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I am replacing an E-series card with the new M-series. The problem I
have is on the old E-series I was able to change the device number
through the measurement & automation explorers "Traditional NI-Daq
Devices". I cannot do this with the M-series because traditional NI-Daq
does not support this device and I do not know how to do this in
NI-DAQmx. I am using the same code on many machines so I do not want to
change the code.
The steps to changing the device number with NI-DAQmx are similar to those of Traditional (Legacy) NI-DAQ. Find the device under NI-DAQmx Devices in MAX, and right-click the device. Choose "Rename". However, you might have a bigger problem than being able to change the device number. As you pointed out, M Series devices are supported by NI-DAQmx only. So, if your existing code was written with Traditional (Legacy) NI-DAQ, then it will not work with your M Series devices. You probably want to look into that.
Here are a few links that might be helpful in making the transition to DAQmx. Also, you can convert your global channels from Traditional DAQ to virtual channels in DAQmx using a conversion utility that is provided in Measurement and Automation Explorer.
