Data Acquisition Toolbox

How This Guide Is Organized

The organization of this guide is described below.

Chapter	Description
Introduction to Data Acquisition	Provides you with general information about making measurements with data acquisition hardware. The topics covered should help you understand the specification sheet associated with your hardware.
Getting Started with the Data Acquisition Toolbox	Describes the toolbox components, and shows you how to access your hardware, examine your hardware resources, and get command line help.
The Data Acquisition Session	Describes all the steps you are likely to take when acquiring or outputting data.
Getting Started with Analog Input	Shows you how to perform basic data acquisition tasks using your analog input subsystem.
Doing More with Analog Input	Presents the complete analog input functionality.
Analog Output	Shows you how to perform data acquisition tasks using your analog output subsystem.
Digital Input/Output	Shows you how to perform data acquisition tasks using your digital I/O subsystem.
Saving and Loading the Session	Shows you how to save and load device objects, data, and event information using several disk file formats.
softscope: The Data Acquisition Oscilloscope	An interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for streaming data into a display
Function Reference	Presents a complete description of all toolbox functions.
Base Property Reference	Presents a complete description of all toolbox base properties.
Device-Specific Property Reference	Presents a complete description of all toolbox device-specific properties.
Troubleshooting Your Hardware	Presents tips to help you troubleshoot your hardware.
Managing Your Memory Resources	Describes how to allocate and return memory resources.
Glossary	Provides a description of data acquisition terms.

Using the Documentation Examples

Installation Information