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QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE National Instruments TM Switch Executive This document contains quick reference information about examples, VIs/functions, route specification strings, and error codes for NI Switch Executive (NISE). Examples ICON VI/FUNCTION NAME AND DESCRIPTION Using Find Route to Connect Two Channels Uses Find Route to determine a path betw[...]
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NI Switch Executive Quick Reference Guide 2 ni.com Functions† ICON TYPE P ARAMETER V ALUE TO SET , COMMENTS NISEConstString virtualDeviceName Name of the NISE virtual device to open a session to NISEConstString options Used to pass information to eac h of the IVI devices on startup NISESession* [out] sessionHandle Reference to vir tual device ses[...]
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ICON TYPE P ARAMETER V ALUE T O SET , COMMENTS niSE Connect And Disconnect (continued) NISEInt32 multiconnectMode • USE_DEF AUL T_MODE (–1) • NO_MUL TICONNECT (0) • MUL TICONNECT_ROUTES (1) NISEInt32 operationOrder • BREAK_BEFORE_MAKE (1) • BREAK_AFTER_MAKE (2) NISEBoolean waitForDebounce • NISE_TRUE • NISE_FALSE NISESession session[...]
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Functions (continued) ICON TYPE P ARAMETER V ALUE T O SET , COMMENTS NISESession sessionHandle Reference to vir tual device session NISEBoolean* [out] isDebounced • NISE_TRUE • NISE_FALSE NISESession sessionHandle Reference to vir tual device session NISEInt32 maxTime Amount of time to wait (in ms) for the debounce to complete before timing out[...]
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Route Specification Strings Route specification strings are the paths connecting two channels and are composed of one or more routes delimited by ampersands ( & ). For example, in the following line of syntax, there are three defined routes or route groups: routeOrGroup & routeOrGroup & routeOrGroup... where routeOrGroup can be: • Rou[...]
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Error Codes V ALUE V ALUE (HEX) (DECIMAL) DESCRIPTION INTERNAL FFFF8EB8 –2900 0 An internal error has occur red. Please contact National Instruments tec hnical support. IVI_DRIVER_NO_SIMULATION FFFF8EB7 –29001 The IVI-specific driver does not support simulation mode. INVALID_VIRTUAL_DEVICE_NAME FFFF8EB6 –29002 The specified NI Switc h Executi[...]
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V ALUE V ALUE (HEX) (DECIMAL) DESCRIPTION IMPORTING_FILE_FORMAT FFFF8EA9 –290 14 The file is not a valid NI Switc h Executive configuration file. INVALID_END_POINTS FFFF8EA8 –290 15 The endpoints of the path do not matc h the existing endpoints. INVALID_PATH FFFF8EA7 –290 16 Cannot connect this path on the device. INVALID_CHANNEL_SPECIFICATIO[...]
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