Chapter 2 Installation
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Figure 2-1. How to Set up Your IMAQ System
LabWindows/CVI
Third-Party Compilers LabVIEW
BridgeVIEW
What
application software
are you using?
Configure your hardware using the
Measurement & Automation Explorer and
online help.
Read the

Getting Started with Your IMAQ System

document and the NI-IMAQ release notes to install
your NI-IMAQ software, IMAQ hardware,
and documentation.
Read:
•

NI-IMAQ VI Reference

Manual

• Your IMAQ Vision for G
documentation if you are
using IMAQ Vision for G
You no longer need the online
NI-IMAQ documentation.
Read Chapter 1,

Introduction

to NI-IMAQ

, in the

NI-IMAQ User Manual

.
Read the sections in
chapters 2 and 3 in the

NI-IMAQ

User Manual

that apply to the
function groups you
will use in your application.
Look at the self-documented
example source code on your
distribution CD for your
application language
and environment.
Use the

NI-IMAQ Function

Reference Manual

when you
need specific information about
individual NI-IMAQ functions.
If you are using IMAQ Vision for
LabWindows/CVI, read the
documentation for IMAQ Vision
for LabWindows/CVI.
ComponentWorks
Read

Getting Results with

ComponentWorks IMAQ Vision

for information on using
ComponentWorks in your
application environment.
Use the ComponentWorks
IMAQ Vision documentation
when you need specific
information about individual
NI-IMAQ functions.