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© National Instruments Corporation v ii Measurement Studio User Manual About This Manual The Measurement Studio User Manual introduces the concepts associated with the Measurement Studio class li braries and de velopment tools. This manual assumes that you hav e a general working knowledge of Microsoft V isual Studio .NET , including Micr osoft V [...]

About This Manual Measurement Studio User Manual viii ni.com Conventions The following con ventions appear in this manual: » The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dial og box options to a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you t o pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options from[...]

© National Instruments Corporation 1 -1 Measurement Studio User Manual 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Measurement Studio is an integrated su ite of native tools and class libraries that are designed fo r developers usi ng Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#, and Visual C++ .NET t o develop measurement an d automation appl ications. Measurement Stud[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction to M easurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 1-2 ni.com Distribution Requirements To distribute an application buil t with Measuremen t Studio .NET class libraries, the target computer must have a Windows 2000 /XP operating system and the .NET Framework version 1.1. T o distribute an application b uilt with Measureme[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio © National Instruments Corporation 1 -3 Measurement Studio User Manual 3. Enter the serial number . Y ou can find your serial number on the Certificate of Ownership card that you recei ved with Measurement Studio. Click Next . 4. Click Next to install all NI sof tware to the default installation directo[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction to M easurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 1-4 ni.com Measurement Studio Package Comparison Chart Table 1-1 lists the features included in the Standard , Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Measurement Studio. Table 1-1. Meas urement Stud io Package Comparison C hart Fe a t u re Standard Edition Professional E[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio © National Instruments Corporation 1 -5 Measurement Studio User Manual Measurement Studio Resources As you work with Measurement Studio, you migh t need to consult other resources. For detailed Measurement Studio help , including function reference and in-depth documentat ion on developing with Measurem[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction to M easurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 1-6 ni.com If you hav e not pre viously installed Measurement Studio fo r W indo ws 2000/XP , V ersion 7.0, the example programs are installed to the following directory: – V isual Basic .NET or V isual C#— Program FilesNational InstrumentsMeasurementStudioVS2003 Do[...]

© National Instruments Corporation 2 -1 Measurement Studio User Manual 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries This chapter provides o vervie w inform ation about the .NET class libraries included with Measurement Studio. Refer to the Using the Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries section of the NI Measurement Studio Help for detailed informa[...]

Chapter 2 M easurement Studio .NET Class Libr aries Measurement Studio User Manual 2-2 ni.com Analysis The Measurement Studio Analysis .NET class library is in the NationalInstruments.Analysis namespace. The Analysis c lass library includes a set of classes that provides vario us digital signal processing, signal filt ering, signal ge neratio n, pe[...]

Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2 -3 Measurement Studio User Manual Enterprise Analysis The Enterprise Analysis class library, which ships with Measurement Studio Enterprise Edition, incl udes the Standard and Professio nal Analysis functionality as well as the followi ng advanced functionality:[...]

Chapter 2 M easurement Studio .NET Class Libr aries Measurement Studio User Manual 2-4 ni.com NI-488.2 The Measurement Studio NI-488.2 .NET class librar y is in the NationalInstruments.NI4882 namespace. This class libr ary is included on the Device Driver s CD. The NI-488.2 class library includes a se t of classes that communicates with GPIB in str[...]

Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2 -5 Measurement Studio User Manual NI-VISA The Measurement Studio NI-VISA .NET class library is in the NationalInstruments.VisaNS namespace. The NI-VISA class library includes a set of classes that provides a rich, object-orien ted interface to the NI-VISA driver[...]

Chapter 2 M easurement Studio .NET Class Libr aries Measurement Studio User Manual 2-6 ni.com • Thermometer •T a n k • Numeric edit • Switch •L E D Use this class library to add measur ement-specif ic user interface controls to your application. Configure the controls programmatically or through the Properties windo w in the W i ndo ws F [...]

Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2 -7 Measurement Studio User Manual Figure 2-1. Waveform Graph with Cursors and Scatter Graph with XY Point Annotation; Both Graphs Have Corresponding Legends W ith the wa v eform graph and scatter graph controls and the classes that interface with the controls, y[...]

Chapter 2 M easurement Studio .NET Class Libr aries Measurement Studio User Manual 2-8 ni.com • Use cursor labels to display X and Y data coordinates that the cursor crosshair points to, and customize the text font and colors of the label. • Use the extensible plot and plot area drawing capabilities and ev ents to customize the graph appearance[...]

Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2 -9 Measurement Studio User Manual Numeric Controls Use the Measurement Studio numeric controls to display numerical information on a Windows Forms user interface with the look of scientific instruments. The n umeric controls includ e a knob, gauge, meter, slide,[...]

Chapter 2 M easurement Studio .NET Class Libr aries Measurement Studio User Manual 2-10 ni.com Figure 2-3. Slide, T ank, and The rmometer Controls W ith the slide, tank, and thermometer controls and the cla sses that interface with them, you can perform the fo llo wing operations: • Fill the minimum or maxim um value of the scale. • Position th[...]

Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2 -11 Measurement Studio User Manual Numeric Edit Control Use the Measurement Studio numeric edit control, as shown in Figure 2-4, to display numeric values an d to provide a way by w hich end users can edit numeric values. Typically, you use a numeric edit contro[...]

Chapter 2 M easurement Studio .NET Class Libr aries Measurement Studio User Manual 2-12 ni.com Switch and LED Controls Use the Measurement Studio switch an d LED control s as Boolean controls on a Windows Forms user interface. Y ou typically use a switch c ontrol, as shown in Figure 2-5, to receive and control Boolean input on an application user i[...]

© National Instruments Corporation 3 -1 Measurement Studio User Manual 3 Measurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries This chapter provides ov ervie w info rmation about the V isual C++ class libraries that are av ailable with Measurement Studio. Refer to the Using the Measurement Stud io Visual C ++ Class Libraries section of the NI Measurement [...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-2 ni.com ActiveX Controls in Visual C++ Activ eX controls are specialized COM serv ers that implement a specific set of interfaces. The Measurement Studio V isual C++ button, graph, knob, numeric edit, slide, and 3D Graph are Activ eX controls. Measurement Stu[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libr aries © National Instruments Corporation 3 -3 Measurement Studio User Manual • Bind the control to a DataSock et Se rver to enable au tomatic read and write functionality . • Use multiple plot styles—poin t-line, line-point, hidden-line, cont our , surface, surface-line, surf ace- contour ,[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-4 ni.com Professional Analysis The Professional Analysis class libr ary, which ships with Measurement Studio Professional Edition, includes the St andard Analysis functionality as well as the foll owing functionali ty: • Bessel, Chebyshe v , In verse Cheb ys[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libr aries © National Instruments Corporation 3 -5 Measurement Studio User Manual Common The Measurement Studio Common Visual C++ class library provides data types and classes that other Measurem ent Studio Visual C++ class libraries use. The classes that are implemented natively in Visual C++ include[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-6 ni.com IVI driv ers are di vided into two main categories— class driv ers and specif ic dri vers. Each class dri ver provides a co nsistent interface to a particular type of de vice. Measurement Studio includ es the following class dri ver class libraries:[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libr aries © National Instruments Corporation 3 -7 Measurement Studio User Manual Tip For more information on using the LabVIEW Real-T ime Module, refer to the LabVIEW Real-Time Interface Visual C ++ Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help . For more information about the LabVIE[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-8 ni.com NI-488.2 Use the Measurement Studio NI-488.2 Visual C++ class library to communicate with and control in struments on a GPIB interface. Use the classes in this library to perf orm the following oper ations: • Perform I/O with GPIB in struments and b[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libr aries © National Instruments Corporation 3 -9 Measurement Studio User Manual NI-Reports Use the Measurement Studio NI-Repor ts Visual C++ class library to generate printed reports from Measurement Studio Visual C++ applications. This class li brary is included only in the Measurement Studio Enter[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-10 ni.com User Interface Use the Measurement Studio User Inte rface Visual C++ class library to add user interface controls to your app lication. You can c onfigure the user interface controls programmatically or through the prope rty pages in the Visual C++ r[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libr aries © National Instruments Corporation 3 -11 Measurement Studio User Manual Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX graph control, as shown in Figure 3-3, to plot and chart two -dimensional data. The CNiGraph class provides the Visual C++ interface to the ActiveX graph control. Figure [...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-12 ni.com • Bind properties to a DataSocket source or target. Y ou use binding to read property v alues from a source and write property values to a target. Tip For more information about easily using the graph control, refer to the U sing the Measurement St[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libr aries © National Instruments Corporation 3 -13 Measurement Studio User Manual Numeric Edit Control Use the Measurement Studio ActiveX numeric edit cont rol, as shown in Figure 3-5, to display nu meric values and provide a way by which end users can edit numeric values. Typica lly, you use a numer[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-14 ni.com Slide Control Use the Measurement Studio Active X slide control, as shown in Figure 3-6, to displ ay numerical dat a. CNiSlide is the class that provides the Visual C++ interface to the ActiveX slide control. Figure 3-6. ActiveX Slide Control W ith t[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libr aries © National Instruments Corporation 3 -15 Measurement Studio User Manual Utility Use the Measurement Stud io Utility Visual C++ class library to easily access Windows operating system function ality. Table 3-1 lists classes in the Utility class library and their functionality . Table 3-1. Ut[...]

Chapter 3 M easurement Studio Visual C++ Class Libraries Measurement Studio User Manual 3-16 ni.com Tip For more information about using the Utility class library, refer to the Utility Visual C ++ Class Library Overview topic in the NI Measuremen t Studi o Help . CNiTempFile CNiTempFile e xtends the functionality of CNiFile to add temporary file cr[...]

© National Instruments Corporation 4 -1 Measurement Studio User Manual 4 Developing with Measurement Studio When you use Measurement Studi o in the Visual Studio .NET environment, you have access to measurement an d automation tools and features for Visual Basi c .NET, Visual C#, and Visual C++ .NET. These integrated tools and feat ures are design[...]

Chapter 4 D eveloping with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 4-2 ni.com • Add/Remove Class Libraries Wizard —U se the Measurement Studio Add/Remove Class Libraries wizard to add or remove Measurement Studio class libraries or assemblies in existing V isual Basic .NET , V isual C#, or V isual C++ .NET projects. • Project Conver[...]

Chapter 4 Developing wi th Measurement S tudio © National Instruments Corporation 4 -3 Measurement Studio User Manual • Preferences —Use the Measurement Studio Preferences dialog box to configure Measurement Studio settings, such as con version options and add-in preferences. • Patents —Use the Patents dialog box to view information about [...]

Chapter 4 D eveloping with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 4-4 ni.com Figure 4-1. New Project Dialog Box Tip For more information about using project templates to create a ne w Measurement Studio project, refer to the Creating a New Measurement Studio Project section in the NI Measurement Studio Help . For information about con ve[...]

Chapter 4 Developing wi th Measurement S tudio © National Instruments Corporation 4 -5 Measurement Studio User Manual The D A Q Assistant interacti vely assi sts you in performing the following operations: • Creating a D A Q task class • Configuring a D A Q task class • Generating a Visual Basic .NET, Visu al C#, or Visual C++ .NET class tha[...]

Chapter 4 D eveloping with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 4-6 ni.com Creating an NI-DAQ mx User Control Y ou can create an NI-DA Qmx .NET user control with Measurement Studio that provides a default graphical user interface to an NI-D A Qmx task. The NI-D A Qmx User Control wizard wraps a configured NI-D A Qmx task class in a use[...]

Chapter 4 Developing wi th Measurement S tudio © National Instruments Corporation 4 -7 Measurement Studio User Manual Figure 4-3. Instrument I/O Assist ant The Instrument I/O Assistant aids you in performing the following operations: • Creating an instrumentatio n task class • Configuring an instrumentation task class to communicate with an in[...]

Chapter 4 D eveloping with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 4-8 ni.com Adding or Removing Measurement Studio Class Libraries To add or remove Measurement St udio class libraries from a pro ject, use the Measurement Studio Add/Remove Class Libraries wizard on the Measurement Studio menu. This wizar d provides an interface, as shown [...]

Chapter 4 Developing wi th Measurement S tudio © National Instruments Corporation 4 -9 Measurement Studio User Manual Selecting a Measurement Studio Parameter V alue To access I/O devices or resources, y ou must specify string constants or scalar values for many method para meters and property values. Use the Measurement Studio Parameter Assi stan[...]

Chapter 4 D eveloping with Measurement Studio Measurement Studio User Manual 4-10 ni.com Calling Instrument Drivers from .NET Languages To use an IVI or VXI plug&play instrum ent driver with a C DLL in a Measurement Studio .NET application, use the Measurement Studio .NET Instrument Driver wizard to creat e .NET entry points to th e C DLL funct[...]

© National Instruments Corporation A -1 Measurement Studio User Manual A T echnical Support and Professional Ser vices Visit the following sections of the National Instruments Web site at ni.com for technical support an d professional services: • Support —Online technical support resources at ni.com/support include the following: – Self-Help[...]

© National Instruments Corporation G -1 Measurement Studio User Manual Glossar y A Acti veX Set of Microsoft technologies for reusable software compon ents. Formerly called OLE . Acti veX control Reusable software component that adds functionality t o any Acti veX control container through exposed properties, methods, and events. The Measurement S[...]

Glossary Measurement Studio User Manual G-2 ni.com B button A control used to input or display bo olean information or to initiate an action in a program. C channel 1. Physical—a terminal or pin at which you can measure or generat e an analog or digital signal. A single physical channel can incl ude more than one terminal, as in the case of a dif[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G -3 Measurement Studio User Manual context-sensiti ve help Help for dialog boxes, the controls in dialog boxes, and keywords in source code that you can access w ith the <F1> key or a Help button, or by clicking the link that appears in the Dynamic Help wi ndo w in V isual Studio .NET . control 1.[...]

Glossary Measurement Studio User Manual G-4 ni.com distribution Ability to install programs you dev elop with Measurement Studio to others working on dif ferent computers. DLL Dynamic Link Library . A library of functions that link to a program an d load at run time rather than bein g compiled into the program. Loading libraries only when they are [...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G -5 Measurement Studio User Manual G gauge A control used to input or display numerical data. GPIB General Purpose Interf ace Bus. The standard b us used for controlling electronic instruments with a computer . Also called IEEE 488 bus because it is defined b y ANSI/IEEE Sta ndards 488-1978, 488.1-1987,[...]

Glossary Measurement Studio User Manual G-6 ni.com interface Connection between one or more of the following: hardware, software, and the user . For example, hardware interfaces connect tw o other pieces of hardware. IVI Interchangeable V irtual Instruments. A technology inv olving standard programming interfaces for classes of instrumen ts, such a[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G -7 Measurement Studio User Manual Measurement & Automation Expl orer (MAX) National Instruments tool for con figuring your National Instrumen ts hardware and driv er software; e xecuting system diagnostics; adding new device s, interfaces, and virtual channels ; and vie wing de vices and instrument[...]

Glossary Measurement Studio User Manual G-8 ni.com numeric edit cont rol A control used t o display and edit numeric values. O OCX OLE Control eXtension. Another name for Activ eX controls, reflected by the .ocx file e xtension of Acti veX control files. OLE Object Linking and Embedding. See ActiveX . OPC OLE for Process Control. An industry standa[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G -9 Measurement Studio User Manual property pages W indo w or dialog box that disp lay s current configuration information and allows users to modify the configuration. PXI PC I eXtensions for Instrumentation. Rugged, open platform for modul ar instrumentation with specialized me chanical, electrical, a[...]

Glossary Measurement Studio User Manual G-10 ni.com T tank A control used to input or display numerical data. task NI-DA Qmx—a set of channels and the channel configurations, timing, and triggering, and other details that define a measurement or generation you want to perform. TCP/IP T ransmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol. A standard f[...]

© National Instruments Corporation I -1 Measurement Studio User Manual Index A ActiveX controls in Visual C++, 3-2 Add/Remove Class Libraries wizard, 4-8 adding or removing Measurement Studi o class libraries, 4-8 Analysis .NET class library, 2-2 Enterprise Analysis, 2-3 Professional Analysis, 2-2 Standard Analysis, 2-2 Visual C++ class library, 3[...]

Index Measurement Studio User Manual I-2 ni.com I installation optional, 1-1 procedure, 1-2 requirements, 1-1 instrument driver wizard, .NET, 4-10 instrument drivers (NI resources), A-1 Instrument Dr ivers Visu al C++ class library, 3-5 Instrument I/O Assistant, 4-6 K knob .NET control, 2-9 Visual C++ control, 3-12 KnowledgeBase, A-1 L LabVIEW Real[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporation I -3 Measurement Studio User Manual O overview Measurement Studio, 1-1 .NET class libraries, 2-1 Visual C++ class libraries, 3-1 P Parameter Assistant, 4-9 programming examples (NI resources), A-1 project conversion wizard, 4-2 project templates, 4-3 R requirements distribution, 1-2 installation, 1-1 S scat[...]

Index Measurement Studio User Manual I-4 ni.com NI-DAQmx, 3-8 NI-Reports, 3-9 NI-VISA, 3-9 overview, 3-1 User Interface, 3-10 Utility, 3-15 W waveform graph control, 2-6 Web resources, A-1 Windows Forms user in terface controls, 2-5[...]