Data Acquisition Idea Exchange

Measurement and Automation Explorer MAX's Test Panel's Analog Input provides a quick method to examine a signal and vary acquisition parameters.  It would be useful to be able to zoom the time axis and have a cursor display so that for example noise level or rise time could be looked at in more detail.  The time axis limits can currently be manually overwritten as a way to zoom but that is cumbersome.  Assuming the graph being used in this test panel is built from a standard NI graph, it should have zoom and cursor capability already part of it and thus easily added.

Steve

Would it be possible to update the export wizard in MAX so that the NI-DAQmx Tasks list under Data Neighborhood is listed in alphabetical order?  In the main MAX application the list is in order, so finding tasks that are named with a common prefix is easy.  However, in the export wizard you have to scroll and hope you clicked them all.

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Hello

I don't know if there is already an "idea exchange" about this, it could be usefull that USB devices or adapter support USB 3.0.

A device isn't recognized through an USB 3.0 port.

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Vincent O.

It seems the only indication in MAX that a device is simulated is that under the Devices and Interfaces section, the tiny glyph to the left of the device name is colored yellow instead of being white/transparent.  I end up not remembering what color means what.  It would be useful to add text "Simulated" next to the device name.  It would also help to distinguish simulated devices by having the color of that glyph be green (instead of its current transparent/white) when the device is installed and detected.  Have the color change to red (and keep the existing red X) if had been detected and a device number assigned but is currently not installed/detected.  Then simulated devices being yellow may imply "warning/caution" or "not real".  Perhaps also have a help-hint popup ("Detected" or "Not Detected" or "Simulated") when the mouse hovers over device names.

I rarely have to set up hardware for a new analog measurement and always have to puzzle over the difference between RSE and NRSE modes. I think of the inverting input as the reference, so "Non-Referenced Single-Ended" doesn't make sense to me. And, if I run the AISense line to my remote sensor, isn't that a Referenced Single-Ended measurement?

Yesterday, I noticed that at least some on-line documentation now refers to GRSE (Ground Referenced Single-Ended); adding that single letter helps a lot. What about adding another single letter and referring to the other mode as RRSE (Remote Referenced Single-Ended)? One letter could save a lot of people a lot of time.

When using TEDS load cells it would be useful to have a built in tare function  The null offset function only offsets the electrical value by the intialy measured amount.  This essentially shifts the calibration curve horizontally only.  The tare function could also shift the calibration curve vertically, in the load direction.  Since two point calibrations don't always create a line that goes through zero, a tare function is needed to get to zero.  Please see the attached VIs.  Also, check out my thread on this subject.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Signal-Conditioning/9237-Null-Offset-with-TEDS/td-p/1499954

In MAX, you can open up a test panel for a DAQmx device.

I woudl like to format the numbers on the axis of the graphs. I have a calibration routine that requires that the signal get as close to 5 V as possible. When you get to less than 10mV, you the numbers on the vertical axis go from 5.01 to 5. So all you see on the graph is a bunch of 5's. It would be nice to be able to see the values in as much resolution as the channel will handle. Even at the maximum range, it can still do 2mV per bit. It would be nice to see 5.004 instead of 5.