Integrating third party hardware into MAX

[pallen]

Greetings all,

I'm curious about integrating some third party hardware into MAX. (Measurement and Automation) 

A quick search hasn't landed any hits.  So I'm curious if anyone has attempted to do this before.  

Is this even possible?

[LV_Pro]

I haven't heard of any. If you mean having the full functionality, not likely that NI will tell you the necessary internals of something that they have spent a bazillion man-hours integating with their hardware, particularly as it is a major marketing tool for selling their hardware. It is, in fact, one of the reasons I recommend NI hardware, can get hardware up and running with out writing a bit of code. Some third party hardware will show up in MAX, some instruments (HP/Agilent, etc.) but other hardware won't even be seen.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Making third party hardware visible in MAX can often be as simple as using the VISA Driver Wizard. I've done this for PCI/PXI cards and USB instruments. I don't think there is a method to configure them or have test panels like you do with DAQ devices.