Acquiring and Using Multiple Channels on USB-6343 for Various Tasks

[DHagan]

I have the USB-6343 and am trying to do multiple things with it. ex: AI (thermocouples, RHT Sensors), AO, and DO. Where is the best place to learn how to do this? I am able to read/write what I need for each thing separately, it is just very daunting/confusing to put them all together. Someone suggested a specific LabView example, however it does not seem to exist in LabView 2011 (It was the AI voltage-continuous file). My primary concerns are separating signals to display on separate plots, generating a useful output file full of glorious data, and being able to read input parameters from different files (Timing for different heaters to go on, etc). Any help/guidance is greatly appreciated. I would really be interested in links to tutorials/books/etc.

[Zach J]

Hi DHagan,

In LabVIEW, if you go to Help>>Find Examples, the NI Example Finder will open.  From there, you can navigate through the following folders to find examples for DAQmx functionality:  Hardware Input and Output>>DAQmx

In specific, I would look at: Hardware Input and Output>>DAQmx>>Voltage>>Cont Acq&Graph Voltage-Int Clk.vi to get a good idea of how to use DAQmx functions.  If these examples do not exist in your installation of LabVIEW, I would suggest trying to download the latest version of NI-DAQmx from our NI Drivers website.  Alternatively, you can use DAQ Assistant in the Block Diagram of a VI to configure a task, place it on the Block Diagram, then right-click on it and select Generate NI-DAQmx Code.  This will convert the DAQ Assistant to usable DAQmx code that you can modify and reconfigure to your liking.  Let me know if you have any further questions!