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Data acquisition with LabView

Hello LabView community!

 

I have a labview program that a coworker wrote, but I'm trying to add a functionality to it to start data acquisition (perhaps a contact closure signal?) and found this page: http://www.ni.com/academic/students/learn-daq/triggering/# but I'm not sure if labview (Labview development system, if there is more than one) is installed on a computer that is already communicating with an instrument (in this case a mass spectrometer) if I need to purchase any additional hardware as that page suggests? Or can I just add something to the program to initiate data acquisition? 

 

Thanks!

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Hi rjacobson,

 

what kind of hardware are you using right now?

 

Also: To see if labview Development system is installed on a computer you can Open MAX (or Measurement and Automation Explorer) in the start menu and look under Software. You should find it under start >> all programs >> NI MAX



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Right now I'm using some stages that are controlled by a manufacturer-made controller, that is programmable with LabView, so its just a PC connected to that controller. But I want to add a functionality so when the stages atart moving, the mass spectrometer, thats already communicating with the PC, will start acquiring data. Does that make sense?

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