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How do I 'Reserve' an Ethernet based cDAQ chassis in software without using MAX?

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I am using a cDAQ 9188 with the Ethernet interface. It works quite well, but the setup is a bit more than what I like for the end users. Users first make go into MAX and make establish a connection. After that, users must 'Reserve' the chassis to ensure access to it. This isn't a problem except I have yet to find a way to do it within G code. I would rather not include in my documentation a series of steps demanding that the user go into MAX everytime they want to turn on the system. I would rather it be comparable to a USB DAQ experience where it just works.

 

Any examples out there or suggests on Properties, Methods, or VIs to use for my situation?

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As a note:

http://www.ni.com/gettingstarted/setuphardware/dataacquisition/compactdaq.htm

 

See section: Configuring NI-DAQmx for NI CompactDAQ Ethernet Chassis

 

I want to do that, but in software. without openning MAX.

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You'll want to use the DAQmx Reserve Network Device.vi, under Measurement I/O -> DAQmx - Data Acquisition -> DAQmx Advanced -> System Setup.

 

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Brandon Streiff
ni.com/compactdaq · ni.com/daq
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There are also shipping examples that show these functions in action in the Example Finder.

Hardware Input and Output » DAQmx » Configuration » Network DAQ - Basic Configuration or Network DAQ - Advanced Configuration if you also want to add the chassis programmatically.

Seth B.
Principal Test Engineer | National Instruments
Certified LabVIEW Architect
Certified TestStand Architect
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Thank you both. I searched and managed to miss these things some how.

 

It looks like I'd need DAQmx 9.2 as well as Silverlight to run those actions, am I correct? That is, it doesn't depend upon the version of LabView (except for significantly old versions, I suppose).

 

This will help make my system much more user friendly. Thank you.

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Yes, you need DAQmx 9.2 for the programmatic add/reserve (with the VIs). You need DAQmx 9.2 at a minimum in order to use the cDAQ-9188 anyway.

 

It's not dependent on version of LabVIEW (aside from being a version of LabVIEW supported by DAQmx 9.2, of course).

 

You do not need Silverlight to use the VIs, though; you only need Silverlight for configuring the device from within MAX, or via the web interface.

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Brandon Streiff
ni.com/compactdaq · ni.com/daq
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Is there any way to do this from C#?

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Hi raphaelb,

 

Check out the AddNetworkDevice and ReserveNetworkDevice methods in Measurement Studio. The help document should have more information on those.

 

Also, this post was marked resolved almost 5 years ago! If you have more questions about this I suggest you make a new post in the Measurement Studio Thread.

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