How to make Labview forget a DAQ device configuration

[nim87]

This is a very minor problem, but still a little bit annoying.

I've been doing some tests on a couple of USB-6008 daq devices, however I'm planning on switching over to some USB-6001 devices in the immediate future.  Because of my prior work with the 6008s, labview has the two devices saved as Dev1 and Dev2, and has the 6001 device saved as Dev3, since it's the 3rd device I've worked with.  I was wondering, however, if there was a way to reset the saved device configurations list, so that when I transfer over to the USB-6001 device, it's instead given the designation of Dev1.

I know, I know, this is a minor problem, and  I'm able to work around it with my code without issue.  Just wanted to know if there is an easy way to forget DAQ device info.

[avogadro5]

Assuming you're talking about the auto populated dropdown menus, you should install NI MAX to delete previously configured devices.

[nim87]

nvmd, just learned you can easily do i through the NI Max app.

[GerdW]

Hi nim,

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@nim87 wrote:

I was wondering, however, if there was a way to reset the saved device configurations list, so that when I transfer over to the USB-6001 device, it's instead given the designation of Dev1.

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The better approach would be to give your device a very specific name in MAX, like "MultiIO", instead of relying on automatic device recognition/numbering scheme in MAX.

Next step would be to export the MAX settings and import them whenever you need a verified/fixed set of device definitions!

Another option:

Read the list of available DAQmx devices programmatically and select the correct device based on device type and device serial…