In Max, One Board, if you have a second operation using a new set of pins, do you make a new neighborhood?

[LVKid]

I am a first time MAX user. Another person made the first neighborhood and it works fine on two selected pins. Now we want to do something else, while keeping the first use of the board. Do I make a new neighborhood for the next operation that has nothing to do with the first operation?

Thanks in advance.

LVKid

[Dennis_Knutson]

You have posted to the wrong board. This is for a product called 'Measure'. It is an add-on to Excel. If you have a question about an NI-DAQ board, you just post to the Multi-function DAQ board.

Your question is also confusing because you refer to 'Neighborhood'. What is that? Do you mean a task that you create under Data Neighboorhood>NIDAQmx Tasks? If it's a task, then you can create as many tasks as you want but you can only run a single task at a time for a single hardware resource. That means you cannot, for example, run more than analog in task at a time.

[LVKid]

Thank you for directing me to the right discussion board.

Max has a choice to make a New Neighborhood. Inside the Neighborhood, you select board pins that carry the characteristics your program needs. In Labview, you tell the DAQmx "Make Channels" that these pins are ready to use because the Neighborhood knows what they are. In the Neighborhood, the user can run a test on the pins to verify they are correct for a chosen purpose.

I will go to the Multi-function DAQ board and see if I can express myself better in order to have someone explain to me if I can use one Neighborhood for many DAQ functions, or do I make separate Neighborhoods for each function call.

Thank you

[Dennis_Knutson]

MAX does not have the ability to create new 'Neighborhoods' - at leas in the English version. You create new 'Tasks'. And yes, you will have to explain what you mean by 'Many DAQ functions'. If you mean a single task with different hardware resources, then no, you can't do that. You can have a single task with multiple analog inputs but you cannot have a single task with both analog in and analog out. Alos remember that you don't have to create a task in MAX at all. I never have and don't see a reason to ever do.

[LVKid]

That makes sense. Thank you. I think I can go to next step, now.

Barbara