National Instruments Measurement Studio NI-VISA, User Interface

Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries
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NI-VISA
The Measurement Studio NI-VISA .NET class library is in the
NationalInstruments.VisaNS namespace. The NI-VISA class library
includes a set of classes that provides a rich, object-oriented interface to the
NI-VISA driver. Use this library to quickly create bus-independent and/or
bus-specific instrument control applications.
The NI-VISA class library supports I/O operations, locking, event
handling, and interface-specific extensions. With this class library you can
access the functionality available in NI-VISA for communicating with
message-based and register-based instruments using the following
interfaces:
•GPIB
•PXI
• Serial (RS-232 and RS-485)
•TCP/IP
•USB
• VXI
Tip For information about easily creating a Measurement Studio NI-VISA application
using the Instrument I/O Assistant, refer to the Creating a Measurement Studio NI-488.2
or NI-VISA Application section of Chapter 4, Developing with Measurement Studio. For
more information about NI-VISA, visit ni.com/visa.
User Interface
The Measurement Studio User Interface .NET class library is in the
NationalInstruments.UI.WindowsForms namespace. The User
Interface class library encapsulates the following Measurement Studio user
interface controls:
• Waveform graph
• Scatter graph
•Legend
• Knob
•Gauge
• Meter
•Slide