PXI-8176 resources question

[michael9422]

Hi, 

Thanks Scott-M for answering my previous question.

Now, I have another question.  

Over an ethernet connection, using libvisa on linux, the PXI-8176

running a NI-VISA server responds to the function viFindRsrc() with

these resources in the 'findlist': 

 r_vi = 5
r_desc = visa://206.23.240.89/PXI0::1::BACKPLANE
r_desc = visa://206.23.240.89/ASRL1::INSTR
r_desc = visa://206.23.240.89/ASRL2::INSTR
r_desc = visa://206.23.240.89/ASRL10::INSTR
r_desc = visa://206.23.240.89/GPIB0::INTFC

However, I was expecting the names of devices that are plugged into the

chasis, as in PXI-6602, PXI-6704, PXI-6251, etc. Instead, these are serial

ports, parallel ports, GPIB ports and busses, it appears.

How do I open the A/D and D/A devices? 

Thanks,

-Mike

[Jason_D]

Mike,

You might want to try using the DAQmxGetSysDevNames function in combination with:

Product Type: This will return the product type of the device, such as PXI-6259
DAQmxGetDevProductType(const char device[], char *data, uInt32 bufferSize);

Serial Number: This returns the serial number of the device.
DAQmxGetDevSerialNum(const char device[], uInt32 *data);

Device Names: This property will return a comma-delimited list of all of the devices installed in the system.
DAQmxGetSysDevNames(char *data, uInt32 bufferSize);

Chassis Number: This property returns the number of the chassis the device is in.
DAQmxGetDevPXIChassisNum(const char device[], uInt32 *data);

Hope this helps!

Slot Number: This property returns the slot number the device is in.
DAQmxGetDevPXISlotNum(const char device[], uInt32 *data);