Example Code
Products and Environment
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- NI-DAQmx
Driver
Code and Documents
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Description
This example explains how to get the serial number and other information of NI hardware programmatically.
How to Use
- For all NI devices
NI System Configuration API can be used to get the serial number of NI hardware devices.
Download the example Get_Hardware_Info.vi for more detail. - For NI DAQ devices
- The serial number could be acquired by DAQmx property node. In the function palette of the block diagram, the "Device Node" could be found at Measurement I/O > Advance > I/O Constant > Device Node.
- Choosing the information needed by clicking the Device Node and select in the Identification category
- Assigning the DAQ device and executing the vi would get the information of the DAQ hardware.
Related Links
- How to Programmatically Retrieve Hardware Information Community Example
- NI System Configuration API Help
Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.
