4 channel DAQ download?

[cmcTech]

Hi,

I'm new to Labview.

I want to use a DAQ device to record Four input voltages or currents in real time, and then save these to a .csv or .xlsx file. We have a BNC-2110 and Labview 2013. Some other fancier bells and whistles would be nice but this would get me up and running.

I tried searching the community programs and stuff, but I'm new and the navigation is not obvious. Is there already a .vi that I can download that will do this, or will I have to write something from scratch?

Thanks

[Dennis_Knutson]

Help> Find Examples of where you should start. The DAQ Assistant can also be used. With the DAQmx examples, you simply specify multiple channels as Dev1/ai0:3 or click on the physical channel control and select Browse. When you start the DAQ Assistant, there are instructions for adding multiple channels.

And please, the bnc-2110 is not a DAQ device. Provide what it is connected to.

[cmcTech]

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I guess the BNC box is connected to NI PCIe-6351.

I found some software called "Signal Express" which looks helpful too.

[crossrulz]

If all you are looking for is a way to read in data from a DAQ, view it, and save it to a file, Signal Express will do the job.  If you want to do anything more, then you are going to want to figure out how to program it all in LabVIEW.

[NIquist]

Another option is to use the built-in LabVIEW templates.  Open LabVIEW > click Create Project > select Continuous Measurement and Logging (DAQmx).  That will build you a real state machine you can modify to suit your needs.  This will require you to learn some LabVIEW but it will be very easy to modify and add features later.

One more is to use the Signal Express to set up your logger.  If you need to go further one day you can automatically convert the SE project into LabVIEW code and modify it from there.