The Measure Data Acquisition User Manual describes how to use the
Measure Data Acquisition Add-In with National Instruments data
acquisition boards to acquire data into Microsoft Excel. You should be
familiar with the operation of Microsoft Excel, your computer, your
computer’s operating system, and your data acquisition (DAQ) board.
Organization of This Manual
The Measure Data Acquisition User Manual is organized as follows.
• Chapter 1, Introduction, helps you install the Measure Data
Acquisition (DAQ) Add-In. You should have installed and
configured your DAQ hardware already.
• Chapter 2, Getting Started with Data Acquisition Tasks, contains a
tutorial for 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,
and managing tasks in a workbook.
• Chapter 3, Using SCXI with Measure DAQ, describes how to use
the Measure Data Acquisition Add-In in Excel with your Signal
Conditioning Extension for Instrumentation (SCXI) equipment.
• Chapter 4, Analog Input Reference, introduces some basic
concepts of data acquisition and contains a reference for analog
input configuration, hardware digital triggering, analog input
modes, and advanced timing. You should be familiar with the
hardware characteristics of your data acquisition device.
• Chapter 5, Analog Output Reference, introduces some concepts of
data acquisition and contains a reference for basic and advanced
Analog Output Configuration.