Hi Valli
Unfortunately, you can not disable the NCO in the DACs.
Theoretically, you can get just a sine wave out of the DAC. The easiest method is to use an IQ waveform in the “I”s are all 1.0s, and the “Q”s are all 0.0s. This will just generate the configured NCO frequency.
Another method is to generate the NCO frequency with an offset. Basically, the IQ waveform in this case will just be simple sine waves, 90 degrees apart and of the same amplitude (1.0). The frequency of these sine waves will be the offset of the NCO.
You should be able to use the VI I sent you to simulate what you want your IQ waveforms in the hardware to do. If you are not sure what you are going to get, you should simulate your code on the computer before putting it in the hardware. I do this for a lot of the code I write.
Jerry