National Instruments Measure Data Acquisition Getting Started with Data Acquisition Tasks

Getting Started with
Data Acquisition Tasks
After you install and configure your hardware and install the Measure
Data Acquisition Add-In, you are ready to acquire data. This chapter
contains a tutorial for each of the following basic functions.
• Selecting a Data Acquisition task
• Configuring an Analog Input task
• Configuring an Analog Output task
• Adding tasks to the DAQ menu
• Saving tasks
• Managing tasks in a workbook
You only need to read the sections for the functions that you use in
your application.
Selecting a Data Acquisition Task
This section contains step-by-step instructions for configuring analog
input and output tasks with Measure. To configure tasks, complete the
following steps.
1. Launch Excel.
2. Select DAQ»Configure DAQ Task to display the DAQ Tasks
dialog box, shown in Figure 2-1.