Simulating Digital Inputs (PCI-6527)

[davenone]

Hello,

I am currently working on a project involving reading digital input of a NI PCI-6527 card.

The computer containing this card is not plugged to anything yet, because we are awaiting material from our suppliers to do so, so I would like to know if it’s possible to make the computer "believe" that the card is receiving different signals on its input ports. I would like to know if it is possible to do so using only NI MAX or do I have to use LabView ?

I followed this tutorial (http://www.ni.com/tutorial/3698/en/) but it doesn’t seem to allow doing what I want as I can only read inputs and write on outputs of a virtual device.

Regards,

Dave

[Minions]

How would you expect to have a light turn on without power?  The hardware for the inputs is expecting a physical voltage in order to operate the internal optocouplers.  Pages 3-8 through 3-12 of the manual show the physical connections of both the inputs and outputs.  You can create a voltage setup on the outputs then wrap them back into the inputs to see how the card actually responds.

[crossrulz]

Unfortunately, the simulated DAQ just toggles the digital line with each read.  Agreed, not useful at all.

Go give this idea a kudos: Interactive DaqMx simulation interface