National Instruments 321518A-01, VirtualBench Reading from and Writing to Digital Ports

Chapter 9 VirtualBench-DIO
Getting Started with VirtualBench 9-2
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•Hex Control—sets the digital state, in hexadecimal form, of the
assigned digital port. The state of the digital port is not actually
changed until the Write button is clicked on.
•Hex Indicator—shows the current state, in hexadecimal form, of
the assigned digital port.
•Write Control—sets the assigned digital port to the state shown on
the On/Off checkboxes or Hex Control. The Write button is
disabled if the digital port is configured for read mode.
Note: Please refer to the VirtualBench-DIO Online Help for additional help on the
front panel items.
Reading from and Writing to Digital Ports
You can start reading from and writing to the digital ports of your
National Instruments device with VirtualBench-DIO by following these
steps:
1. Configure VirtualBench-DIO.
a. Select Settings from the Edit menu on the front panel.
b. Click on the General tab in the DIO Settings dialog box.
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