National Instruments Welding System 321645c-01 Manuel D’Utilisation

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NI-DAQ FRM for PC Compatibles

The NI-DAQ Function Reference Manual for PC Compatibles is for users 
of the NI-DAQ software for PC compatibles version 6.1. NI-DAQ software 
is a powerful application programming interface (API) between your data 
acquisition (DAQ) application and the National Instruments DAQ boards 
for ISA, PCI, PXI, XT, PC Card (PCMCIA), VXIbus, EISA, and USB bus 
computers. 

You should begin by reading the NI-DAQ User Manual for PC 
Compatibles. Chapter 1, Introduction to NI-DAQ, contains a flowchart that 
illustrates the sequence of steps you should take to learn about and get 
started with NI-DAQ software.

When you are familiar with the material in the NI-DAQ User Manual for 
PC Compatibles, you can use the NI-DAQ Function Reference Manual for 
PC Compatibles, which contains detailed descriptions of the NI-DAQ 
functions. You also can use the Windows help file 

NIDAQPC.HLP

, which 

contains all of the function reference material. Other documentation 
includes the DAQ Hardware Overview Guide (

HWOG.PDF

), the NI-DAQ 

Configuration Utility help file (

NIDAQCFG.HLP)

,

 and the DAQ Channel 

Wizard help file (

CHANWIZ.HLP

).

The NI-DAQ Function Reference Manual for PC Compatibles is organized 
as follows:

•

Chapter 1, 

, contains important 

information about how to apply the function descriptions in this 
manual to your programming language and environment.

•

Chapter 2, 

, contains a detailed explanation of each 

NI-DAQ function. The functions are arranged alphabetically.

•

Appendix A, 

, lists the status codes returned by NI-DAQ, 

including the name and description.