teststand pxi instrument id between embedded and extended chassis

[moto2labview]

I would like to establish reuse of TestStand LabVIEW Steps between an embedded controller PXI chassis and an extended PXI chassis (that uses a MXI 3). How can I best manage and programably establish instrument or device identification to the VI's without hardcoding the different device id's into the test steps. Is there a feature of MAX that would allow a common naming convention or can I programmably get each card's identification and use global variables? I am lost as to what is the best strategy in dealing with varying instrument identification and wanting to reuse VI's.

[srm@viewpointusa.com]

the DAQ function on the pallet that will return the device name for each device number. use this to create an abstraction manager to reference named devices. Keep going with the approach of reuse without hardcoding info. It will be worth it.