Using a 6020E with Visual Basic.NET

[RexTrammell]

I purchased a 6020E, Visual Basic.NET Standard Edition and Measurement Studio 7.0 Standard Edition. Email support tells me the example programs won't work because "USB is not supported by NIDAQmx drivers". Measurement Studio 7.0 apparently doesn't include the ActiveX stuff you need to use CWAI like the "Acquire N Scans" example. Is there any easy way to work with what I have or do I need to buy the $1000 Measurement Studio Professional Version?

[JoshuaP]

Hey Rex,

Your in luck. The ActiveX for DAQ only are shipped for free with NI-DAQ. When you install NI-DAQ, you need to click the support for VB. These CWDAQ, CWAI,... controls can be used in VB.NET and C# with MS 7.0 native .NET components. There might be a couple of examples on NIs web site if you search around.

Here is an example that I made in C# that uses the MS 7.0 components and the CWDAQ activeX controls.

I hope this helps.

Joshua