InstrumentStudio support DAQmx

[M.Julien]

Hello community,

I don't understand why the DAQmx driver isn't integrated into InstrumentStudio, am I wrong?

I didn't understand everything, but I understand that you can add plugins, gRPC or other techniques, and that's where I get confused. Is it possible to integrate DAQmx module acquisitions?

Our initial requirement was to be able to make acquisitions (USB-6218) and recordings simply and quickly without coding.

I've seen that FlexLogger might be able to do the job too, but I don't understand the main difference between FlexLogger and InstrumentStudio. Could someone enlighten me?

[santo_13]

DAQmx is not "yet" supported in InstrumentStudio.

Instrument Studio Pro offers Measurement Plugins

Instrument Studio is the host for soft panel most of the NI Hardware but not everything, looks like the missing instrument support is on the roadmap.

FlexLogger is a configuration based no-code data acquisition application for DAQ, you can ofcourse use it like a Soft Panel for DAQmx.

[M.Julien]

Thanks Santo,

I find it curious that one of NI's star drivers which supports an incredible number of NI cards, DAQmx is still not in InstrumentStudio, as if NI had planned to stop DAQmx I suppose that's not the reason, but perhaps the extent of DAQmx's possibilities which is not easily integrated.

I'd started looking at Measurement Plugins, but wasn't sure what the link was with InstrumentStudio, thanks for the clarification.
Is there a plugin exchange platform, or examples, at random a DAQmx example would suit me fine 😊 Especially since we don't plan to use many functions, at the very least configure the basic parameter of an analog acquisition and run it. Maybe creating Measurement plugins is so easy that it can be done in 5 minutes, so my question is silly?

[santo_13 · Accepted solution]

As you may know, DAQ is vast, evident from the large portfolio of  hardware and hundreds of APIs in the DAQmx drivers, so it is a himalayan effort to create a universal soft front panel in Instrument Studio. On the other hand, users of DAQ want a quick way to configure and collect data which the FlexLogger supports and recently they made the FlexLogger Lite version free, this way, users can work with DAQ without additional software license.

Please note that to use Measurement Plugin, you need Instrument Studio Pro license or LabVIEW+ suite

If you use LabVIEW, please checkout https://github.com/ni/measurement-plugin-labview

If you use Python, please checkout https://github.com/ni/measurement-plugin-python

Ready to use measurement plugins are available at https://github.com/NI-Measurement-Plug-Ins

Checkout these training series,

https://learn.ni.com/learn/course/developing-a-measurement-plug-in-with-labview/developing-a-measure...

https://learn.ni.com/learn/course/developing-a-measurement-plug-in-with-python/developing-a-measurem...

[CristinaFC · Accepted solution]

Julien,

We have definitely heard feedback related to the desire of using DAQ products in InstrumentStudio, and we are planning support for additional NI hardware within the next year to expand the out of the box support for DAQmx devices.