DAQ Assistant Evaluation for VS2005

[davekelly]

I am really confused about the DAQ Assistant.

I have purchased a USB-6008 DAQ, and intend to use c# .net to write my application.

Looking at the Measurement Studio, the professional and Enteprise editions come with the DAQ assistant, so I downloaded the evaluation version to try it out. Other posts I have read indicate that it actually comes with the driver CD, which I assume is the one shipped with my DAQ device.

However trying to use the assistant in a project, I can't actually find it. According to the instructions, I should be able to add a new item to the project, and the DAQ assistant is in the templates. However, I only get Instrument Driver in my list of Measurement Studio templates.

I am putting together a system with several DAQ modules, and don't really need the visual components offered in the measurement studio, but I do want the DAQ assistant to reduce the overhead in setting up the project.

My questions:

1. Does it come with the driver disc NI DAQmx 8.6? I have found the SignalExpress version

2. Do I have to buy MS Professional version to get it?

3. Can I use it with the MS Evaluation version

4. If so, how do I add the template to VS2005

TIA

[JonathanN]

Hi davekelly,

The DAQ Assistant is actually installed with the DAQ driver but only under the condition in which Measurement Studio Professional or higher is installed.   So the order of installation should have been
1) Measurement Studio Pro or Enterprise
2) DAQmx

Do you even have the DAQmx templates under File >> New >> Project? They should show up under the Measurement Studio sub-category under the different languages (VB.NET, C#). For DAQ, there should be a template called NI DAQ Windows Application.

The evaluation software we put on the web is the Enterprise edition so if you installed that and then DAQmx, you should have those templates and items.  Make sure when you installed DAQ that you selected the .NET Framework 2.0 Support installer tree item (if you are using VS 2005) which will install the underlying .NET support for DAQ (i.e. examples, assemblies, documentation, etc)

Also, depending upon what version of DAQ you installed, the DAQ component item will be in different locations. See the DAQ Component Missing From the Add New Item Dialog Box in Visual Studio 2005 KB.

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

[davekelly]

Johnathon,

Thanks for your help.

I had installed the NI-DAQmx a while ago, so it was the installation order at fault. Although I had been through installation repairs several times for both, it took uninstalling everything then re-installing both to get it to work.

Perhaps the installer could be improved for this situation?

Anyway, now it is installed, and I can have a play around with it. And it is clearer that I have to buy the Professional or Enterprise measurement studio to make use of it.

Regards,

Dave