MAX - Reset NI-DAQmx Configuration

[LVUser94]

Older Versions of MAX (see 5.1) had a useful function called "Reset NI-DAQmx Configuration" under the "Tools>NI-DAQmx Configuration" menu. When you run this, it gives you a warning that all Global channels, Scales etc will be deleted. Then it will delete all custom tasks, channels, scales etc that you created. The usefulness of this tool was that you can do a reset to create a clean slate, then Import a previously saved configuration (using a *.nce file). I have used the .nce File Export and Import functions as a way to keep the MAX configurations of my different projects separate. It worked great for this purpose.

But now the latest version of MAX (5.3.1) does not have the "Reset NI-DAQmx Configuration" under the "Tools>NI-DAQmx Configuration" menu! So there is no way to return to a clean slate before importing a .nce file. Is this feature not available in MAX anymore?

Thanks

LVUser94

[dstrandb]

Hi LVUser94,

In the new versions of MAX (5.3.1), there is a more robust reset option. It can be found under the Tools menu, and it's called "Reset Configuration Data." You can see it here:

I hope this helps.

[BP_MTQ]

Hello

I would like to know if it is possiblem to backup and restore the Ni-DSQmx Configuration ?

does this operation can be done automaticaly ?

Regards

[JoshuaP]

You can invoke the ResetNIConfig.exe (C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\Shared\Reset NI Config) from the command line.  If you run it from the command line it will give you the different options that you can specify to run it silently.

You can then easily run it from LabVIEW by using the System Exec.vi.

[JoshuaP]

To backup and restore the database you can use the Import/Export from MAX or use the NI System Configuration API to do it programmatically.

[BP_MTQ]

Thanks

I will give it a try !!