USB-6225 Analog input setup

[PizzaHawk]

Background: I am measuring a number anolog sensors that spit out 0-10VDC or 0-5VDC on a USB-6225. I have a piece of software that is constantly monitoring these inputs, so i need continuous measurement, not a sample every so often. Through this extra software I convert the raw voltage inputs to the real measurements (temp, flow, speed, etc...) As I understood the USB-6225 defaults to a +/-10VDC for its analog signals. To get a more accurate reading I was hoping to get the 6225 inputs to match the sensor outputs so that I have a similar resolution between the sensor and what the 6225 is reporting to my software.  Through my reading I found my way into the NI MAX program and was able to create a couple tasks and set the voltage input for the specific analog inputs to 0-5VDC or 0-10VDC with continuous sampling (Screen shot below). Up to this point the instructions were pretty clear how to make these task but Im not seeing anything like a software "on" switch to execute these settings. Which brings me to my specific questions:

1. With no further work do these task just "run" now that they are made or do I need to do further work to get them active?

2. The product manual specifically calls out for +/-10VDC, +/-5VDC, +/-1VDC and +/-200mVDC. Do the upper and lower limits have to be one of these extremes or is the 0-5 or 0-10 a valid input? For example if I want to see the +5VDC signal, do I have to have a -5VDC as the minimum?

[crossrulz]

The tasks can be ran from custom software from there. Around here, we typically use LabVIEW. I have also seen some C++ or C# applications.

But what is it sounding like you what you really want is to use FlexLogger. There is a free version that lets you configure the measurements and do some basic processing, display, and logging of the data.

[PizzaHawk]

Can I take it from the answer that to use these tasks would require further programming within the monitoring software?

If so this may be a non starter for me. The sofware suite I am using (Fabguard) is a pretty locked down system. It communicates seamlessly with with Nidaq cards, but it seems to have minimal options for manipulating data in this exact way. At least I havent dug up the capabilities yet. Ill keep digging. Worst case I leave it at its default +/-10 and fit my inputs within that range.

[crossrulz]

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@PizzaHawk wrote:

The sofware suite I am using (Fabguard) is a pretty locked down system. It communicates seamlessly with with Nidaq cards, but it seems to have minimal options for manipulating data in this exact way.

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You will be limited by whatever that software does. At this point, it is more of an Inficon issue than an NI issue.

[PizzaHawk]

Thats what I was verifying. Thank you for the help.