I would like to be able to make hardware/channel configuration changes in Measurement & Automation Explorer within the LabVIEW or LabVIEW Real Time enviroment. The reason I want to do this is so that my end user will only have to work in LabVIEW.
Is there a way to make Measurement & Automation configuration changes from within LabVIEW?
Your tasks don't have to exist in MAX at all. You can create everything in the LabVIEW program with the DAQmx functions. For example, the DAQmx Create Channel allows you to configure the channel list, the input configuration, and the range.
Starting with LabVIEW 8.0 and DAQmx 8.5 (I think that is the correct version) there is also a MAX VI on the Measurement I/O palette. With this VI you can programatically import/export MAX configuration files. So, if you have different HW setup for various tests you can import their configuration file. If you need more info let me know. Other ways to accomplish this to use a Create Task/Create Channel as Dennis points out or there are VIs to be able to programatically save task, channels and scales which you have created. Hope this helps.
