Device Name

[BABAY]

In help topic I found following sentences:

For Traditional NI-DAQ devices, the syntax is DAQ::n, where n is the device number assigned by MAX, as shown in Example 1.

For NI-DAQmx devices, the syntax is just the device name specified in MAX, as shown in Example 2. Typical default names for NI-DAQmx devices in MAX are Dev1 or PXI1Slot1. You can rename an NI-DAQmx device by right-clicking on the name in MAX and entering a new name.

But what should I do if I don’t have any LabView software and access to the NiScope through a C++ application. How can I rename the device in this case?

I found out that default (?) device name of my niScope is "Dev1"...

[Andre_Saller]

MAX stands for "Measurement and Automation Explorer" which has nothing to do with LabVIEW directly. the MAX is installed together with your driver, so if you are using a Scope, you have to install NI-Scope (the Driver) and together with NI-Scope, the Measurement and Automation Explorer is installed automatically. You can rename your devices inside the Measurement and Automation Explorer, youi don´t need LabVIEW to do this.

Hope this helps!

[BABAY]

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@Andre_Saller wrote:

MAX stands for "Measurement and Automation Explorer" which has nothing to do with LabVIEW directly. the MAX is installed together with your driver, so if you are using a Scope, you have to install NI-Scope (the Driver) and together with NI-Scope, the Measurement and Automation Explorer is installed automatically. You can rename your devices inside the Measurement and Automation Explorer, youi don´t need LabVIEW to do this.

Hope this helps!

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Thank you for your help but my case is a little bit more complicated then I wrote here. I have NiScope5114 installed on a DISKLESS machine. During startup I load the kernel object for it and use shared libraries to get access from C++ application which were built for Linux diskless PC. I didn't install driver or/and MAX there. But probably MAX (console application) can be found in NIScope driver sources, can't it? Or is there any other way to adjust scope settings in my case?

PS: I've found in '.../files/natinst/max/sbin/'  file 'nimxs', but I'm not sure that it is what I need...

Any help appreciated.