DAQmx C Reference Help file pack?

[George_Cs]

Hi all,

I'd like to download the latest version of DAQmx C Reference Help file pack.
Where can I find it?

Thanks

- George -

[PeterV_hun]

Hi George,

If you download and install the latest DAQmx driver from http://www.ni.com/support/daqmx you can install it and you will get the C reference help with it. After installation you can find the C reference help at Start->(All )Programs->National Instruments->NI-DAQ->Text-Based Code Support->NI-DAQmx C Reference Help

I think, you cannot download directly only Reference Help packet for the newest version of DAQmx (9.3 now). You can download the latest DAQmx 3.x Base C reference directly (http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/C4B5B92E74F160C6862574560065F8BC), but it is from 2008 June.

I hope my reply is an aswer for you question. If you have any other question, feel free to write again.

Regards,

Peter

[George_Cs]

Hi Peter,

yes of course I know the daqmx driver pack contains the c reference help files, but I wouldn't like to download a 1.2GB monster just to get a few tiny files.
The mentioned (2008 june) version is also obsolete, I'm rather looking for a 2011 (or 2010) edition.
I don't understand, why NI doesn't publish these help files in an independent pack??

Regards,

- George -

[PeterV_hun · Accepted solution]

Hi George,

The best thing what I can do now is to give you an ftp link: ftp://ftp.ni.com/outgoing/docs.zip

On the link you can download the DAQmx 9.1.5 Reference Help, it is from 2010 february.

There would be a lot of problem from using improper C Reference Help version for certain DAQmx version. So, the best way is to get the help file together with installer.

Regards,

Peter

[George_Cs]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the link! Since I usually use daqmx runtime (core) installer, I need to update the related c reference help files "manually".
Until now I used a 2005 edition and I thought the newer version contains more info about some poorly documented c function (i.e. DAQmxSetWriteRegenMode, DAQmxSetAnlgWinRefTrigWhen and others), but I was wrong; many c functions remain poorly documented in the 2010 edition. (I spent many hours figuring out how these functions work.) Who knows why, it seems that they don't want to give more detailed info about these functions. However, this is not a developer-friendly attitude.

Thanks again,

 - George -