@TheRealRonSwanson wrote:
Unfortunately, there is not a way to dynamically create a simulated instrument in LabVIEW. Please reference the following forum link:
http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Hardware-Simulation-from-Labview/td-p/611705
Not exactly ture. HOWEVER: Do Not DO THIS! Expert Level method ONLY!
MAX Configuration information resides in "XML Hell" on disk. these files could "In Theory" be read and written by any program cabable of file IO encluding LabVIEW. Afret all MAX does exactly that! That is, it Writes new information to a file when you create a new simulated instrument. It writes that info according to rules set down by the DAQmx driver and other files that define things like: What kinds of devices can be simulated? What capabilities do those devices have? What errors can the devices throw? etc....
If you reverse engineered the file formats you could, In Theory, duplicate the results. You would be using undocumented features that may change without notice. You would also be more likely to corrupt the MAX Database several times before you got it right.
A Perfect case for an Idea Exchange Idea! let the makers of the thing know you want to expose that funcionality through LabVIEW in a way that does not break everything.
"Should be" isn't "Is" -Jay
