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DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 10 VB Dim deviceNumber As Integer Dim device As DaqDevice Dim deviceName As String devic

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-200 Series 100 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values SAMPLES Set/

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-200 Series 101 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values DIO{port/bit

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1208FS-Plus 102 USB-1208FS-Plus Use the components below to set or get device properties.

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1208FS-Plus 103 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values RANGE Set/G

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1208FS-Plus 104 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values DEV FLASHLE

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1408FS-Plus 105 USB-1408FS-Plus Use the components below to set or get device properties.

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1408FS-Plus 106 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values RANGE Set/G

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1408FS-Plus 107 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values DEV FLASHLE

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1608FS-Plus 108 USB-1608FS-Plus Use the components below to set or get device properties.

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1608FS-Plus 109 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values CTR Get N

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 11 Reading and writing software-paced I/O The following examples demonstrate how to perform

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1608FS-Plus 110  External digital trigger  Bidirectional external clock  32-bit e

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 111 USB-1608G Series The USB-1608G Series includes the following devices: 

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 112 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values RESET Set

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 113 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values CTR Get

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 114 Hardware features  16 analog input channels, numbered 0 to 15.  Anal

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-2001-TC 115 USB-2001-TC Use the components below to set or get device properties. Compone

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 116 USB-2408 Series The USB-2408 Series includes the following devices:  US

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 117 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values AISCAN BUFO

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 118 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values SAMPLES Set

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 119 o ±0.625V o ±0.3125V o ±0.15625V o ±0.078125V The analog thermocouple

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 12 Reading an analog input channel C# // Read the value of analog input channel 0 String[]

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-7202 120 USB-7202 Use the components below to set or get device properties. Component Sup

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-7202 121 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values DEV FLASHLED/{n} S

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-7204 122 USB-7204 Use the components below to set or get device properties. Component Sup

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-7204 123 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values AO Get Number of

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-7204 124 Hardware features  Two digital ports. Each port is individually configurable a

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DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 13 Writing to an analog output channel C# // Write a value to analog output channel 0 Strin

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 14 Reading a digital bit C# // Read the value of digital port 0, bit 0 String[] Devices; Da

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 15 Writing to a digital bit C# // Write a value to digital port 0, bit 0 String[] Devices;

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 16 Reading a digital port C# // Read the value of digital port 0 String[] Devices; DaqDevic

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 17 Writing to a digital port C# // Write a value to digital port 0 String[] Devices; DaqDev

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 18 Reading a counter input channel C# // Read counter channel 0 String[] Devices; DaqDevice

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 19 ' Stop the counter MyDevice.SendMessage("CTR{0}:STOP") Catch Ex As Except

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DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 20 ReadScanData() parameters  The first parameter to the ReadScanData method is the numbe

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 21 The following are examples of reading scan data using a callback method: C# try { double

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 22 VB Try Dim ScanData As Double(,) Dim Names As String() Dim Device As DaqDevice Names =

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Using DAQFlex Software 23 catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine(ex.Message); } VB Try Dim ScanData As Double(,

24 Chapter 3 DAQFlex Software Reference The DAQFlex Software API is an open source library that implements a simple message-based protocol consisting

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Software Reference 25 If using a device that does not have an ID assigned, you must use the NameOnly or Na

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Software Reference 26 DaqDeviceManager.ReleaseDevice() Frees the resources associated with a DaqDevice obj

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Software Reference 27  The ToString method has additional overloads that accept formatting parameters. T

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Software Reference 28 DaqDevice.WriteScanData() Outputs scan data. C#: void WriteScanData(double[,] scanDa

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Software Reference 29 Return value The value of callbackType. Remarks  This method is used in conjunctio

3 Table of Contents Preface About this User's Guide ...

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Software Reference 30 DaqDevice.GetSupportedMessages() Gets the messages supported by a DAQ component. C#:

31 Chapter 4 DAQFlex Message Reference The software messages that you send to a DAQFlex supported device are text-based commands. Each message pertai

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AI 32 Programming messages Device programming messages are use

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AI 33  Get the status of the A/D internal calibration. Mess

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AI 34  Set the analog input mode single-ended or differentia

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AI 35  Get the A/D data rate in samples per channel for a sp

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AI 36 RES  Get the resolution of the A/D converter. Message

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AI 37  Get the thermocouple sensor type. Message "?AI{

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AI 38 value The channel value. Example "?AI{0}:VALUE&qu

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AICAL 39 AICAL Gets the manufacturer calibration date and time

DAQFlex Software User's Guide 4 AICAL ...

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AIQUEUE 40 Example "?AIQUEUE{0}:CHAN" CHMODE  Set

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AIQUEUE 41  Get the A/D data rate in samples per second for

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 42 AISCAN Sets and gets property values when scanning a

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 43  Get the size of the buffer used for AISCAN. Mess

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 44 COUNT  Get the number of samples per channel that

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 45 HIGHCHAN  Set the last channel to include in the h

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 46 Example "AISCAN:QUEUE=ENABLE" Note RESET r

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 47 element The position of the element in the gain qu

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 48 RESET  Reset the status of the AISCAN operation.

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AISCAN 49 START  Start an analog input scan. Message "

5 Preface About this User's Guide What you will learn from this user's guide This user's guide explains how to install, configure, and

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AITRIG 50 value ENABLE, DISABLE XFRMODE  Set the transfer

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AITRIG 51 Example "AITRIG:REARM=ENABLE"  Get the s

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AO 52 AO Sets and gets property values for analog output chann

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AO 53 REG  Set the value of a DAC channel that supports simu

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AO 54  Get a value indicating whether scaling will be applie

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AOCAL 55 AOCAL Gets the manufacturer calibration date and time

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AOSCAN 56 value The size in bytes of the output buffer. Exam

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AOSCAN 57 HIGHCHAN  Set the last D/A channel to include in t

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AOSCAN 58 value The range value. If the D/A channels are not

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AOSCAN 59 SCALE  Enable or disable scaling of the D/A data.

6 Chapter 1 Introducing DAQFlex Software DAQFlex is a framework that combines a small footprint driver with a message-based command protocol. It is u

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – AOTRIG 60 AOTRIG Sets and gets analog output trigger property

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – DEV 61 STOP  Stop a specified counter channel. Message &quo

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – DEV 62 FPGACFG  Put the device into FPGA configuration mode

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – DEV 63  Get the device ID. Message "?DEV:ID" Resp

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – DEV 64  Get the minute in which the device was last calibrat

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – DIO 65 TEMP  Get the device internal temperature in °C. Me

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – DIO 66 value IN, OUT Example "DIO{0}:DIR=IN" Note

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – DIO 67 port The port number (0). value The port value (0 t

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – TMR 68  Get the value of a port. Message "?DIO{port}:V

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – TMR 69 DELAY  Set the amount of time in mS to delay before s

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Introducing DAQFlex Software 7  Microsoft Windows CE Development requirements: o Microsoft Windows XP/Vista o

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – TMR 70 Example "TMR{0}:IDLESTATE=HIGH" Note When val

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Programming messages – TMR 71  Get the value in Hz of the pulse frequency for a spe

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AI 72 Reflection messages Device reflection messages get inform

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AI 73 CHANNELS  Get the number of analog input channels on a

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AI 74 INPUTS  Get the analog input signal types that are supp

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AI 75 Note On some devices, the values returned may be dependen

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AISCAN 76 TCTYPES  Get the thermocouple sensor types that are

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AISCAN 77 MAXBURSTRATE  Get the maximum hardware-paced input

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AISCAN 78 MINBURSTRATE  Get the minimum hardware-paced input

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AISCAN 79 QUEUESEQ  Get the channel sequence format of the an

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Introducing DAQFlex Software 8 Windows CE 1. Go to the DAQFlex download page at www.mccdaq.com/DAQFlexDL and sele

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AITRIG 80 XFRSIZE  Get the number of bytes used in the transf

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AO 81 SRCS  Set the edge trigger type. Message "@AITRIG

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AO 82 FACCAL  Get a value indicating if the device supports f

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AOSCAN 83 Example "AO{0}:OUTPUTS=PROG%VOLTS,CUR" RANG

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AOSCAN 84 EXTPACER  Get a value indicating which D/A pacing s

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – AOSCAN 85 MINSCANRATE  Get the minimum hardware-paced output

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – CTR 86 CTR Gets the counter channel properties of a device. Pro

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – CTR 87 LDMIN  Get the minimum count value that can be set usi

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – DIO 88 DIO Gets the digital I/O properties of a device. Propert

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – TMR 89 MAXCOUNT  Get the maximum count of the specified port.

9 Chapter 2 Using DAQFlex Software The following procedure describes how to program a DAQFlex-supported device with DAQFlex software. 1. Add a refer

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – TMR 90 CLKSRC  Get the clock source for the specified timer c

DAQFlex Software User's Guide DAQFlex Message Reference – Reflection messages – TMR 91 MAXCOUNT  Get the maximum count for the specified time

92 Chapter 5 FlexTest Utility FlexTest is an interactive GUI-based test utility that demonstrates how to communicate with a device using the DAQFlex

DAQFlex Software User's Guide FlexTest Utility 93 FlexTest user interface The FlexTest window features the following controls:  Devices drop-d

DAQFlex Software User's Guide FlexTest Utility 94 o Select AISCAN:RANGE=*. Highlight the asterisk and enter "BIP10V", then click Send

DAQFlex Software User's Guide FlexTest Utility 95 The Ai Self Calibration window opens. 3. Click the Start button to start calibrating the ana

96 Chapter 6 C# and VB Example Programs Complete C# and VB example programs are installed with DAQFlex that demonstrate how to configure DAQFlex-supp

DAQFlex Software User's Guide C# and VB Example Programs 97 4. From a terminal window, run the example programs as a non-root user by entering

98 Chapter 7 Hardware Reference Select your DAQFlex-supported device below for the components and programming messages supported by the device. Note:

DAQFlex Software User's Guide Hardware Reference – USB-200 Series 99 USB-200 Series The USB-200 Series includes the following devices:  USB-20