aliased plot Black and white Default Double Y axis Drop fill to 0 Drop lines to 0 Fill to 0 Hidden axes Histogram LabVIEW default Logarithmic x and Y axes ae axis Strip chart Y step Description Configures the graph with settings that are ideal for plotting scatter data Click the gauge smart tag to display the Gauge Tasks
64. ace Controls Windows Forms User Interface Controls Figure 4 2 Measurement Studio Add Remove Class Libraries Wizard for Visual Studio 2005 Q Tip For more information about using the Add Remove Class Libraries wizard to add or remove Measurement Studio class libraries refer to the Adding or Removing Measurement Studio Class Libraries section in the NI Measurement Studio Help National Instruments Corporation 4 5 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application Measurement Studio User Manual To create a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx application use the DAQ Assistant The DAQ Assistant integrates into Visual Studio as a code designer Use the Add New Item wizard to add an NI DAQm x task to your project and use the DAQ Assistant user interface as shown in Figure 4 3 to interactively create and configure the NI DAQm x task The DAQ Assistant automatically generates a Visual Basic NET Visual C or Visual C class that includes the functionality you configure in the user interface For step by step instructions on how to create DAQ applications refer to the Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 and Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 sections in Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 4 6 ni com Chapter 4 Measu
65. ackets represents directory names and parts of paths that may vary on different computers such as lt windows System gt The symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options to a final action The sequence File Page Setup Options directs you to pull down the File menu select the Page Setup item and select Options from the last dialog box This icon denotes a tip which alerts you to advisory information This icon denotes a note which alerts you to important information Bold text denotes items that you must select or click on in the software such as menu items and dialog box options Bold text also denotes class library member names or emphasis Italic text denotes parameters variables cross references or an introduction to a key concept Italic text also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value that you must supply Text in this font denotes text or characters that you enter from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font also is used for the proper names of disk drives paths directories programs device names filenames and extensions and code excerpts X ni com Introduction to Measurement Studio Measurement Studio is an integrated suite of tools and class libraries that are designed for developers using Microsoft NET Windows ASP NET and MFC to develop measurement and automation applications Measurement Studio dramatically reduces appli
66. al Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features Measurement Studio User Manual Add Remove Class Libraries Wizard Use the Measurement Studio Add Remove Class Libraries wizard to add or remove Measurement Studio class libraries or assemblies in existing Visual Basic NET Visual C or Visual C projects Select Measurement Studio View NET Class Library Wizard to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 Project Conversion Wizard Use the Project Conversion wizard to convert Measurement Studio 1 0 and 6 0 Visual C projects to the current version installed on your machine This menu item is available only in Visual Studio NET 2003 National Instruments Tools Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX Use MAX to configure NI hardware add new channels interfaces and tasks execute system diagnostics and view devices and instruments connected to the system Select NI Tools Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 The MAX menu option is available only if you have MAX installed National Instruments Tools NI Spy Use NI Spy to monitor record and display National Instruments API calls made by instrument connectivity applications Use NI Spy to quickly locate and analyze any erroneous National Instruments API calls that an application makes and verify that the communication with an instrument is correct Select NI Tools NI Spy to access this menu item in Vis
67. and automation tools and features for NET Windows ASP NET and MFC These integrated tools and features are designed to help you quickly and easily build measurement and automation applications These integrated tools are included in support for both Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 This chapter includes the following sections to help you develop applications with Measurement Studio e Measurement Studio Menu e Creating a Measurement Studio Project e Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application e Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument Control Application e Adding or Removing Measurement Studio Class Libraries e Selecting a Measurement Studio Parameter Value e Calling Instrument Drivers from NET Languages Refer to the Developing with Measurement Studio section in the NI Measurement Studio Help for more information about the functionality of these tools and features Measurement Studio Menu The Measurement Studio menu provides an easy way to access the following National Instruments resources and tools e Parameter Assistant Use the Measurement Studio Parameter Assistant to discover and insert valid parameter values for various Measurement Studio class libraries such as NI DAQmx NI 488 2 and NI VISA methods The Parameter Assistant is available only if you have Measurement Studio class libraries installed that use parameter values National Instruments Corporation 4 1 Measurement Studio User Manu
68. and erfc x F Distribution Histogram Inverse Chi Square Distribution SINE SESESYS Inverse F Distribution Inverse Normal Distribution Inverse T Distribution Mean Median and Mode NINES ESTES Measurement Studio User Manual ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Moment about Mean Vv Y Normal Distribution Polynomial Interpolation RMS Y Spline Interpolant Spline Interpolation Standard Deviation Y T Distribution KISIRI IAS AIRIS Variance Special Functions Airy Bessel 1st Bessel 2nd Beta Complimentary Gamma Cosine Integral Dawson s Integral Dilogarithm Elliptic Ist Elliptic 2nd Exponential Integral Factorial Fresnel Integrals Gamma KIKIR ISIS ISIA RISI ISIA NESSES Gauss HyperGeometric National Instruments Corporation 2 11 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Hyperbolic Cosine In
69. arse Parsing help gt Clear parsing Byte index Binary representation ASCII representation 00000000000 5000 ZJ 00000000014 F nn c 00000000028 ooir s ooir 4 et 00000000042 0 00000000056 NNNNNNNNNFN 7 Separators hz Bin and ASCII Byte order Big Endian Motorola Selected Token Settings Token name Value waveform 20000 Data Type Scaling 10000 Type 2 byte int ov Iv Aray Byte Count Array Size 2500 numBytes 5000 byte s v I l 1500 2000 2500 l M To end of data 0 500 1000 Measurement Studio Walkthroughs for Visual Studio 2005 Use the following walkthroughs to help you develop Measurement Studio applications in Visual Studio 2005 e Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 e Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Web Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 National Instruments Corporation 5 33 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio 2005 Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 Measurement Studio includes user interface controls
70. as a single unit A collection of one or more files that are versioned and deployed as a unit An assembly is the primary building block of a NET Framework application All managed types and resources are contained within an assembly and are marked either as accessible only within the assembly or as accessible from code in other assemblies Function that begins an operation and returns control to the program prior to the completion or termination of the operation Measurement Studio User Manual Glossary button C channel chart client callback CodeBuilder A control used to input or display Boolean information or to initiate an action in a program 1 Physical a terminal or pin at which you can measure or generate an analog or digital signal A single physical channel can include more than one terminal as in the case of a differential analog input channel or a digital port of eight lines The name used for a counter physical channel is an exception because that physical channel name is not the name of the terminal where the counter measures or generates the digital signal 2 Virtual a collection of property settings that can include a name a physical channel input terminal connections the type of measurement or generation and scaling information You can define NI DAQm x virtual channels outside a task global or inside a task local Configuring virtual channels is optional in Traditional NI DAQ and earlier ve
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72. ata in a double array named data double data whiteNoise Generate 1000 0 256 Measurement Studio User Manual 5 8 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Use the PlotY method to plot the data Plot PlotY data Use the Mean method to calculate the mean of the data double mean Statistics Mean data Display the mean on the gauge gauge Value mean Customizing your user interface 1 Right click the legend and select Edit Items to display the LegendItem Collection Editor dialog box You use the LegendItem Collection Editor to add or remove legend items and to configure legend item properties Legendltem Collection Editor Members legendItem1 Properties o eee E Appearanc Source B Plot Signal Visible True a DynamicPropertie E Da Tag E Desig Name legendItem1 Modifiers Private Text The description of the legend item Remove 2 Select Plot in the Source drop down list and enter Signal in the Text box Click OK Now that you have specified a legend item for the plot changes you make to the plot will be reflected on the legend 3 Right click the graph and select Auto Format to display the Auto Format dialog box The Auto Format dialog box provides a set of pre configured control styles When you select a style and click OK National Instruments Corporation 5 9 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio
73. ations e Configure how the control behaves when you click it with the mouse or press the spacebar when the control has focus e Configure how the button control appears using button styles You can configure the button control to appear as a push button LED or switch 3 20 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Bind properties to a DataSocket source or target You use binding to read property values from a source and write property values to a target Tip For more information about easily using the button control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Button Visual C Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX graph control as shown in Figure 3 3 to plot and chart two dimensional data The CNiGraph class provides the Visual C interface to the ActiveX graph control 10 8 Figure 3 3 ActiveX Graph Control With the graph control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations Plot Operations National Instruments Corporation Plot and chart data Configure a graph to contain multiple plots to show separate but related data on the same graph Configure a graph to include multiple Y axes so that plot data fits the graph plot area Use cursors and annotations to identify key points in plots and the plot area 3 21 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3
74. ative x t Discrete Cosine Transform Discrete Sine Transform Fast Hilbert Transform Fast Hartley Transform Integral x t Inverse Real and Complex Fast Fourier Transform FFT KIKSI IRIS SIRIS ISIS KIRKI IRSIRS ISSIS SIS Inverse Fast Hilbert Transform Inverse Fast Hartley Transform Peak Detection Power Spectrum Pulse Parameters Real and Complex FFT Threshold Peak Detector KIRIS ISI ISISI Unwrap Phase KISIS S ISISI SIS Linear Algebra Back Transform Eigenvectors Backward Substitution Cholesky Factorization Complex Back Transform Eigenvectors KISIS S Measurement Studio User Manual 2 6 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Complex Cholesky Vv Factorization Complex Determinant Y Y Complex Dot Product Vv Y Complex Eigenvectors and Vv Eigenvalues Complex General Eigen AB Y Complex Hessenberg Decomposition Complex Inverse Matrix Y Complex Linear Equations Y Complex LU Factorization Y Complex Matrix Balance Y Complex Matrix Condition Y Y Number Complex Matrix Norm Vv Vv Complex Matrix Rank Y Y Complex Outer Product Y Y Complex
75. auss fit cubic spline fit and interpolation functions e Special functions Refer to Table 2 1 to determine the type of measurements available in the Professional and Enterprise Analysis NET libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Measurements AC and DC Estimator Y Amplitude and Phase Spectrum Auto Power Spectrum Cross Power Spectrum Harmonic Analyzer Impulse Response Function Y Network Functions avg Y Power and Frequency Estimate Scaled Time Domain Window Spectrum Unit Conversion KIR IRIS ISIRIR SIS Transfer Function National Instruments Corporation 2 3 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Signal Generation Arbitrary Wave Y Chirp Pattern Y Gaussian White Noise Y Impulse Pattern Pulse Pattern Ramp Pattern Sawtooth Wave Sinc Pattern Sine Pattern Sine Wave Square Wave KIKISIS Triangle Wave KISIS ISIR ISISI ISSIS SSS Uniform White Noise Y Windowing Blackman Window Y Blackman Harris Wind
76. b Forms user interface controls 2 31 National Instruments Corporation Index Web resources A 1 Windows Forms array controls 2 28 LED array control 2 29 switch array control 2 29 Windows Forms user interface controls 2 16 Measurement Studio User Manual
77. ble in Visual Studio 2005 only Tip For more information about using the DAQ Assistant to create a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx application refer to the Creating a Measurement Studio DAQ Application section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Creating an NI DAQmx User Control in Visual Studio NET 2003 Q You can create an NI DAQmx NET user control with Measurement Studio that provides a default graphical user interface to an NI DAQmx task The NI DAQmx User Control wizard wraps a configured NI DAQmx task class in a user friendly control You can drop the generated user control from the Visual Studio Toolbox onto a form and use it just as you use any Windows Forms control The NI DAQm x user control is available only in Visual Studio NET 2003 Tip For more information on how to create a user control refer to the Using a DAQmx Task Class in a Project topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Creating an NI DAQmx User Interface in Visual Studio 2005 Using the Configure DAQ Component UI wizard as shown in Figure 4 4 you can customize and preview a user interface and code for your task The wizard also generates event handlers and code to acquire data and present it on your generated user interface The Configure DAQ Component UI wizard is available only in Visual Studio 2005 Measurement Studio User Manual 4 8 ni com Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features Generate DAQ UI Configure DAQ Component UI The user i
78. c edit and select Properties to display the 11 Properties window Select Gauge in the Source drop down list Setting the Source property to the gauge allows two way binding between the controls 12 Deselect ArrowKeys Buttons and Text for the InteractionMode property of the numeric edit control Deselecting these interaction modes makes the numeric edit an indicator 5 52 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Select the Format Mode property and in the Numeric Edit Format Mode Editor dialog box change the Precision to 4 Select File Save Form1 cs to save your application Select Debug Start Without Debugging to run the application After your program builds and runs click Start Notice the graph shows the data plot and the gauge and the numeric edit display the mean of the data The following screenshot shows the Web page with customization File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Q sxx QJ x a A 2 Search 5 Favorites 4 l 100 200 260 A Signal 0 0328 Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to create an NI DAQmx application by taking you through the following steps National Instruments Corporation Setting up the project Using the Measurement Studio DAQ Application Wizard you will create a new project that references the NI DAQmx assembly and launches the DAQ
79. cation development time through object oriented measurement hardware interfaces advanced analysis libraries scientific user interface controls for Windows and Web applications measurement data networking wizards interactive code designers and highly extensible NET and Visual C classes You can use Measurement Studio to develop a complete measurement and automation application that includes data acquisition analysis and presentation functionalities Measurement Studio 8 0 1 Professional and Enterprise packages include two CDs one CD with support for Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 and one CD with support for Visual Studio 6 0 The Measurement Studio 8 0 1 Standard package includes one CD with support for Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 This manual documents the Measurement Studio for Visual Studio 2003 2005 CD The Measurement Studio for Visual Studio 2003 2005 CD includes separate parallel sets of class libraries integration features and support documentation for developing with Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 For help with Visual Studio 6 0 refer to the Measurement Studio Support for Visual Studio 6 0 Readme located on the Measurement Studio for Visual Studio 6 0 CD National Instruments Corporation 1 1 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Installation Requirements To install Measurement Studio your computer must have the following
80. communicate with National Instruments GPIB hardware Driver level software to control and communicate with DAQ hardware NI DAQ is an extensive library of VIs and functions you can call from an application development environment ADE to program all the features of an NI measurement device such as configuring acquiring and generating data from and sending data to the device The latest NI DAQ driver with new VIs functions and development tools for controlling measurement devices The advantages of NI DAQmx over earlier versions of NI DAQ include the DAQ Assistant for configuring channels and measurement tasks for your device for use in LabVIEW LabWindows CVI and Measurement Studio increased performance such as faster single point analog I O and a simpler API for creating DAQ applications using fewer functions and VIs than earlier versions of NI DAQ Driver level software to control and communicate with National Instruments image acquisition hardware A control used to display and edit numeric values OLE Control eXtension Another name for ActiveX controls reflected by the ocx file extension of ActiveX control files Object Linking and Embedding See also ActiveX OLE for Process Control An industry standard based on ActiveX and COM technologies that enables you to create a single client application that can communicate with disparate devices Refer to www opcfoundation org for more information Measurement instrument w
81. d group contains ASP NET server controls included in the System Web UI namespace Select the Button control in the toolbox and drag and drop it into a table cell Right click the button and select Properties to display the Properties window You configure the properties of the control in the Properties window 5 47 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 8 9 10 11 Scroll to the Text property in the Properties window Type Start for the button text Select the Measurement Studio tab on the Toolbox Toolbox ix Standard Data alidation i Navigation i Login WebParts HTML Crystal Reports Measurement Studio h Pointer WE WaveformGraph a ScatterGraph DigitalWaveformGraph 1 ComplexGraph EJ Legend E Gauge uy Knob SU Meter Slide pm Tank Thermometer 00 NumericEdit amp Switch Led AutoRefresh General i n n Select the WaveformGraph control and drag and drop it into a table cell On the waveform graph smart tag type graph for the name of the waveform graph ID Tip You access the smart tag by right clicking the arrow button in the upper right corner of the control 12 13 Measurement Studio User Manual Select the Legend control and drag and drop it into a table cell Select the NumericEdit control and drag and drop it into a table cell 5 48 ni com 14 15 16 Chapter 5 G
82. d instrument on a supported VISA bus such as GPIB or Serial Note For more information about the Instrument I O Assistant refer to the NI Instrument I O Assistant Help by selecting the Show Help button inside the assistant yp Show Help Setting up the project 1 2 National Instruments Corporation Open Visual Studio from Start All Programs Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 Select File New Project The New Project dialog box launches 5 25 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio New Project Project Types Templates Visual Basic Projects Ol E Visual C Projects I G Visual J Projects Visual C Projects fa Measurement Studio Projects Windows Class Library Application Visual Basic Projects 4 Visual C Projects Visual C Projects E CVI Projects Pr e im ot on A project that uses Measurement Studio class libraries to create an application with a Windows user inte Name MyIIOAProject Location C Documents and Settings Administrator Desktop X Browse Project will be created at C Documents and Settings Administrator Desktop MyIIOAProject More Cancel Help Measurement Studio User Manual In the Project Types pane expand the Measurement Studio Projects folder Select Visual Basic Projects or Visual C Projects depending on which language you want to create the project in
83. dard Edition includes the sawtooth sine square triangle and basic function wave generators Professional Analysis The Professional Analysis class library which ships with Measurement Studio Professional Edition includes the Standard Analysis functionality as well as the following functionality Enterprise Analysis Bessel Chebyshev Inverse Chebyshev Windowed Kaiser and Elliptic Low High Bandpass and Bandstop filters Signal processing functions such as convolution deconvolution correlation decimation integration and differentiation FFT Inverse FFT Real FFT Fast Hartley Inverse Fast Hartley Fast Hilbert Inverse Fast Hilbert DST Inverse DST DCT and Inverse DCT transformations Linear algebra functions such as determinant check positive definiteness calculate dot product and other various matrix methods Scaled and unscaled windowing classes Common statistical functions such as mean median mode and variance Exponential linear and polynomial curve fitting functions Signal generation functions The Enterprise Analysis class library which ships with Measurement Studio Enterprise Edition includes the Standard and Professional Analysis functionality as well as the following advanced functionality Measurement Studio User Manual EquiRipple filters Linear algebra functions such as forward and back substitution LU factorization Cholesky factorization Schur decomposition and Hessenberg decomp
84. dd to the project O Enterprise Analysis E Measurement Studio Hardware Class Libraries O NI 488 2 Instrumentation Control D1 VisaNS Library O DataS ocket Communication Windows Forms User Interface Controls Help lt lt Back Cn Finish Cancel 9 Tip If you are working with an existing project you can access the Add Class Libraries dialog box by selecting Measurement Studio Add Remove Class Libraries Wizard Measurement Studio User Manual 5 14 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 6 Inthe Add Tasks dialog box you can configure the Measurement Studio Application Wizard to add a task to your project using the DAQ Assistant Select Launch the DAQm x Assistant to create a DAQmx task and specify MyDAQmxTask mxb for the File Name This file name is the name used for the class that is generated later in this walkthrough For more information click the Configuring a DAQmx Task Class link to access the help Click Finish Measurement Studio Visual C Windows Application Wizard Add Tasks Select the tasks you want to add to the project Select a NI 488 2 VisaNS or DAQmx task to add to the project Use a task to interactively configure a measurement or automation operation and generate code for that operation r File Name Configuring an NI 488 2 Instrumentation Task Class r File Name Configuring a VisaNS Instrumentation Task Class M Launch the DAGmx Assistant to create a DAQms tas
85. different display styles knobs dials and meters e Use multiple control pointers each representing one scalar value A control pointer indicates the current value of the knob e Use the CNiAxis class to interface to a single axis of a knob control This feature allows you to modify the appearance and behavior of the axis e Automatically label axes with log or inverted numeric scales and continuous or discrete values e Customize the knob by using ticks labels and value pairs e Bind properties to a DataSocket source or target You use binding to read property values from a source and write property values to a target Tip For more information about easily using the knob control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Knob Visual C Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Numeric Edit Control Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX numeric edit control as shown in Figure 3 5 to display numeric values and provide a way by which end users can edit numeric values Typically you use a numeric edit control to input or display numerical data instead of using a text box The CNiNumEdit class provides the Visual C interface to the ActiveX numeric edit control National Instruments Corporation 3 23 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries 1e 002 Figure 3 5 ActiveX Numeric Edit Control With the numeric edit control and the classes that interface with
86. e maximum range value to positive infinity Create custom formats or use built in numeric formats including generic engineering and simple double Connect to a Measurement Studio numeric control so that if you change the value of one control it changes the value of the other control Set the coercion mode property to discrete or continuous values This property configures the control to allow entry or display of either a discrete set of values or any value Set the interaction mode to keyboard and mouse keyboard only mouse only or none Tip For more information about using the Windows Forms numeric edit control refer to the NumericEdit Class section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Switch and LED Controls Measurement Studio User Manual Use the Measurement Studio switch and LED controls as Boolean controls on a Windows Forms user interface You typically use a switch control as shown in Figure 2 7 to receive and control Boolean input on an application user interface J Figure 2 7 Windows Forms Switch Control in Vertical Toggle 3D Style You typically use an LED control as shown in Figure 2 8 to indicate a Boolean value on an application user interface Figure 2 8 Windows Forms LED Control in Square 3D Style 2 26 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries With the switch and LED controls and the classes that interface with the controls you can perform the following operations Receive noti
87. e working with an existing project you can access the Measurement Studio ASP NET Web Site Wizard dialog box by selecting Measurement Studio View NET Class Library Wizard Measurement Studio User Manual Click Finish to display Default aspx in the Web Forms Designer You can rename the title of your Web page Click inside the lt title gt tag and rename the title to Measurement Studio Web Forms Controls and Analysis Walkthrough 5 46 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Adding user interface controls to the project In this section you will build a Web page that looks like the following screenshot Measurement Studio Web Forms Controls and Analysis Walkthrough DEAR i File Edit view Favorites Tools Help gt x B Search Ie Favorites O 2 National Instruments Corporation A em Select View Toolbox to display the Toolbox The toolbox contains components and controls that you can add to your project Click Design to switch from Source View to Design View Select View Toolbox to display the Toolbox The toolbox contains components and controls that you can add to your project Expand the HTML group on the Toolbox Select the Table control in the toolbox and drag and drop it onto the form You use the table cells to arrange the user interface controls on your Web page as shown in the previous screenshot Expand the Standard group on the Toolbox The Standar
88. ect Using the Measurement Studio Application Wizard you will create a new project that references the VisaNS assembly and launches the Instrument I O Assistant to create a VisaNS task Performing a query on the instrument Using the Instrument I O Assistant you will write a command to an instrument and read the instrument response Displaying Instrument I O Assistant data on your UI Using text box and button controls you will create a Windows Forms application to display the Instrument I O Assistant data Before You Begin The following components are required to complete this walkthrough Visual Studio 2005 Measurement Studio Professional or Enterprise package National Instruments Device Driver CD Message based instrument on a supported VISA bus such as GPIB or Serial B Note For more information about the Instrument I O Assistant refer to the NJ Instrument I O Assistant Help by selecting the Show Help button inside the assistant sf Show Help Setting up the project 1 Measurement Studio User Manual Open Visual Studio from Start All Programs Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 5 64 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 2 Select File New Project The New Project dialog box launches New Project Project types Templates Visual Basic isual Studio installed templates E Visual C Windows of NI Windows Application AAMI VISA Windows Application
89. ect the measurement type for your task voltage To have multiple measurement types within a single task you must first create gt Temperature the task with one measurement type After x you create the task click the Add button b Strain to add a new measurement type to the task 4 Current fe Resistance be Frequency P Position EF Acceleration Custom Voltage with Excitation Sound Pressure P Analog Output Finish Cancel National Instruments Corporation 5 17 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 3 Inthe Supported Physical Channels tree select the physical channel such as ail on the DAQ device to which you connected the voltage signal Click Finish Create New NI DAQ Pins DAQ Assistant BB Physical Select the physical channel s to add to your task Supported Physical Channels You also can add or copy a Dev1 PCI 6280 existing global virtual channels aio to your task Gloda virtua channels are virtual channels created from MAX or your application software that are saved in MAX and can be used in any task or application You can only add global virtual channels that support the measurement You also can add physical channel s associated with transducer electronic data sheet TEDS sensors to your task A TEDS is a data sheet for an analog sensor A TEDS contains the critical information needed by a device or measu
90. ed in the previous step 5 For more information on this step refer to Generating Code for a DAQmx Task Class topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Your NI DAQm x task is now configured and ready to use in a project Measurement Studio User Manual 5 20 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio To create a custom UI control and source code for the task 1 Select Project Add New Item The Add New Item dialog box launches 2 Inthe Categories pane of the Add New Item dialog box expand the Measurement Studio folder and select Assistants 3 Inthe Templates pane select DAQmx User Control Specify MyDAQmxUserControl for Name and click Open Add New Item MyDAQm gt Project Categories Templates Measurement Studio x Assistants S _ Local Project Items DAQmx Task ONE Control 4 new Windows Forms control that provides a user interface to a DAQmx task Name MyDAQmxUserControl cs 4 Inthe Select DAQmx Task dialog box select Project Task and then select MyDAQmxProject MyDAQmxTask from the drop down menu This binds the NI DAQmx user control with the task that you just created A project task is used for classes that are created using the DAQ Assistant from Visual Studio A global task is used for tasks that are created and saved in MAX For more information refer to Creating Tasks and Channels in the Measurement amp Automation Explorer Help for NI DAQmx Click Next National Instruments Corp
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92. er Interface Controls Measurement Studio Visual C Windows Application Wizard Measurement Studio Class Libraries Select the class libraries you want to include in the project Enterprise Analysis C DataSocket Communication Windows Forms User Interface Controls Q Tip If you are working with an existing project you can access the Add Remove Class Libraries dialog box by selecting Measurement Studio View NET Class Library Wizard 7 Click Finish to display Form1 in the Windows Forms Designer Measurement Studio User Manual 5 36 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Adding user interface controls to the project In this section you will build a user interface that looks like Form1 in the following screenshot Form1 1 Select View Toolbox to display the Toolbox The toolbox contains components and controls that you can add to your project 2 Expand the All Windows Forms group The All Windows Forms group contains controls and components included in the System Windows Forms namespace Select the Button control and drag and drop it onto the form 4 Right click the button and select Properties to display the Properties window You configure the properties of the control in the Properties window The Text property will be highlighted Type Start for the button text 6 Expand the Measurement Studio group in the Toolbox National Instruments Corporation 5 37 Measurement Studi
93. es e Configure plot labels on the y axis e Configure plot templates to customize plots that are implicitly created from plotted data e Specify anti aliased digital plots e Expand and collapse signal plots interactively Waveform Sample and Signal State Operations e Simultaneously display waveforms and signals or display signals only e Create custom waveform sample and signal state styles e Configure sample and state labels e Create custom waveform sample and signal state labels Axis Operations e Configure the axis modes to fixed exact autoscaling or loose autoscaling e Interactively change the range of an axis and invert the axis at run time by clicking on the axis end labels Additional Operations e Display data in sample or time mode e Pan with scroll bars e Configure the style and mode of scroll bars e Create custom scroll bars e Pan and zoom interactively e Configure major minor and custom divisions e Copy the graph as a BMP GIF JPEG or PNG image to the clipboard or a file National Instruments Corporation 2 21 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Tip For more information about using the digital waveform graph control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Digital Waveform Graph NET Control section in the NJ Measurement Studio Help Complex Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio complex graph control as
94. es that interface with the controls you can perform the following operations e Receive notification before or after the state of the control changes e Specify the image format of the control as BMP GIF JPEG or PNG Tip For more information about using the switch and LED controls refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Web Forms Switch and LED NET Controls section in the NI Measurement Studio Help AutoRefresh Control Use the AutoRefresh control to update a Web control or a group of Web controls on the client at a specified interval The AutoRefresh control renders JavaScript on the client to create a timer in the browser When the timer elapses the AutoRefresh updates the controls in the AutoRefresh group For downlevel browsers the controls update via postback For uplevel browsers the client side script rendered by the AutoRefresh control uses a client callback to update the associated controls on the client without posting the page back to the server National Instruments Corporation 2 41 Measurement Studio User Manual Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries This chapter provides overview information about the Visual C class libraries that are available with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio Visual C support for Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 is the same except where noted Refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries section of the NI Measurement Studio Help
95. ete this walkthrough e Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 e Measurement Studio Professional or Enterprise package Setting up the project 1 Select Start All Programs Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 2 Select File New Web Site The New Web Site dialog box launches New Web Site Templates isual Studio installed templates E k 2 2 R ASP NET Web Measurement ASP NET Web Personal Web Empty Web ASP NET Site Studio ASP Service Site Starter Kit Site Crystal Re My Templates Search Online Templates 4 Measurement Studio ASP NET web site Location File System v C MyMeasurementStudiowebSite v Language Visual C v National Instruments Corporation 5 45 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio In the Templates pane select Measurement Studio ASP NET Web Site Select File System and specify a file path of your choice Use the drop down box to select Visual C or Visual Basic depending on which language you want to create the project in Click OK The Measurement Studio ASP NET Web Site Wizard launches Select Analysis and Web Forms User Interface Controls Measurement Studio ASP NET Web Site Wizard Measurement Studio Class Libraries Select the class libraries you want to include in the project Enterprise Analysis DataSocket Communication Web Forms User Interface Controls 0 Tip If you ar
96. etting Started with Measurement Studio On the numeric edit smart tag type numericedit for the Name of the numeric edit ID Select the Gauge control and drag and drop it into a table cell On the gauge smart tag type gauge for the Name of the gauge ID see min EET Cune 4 5 6 N Name Yaugel 3 Per _ Appearance 0 F2 8 Dial Color window v 1 3_ Gauge Style SunkenWithThickNeedle3 v o gt Pointer Color BB WindowText v m z Ch 1 Spindle Color Control v Scale Arc 240 300 v value 0 LL LLL Behavior Coercion Mode None v Coercion Interval 1 Interaction Mode Indicator v Range 0 10 v Edit Range Fills Edit Custom Divisions Auto Format National Instruments Corporation 5 49 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio The following screenshot shows the Web page with the user controls Measurement Studio Web Forms Controls and Analysis Walkthrough DER File Edit view Favorites Tools Help ay x E A P Search Se Favorites La lt 7 10 lt 5 4 6 j m2 8 o l 1 Fd 0 5 10 Cem Generating plotting and analyzing the data 1 Double click the button control to display the Default aspx cs code with the cursor inside the click event handler of the button control 2 Add the following code to generate random data plot the data calculate the mean of the data and display the mean on the gauge VB NET Declare
97. fers additional capabilities such as independent Write and Read and Parse steps and advanced parsing capabilities The following screenshot shows the Instrument I O Assistant s ability to scale and parse IEEE long definite block data Run this step Enter a command click Run to send command Termination character Jourv Auto parse Parsing help gt Clear parsing ASCII representation Byte index Binary representation 00000000000 23 34 31 20 25 25 IDE TES oE 5 00000000014 FSE Pec 22 22 2802 2 deez 2 00000000028 3 SS et 00000000042 E 00000000056 00000000070 00000000084 NNNNNNNNNAR Bin and ASCII Byte order Big Endian Motorola Separator s Selected Token Settings Token name Value Waveform 1 5e 009 Data Type Scaling 1e 009 Type 5e 008 4 byte uint M Aray 0 5e 008 Byte Count Array Size 250 Je 009 numBytes 1000 byte s 1 5e 009 l l l l l Ra To end of data 0 50 100 150 200 250 National Instruments Corporation 5 69 Measurement Studio User Manual Technical Support and Professional Services Visit the following sections of the National Instruments Web site at ni com for technical support and professional services Support Online technical support resources at ni com support include the following Self Help Resources For answers and solutions visit the award winning National Instrum
98. fication before or after the state of the control changes Configure how the control behaves when you click it with the mouse or press the spacebar when the control has focus Configure the appearance of the control Make the control background transparent Configure the LED control to blink while it is on or off and configure the rate at which the LED control blinks Tip For more information about using the switch and LED controls refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Switch and LED NET Controls section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Property Editor Control Use the Measurement Studio property editor control as shown in Figure 2 9 to configure properties for Windows Forms controls at run time olx t Property Editor Drag the sweep or start angle lines to ao ig arc Start angle poo 0 Sweep angle 300 0 ME Invert 0 240 200 ly Scale Arc Cancel Figure 2 9 Windows Forms Property Editor Control for the Windows Forms Knob National Instruments Corporation Control Scale Arc Property 2 27 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries With the property editor control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations e Edit any NET type at run time including collections e Edit expandable properties that represent nested properties of anot
99. form graph control as X or Y data and optionally with date and time scaling e Use the extensible plot and plot area drawing capabilities and events to customize the graph appearance e Create custom point and line styles for plots e Specify anti aliased plots for plot lines Axis Operations e Configure a graph to include multiple axes or independent ranges so that plot data fits the graph plot area e Configure the axis modes to fixed exact autoscaling loose autoscaling strip chart or scope chart e Use logarithmic axes with configurable bases e Interactively change the range of an axis and invert the axis at run time by clicking on the axis end labels Cursor Operations e Use cursors to identify key points in plots and the plot area e Configure cursor snap modes to be floating nearest point or to plot e Use cursor labels to display X and Y data coordinates that the cursor crosshair points to and customize the text font and colors of the label e Create custom point and line styles for cursors Annotation Operations e Configure text labels arrows and drawing shapes to annotate a point anywhere in the plot area of the graph e Configure range area text labels and arrows to annotate a range in the plot area of the graph Additional Operations e Zoom interactively e Specify the image format of the control as BMP GIF JPEG or PNG e Configure major minor and custom divisions and origin lines
100. g Started with Measurement Studio 6 Select Analysis and Windows Forms User Interface Controls Add Class Libraries Select the class libraries to add to the project O DataSocket Communication Windows Forms User Interface Controls Help lt lt Back Nex Finish Cancel Q Tip If you are working with an existing project you can access the Add Class Libraries dialog box by selecting Measurement Studio Add Remove Class Libraries Wizard 7 Click Finish to display Form1 in the Windows Forms Designer Measurement Studio User Manual 5 4 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Adding user interface controls to the project In this section you will build a user interface that looks like Form1 in the following screenshot Form1 1 Select View Toolbox to display the Toolbox The toolbox contains components and controls that you can add to your project 2 Select the Windows Forms tab The Windows Forms tab contains controls and components included in the System Windows Forms namespace Select the Button control and drag and drop it onto the form Right click the button and select Properties to display the Properties window You configure the properties of the control in the Properties window The Text property is highlighted Type Start for the button text Select the Measurement Studio NET Tools tab on the Toolbox National Instruments Corporation 5 5 Measurement Studio User Manual
101. ge e Exception Message MessageBox Show message DAQ Error ed w w geBoxButtons OK Measurement Studio User Manual 5 62 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 3 Press lt F5 gt to run the application 4 After you have started the application click the Read button to begin acquiring data from your DAQ device ES Form1 What s Next To learn more about tasks channels and other NI DAQmx concepts refer to the NI DAQmx Help located at Start All Programs National Instruments NI DAQ NI DAQmx Help For more information about creating and using tasks in Measurement Studio refer to the Using the Measurement Studio NI DAQmx NET Library section in the NJ Measurement Studio Help You can also look at examples that ship with NI DAQm x Refer to the Measurement Studio NI DAQmx NET Examples topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help for the locations of these examples National Instruments Corporation 5 63 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio 2005 The National Instruments Instrument I O Assistant organizes instrument communication for a serial Ethernet or GPIB instrument into ordered steps This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to build an instrument I O application by taking you through the following steps Setting up the proj
102. hen they are needed saves memory in software applications Digital Multimeter A common measurement instrument that measures resistance current and voltage in a wide variety of applications Previous generation Web browser with limited client interaction See also uplevel browser Software that controls a specific hardware device such as a data acquisition board or GPIB interface board See also instrument driver DataSocket Transfer Protocol Protocol based on TCP IP to exchange data directly between two applications using DataSocket clients Data is passed through a DataSocket Server between the applications G 4 ni com E Ethernet event executable form front panel FTP gauge GPIB graph HTTP Glossary Standard connection type for networks where computers are connected by coaxial or twisted pair cable Object generated response to some action or change in state such as a mouse click or a completed acquisition The event calls an event procedure that processes the event Program file with a exe extension that you can run independently of the development environment in which it was created Window or area on the screen on which you place controls and indicators to create the user interface for your program Interactive user interface of a virtual instrument Modeled after the front panel of physical instruments it is composed of switches slides meters graphs charts gauges LEDs and other con
103. her object such as major divisions of an axis e Create custom editors and type converters for properties e Connect to a Windows Forms control so that if you change the value of a property of the control the property editor will update to reflect the change e Configure the display mode as a visual representation of the value text only or both e Set the interaction mode to edit values or indicator Q Tip For more information about using the property editor control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Property Editor Control topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Measurement Studio Support for Visual Studio 2005 Class Library Overview Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio 2005 includes all of the features and functionality described in the Measurement Studio Support for Visual Studio NET 2003 Class Library Overview section as well as the following additional user interface features and functionality e Windows Forms array controls e ASP NET Web Forms controls Windows Forms Array Controls You can create an array of Measurement Studio controls that behave as a single unit For example you can use these array controls to visualize and control ports of a digital line or values of an array Measurement Studio includes switch LED and numeric edit array controls You can create control arrays of other controls if those controls meet the constraints of the generic type parameter TControl Mea
104. ic Windows 4 Smart Device Database Starter Kits Measurement Studio visual C Windows E Smart Device Database Starter Kits Measurement Studio E visual J E visual C Other Project Types Chapter 5 Setting up the project Getting Started with Measurement Studio Select Start All Programs Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Select File New Project The New Project dialog box launches Templates isual Studio installed templates g yI Windows Application My Templates o NI Class Library Ej Search Online Templates 4 project for creating a Measurement Studio cE application with a v Windows user interface Name MyMeasurementStudioProject Location C Documents and Settings Administrator My Documents Visual Studio 2005 Projects Solution Name MyMeasurementStudioProject National Instruments Corporation Create directory for solution In the Project Types pane select Measurement Studio under Visual C or Visual Basic depending on which language you want to create the project in In the Templates pane select NI Windows Application Specify MyMeasurementStudioProject for Name and specify a Location of your choice Click OK The Measurement Studio Application Wizard launches 5 35 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 6 Select Analysis and Windows Forms Us
105. ication with Web Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio 2005 Measurement Studio User Manual Measurement Studio includes user interface controls such as a waveform graph control and a gauge control and analysis functionality such as signal generation and mathematical functions This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to add analysis and presentation functionality to a Web Forms application by taking you through the following steps Setting up the project Using the Measurement Studio Application Wizard you will create a new project that references the Measurement Studio Analysis class library and Web Forms controls Adding user interface controls to the project Using the Toolbox and the Properties window you will add and configure a button waveform graph legend gauge and numeric edit user interface control 5 44 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio e Generating plotting and analyzing the data Using NationalInstruments Analysis SignalGeneration White NoiseSignal and NationalInstruments Analysis Math Statistics Mean you will generate data plot the generated data on a waveform graph and calculate the mean of the data e Customizing the user interface Using the Collection Editor and Auto Format dialog boxes you will display the mean value on the gauge and the numeric edit as well as customize your user interface Before You Begin The following components are required to compl
106. idely used in high speed testing applications such as telecommunication physical layer testing video testing and high speed digital design verification Measurement Studio User Manual G 8 ni com PCI PID plot point postback property property editor property pages PXI Glossary Peripheral Component Interconnect High performance expansion bus architecture commonly found in PCs Proportional Integral Derivative A three term control mechanism combining proportional integral and derivative control You might use a PID algorithm to control processes such as heating and cooling systems fluid level monitoring flow control and pressure control 1 Trace data line on a graph representing the data in one row or column of an array 2 To display a new set of data while deleting any previous data on the graph Structure that contains two 16 bit integers that represent horizontal and vertical coordinates The process in which a Web page sends data back to the same page on the server Attribute that defines the appearance or state of an object The property can be a specific value or another object with its own properties and methods For example a value property is the color property of a plot object while an object property is a specific Y axis property on a graph object The Y axis itself is another object with properties such as minimum and maximum values A control used to configure properties
107. iew Toolbox to display the Toolbox Select the WindowsForms tab on the Toolbox Select the Button control and drag and drop it onto the form Woe eb Select the TextBox control and drag and drop it onto the form Repeat this step to add a second text box to the form The following screenshot shows the controls on the form Formi 6 Double click the Button control to display the Form1 code with the cursor inside the click event handler of the button control 7 Add the following code to display the vendor and model name of your instrument in the text boxes VB NET Declare an instance of VisaTask Dim myTask As New VisaTask Dim results As VisaTaskResults Display the data in the text boxes results myTask Run textBoxl Text results Vendor textBox2 Text results Device C Declare an instance of VisaTask VisaTask myTask new VisaTask Display the data in the text boxes VisaTaskResults results myTask Run textBoxl Text results Vendor textBox2 Text results Device 8 Press lt F5 gt to build the application 9 Click the button on the form to run the task The following screenshot shows the controls on the form with sample returned data Measurement Studio User Manual 5 68 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Formi Ss Note Althought this walkthrough only covers the use of a simple Query and Parse step the Instrument I O Assistant of
108. ime with the property editor control The following sections describe each of the Measurement Studio Windows Forms user interface controls National Instruments Corporation 2 17 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Tip For more information about easily using the NET user interface controls refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms NET Controls section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Waveform Graph and Scatter Graph Controls Use the Measurement Studio waveform graph and scatter graph controls as shown in Figure 2 1 to display two dimensional data on a Windows Forms user interface Use the waveform graph to display two dimensional linear data You explicitly specify each value in one dimension and provide an initial value and interval to implicitly specify the values in the other dimension Use the scatter graph to display two dimensional linear or nonlinear data You explicitly specify each value in both dimensions Waveform and Scatter Graph controls Figure 2 1 Windows Forms Waveform Graph Control with Cursors and Windows Forms Scatter Graph Control with XY Point Annotation Both Graphs Have Corresponding Legends Measurement Studio User Manual 2 18 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries With the waveform graph and scatter graph controls and the classes that interface with the controls you can perform the following operations Plot
109. ing Type String bd Character Count 9 v To end of data 7 Rename Token2 to Device Select File Save to save your task 9 Select View Solution Explorer to display the Solution Explorer 10 Click the Show All Files icon sApplication Solution 7 stion 1 proj z ing how All Files ale el Win ion 3 References bin obj El App ico E AssemblyInfo cs Form1 cs 5 InstrumentDriverWrapper1 cs EA licenses licx 11 Double click the VisaNSTask1 cs file to view the code that the Instrument I O Assistant generated for you Displaying Instrument I O Assistant data on your user interface 1 Double click Form1 cs in the Solution Explorer to open your main application form 2 Select View Toolbox to display the Toolbox 3 Select the WindowsForms tab on the Toolbox Measurement Studio User Manual 5 30 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 4 Select the Button control and drag and drop it onto the form 5 Select the TextBox control and drag and drop it onto the form Repeat this step to add a second text box to the form The following screenshot shows the controls on the form Form1 6 Double click the Button control to display the Form1 code with the cursor inside the click event handler of the button control 7 Add the following code to display the vendor and model name of your instrument in the text boxes VB NE
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111. io User Manual 4 10 ni com Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features sF dd Step Undo gt Run s show Help Idle ele vi l Select Instrument Enter a command click Run to send command curv gt Query and Par Auto parse Parsing help X Clear parsing gt lengthNumBytes ASCII representation gt Run this step Termination character gt numBytes Byte index Binary representation 00000000000 9 1000a 4 I gt Waveform 00000000014 g oI 00000000028 00000000042 A 00000000056 00000000070 00000000084 annannnnnnar zl Bin and ASCII Byte order Big Endian Motorola Separator s Selected Token Settings Token name Value Waveform 1 5e 009 Data Type Scaling 1e 009 5e 008 0 5e 008 1e 009 1 5e 009 Type 32 4 byte uint M Aray Byte Count Array Size 250 numBytes 1000 _x bytefs x a To end of data 100 150 200 250 Figure 4 5 Instrument I O Assistant The Instrument I O Assistant aids you in performing the following operations e Creating an instrumentation task class e Configuring an instrumentation task class to communicate with an instrument and parse data you receive from the instrument 0 Tip For more information about using the Instrument I O Assistant to create a Measurement Studio instrument control application
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113. k File Name MyDAGQmsT ask mab Configuring a DAGmx Task Class Help lt lt Back Cancel The Measurement Studio Application Wizard automatically sets up your data acquisition project and launches the DAQmx Task Wizard National Instruments Corporation 5 15 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 7 Inthe New DAQmx Task dialog box you can choose either to create a new task or copy a global task that was created in MAX For more information refer to Creating an NI DAQm x Task from an Existing Task in MAX For this walkthrough select New Item and click Next gt Measurement Studio New DAQmx Task Select what type of DAQms task you want to add to your project New ltem Copy Global Task Help Cne Finish Cancel 0 Tip If you are working with an existing project you can access the New DAQmx Task dialog box by selecting Project Add New Item 8 Review the information in the New DAQm x Task Summary dialog box and click Finish The DAQ Assistant launches starting with the Create New dialog box Measurement Studio User Manual 5 16 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio To configure your task 1 Inthe Create New dialog box of the DAQ Assistant you can begin to interactively define your DAQ task Select Analog Input as the measurement type for your task 2 Next select Voltage Create New NI DAQ DAQ Assistant Sel
114. k Browse Click Next 7 Review the license agreement and select I accept the License Agreement s Click Next 8 Inthe Installation Summary dialog box review the features you selected Click Next B Note Step 8 starts the installation of Measurement Studio Be aware that when the installer indicates that it is removing backup files this is a normal operation The installer may take several minutes to complete this step Measurement Studio User Manual 1 4 ni com Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio If prompted insert the Device Drivers CD and select Rescan Drive If not prompted go to step 14 on this list From the feature tree select the Device Drivers components you want to install To change a driver installation directory select the driver and click Browse Click Next In the Product Information dialog box carefully review important information about the features you are installing Click Next Review the license agreement and select I accept the License Agreement s Click Next In the Installation Summary dialog box review the features you selected Click Next Click the Register button to register Measurement Studio now and click Next to complete the installation If prompted click the appropriate restart option If you did not install a component that requires a restart you will not be prompted to restart Measurement Studio Package Comparison Chart Table 1 1 lists the
115. m data type This data type represents a set of digital states that are grouped by samples or signals An AnalogWaveform data type This data type represents an analog signal that varies over time A DataConverter class that converts data from one data type to another data type such as converting an array of integers to an array of doubles An EngineeringFormatiInfo class that defines a custom formatter to format numeric values as strings with engineering notation and International System of Units SI prefixes and symbols Tip For more detailed information about the Common class library refer to the National Instruments section in the NI Measurement Studio Help DataSocket The Measurement Studio DataSocket NET class library is in the NationalInstruments Net namespace Use the DataSocket class library to transfer live measurement data over the Internet or an intranet between applications on the same computer and to and from files Use the classes in the DataSocket class library to perform the following operations National Instruments Corporation Read and write data between different data sources and targets Use a single simple API to communicate with several types of servers including DataSocket Servers dstp Web servers http file 2 13 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries transfer protocol servers ftp file systems file and OLE for Process Control
116. m range value to negative infinity and the maximum range value to positive infinity e Create custom formats or use built in numeric formats including generic engineering and simple double e Connect to a Measurement Studio numeric control so that if you change the value of one control it changes the value of the other control e Set the coercion mode property to discrete or continuous values This property configures the control to allow entry or display of either a discrete set of values or any value e Validate and format data without posting back to the Web server Q Tip For more information about using the Web Forms numeric edit control refer to the NumericEdit Class section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Measurement Studio User Manual 2 40 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Switch and LED Controls Use the Measurement Studio switch and LED controls as Boolean controls in an ASP NET Web application You typically use a switch control to receive and control Boolean input in an ASP NET Web application You typically use an LED control to indicate a Boolean value in an ASP NET Web application The switch and LED controls are shown in Figure 2 18 Z Switch and LED Controls E BX File Edit view Favorites Tool gt AY Aaa 3 d Figure 2 18 Web Forms Switch Control in Vertical Toggle 3D Style and Web Forms LED Control in Square 3D Style With the switch and LED controls and the class
117. n devices DAQ devices include plug in devices PCMCIA cards and DAQPad devices which connect to a computer USB or 1394 FireWire port SCXI modules are considered DAQ devices Measurement Studio User Manual Glossary DataSocket device digital I O digital waveform graph distribution DLL DMM downlevel browser driver DSTP Measurement Studio User Manual Technology that simplifies live data exchange between applications and HTTP FTP OPC logos Lookout objects and file servers over the Internet It provides one common API to a number of different communication protocols An instrument or controller you can access as a single entity that controls or monitors real world I O points A device is often connected to a host computer through some type of communication network See also DAQ device and measurement device Reading or writing digital representations of data in discrete units the binary digits 1 and 0 Digital information is either on or off A control that displays Digitalwaveform data on a Windows Forms or Web Forms user interface the DigitalWaveform data type represents a set of digital states that are grouped by samples or signals Ability to install programs you develop with Measurement Studio to others working on different computers Dynamic Link Library A library of functions that link to a program and load at run time rather than being compiled into the program Loading libraries only w
118. neration works in both languages Measurement Studio User Manual 5 12 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 4 Inthe Templates pane select Windows Application Specify MyDAQmxProject for Name and specify a Location of your choice Click OK The Measurement Studio Application Wizard launches New Project Project Types Templates Visual Basic Projects G Visual C Projects i i C Visual 3 Projects MER Class Library visual C Projects Measurement Studio Projects Visual Basic Projects Visual C Projects E Visual C Projects E CVI Projects Ars In A project that uses Measurement Studio class libraries to create an application with a Windows user inte Name MyDAQmxProject Location C Documents and Settings Administrator Desktop v Browse Project will be created at C Documents and Settings Administrator Desktop MyDAQmxProject More Cancel Help National Instruments Corporation 5 13 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 5 Inthe Add Class Libraries dialog box ensure that DAQmx Library and Windows Forms User Interface Controls are selected When you select these libraries the Measurement Studio Application Wizard automatically adds references to the appropriate class libraries Click Next gt Measurement Studio Visual C Windows Application Wizard Add Class Libraries Select the class libraries to a
119. ng plotting and analyzing the data 1 Double click the button control to display the Form1 code with the cursor inside the click event handler of the button control 2 Add the following code to generate random data plot the data calculate the mean of the data and display the mean on the gauge VB NET Declare and initialize an instance of WhiteNoiseSignal Dim whiteNoise As New WhiteNoiseSignal Store the generated data in a double array named data Dim data As Double whiteNoise Generate 1000 0 256 Use the PlotY method to plot the data Plot PlotyY data Use the Mean method to calculate the mean of the data Dim mean As Double Statistics Mean data Display the mean on the gauge gauge Value mean C Declare and initialize an instance of WhiteNoiseSignal WhiteNoiseSignal whiteNoise new WhiteNoiseSignal Store the generated data in a double array named data double data whiteNoise Generate 1000 0 256 Use the PlotY method to plot the data Plot PlotyY data Use the Mean method to calculate the mean of the data double mean Statistics Mean data Display the mean on the gauge gauge Value mean National Instruments Corporation 5 41 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Customizing your user interface 1 Right click the legend and select Edit Items to display the LegendItem Collection Editor dialog box
120. ngs Administrator My Documents visual Studio 2005 Projects E x Solution Name ReaderWriter Create directory For solution Figure 4 1 New Project dialog box in Visual Studio 2005 Q Tip For more information about using project templates to create a new Measurement Studio project refer to the Creating a New Measurement Studio Project section in the NI Measurement Studio Help 3 Note For information about converting Measurement Studio projects refer to the Converting Measurement Studio Projects section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Measurement Studio User Manual 4 4 ni com Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features Adding or Removing Measurement Studio Class Libraries To add or remove Measurement Studio class libraries from a project use the Measurement Studio Add Remove Class Libraries wizard on the Measurement Studio menu This wizard provides an interface as shown in Figure 4 2 that you can use to select the Measurement Studio class libraries you want to add to or remove from a project When you exit the wizard the wizard adds or removes the appropriate references to or from the project thus adding or removing the functionality associated with the class library Measurement Studio Add Remove Class Libraries Wizard Measurement Studio Class Libraries Select the class libraries you want to include in the project Enterprise Analysis DataSocket Communication Web Forms User Interf
121. ns that you want your application to perform together For more information click the Configuring a VisaNS Instrumentation Task Class link to access the help Add Tasks Select the tasks you want to add to the project Select a NI 498 2 VisaNS or DAQmx task to add to the project Use a task to interactively configure a measurement or automation operation and generate code for that operation Launch the Instrument 1 0 Assistant to create a NI 488 2 task File Name Configuring an NI 488 2 Instrumentation Task Class V Launch the Instrument 1 0 Assistant to create a VisaNS task File Name VisaNSTask1 mxb Configuring a VisaNS Instrumentation Task Class F Launch the DAGms Assistant to create a DAGmx task File Name Configuring a DAGmx Task Class lt lt Back Cancel Q Tip Ifyou are working with an existing project you can access the Add Tasks dialog box by selecting Project Add New Item 9 Click Finish The Instrument I O Assistant automatically launches Performing a query on the instrument 1 The Select Instrument step automatically appears in the Step Sequence window when you launch the Instrument I O Assistant Select the instrument you want to communicate with or the port your instrument is connected to from the Select an instrument drop down listbox Measurement Studio User Manual 5 28 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 2 Select Add Step and then select Query and Parse from the
122. nstruments DAQmx namespace This class library is included when you install the NI DAQmx driver Use the NI DAQm x class library to communicate with and control NI data acquisition DAQ devices 3 Note Some DAQ devices are not currently supported by the NI DAQmx driver Refer to the NI DAQ Readme for a complete listing of supported hardware Measurement Studio User Manual 2 14 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Use the NI DAQm x class library to perform the following types of tasks e Analog signal measurement e Analog signal generation e Digital I O e Counting and timing e Pulse generation e Signal switching Tip For information about easily creating an NI DAQm x application refer to the Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application section of Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features or the Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 and Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 sections of Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio For more information about DAQ visit ni com daq NI VISA The Measurement Studio NI VISA NET class library is in the NationalInstruments VisaNS namespace This class library is included when you install the NI VISA driver The NI VISA class library includes a set of classes that provides a rich object oriented interface to the NI VISA driver
123. nterface Controls Visual Studio 2005 Visual Studio NET 2003 Windows Forms Web Forms Windows Forms Waveform graph Y Y Y Scatter graph Y Y Y Digital waveform graph Y Y Y Complex graph Legend Knob Gauge Meter Slide Thermometer Tank Numeric edit Switch LED KIRIS IRS S AIRISA Property editor KIRIS ISIS SIRIA SIRIS KIRIS ISIS SIARA SIRIS Measurement Studio User Manual ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 2 Measurement Studio User Interface Controls Continued User Interface x Visual Studio Controls Wenaliseacie 210s NET 2003 Array controls Y AutoRefresh control Y Windows Forms Controls The Windows Forms NET class library is in the NationalInstruments UI WindowsForms namespace The Windows Forms class library encapsulates the following Measurement Studio user interface controls e Waveform graph e Scatter graph e Digital waveform graph e Complex graph e Legend e Knob e Gauge e Meter e Slide e Thermometer e Tank e Numeric edit e Switch e LED e Property editor Use this class library to add measurement specific user interface controls to your application You can configure the controls programmatically at design time through the Properties window in the Windows Forms Designer or at run t
124. nterface will be created for the DAQ component with the specified settings Options Preview False v El Fom E Code Error handler daqT askComponer Generate error handler True 10 Graph name waveformGraph1 Read button name button Read click handler button1_Click Read completed handler daqT askComponet Asynchronous read Specifies if the read operation will be performed asynchronously Figure 4 4 Configure DAQ Component UI wizard 0 Tip For more information on how to create an NI DAQmx user interface refer to the Using a NET DAQ Component in a Project topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Creating NI DAQmx User Code in Visual C You can create NI DAQmx user code in Visual C The DAQmx User Code wizard wraps the configured DAQmx task class in a user friendly class and creates a dialog that provides an example of using the new class You can use the user code in two different ways You can call the DoModal function on the new dialog class or you can use the user friendly wrapper class directly in your code by calling the class programmatically To use the user code directly create an instance of the DAQmx user code class and call the appropriate function in your source code You can create an instance of the user code directly in source code just as you create an instance of any class directly in source code Declare a variable of the appropriate type and use it directly The h file for the user friendly National
125. ntrol Boolean input in an application user interface Property or operation that begins and returns control to the program only when the operation is complete A control used to input or display numerical data NI DAQmx a set of channels and the channel configurations timing and triggering and other details that define a measurement or generation you want to perform Measurement Studio User Manual G 10 ni com TCP IP TestStand thermometer U UI uplevel browser V vector virtual instrument VI VISA VXI W waveform graph National Instruments Corporation G 11 Glossary Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol A standard format for transferring data in packets from one computer to another The two parts of TCP IP are TCP which deals with the construction of data pockets and IP which routes them from computer to computer Ready to run test executive from National Instruments for organizing controlling and executing your automated prototype validation or manufacturing test systems A control used to input or display numerical data User Interface Recent generation Web browser that supports rich client interaction and functionality See also downlevel browser 1D array Program in Measurement Studio that models the appearance and function of a physical instrument Driver software architecture developed by National Instruments to unify instrumentation software for serial GP
126. ntrols DER File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Q sack amp x E A s Search J Favorites Figure 2 16 Web Forms Slide Tank and Thermometer Controls With the slide tank and thermometer controls and the classes that interface with them you can perform the following operations e Fill to the minimum or maximum value of the scale e Position the scale horizontally with left right or both and position the scale vertically with top bottom or both Tip For more information about using the Web Forms knob gauge meter slide tank or thermometer controls refer to the Knob Gauge Meter Slide Tank or Thermometer Class sections in the NI Measurement Studio Help National Instruments Corporation 2 39 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Numeric Edit Control Use the Measurement Studio numeric edit control as shown in Figure 2 17 to display numeric values and to provide a way by which end users can edit numeric values Typically you use a numeric edit control to input or display double numerical data instead of using a Web Forms TextBox control 4 Numeric Edit Control DAR Fie Edt view Favorites T A5 gt i ws x a 5 000Hz Figure 2 17 Web Forms Numeric Edit Control With the numeric edit control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations e Perform range checking e Set the minimu
127. o the task Select the physical channel s to add to the task If you have TEDS configured click the TEDS tab to add TEDS channels to the task For hardware that supports multiple channels in a task you can select multiple channels to add to a task at the same time lt Ctrl gt or lt Shift gt click to select multiple channels Ss Note You can also use simulation in this walkthrough For more information refer to Creating NI DAQmx Simulated Devices in the Measurement amp Automation Explorer Help for NI DAQmx 4 Inthe Edit DAQ Task dialog box you can edit the configuration of your DAQ task If the embedded DAQ Assistant help is not open by default click the Show Help button in the upper right corner of the window to display the help Measurement Studio User Manual 5 58 ni com Chapter 5 Edit DAQ Task Edit DAQ Task Configure the settings of your new DAQ task Getting Started with Measurement Studio x Undo C Redo p gt Test Add Channels X Remove Channels 3 Show Help Show Details gt gt Voltage Input Setup ES Settings N Calibration AA Signal Input Range Max Min 5 Task Timing L Task Triggering Scaled Units volts Acquisition Mode O 1 Sample On Demand 1 Sample HW Timed N Samples O Continuous Clock Settings Samples To Read 100 Rate H2 1k ait Project Task Connection Diagram 5
128. o User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Waveform Graph and Scatter Graph Controls Measurement Studio Use the Measurement Studio waveform graph and scatter graph controls as shown in Figure 2 12 to display two dimensional data on a Web based user interface Use the waveform graph to display two dimensional linear data You explicitly specify each value in one dimension and provide an initial value and interval to implicitly specify the values in the other dimension Use the scatter graph to display two dimensional linear or nonlinear data You explicitly specify each value in both dimensions Waveform Graph Scatter Graph and Legend Web Forms Controls DER a w File Edit view Favorites Tools Help x E A 2 Search 5 Favorites 4 Measurement Studio User Manual BE eon Figure 2 12 Web Forms Waveform Graph and Scatter Graph Controls Both Graphs Have Corresponding Legends With the waveform graph and scatter graph controls and the classes that interface with the controls you can perform the following operations Plot Operations e Plot and chart data e Configure a graph to contain multiple plots to show separate but related data on the same graph e Draw lines or fills from a plot to an X value Y value or another plot 2 32 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries e Specify plots in the scatter graph control as X and Y data Specify plots in the wave
129. o User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Toolbox Containers N Menus amp Toolbars i Data Components i Printing Dialogs Crystal Reports Measurement Studio h Pointer EE WaveformGraph Ee ScatterGraph BB DigitalWaveformGraph a ComplexGraph EJ Legend E Gauge 223 Knob SS Meter Slide i Tank Thermometer PE NumericEdit amp Switch Led pa NumericEditArray AA Switcharray 3 Ledarray 4 PropertyEditor DataSocket Ej DataSocketServer gy DataSocketSource IKI 7 Select the WaveformGraph control and drag and drop it onto the form 8 Right click the waveform graph and select Edit Plots to display the WaveformPlot Collection Editor dialog box You use the WaveformPlot Collection Editor to add or remove plots and to configure plot properties Measurement Studio User Manual 5 38 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio WaveformP lot Collection Editor Members Plot properties ie Plot 3 s 24 ApplicationSettin Tag E Design Name Plot GenerateMember True Modifiers Private B Fill Lines To Base BasePlot CJ none BasexValue 0 BaseYValue 0 FillBase FM value FillMode Gi None FillToBaseColor i Firebrick J _ n Note You can also access the WaveformPlot Collection Editor dialog box by clicking the waveform graph smart tag You access the smart tag by right clicking the ar
130. ommodate them Select the form and use the double sided arrow to resize it Select the Legend control and drag and drop it onto the form Select the NumericEdit control and drag and drop it onto the form Select the Gauge control and drag and drop it onto the form Right click the gauge and select Properties to display the Properties window Type gauge for the name of the gauge 5 7 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio The following screenshot shows Form1 with the user controls Form1 Generating plotting and analyzing the data 1 Double click the button control to display the Form1 code with the cursor inside the click event handler of the button control 2 Add the following code to generate random data plot the data calculate the mean of the data and display the mean on the gauge VB NET Declare and initialize an instance of WhiteNoiseSignal Dim whiteNoise As New WhiteNoiseSignal Store the generated data in a double array named data Dim data As Double whiteNoise Generate 1000 0 256 Use the PlotY method to plot the data Plot PlotyY data Use the Mean method to calculate the mean of the data Dim mean As Double Statistics Mean data Display the mean on the gauge gauge Value mean C Declare and initialize an instance of WhiteNoiseSignal WhiteNoiseSignal whiteNoise new WhiteNoiseSignal Store the generated d
131. ommon Visual C class library provides data types and classes that other Measurement Studio Visual C class libraries use The classes that are implemented natively in Visual C include the CNiVector and CNiMatrix classes The Common class library includes the following data types e CNiScalarVector Implements a vector object that contains scalar numbers Measurement Studio User Manual ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries CNiScalarMatrix Implements a matrix object that contains scalar numbers CNiString Extends the MFC CString class with streaming operators for a variety of data types and with various other string manipulation functions CNiScalarVector Implements a vector object that contains scalar numbers CNiVariant Extends the MFC COleVariant class with additional constructors and assignment operators for CNiComplex CNiVector and CNiMatrix derived objects and with cast operators to convert CNiVariant objects to a variety of other object types CNiException Extends the MFC CException class and serves as the base class for many Measurement Studio exceptions CNiRegKey Encapsulates the interface to the Windows registry Use this class and related classes to open and create keys get keys and get values associated with those keys 0 Tip For more detailed information about the Common class library refer to the Common Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measu
132. only one token in the token list you can 5 66 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio split the token into two tokens for this example Refer to Parsing an Instrument Response in the Instrument I O Assistant Help for information about how to manually parse the data 6 Inthe Token name text box enter Vendor to rename the first token You use this name to reference the token in your application Selected Token Settings Token name Data Type Scaling Type String Character Count 9 v To end of data 7 Rename Token2 to Device by using the instructions from step 6 Select File Save to save your task Select View Solution Explorer to display the Solution Explorer 10 Click the Show All Files icon and expand the visaTask mxb node Solution Explorer WindowsApplication E lo Solution 7 ation7 1 proj 2 Ea Win Show All Files i a References bin obj El App ico E AssemblyInfo cs Form cs al InstrumentDriverWrapper 1 cs lei licenses licx 11 Double click the VisaTask cs file to view the code that the Instrument I O Assistant generated for you Displaying Instrument I O Assistant data on your user interface 1 Double click Form1 cs in the Solution Explorer to open your main application form National Instruments Corporation 5 67 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Select V
133. oration 5 21 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio yf Measurement Studio Select DAQmx Task Select which DAQmx task you want the generated code to reference Project Task MyDAQmsProject MyDAQmxT ask X C Global Task There are no items available Help lt lt Back Cne Finish Cancel 5 Review the information in the New DAQmx Task Summary and click Finish Measurement Studio generates and adds a class named MyDAQmxUserControl to your project A new user control is placed in the My User Controls tab of the Visual Studio toolbox and opened in the Windows Forms Designer The user control is designed to be used either as a user interface element or if a user interface is not needed to be directly called from source code 6 Right click MyDAQmxUserControl cs in the Solution Explorer and select View Code Browse through the code that is opened in the MyDAQmxUserControl cs tab Notice that in addition to providing a custom UI for the task the DAQ Assistant has generated all the source code needed to run your task including the CreateTask CleanupTask and Read methods 7 Select Build Build Solution to build the solution so that the environment can recognize the control This step is a requirement of user controls in Visual Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 5 22 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio To acquire data 1 Select the Form1 cs
134. osition Probability and analysis of variance Sinc impulse pulse ramp and chirp patterns 3 4 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries e General least squares fit power fit log fit Gauss Fit cubic spline fit and interpolation functions e Special functions Refer to Table 3 1 to determine the type of measurements available in the Professional and Enterprise Analysis Visual C libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Measurements AC and DC Estimator Vv Amplitude and Phase Spectrum Auto Power Spectrum Cross Power Spectrum Harmonic Analyzer Impulse Response Function Network Functions avg Power and Frequency Estimate Scaled Time Domain Window Spectrum Unit Conversion Transfer Function KIRIS ISIS IAAI SIS Signal Generation Arbitrary Wave Y Chirp Pattern Y Gaussian White Noise Y Impulse Pattern Pulse Pattern Ramp Pattern Sawtooth Wave KIRIS IAS SESS National Instruments Corporation 3 5 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued
135. our application Use this class library both from an application that runs on the host machine and from a DLL that you download to the board Ss Note The Measurement Studio LabVIEW Real Time C class library is not supported in Visual Studio 2005 You must use Visual Studio NET 2003 to use the Measurement Studio LabVIEW Real Time Visual C class library The LabVIEW Real Time DLLs Measurement Studio User Manual 3 16 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries you create with the Measurement Studio LabVIEW RT Interface Visual C class library work only with LabVIEW Real Time Module 6 0 or later Tip For more information about using the LabVIEW Real Time Module refer to the LabVIEW Real Time Interface Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help For more information about the LabVIEW Real Time Module visit ni com labviewrealtime Microsoft Excel Interface ag Use the Measurement Studio Excel Visual C class library to automatically create Excel spreadsheets and charts from within measurement and automation applications Use the Microsoft Excel Interface class library to perform offline processing of the measurement and automation data you acquire and analyze using other Measurement Studio Visual C classes This class library is included only in the Measurement Studio Enterprise package Tip For more information about using the Measurement Studio Excel Visual C class lib
136. ow Blackman Nuttall Window Cosine Tapered window Dolph Chebyshev Window Exact Blackman Window Exponential Window Flat Top Window Force Window KIRIS ISISI SIAI SIS KIRIS ISI SISIA Gauss Window Measurement Studio User Manual 2 4 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package General Cosine Window Y Y Hamming Window Vv Vv Hanning Window Y Y Kaiser Window Vv Vv Scaled Time Domain Windows Y Y Symmetric Time Domain Vv Y Windows Triangle Window Vv Vv Filters Bessel Vv Vv Butterworth Vv Vv Cascade Vv Vv Chebyshev Vv Vv Elliptic Vv Vv Equiripple Y FIR Y Y FIR Windowed Y Y IIR Cascade Vv Vv IIR Vv Y Inverse Chebyshev Y Y Kaiser Y Y Signal Processing Autocorrelation Vv Vv Convolution Vv Vv Cross Power Y Y National Instruments Corporation 2 5 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Table 2 1 Analysis NET Library Measurement Types Included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis NET Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Cross Correlation Vv Vv Decimate Deconvolution Deriv
137. p to date contact information support phone numbers email addresses and current events National Instruments Corporation A 1 Measurement Studio User Manual Glossary A ActiveX ActiveX control ActiveX control container analog I O annotate ANSI C API array control assembly asynchronous National Instruments Corporation G 1 Set of Microsoft technologies for reusable software components Formerly called OLE Reusable software component that adds functionality to any ActiveX control container through exposed properties methods and events The Measurement Studio data acquisition user interface and analysis controls are examples of ActiveX controls Development environment that fully supports ActiveX controls and integrates them into its own environment using COM An ActiveX control container enables you to specify how ActiveX controls interact with the environment through environment properties Visual Basic is an example of an ActiveX control container Reading or writing data in continuously variable physical quantities such as voltage or current Adding text arrows or shapes to describe or highlight a point or region on a graph C programming language defined by the American National Standards Institute Application Programming Interface A specification of software functions and their input and return parameters An array of Measurement Studio user interface controls that behave
138. portant Information Warranty The media on which you receive National Instruments software are warranted not to fail to execute programming instructions due to defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 90 days from date of shipment as evidenced by receipts or other documentation National Instruments will at its option repair or replace software media that do not execute programming instructions if National Instruments receives notice of such defects during the warranty period National Instruments does not warrant that the operation of the software shall be uninterrupted or error free A Return Material Authorization RMA number must be obtained from the factory and clearly marked on the outside of the package before any equipment will be accepted for warranty work National Instruments will pay the shipping costs of returning to the owner parts which are covered by warranty National Instruments believes that the information in this document is accurate The document has been carefully reviewed for technical accuracy In the event that technical or typographical errors exist National Instruments reserves the right to make changes to subsequent editions of this document without prior notice to holders of this edition The reader should consult National Instruments if errors are suspected In no event shall National Instruments be liable for any damages arising out of or related to this document or the information contained in it EX
139. r simulated device you will drop the custom UI control onto a form and run your application The DAQ signal automatically begins plotting data onto your control Before You Begin The following components are required to complete this walkthrough e Visual Studio NET 2003 e Measurement Studio Professional or Enterprise package e NI DAQmx 7 4 or later e NI DAQmx supported DAQ device or simulated device For information about installing and configuring your DAQ device refer to the DAQ Getting Started Guide You can also use simulation to complete this walkthrough For information on how to create an NI DAQmx simulated device refer to Creating NI DAQmx Simulated Devices in the Measurement amp Automation Explorer Help for NI DAQmx To open this help select Start All Programs National Instruments Measurement amp Automation In Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX select Help Help Topics NI DAQmx MAX Help for NI DAQm x For the purposes of this walkthrough the NI PCI 6280 device of the M Series DAQ family is recommended To set up the project 1 Open Visual Studio from Start All Programs Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 2 Select File New Project The New Project dialog box launches 3 Inthe Project Types pane expand the Measurement Studio Projects folder Select Visual Basic Projects or Visual C Projects depending on which language you want to create the project in Code ge
140. r to enable automatic read and write functionality Additional Operations e Configure the axes using customizable ticks labels value pairs and captions e Use legends and plane projections e Use cartesian cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems e Customize the control using color maps transparency and lighting e Display in orthographic and perspective views e Use built in format styles for labels including scientific symbolic engineering scaling time and date e Rotate pan and zoom interactively 0 Tip For information about easily creating graphs with the 3D graph control library refer to the 3D Graph Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Analysis The Analysis class library includes a set of classes that provides various digital signal processing signal filtering signal generation peak detection and other general mathematical functionality Use this library to analyze acquired data or to generate data The functionality included in the Analysis library varies based on the Measurement Studio package you purchased Refer to the following National Instruments Corporation 3 3 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries sections for information about the Standard Professional and Enterprise Analysis class libraries Standard Analysis The Standard Analysis class library which ships with Measurement Studio Stan
141. rary to create applications that present data in Microsoft Excel format refer to the Microsoft Excel Interface Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help Microsoft Word Interface ug Use the Measurement Studio Microsoft Word Interface Visual C class library to automatically create Word documents from within measurement and automation applications Use the Microsoft Word Interface class library to perform offline processing of the measurement and automation data you acquire and analyze using other Measurement Studio Visual C classes This class library is included only in the Measurement Studio Enterprise package Tip For more information about using the Measurement Studio Word Visual C class library to create applications that present data in Microsoft Word refer to the Microsoft Word Interface Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help National Instruments Corporation 3 17 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries NI 488 2 Use the Measurement Studio NI 488 2 Visual C class library to communicate with and control instruments on a GPIB interface This class library is included when you install the NI 488 2 driver Use this class library to configure and communicate with GPIB devices using the Device and Board classes You can use the NI 488 2 class library to create programs that interface with a device tha
142. reate custom waveform sample and signal state styles e Configure waveform sample and signal state labels e Create custom waveform sample and signal state labels Axis Operations e Configure the axis modes to fixed exact autoscaling or loose autoscaling e Interactively change the range of an axis and invert the axis at run time by clicking on the axis end labels Additional Operations e Display data in sample or time mode e Configure the style and mode of scroll bars e Create custom scroll bars e Zoom interactively e Specify the image format of the control as BMP GIF JPEG or PNG e Configure major minor and custom divisions 0 Tip For more information about using the digital waveform graph control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Web Forms Digital Waveform Graph NET Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Complex Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio complex graph control as shown in Figure 2 14 to display ComplexDoub1le data on a ASP NET Web application A ComplexDouble consists of a real part and an imaginary part National Instruments Corporation 2 35 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Z Measurement Studio Complex Graph Web DER File Edit view Favorites Tools Help ai A Search ix A J Figure 2 14 Web Forms Complex Graph Control With the complex graph control and the classes that interface with the control
143. reate measurement applications with Visual Basic NET Visual C ASP NET and Visual C Refer to the following sections Walkthrough Creating an Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis or Walkthrough Creating an Application with Web Forms Controls and Analysis for step by step instructions on how to create a Measurement Studio project Use the Visual Studio New Project dialog National Instruments Corporation 4 3 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features box as shown in Figure 4 1 to access these templates and to create projects You can create the following projects in Measurement Studio e Measurement Studio Visual Basic NET project e Measurement Studio Visual C project e Measurement Studio ASP NET project e Measurement Studio Visual C project e Measurement Studio Visual C project with LabWindows CVI libraries New Project Project types Templates Visual Basic isual Studio installed templates Windows E Smart Device g yI Windows Application ge Nl Class Library Database Starter Kits My Templates Measurement Studio Visual C Ep Search Online Templates windows 4 Smart Device Database Starter Kits Measurement Studio Visual J Visual C Other Project Types 4 project for creating a Measurement Studio C application with a Windows user interface Name ReaderWriter Location C Documents and Setti
144. refer to the Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument Control Application section of the NI Measurement Studio Help National Instruments Corporation 4 11 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features Selecting a Measurement Studio Parameter Value To access I O devices or resources you must specify string constants or scalar values for many method parameters and property values Use the Measurement Studio Parameter Assistant on the Measurement Studio menu to discover and insert into your code valid parameter values for methods and various Measurement Studio class libraries such as NI DAQmx NI 488 2 and NI VISA With the Parameter Assistant you can select the correct parameter value for a device or resource as shown in Figure 4 6 based on your current system configuration Click the Insert Selected Item button on the Parameter Assistant to insert the value into the current location in the active source file Parameter Assistant ER 9 E Physical Channel l Channels Dev1 ail AO Channels Dev1 aoll CI Channels Dev1 ctr CO Channels Devi ctrO DlLine Channels Dev port0 lineD BlPort Channels Dev1 port0 DOLine Channels Dev1 port0 lineO DOPort Channels Dev1 port0 Caters sl Ch sanla Neant tsin AO Channels Select an analog output physical channel Figure 4 6 Measurement Studio Parameter Assistant Tip For information about using the Measurement Studio Parameter Assistant to
145. rement Studio NET Instrument Driver Wizard from the Add New Item Wizard ag Tip For information about the NET instrument driver wizard refer to the Using Instrument Drivers in Measurement Studio Applications section in the NI Measurement Studio Help National Instruments Corporation 4 13 Measurement Studio User Manual Getting Started with Measurement Studio The following sections include overview information and step by step instructions on developing applications with Measurement Studio tools and features Refer to the Developing with Measurement Studio section and the Getting Started with the Measurement Studio Class Libraries section of the NI Measurement Studio Help for more information about the functionality of these tools and features Measurement Studio Walkthroughs for Visual Studio NET 2003 Use the following walkthroughs to help you develop applications with Measurement Studio in Visual Studio NET 2003 e Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio NET 2003 e Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 e Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 National Instruments Corporation 5 1 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windo
146. rement Studio Help DataSocket Use the Measurement Studio DataSocket Visual C class library to transfer live measurement data over the Internet or an intranet between applications on the same computer and to and from files Use the classes in the DataSocket Visual C class library to perform the following operations National Instruments Corporation Read and write data between different data sources and targets Use a single simple API to communicate with several types of servers including DataSocket Servers dstp Web servers http file transfer protocol servers ftp file systems file and OLE for Process Control ope servers Specify data sources and targets using a URL the same way you access Web pages in a Web browser Use DataSocket Transfer Protocol DSTP to exchange different types of data Interactively browse to quickly locate and select data items on other computers and servers 3 15 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Tip For more information about using DataSocket refer to the DataSocket Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help instrument Drivers Measurement Studio includes a set of class libraries that provides Visual C classes that you can use to program instruments such as digital multimeters and oscilloscopes These Visual C classes provide Visual C interfaces to ANSI C DLL ba
147. rement Studio Integrated Tools and Features Start Page Formi cs Design DAQmxTaski mxb gt Test Add Channels Remove Channels ni Project Task Zz Connection Diagram a Show Detaits gt gt Voltage Input Setup Settings acl Calibration Signal Input Range _ _ Scaled Units Max Volts v Min 5 Terminal Configuration Differential Glick the Add Channels button to ii add more channels fo the task Custom Scaling lt No Scale gt v a Task Timing FL Task Triggering Acquisition Mode 1 Sample On Demand ies Clock Settings 1 Sample HW Timed _ Samples To Read 100 N Samples Enor O Continuous Rate Hz 1k Advanced Clock Settings Clock Type Acti Figure 4 3 DAQ Assistant The DAQ Assistant interactively assists you in performing the following operations e Creating an NI DAQm x task class e Configuring an NI DAQm x task class e Generating a Visual Basic NET Visual C or Visual C class that includes the functionality you configure in the user interface e Generating code that uses an NI DAQmx task class e Using an NI DAQmx task class in a project National Instruments Corporation 4 7 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 4 Q Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features e Generating a NET DAQ component that uses the task to provide appropriate operations for your measurement type The DAQ component is availa
148. rement Studio Visual C Class Libraries NI Reports Use the Measurement Studio NI Reports Visual C class library to generate printed reports from Measurement Studio Visual C applications This class library is included only in the Measurement Studio Enterprise package 0 Tip For information about generating printed reports using the NI Reports class library refer to the N Reports Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help NI VISA The Measurement Studio NI VISA Visual C class library includes Visual C classes that provide an object oriented interface to the NI VISA driver This class library is included when you install the NI VISA driver Use the NI VISA class library to quickly create bus independent and or bus specific instrument control applications The NI VISA class library supports I O operations locking event handling and interface specific extensions With this class library you can access the functionality available in NI VISA for communicating with message based and register based instruments using the following interfaces e GPIB e PXI e Serial RS 232 and RS 485 e TCP IP e USB e VXI Tip For information about easily creating a Measurement Studio NI VISA application using the Instrument I O Assistant refer to the Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument Control Application section of Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features or the Walkthrough
149. rement system to identify characterize lt Back Ney Finish Cancel A Note You can also use simulation in this walkthrough For more information refer to Creating NI DAQmx Simulated Devices in the Measurement amp Automation Explorer Help for NI DAQmx 4 After the DAQ Assistant configuration window opens within the Visual Studio environment select the MyDAQmxTask mxb tab If the embedded DAQ Assistant help is not open by default click the Show Help button in the upper right corner of the window to display the help Measurement Studio User Manual 5 18 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 5 To complete the DAQ configuration select the N Samples Acquisition Mode in the Task Timing tab For more information on timing refer to Timing in the NJ DAQmx Help Task Timing Jl Task Triggering Acquisition Mode O 1 Sample On Demand Clock Settings 1 Sample HW Timed Samples To Read 100 N Samples i Continuous Rate Hz 1000 000 Advanced Clock Settings Clock Type _ Active Edge Clock Source Internal v Rising 6 Next click the Test button to launch the test panel for your task The test runs automatically You can use test panels in the DAQ Assistant to test the task and make sure you connected the signal properly If necessary you can modify the settings before any code is generated DAQ Assistant Analog Input Test Panel Voltage a Display ji Graph 50m
150. review a user interface and code for your task Generate DAQ UI Configure DAQ Component UI The user interface will be created for the DAQ component with the specified settings Options Preview False v El Fom E Code Error handler daqT askComponer Generate error handler True 10 Graph name waveformGraph1 Read button name button Read click handler button1_Click Read completed handler daqT askComponetr Asynchronous read Specifies if the read operation will be performed asynchronously National Instruments Corporation 5 61 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 2 Click Finish to generate the task user interface in your project form Formi cs Formi cs Design xX ES Form1 8 10 0 daqtTaskComponent1 The wizard also generates event handlers and code to acquire data and present it on your generated user interface _ Forml cs Forml cs Desion ae R MyDAQmxProject Form1 v 3 daqTaskComponent1_Error object sender Natic v S5 namespace MyDAQmxProject F S 8 public partial class Forml Form g public Forml InitializeComponent F a private void buttonl_Clicktobject sender EventArgs e NationalInstruments Analogilaveform lt double gt acquiredData wave formGraphl PlotWave forms acquiredData 8 private void daqTaskComponentl Error object sender NationalInst pz TODO Handle DAQ errors string messa
151. row button in the upper right hand corner of the control 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 National Instruments Corporation Type Plot for the Name Click OK Before you add the Measurement Studio legend numeric edit and gauge controls you need to resize the form to accommodate them Select the form and use the double sided arrow to resize it Select the Legend control and drag and drop it onto the form Select the NumericEdit control and drag and drop it onto the form Select the Gauge control and drag and drop it onto the form Click the gauge smart tag to display the Gauge Tasks You access the smart tag by right clicking the arrow button in the upper right corner of the control Type gauge for the name of the gauge 5 39 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio F j gt a Gauge Tasks fs f 5 l nd Name baugel gt 77 _ Appearance m L 2 8 Dial Color Window v v1 de y Gauge Style SunkenwithThickNeedle3 w i Pointer Color BB WindowText v o o Spindle Color Control v Scale Arc 240 300 v Value 0 IIM Behavior Coercion Mode None v Coercion Interval 1 Interaction Mode Indicator v Range 0 10 v Edit Range Fills Edit Custom Divisions Auto Format The following screenshot shows Form1 with the user controls Formi Measurement Studio User Manual 5 40 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Generati
152. rsions but is integral to every measurement you take in NI DAQmx In Traditional NI DAQ you configure virtual channels in MAX In NI DAQmx you can configure virtual channels in either MAX or in a program and you can configure channels as part of a task or separately 3 Switch a switch channel represents any connection point on a switch It may be made up of one or more signal wires commonly one two or four depending on the switch topology A virtual channel cannot be created with a switch channel Switch channels may be used only in the NI DAQmx Switch functions and VIs To append new data points to the end of an existing plot over time In Web Forms page calls back to the server without fully posting back Callbacks are asynchronous and are accomplished with XML HTTP Client callbacks do not include postback data and they do not force the page to refresh Client callbacks do require a browser that supports the XML HTTP protocol LabWindows CVI feature that creates code based ona uir file to connect your GUI to the rest of your program This code can be compiled and run as soon as it is created Measurement Studio User Manual G 2 ni com coercion COM complex graph context sensitive help control counter timer I O Cursor cursor label DAQ DAQ Assistant DAQ device National Instruments Corporation G 3 Glossary Automatic conversion that Measurement Studio controls perform to change the numeric
153. sed Interchangeable Virtual Instrument IVD class drivers Each Measurement Studio instrument driver class library includes a set of Visual C classes that interfaces to a single IVI driver The Measurement Studio Visual C classes provide enhancements to the ANSI C interface such as automatic data type translation and organization of properties and methods into a logical hierarchy Each class driver provides a consistent interface to a particular type of device Measurement Studio includes the following class driver class libraries e IviDcPwr Provides an interface to the IVI DC power supply class driver CNilviDcPwr is the top level class of this class library e IviDmm Provides an interface to the VI DMM class driver CNiIviDmm is the top level class of this class library e IviFgen Provides an interface to the IVI arbitrary waveform generator class driver CNilviFgen is the top level class of this class library e IviScope Provides an interface to the IVI oscilloscope class driver CNilviScope is the top level class of this class library e IviSwitch Provides an interface to the IVI switch class driver CNilIviSwtch is the top level class of this class library LabVIEW Real Time Interface Use the Measurement Studio LabVIEW Real Time Interface Visual C class library to read from and write to shared memory on a LabVIEW Real Time Series processor board Use shared memory to pass data between LabVIEW Real Time VIs and y
154. select a parameter value refer to the Selecting a Measurement Studio Parameter Value section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Calling Instrument Drivers from NET Languages To use an IVI or VXI plug amp play instrument driver with a C DLL ina Measurement Studio NET application use the Measurement Studio NET Instrument Driver wizard to create NET entry points to the C DLL functions you need to call from your application Use the Add New Item wizard to select the NET Instrument Driver Wizard Measurement Studio User Manual 4 12 ni com Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features The Measurement Studio NET Instrument Driver wizard as shown in Figure 4 7 generates a NET wrapper class for calling into IVI VXI plug amp play and legacy instrument drivers based on the instrument driver function panel header file and an optional sub file for IVI drivers The wizard can generate both Visual C and Visual Basic NET source code After completing the wizard a new instrument driver wrapper class is added to your project and opened in the source code editor Add New Item ScopeProject Categories Templates Visual C Project Items isual Studio installed templates Measurement Studio 2E DAQmx Component a instrument Driver xf Visa Task My Templates L Search Online Templates 4 wrapper class for an instrument driver Name NiScope cs Figure 4 7 Launching the Measu
155. serial Ethernet or GPIB instruments The Instrument I O Assistant provides a user interface within the Visual Studio environment You use the Instrument I O Assistant to interactively write commands to a device read data that the device returns and specify how to parse the response Connection between one or more of the following hardware software and the user For example hardware interfaces connect two other pieces of hardware Interchangeable Virtual Instruments A technology involving standard programming interfaces for classes of instruments such as oscilloscopes DMMs and function generators that results in hardware independent instrument drivers The IVI standard programming interfaces have been defined by the IVI Foundation an industry consortium Refer to www ivifoundation org for more information A control used to input or display numerical data Measurement Studio User Manual G 6 ni com L LabVIEW LabWindows CVI LED legend matrix MB Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX measurement device Measurement Studio meter method MFC National Instruments Corporation G 7 Glossary Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench Graphical development environment used for developing test and measurement applications ANSI C development environment for building test and measurement applications Light Emitting Diode An indicator that emits a light when current passes thro
156. sing and warning dialog boxes Sy Note There are separate installers for Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio NET 2003 and Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio 2005 Repeat the installation instructions to install support for both 1 Insert the Measurement Studio CD into the CD drive autorun exe automatically starts If it does not automatically start double click the autorun exe icon 2 Click Install NI Measurement Studio for Visual Studio NET 2003 or click Install NI Measurement Studio for Visual Studio 2005 3 Enter the serial number You can find your serial number on the Certificate of Ownership card that you received with Measurement Studio Click Next 4 Review the information in the Product Information dialog box and click Next 5 Click Next to install all NI software to the default installation directory or click Browse to select a different installation directory You must install Measurement Studio to a local drive Click Next B Note The option to browse for an installation location is valid only if you have not already installed any Measurement Studio features If you have any Measurement Studio features installed then Measurement Studio installs to the same root directory to which you installed other Measurement Studio features 6 From the feature tree select the features you want to install To change the Measurement Studio installation directory select the first feature in the list and clic
157. ssional or Enterprise package Setting up the project 1 Select Start All Programs Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 Measurement Studio User Manual 5 2 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio 2 Select File New Project The New Project dialog box launches New Project Project Types Templates visual Basic Projects A E Visual C Projects G E Visual J Projects Visual C Projects 5 Measurement Studio Projects Visual Basic Projects Visual C Projects Visual C Projects C CHI Projects Cr e s In i Windows Class Library Application project that uses Measurement Studio class libraries to create an application with a Windows user inte Name MyMeasurementStudioProject Location C Documents and Settings Administrator Desktop X Browse Project will be created at C Administrator Desktop MyMeasurementStudioProject More Cancel Help 3 Inthe Project Types pane expand the Measurement Studio Projects folder Select Visual Basic Projects or Visual C Projects depending on which language you want to create the project in 4 Inthe Templates pane select Windows Application Specify MyMeasurementStudioProject for Name and specify a Location of your choice 5 Click OK The Measurement Studio Application Wizard launches National Instruments Corporation 5 3 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Gettin
158. surement Studio To configure your task 1 Inthe Create New dialog box of the DAQ Assistant you can begin to interactively define your DAQ task Select Analog Input as the measurement type for your task 2 Next select Voltage Create New NI DAQ DAQ Assistant Select the measurement type for the task 6 Voltage A task is a collection of one or more virtual channels with timing triggering and other gt Temperature Properties s 3 Strain To have multiple measurement types within a single task you must first create d Current the task with one measurement type After you create the task click the Add fe Resistance Channels button to add a new measurement type to the task be Frequency gt Position E Acceleration Custom Voltage with Excitation Sound Pressure P Analog Output z Finish 3 From the Supported Physical Channels tree in the Physical tab select the physical channel such as ail on the DAQ device to which you connected the voltage signal Click Finish National Instruments Corporation 5 57 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Create New NI DAQ DAQ Assistant BS Physical Virtual Supported Physical Channels If you have previously configured Devi PCI MIO 16E 4 global virtual channels of the ail same measurement type as the task click the Virtual tab to add or copy global virtual channels t
159. surement Studio User Manual 2 28 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Switch and LED Array Controls Use the Measurement Studio switch and LED array controls as an array of Boolean controls on a Windows Forms user interface You typically use a switch array control as shown in Figure 2 10 to control ports of a digital line or values of an array You typically use an LED array control also shown in Figure 2 10 to visualize ports of a digital line or values of an array Figure 2 10 Windows Forms Switch and LED Array Controls With the switch and LED array controls and the classes that interface with the controls you can perform the following operations Set values by passing an array of data Modify the number of controls displayed based on the length of the specified values Receive notification before or after the state of the control changes Configure how the control behaves when you click it with the mouse or press the spacebar when the control has focus Configure the appearance of the control Make the control background transparent Configure the LED controls to blink while they are on or off and configure the rate at which the LED controls blink 0 Tip For more information about using the switch and LED array controls refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Windows Forms Control Array NET Controls topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help National Instruments Corporation 2 29
160. t NET Framework SDK 1 1 for Visual Studio NET 2003 or the Microsoft INET Framework SDK 2 0 for Visual Studio 2005 installed in order for links from Measurement Studio help topics to NET Framework help topics to work You can launch the NI Measurement Studio Help in the following ways e From the Windows Start menu select Start All Programs National Instruments lt Measurement Studio gt Measurement Studio Documentation The help launches in a stand alone help viewer e From Visual Studio select Help Contents to view the Visual Studio table of contents The NI Measurement Studio Help is listed in the table of contents e From Visual Studio select Measurement Studio NI Measurement Studio Help The help launches within the application Tip As you work through this manual you will see italicized references to relevant help topics To find these topics use the table of contents in the NJ Measurement Studio Help National Instruments Corporation 1 7 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio The following resources also are available to provide you with information about Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual Examples Measurement Studio installs examples to the following paths Visual Basic NET or Visual C Program Files National Instruments lt MeasurementStudio gt DotNET Examples Visual C Program Files National Instruments lt MeasurementStudio g
161. t VCNET Examples NI Technical Support Refer to Appendix A Technical Support and Professional Services for more information Measurement Studio Web site ni com mstudio Contains Measurement Studio news support downloads white papers product tutorials and evaluation software NI Developer Zone zone ni com Provides access to online example programs tutorials technical news and a Discussion Forum where you can participate in Measurement Studio discussion forums for Visual Basic 6 0 Visual C and NET languages Measurement Studio NET Class Hierarchy Chart and Measurement Studio Visual C Class Hierarchy Chart Provide overviews of class relationships within class libraries Charts are included with all Measurement Studio packages and are posted online on the Manuals page at ni com manuals 1 8 ni com Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries This chapter provides overview information about the NET class libraries included with Measurement Studio support for Visual Studio NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 Refer to the Using the Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries section of the NI Measurement Studio Help for detailed information about these libraries Refer to Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio for step by step instructions on developing applications with these libraries Measurement Studio Support for Visual Studio NET 2003 Class Library Overview Measurement Studio provides
162. t Vv Vv National Instruments Corporation 3 11 Measurement Studio User Manual Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Power Fit Vv Power Fit Interval Vv Remove Outliers Vv Statistics 1D 2D and 3D ANOVA Chi Square Distribution erf x and erfc x F Distribution Histogram Inverse Chi Square Distribution KISIRI IAS Inverse F Distribution Inverse Normal Distribution Inverse T Distribution Mean Median and Mode NS Moment about Mean Normal Distribution Polynomial Interpolation RMS Spline Interpolant Spline Interpolation Standard Deviation T Distribution Variance KISIS RIR SESE NEST SYS Measurement Studio User Manual ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Libr ary Professional Package Enterprise Package Special Functions Airy Bessel Ist Bessel 2nd Beta Complimentary Gamma Cosine Integral Dawson s Integral Dilogarithm
163. t is using GPIB and or programs that interface with the GPIB device directly 0 Tip For information about using the NI 488 2 Visual C class library refer to the NI 488 2 GPIB Visual C Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help For more information about GPIB visit ni com gpib NI DAQmx Use the Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Visual C class library to communicate with and control an NI data acquisition DAQ device This class library is included when you install the NI DAQm x driver aye Note Some DAQ devices are not currently supported by the NI DAQmx driver Refer to the NI DAQ Readme for a complete listing of supported hardware Use the NI DAQmx class library to perform the following types of tasks Analog signal measurement Analog signal generation Digital I O Counting and timing Pulse generation Signal switching Q Tip For information about easily creating an NI DAQmx application using the DAQ Assistant refer to the Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application section of Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features or the Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 and Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio NI DAQmx Application in Visual Studio 2005 sections of Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio For more information about DAQ visit ni com daq Measurement Studio User Manual 3 18 ni com Chapter 3 Measu
164. tandard Analysis functionality as well as the following functionality e Bessel Chebyshev Inverse Chebyshev Windowed Kaiser and Elliptic Low High Bandpass and Bandstop filters e Signal processing functions such as convolution deconvolution correlation decimation integration and differentiation e FFT Inverse FFT Real FFT Fast Hartley Inverse Fast Hartley Fast Hilbert Inverse Fast Hilbert DST Inverse DST DCT and Inverse DCT transformations e Linear algebra functions such as determinant check positive definiteness calculate dot product and other various matrix functions e Scaled and unscaled windowing classes e Common statistical functions such as mean median mode and variance e Exponential linear and polynomial curve fitting functions e Signal generation functions Measurement Studio User Manual 2 2 ni com Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Enterprise Analysis The Enterprise Analysis class library which ships with Measurement Studio Enterprise Edition includes the Standard and Professional Analysis functionality as well as the following advanced functionality e EquiRipple filters e Linear algebra functions such as forward and back substitution LU factorization Cholesky factorization Schur decomposition and Hessenberg decomposition e Probability and analysis of variance e Sinc impulse pulse ramp and chirp patterns e General least squares fit power fit log fit G
165. tegral Vv Hyperbolic Sine Integral Incomplete Beta Incomplete Elliptic 1st Incomplete Elliptic 2nd Incomplete Gamma Jacobian Elliptic Function Kelvin Ist Kelvin 2nd Kummer Logarithm of Factorial Modified Bessel Ist Modified Bessel 2nd Parabolic Cylinder Psi Sine Integral Spherical Bessel 1st Spherical Bessel 2nd Stirling Struve Tricomi Zeta KIRIA A ASIS SIA SENSES NESS SENSE SSIS Measurement Studio User Manual ni com ag Chapter 2 Measurement Studio NET Class Libraries Tip For more information about analyzing or generating data with the Analysis class library refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Analysis NET Library topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help For more information about the functionality included in the Analysis class library visit ni com analysis and select Analysis in Measurement Studio Common The Measurement Studio Common NET class library is in the NationalInstruments namespace The Common class library provides a set of classes that facilitates the exchange of data between the acquisition analysis and user interface portions of your application The Common class library includes the following features A ComplexDouble data type This data type represents a complex number of type Double that is composed of a real part and an imaginary part A DigitalWavefor
166. the control you can perform the following operations e Use built in numeric format styles including scientific symbolic engineering scaling time and date e Perform range checking e Bind properties to a DataSocket source or target You use binding to read property values from a source and write property values to a target Tip For more information about easily using the numeric edit control refer to the Using the Measurement Studio Numeric Edit Visual C Control section in the NI Measurement Studio Help Slide Control Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX slide control as shown in Figure 3 6 to display numerical data CNiSlide is the class that provides the Visual C interface to the ActiveX slide control Figure 3 6 ActiveX Slide Control Measurement Studio User Manual 3 24 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries With the slide control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations e Use different display styles vertical horizontal tank and thermometer e Use the CNiAxis class to interface to a single axis of a slide control This ability allows you to modify the appearance and behavior of the axis e Use multiple control pointers each one representing one scalar value e Automatically label axes with log or inverted numeric scales and continuous or discrete values e Customize the slide by using ticks labels and value pairs
167. tion in the NI Measurement Studio Help You can also look at examples that ship with NI DAQm x Refer to Measurement Studio NI DAQmx NET Examples in the NI Measurement Studio Help for the locations of these examples Walkthrough Creating a Measurement Studio Instrument I O Application in Visual Studio NET 2003 The National Instruments Instrument I O Assistant organizes instrument communication for a serial Ethernet or GPIB instrument into ordered steps This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to build an instrument I O application by taking you through the following steps Setting up the project Using the Measurement Studio Application Wizard you will create a new project that references the VisaNS assembly and launches the Instrument I O Assistant to create a VisaNS task Measurement Studio User Manual 5 24 ni com Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio Performing a query on the instrument Using the Instrument I O Assistant you will write a command to an instrument and read the instrument response Displaying Instrument I O Assistant data on your UI Using text box and button controls you will create a Windows Forms application to display the Instrument I O Assistant data Before You Begin The following components are required to complete this walkthrough Visual Studio NET 2003 Measurement Studio Professional or Enterprise package National Instruments Device Driver CD Message base
168. tive C interfaces to the ActiveX controls For example the CNiGraph class provides an interface to the CWGraph ActiveX graph control The Measurement Studio classes that provide interfaces to the Measurement Studio ActiveX controls simplify using ActiveX controls in Visual C interfaces and programs The features that simplify this process include overloaded functions the ability to call the control from any thread and automatic data type translations 3D Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX 3D graph control as shown in Figure 3 1 to plot three dimensional data The 3D graph is included only in the Measurement Studio Enterprise and Professional packages Qwk ana Figure 3 1 ActiveX 3D Graph Control Measurement Studio User Manual 3 2 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries With the Measurement Studio ActiveX 3D graph control and the classes that interface with the control you can perform the following operations Plot Operations e Plot three dimensional data including curves and surfaces e Use multiple plot styles point line line point hidden line contour surface surface line surface contour and surface normal e Create multiple plots with individual properties such as name line and point style width and base value e Configure the control to render directly to OpenGL enabled hardware accelerator cards e Bind the control to a DataSocket Serve
169. trols and indicators File Transfer Protocol Protocol based on TCP IP to exchange files between computers A control used to input or display numerical data General Purpose Interface Bus The standard bus used for controlling electronic instruments with a computer Also called IEEE 488 bus because it is defined by ANSI TEEFE Standards 488 1978 488 1 1987 and 488 2 1987 A 2D or 3D display of one or more plots HyperText Transfer Protocol Protocol based on TCP IP which is used to download Web pages from an HTTP server to a Web browser National Instruments Corporation G 5 Measurement Studio User Manual Glossary IEEE 488 IMAQ Vision indicator installer instrument driver Instrument I O Assistant interface IVI knob Shortened notation for ANSI IEEE Standards 488 1978 488 1 1987 and 488 2 1987 See also GPIB National Instruments image acquisition and analysis software that you can use to acquire images from National Instruments image acquisition IMAQ boards display them in your program perform interactive viewer operations and analyze the images to extract information A control in read only mode Software program that copies program system and other necessary files to computers Library of functions to control and use one specific physical instrument Also a set of functions that adds specific functionality to an application Assists in writing code to communicate with devices such as
170. ual Studio 2005 The NI Spy menu item is available only if you have NI Spy installed Discussion Forums Use NI Discussion Forums at forums ni com to participate in discussion forums and exchange code with measurement and automation developers around the world Select Measurement Studio Online Resources Discussion Forums to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 Instrument Driver Network Use the NI Instrument Driver Network at ni com idnet as a central resource for downloading developing and submitting instrument drivers Select Measurement Studio Online Resources Instrument Driver Network to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 Search Technical Support Use NI Technical Support at ni com support to find support resources available for most products including software drivers and updates KnowledgeBase articles product manuals step by step troubleshooting wizards conformity documentation example code tutorials and application notes instrument drivers discussion forums and a measurement 4 2 ni com Chapter 4 Measurement Studio Integrated Tools and Features glossary Select Measurement Studio Online Resources Search Technical Support to access this menu item in Visual Studio 2005 e NI Measurement Studio Help Use the NI Measurement Studio Help to access detailed Measurement Studio help including function reference walkthroughs and conceptual topic documentation on developing with Measurement Studio
171. ugh it For example an LED shows if your computer or printer is turned on A control that displays symbols and descriptions for a specific set of elements of another object such as the plots or cursors of a graph A rectangular array of numbers or mathematical elements that represent the coefficients in a system of linear equations Megabytes of memory National Instruments tool for configuring your National Instruments hardware and driver software executing system diagnostics adding new devices interfaces and virtual channels and viewing devices and instruments connected to your system DAQ devices such as the E Series multifunction I O MIO devices SCXI signal conditioning modules and switch modules National Instruments software that includes tools to build measurement applications in Visual Basic NET Visual C and Visual C A control used to input or display numerical data Function that performs a specific action on or with an object The operation of the method often depends on the values of the object properties Microsoft Foundation Class A framework for programming in Microsoft Windows MFC provides code for managing windows menus and dialog boxes performing basic input output storing collections of data objects and more Measurement Studio User Manual Glossary NI 488 2 NI DAQ NI DAQmx NI IMAQ numeric edit 0 OCX OLE OPC oscilloscope Driver level software to control and
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173. walkthrough the NI PCI 6280 device of the M Series DAQ family is recommended To set up the project 1 Open Visual Studio from Start All Programs Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 2 Select File New Project The New Project dialog box launches 3 Inthe Project types pane expand the Visual C or Visual Basic node depending on which language you want to create the project in and select Measurement Studio Code generation works in both languages Measurement Studio User Manual 5 54 ni com New Project Project types E Visual Basic Visual C Windows E Smart Device Database Starter Kits Measurement Studio Visual J Visual C Other Project Types Chapter 5 Getting Started with Measurement Studio In the Templates pane select NI DAQmx Windows Application Specify MyDAQmxProject for Name and specify a Location of your choice Click OK The Measurement Studio DAQ Application Wizard launches Templates isual Studio installed templates fe WNIT DAQmx Windows Application of NI Windows Application gf NI Class Library My Templates Ga Search Online Templates A project For creating a Measurement Studio C DAQmx application Name MyDAQm xProject Location C Documents and Settings Administrator Desktop v Browse Solution Name MyDAQmxProject Create directory for solution National Instruments Corporation 5
174. ws Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio NET 2003 Measurement Studio includes user interface controls such as a waveform graph control and a gauge control and analysis functionality such as signal generation and mathematical functions This walkthrough is designed to help you learn how to add analysis and presentation functionality to a Windows Forms application by taking you through the following steps Setting up the project Using the Measurement Studio Application Wizard you will create a new project that references the Measurement Studio Analysis class library and Windows Forms controls e Adding user interface controls to the project Using the Toolbox and the Properties window you will add and configure user interface controls including a button waveform graph legend gauge and numeric edit e Generating plotting and analyzing the data Using NationalInstruments Analysis SignalGeneration White NoiseSignal and NationalInstruments Analysis Math Statistics Mean you will generate data plot the generated data on a waveform graph and calculate the mean of the data e Customizing the user interface Using the Collection Editor and Auto Format dialog boxes you will display the mean value on the gauge and the numeric edit as well as customize your user interface Before You Begin The following components are required to complete this walkthrough e Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 e Measurement Studio Profe
175. x Norm Matrix Rank Outer Product KISIS AIS Pseudo Inverse Matrix QR Factorization KIRIS SISIR ISA RIRS ISAS AAS QR Factorization with Pivot Matrix s QR Factorization with Pivot Vector QZ Decomposition Y s Schur Decomposition Solve Linear Equations Vv Multiple Right Hand NS Solve Linear Equations Single Right Hand Special Matrix Vv SVD Factorization Test Positive Definite Matrix Vv QS SESYS Trace Y Measurement Studio User Manual 3 10 ni com Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Visual C Class Libraries Table 3 1 Analysis Visual C Library Measurement Types included in the Professional and Enterprise Packages Continued Analysis Visual C Library Professional Package Enterprise Package Transpose Vv Vv Array and Numeric Operations 1D and 2D Array Arithmetic Vv 1D and 2D Linear Evaluation Vv Y 1D and 2D Polynomial Y Evaluation 1D Polar to Rectangular Vv Vv 1D Rectangular to Polar Vv Vv Complex Number Arithmetic Vv Vv Find Polynomial Roots Vv Vv Scale 1D and 2D Vv Vv Curve Fitting Cubic Spline Fit Y Exponential Fit Y Vv Exponential Fit Interval Vv Gauss Fit Vv Gauss Fit Interval Vv General Least Squares Fit Vv Goodness of Fit Y Linear Fit Vv Vv Linear Fit Interval Y Logarithm Fit Y Logarithm Fit Interval Y Nonlinear Fit Y Polynomial Fi
176. x64 provided that all drivers you use in the applications support XP x64 Current NI driver support for XP x64 is limited 2 Measurement Studio integration tools are not supported in the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions Measurement Studio does not support Visual C Express Edition Measurement Studio Visual C class libraries extend Microsoft Foundation Classes MFC Visual C Express Edition does not support MFC Measurement Studio User Manual 1 2 ni com Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Deployment Requirements To deploy an application built with Measurement Studio NET class libraries the target computer must have a Windows 2000 XP XP x64 operating system and the NET Framework version 1 1 for Visual Studio NET 2003 or the NET Framework version 2 0 for Visual Studio 2005 To deploy an application built with Measurement Studio Visual C class libraries the target computer must have a Windows 2000 XP XP x64 operating system Notes about Installing Measurement Studio 8 0 1 Over Previous Versions of Measurement Studio If you install Measurement Studio 8 0 1 on a machine that has Measurement Studio 7 x installed the installer replaces Measurement Studio 7 x functionality including class libraries The Measurement Studio 7 x assemblies remain in the global assembly cache GAC therefore applications that reference the Measurement Studio 7 x version continue to use Measurement Studio 7 x NET assemblies
177. y appears in the Step Sequence window when you launch the Instrument I O Assistant Select the instrument you want to communicate with or the port to which your instrument is connected from the Select an instrument drop down listbox Select Add Step and then select Query and Parse from the expanded list You use a Query and Parse step to both write a command to an instrument and read the instrument s response Query and Parse write a Read and Parse tite and read from a message based instrument and parse the response Enter the command idn and click Run this step The idn command is a standard instrument command for querying an instrument s identification information If your instrument does not support the idn command refer to the documentation for the instrument for more information about the instrument s command set Run this step Enter a command click Run to send command Termination character idn Y Measurement Studio User Manual Click Auto parse to parse the instrument s response The Auto parse button automatically parses binary block data and ASCII text Refer to the Parsing an Instrument Response topic in the Instrument I O Assistant Help for information about how the assistant parses different data formats If there are more than two tokens in the token list remove them for this example To remove a token right click it in the Response Window and select Remove If there is

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