Chapter1 TakingMeasurements with the NI 5911
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Acquiring Data with Your NI 5911
You can acquire data either programmatically—by writing an application
foryourNI5911—orinteractively with the Scope Soft Front Panel.

Programmatically Controlling Your NI 5911

To help you get started programming your NI 5911, NI-SCOPE comes
withexamples thatyou can use or modify.
Youcan find examples for these different ADEs:
•LabVIEW—Goto Program Files\National Instruments\
LabVIEW\Examples\Instr\niScopeExamples\
•LabWindows/CVI,C, and Visual Basic with Windows 98/95—Go to
vxipnp\win95\Niscope\Examples\c\
•LabWindows/CVI,C, and Visual Basic with Wi ndows 2000/NT—Go
to vxipnp\winnt\Niscope\Examples\
Forinformation about using NI-SCOPEto p rogrammatically control your
digitizer,refer to your NI-SCOPE Software User Manual. Other resources
include the NI-SCOPE Instrument Driver Quick Reference Guide.It
contains abbreviatedinformation on the most commonly u sed functions
and LabVIEW VIs.For more detailed function reference help, see the
NI-SCOPE Function Reference Help file,located atStart»Programs»
NationalInstruments »NI-SCOPE. For more detailed VI help,
use LabVIEWcontext-sensitive help (Help»Show Context Help)orthe
NI-SCOPE VI Reference Help, located at Start»Programs»National
Instruments»NI-SCOPE.

Interactively Controlling Your NI 5911 with the ScopeSoft Front Panel

The Scope Soft Front Panel allows you to interactively control your
NI5 911 as you would a desktop oscilloscope. To launch the Scope Soft
FrontPanel select Start»Programs»National Instruments»NI-SCOPE»
NI-SCOPESoft Front Panel. Refer to the Scope Soft Front Panel Help
file for instructions on configuring the Scope Soft Front Panel for your
specific application.
Note Press F1w ith theS copeSoft Front Panel running to access the Scope Soft Front
PanelHel p.