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Contents © National Instruments Co rporation vii Measurement St udio for MCC User Manual Appendix A Contacting Measurement Computing Corp. Glossary Index.
© National Instruments Corporation ix M easurement Studio for MCC User Manual About This Manual The Measur ement Studio Measur ement Computing Ed ition User Manual introduces the concepts associated with the Measurement Studio class libraries and development tools.
About This Manual Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual x ni.com Conventions The following con v entions appear in this manual: <> T ext enclosed in angle brackets repr esents directory names and parts of paths that may v ary on dif ferent computers , such as < WindowsSystem >.
© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edition Measurement Studio Measurement Co mputing Edition is an integrated suite of tools and class libraries that are designed for developers using .
Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edition Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 1-2 ni.com integrated tools) or V i sual C#, V isual Basic, or V isual C++ Expre ss Editions of Microsoft V i sual Studio 2005 Measurement Studio integration tools are not supported in the V isual Studio 2005 Exp ress Editions.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edition © National Instruments Corporation 1-3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2. Click Install NI Measurement Studio for Visual Studio .NET 2003 or click Install NI Measurement Stud io for Visual Studio 2005 .
Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edition Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 1-4 ni.com Measurement Studio Features The following list contains features included in Measurem ent Studio . Refer to mccdaq.com/mstudio for more information about the features and functionality in cluded in M easurement Studi o.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edition © National Instruments Corporation 1-5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual The following resources also are av ailable to provide you with information about Measurement Studio.
© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries This chapter provides overview information about the .NET class libraries included with Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edition support for Visual Studio .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-2 ni.com Analysis The Measurement Studio Analysis .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual •S i n e W a v e •S q u a r e W a v .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-4 ni.com • IIR Cascade • In v erse Chebyshe v •K a i s e r Signal Proce.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual • Determinant • Dot Product • In v.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-6 ni.com Statistics • Histogram • Mean • Median and Mode • Moment abo.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual MCC-488.2 The Measurement Studio MCC-488.2 .NET class library is in the MccDaq.Mcc4882 namespace.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-8 ni.com User Interface The Measurement Studio user interface controls are in the Windo ws F orms and W eb Forms .NET class libraries.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-9 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Windows Forms Controls The Measurement Studio user interface controls are in the Windows Forms .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-10 ni.com W aveform Graph and Scatter Graph Controls Use the Measurement Studio wa veform graph and scatter graph controls, as shown in Figure 2-1, to display two-dimensional data on a Windo ws F orms user interface.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-1 1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual • Specify plots in the scatter graph control as X and Y data. Specify plots in the wa veform graph control as X or Y data and optionally with date and time scaling.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-12 ni.com • Copy the graph as a BMP , GIF , JPEG, or PNG image to the clipboard or a file.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-1 3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual • Specify anti-aliased di gital plots. • Expand and collapse signal plots interactiv ely .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-14 ni.com Figure 2-3. Windows Forms Comp lex Graph Control W ith the comple x.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-1 5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Additional Operations • Pan and zoom interacti v ely . • Configure major , minor , an d custom divisions and origin lines.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-16 ni.com • Customize the appearance of the control using 3D lab styles or classic 2D styles and change the color and leng th of ticks and labels.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-1 7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual W ith the slide, tank, and thermometer.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-18 ni.com Tip For more information abou t using the W indows F orms numeric edit control, refer to the NumericEdit Class section in the NI Measur ement Studio Help .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-1 9 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Property Editor Control Use the Measurement Studio propert y editor control, as shown in Figure 2-9, to configure properties for Windo ws Forms controls at run time.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-20 ni.com Tip For more information about using the prop erty editor control, refe r to the Using the Measur ement Studio W i ndows F orms Property Editor Contr ol topic in the NI Measur ement Studio Hel p .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-2 1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Switch and LED Array Controls Use the Measurement Studio switch and LED array controls as an array of Boolean controls on a W indo ws F orms user interf ace.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-22 ni.com Numeric Edit Array Control Use the Measurement Studio numeric edit array control, as shown in Figure 2-11, to con trol and visu alize values of an array of double va lu es .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-2 3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual ASP .NET W eb Forms Controls The Measurement Studio ASP .NET user interface controls are in the W eb Forms .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-24 ni.com W aveform Graph and Scatter Graph Controls Use the Measurement Studio wa veform graph and scatter graph controls, as shown in Figure 2-12, to display two-dimensional data on a W eb-based user interface.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-2 5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual • Specify plots in the scatter graph control as X and Y data. Specify plots in the wa veform graph control as X or Y data and optionally with date and time scaling.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-26 ni.com Tip For more information about using the wa veform and scatter graph controls, refer to the Using the Measurement Studio W eb F orms Scatter and W aveform Graph .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-2 7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual W ith the digital wa v eform graph con.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-28 ni.com Complex Graph Control Use the Measurement Studio comple x graph control, as shown in Figure 2-14, to display ComplexDouble data on a ASP .
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-2 9 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Axis Operations • Configure a graph to include multip le ax es or independent ranges so that plot data f its the graph plot area.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-30 ni.com W ith all of the numeric controls and the classes that interface with them, you can perform t he following operations: • Configure the scale to be linear or logarithmic and toggle the visibility of the scale.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual W ith the knob, gauge, and meter contr.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Mea suremen t Computing Edition .NET Class Libraries Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 2-32 ni.com Numeric Edit Control Use the Measurement Studio numeric edit control, as shown in Figure 2-1 7, to display numeric values and to prov ide a way b y which end users can edit numeric values.
Chapter 2 Measurement Studio Measurement Computing Edi tion .NET Class Libraries © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Switch and LED Controls Use the Measurement Studio switch an d LED controls as Boolean control s in an ASP.
© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 3 Measurement Studio Integrated T ools and Features When you use Measurement Studio in the V isu al Studio en vironment, you hav e access to measurement and auto mation tools and features for .
Chapter 3 Measureme nt Studio Integrated T ools and Features Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 3-2 ni.com • Instrument Driver Netw ork —Use the NI Instrument Dri v er Network at ni.com/i dnet as a central resource for do wnloading, dev eloping, and submitting instrument driv ers.
Chapter 3 Measurement Studio Integrated T ools and Features © National Instruments Corporation 3-3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Figure 3-1. New Project dialog box in Visual Studio 2005 Tip .
Chapter 3 Measureme nt Studio Integrated T ools and Features Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 3-4 ni.com Figure 3-2. Measurement Studio Add/Remo ve Class Librarie s Wizard for Visual Studio 2005.
© National Instruments Corporation 4-1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4 Getting Started with Measurement Studio The following sections include over view information and step-by-step instructions on developing applicat ions with Measurement Studio tools and features.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-2 ni.com W alkthrough: Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis in Visual Studio .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4. In the T empl ates pane, select Windows A p plication . Specify MyMeasurementStudioProject for Name and specify a Location of your choice.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-4 ni.com Adding user interface controls to the project In this section, you will build a user in terface that looks like Form1 in the following screen shot. 1.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 9. T ype Plot for the Name. Click OK . 10. Before you add the legend and gauge controls, you need to resize the form to accommodate them.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-6 ni.com The follo wing screenshot sho ws Form1 with the u ser controls. Generating, plotting, and analyzing the data 1. Double-click the button contr ol to display t he Form1 code, with the cursor inside the click ev ent handler of the button control.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual // Use the PlotY method to plot the data. Plot.PlotY(data); // Use the Mean method to calculate the mean of the data. double mean = Statistics.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-8 ni.com the Auto Format feature configures the appropriate co ntrol properties to reflect the style you chose. 4. Select Po ints Only . Click OK . Notice that the legend changed automatically to match the format ting of the graph.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-9 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 12. Select the Format Mode property and in the Numeric Edit F ormat Mode Editor dialog box, change the Precisi on to 4 . 13.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-10 ni.com functionality to a Windo ws F orms application by taking you through the following steps: • Sett.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-1 1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Application W izard automatically adds references to the appropriate class libraries.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-12 ni.com 7. Select the Meter control and drag and drop it on to the form. 8. Right-click the m eter and select Properties to display the Properties window . 9.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-1 3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual private System.ComponentModel.Cont ainer components = null; public Form1() { // Required for Windows Form Desig ner support InitializeComponent(); daqBoard =new MccDaq.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-14 ni.com The follo wing screenshot sho ws Form1 with th e meter disp laying the acquired value. W alkthrough: Creating a Measurement Studio MCCDaq Scan Components Application in Visual Studio .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-1 5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual • Generating and displa ying the data —Using the MccDaq.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-16 ni.com 3. In the Project T ypes pa ne, expand the Measurement Studio Projects folder . Select V isual Basic Pr ojects or V isual C# Projects , depe nding on which language you want to create the project in.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-1 7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Adding user interface controls to the project 1. Select V iew»T oolbox to display the T oolbox. The T oolbox contains components and controls that you can add to your project.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-18 ni.com The follo wing screenshot shows Form1 with the us er controls. The AIScan component is shown in the component tray . Generating and disp laying the data 1.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-1 9 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual [C#] // This stops the scan private void button2_Click(object se nder, System.EventArgs e) { aiScan1.Stop(); } 5. Double-click the AIScan component to open the code window .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-20 ni.com 8. Select File»Sav e F orm1.cs to sav e your application. 9. Select Debug»Start W ithout Debugging to run the applicati on. 10. After your program builds and runs, click Start Scan .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-2 1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual • MCC-488.2 Library • Measurement Computing GPIB De vice Setting up the project 1. Open V isual Studi o .NET from Start»All Programs»Microsoft V isual Studio .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-22 ni.com 7. Click Finish to display Form1 in the W indows Forms Designer . Adding user interface controls to the pr oject 1. Select V iew»T oolbox to display the T oolbox.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-2 3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Generating and displa ying the data 1. Double-click the button control to display the Form1 code, with the cursor inside the click ev ent handler of the button control.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-24 ni.com ' convert the string to a double Dim D As Double = Convert.ToDouble(S .Replace(NlChar, NullChar)) 'Plot the point WaveformGraph1.PlotYAppend(D, 1) Next System.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-2 5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual The follo wing screenshot sho ws Form1 with the graph displaying the acquired value.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-26 ni.com W alkthrough: Creating a Measurement Studio Application with Windows Forms Controls and Analysis i.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-2 7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 3. In the Project types pa ne, select Measurement S tudio under V isual C# or V isual Basic, depending on which language you want to create the project in.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-28 ni.com Tip IIf you are working with an existing pr oject, you can access the Add/Remov e Class Libraries dialog box by selecting Measure ment Studio»V iew .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-2 9 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Adding user interface controls to the project In this section, you will build a user in terface that looks like Form1 in the following screenshot.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-30 ni.com 7. Select the W av eformGraph control and drag and drop it onto the form. 8. Right-click the waveform graph and select Edit Plots to display the W av eformPlot Collection Editor dialog box.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Note Y ou can also access the W av eformPlot Collect ion Editor dialog box by clicking the wa veform graph smart tag.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-32 ni.com The follo wing screenshot sho ws Form1 with the u ser controls.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Generating, plotting, and analyzing the data 1. Double-click the button contr ol to display t he Form1 code, with the cursor inside the click ev ent handler of the button control.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-34 ni.com Customizing your user interface 1. Right-click the legend and select Edit Items to display the LegendItem Collection Editor dial og box.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 5. Click the gauge smart tag to displa y the Gauge T asks. 6. Select Au t o Fo r m a t to display the Au to Format dialog box.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-36 ni.com 16. After your program builds and runs, click Start . Notice the graph shows the data plot, and the gauge and the numeric edit display the mean of the data.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual • Customizing the user interface —Using the Collection Editor and Auto Format dialog boxes, you will display the mean value on the gauge and the numeric edit, as well as customize your user interf ace.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-38 ni.com 5. Click OK . The Measurement Studio ASP .NET W eb Site W izard launches. 6. Select Analysis and W eb Forms User Interface Controls . Tip If you are working with an existing project, you can access the Measurement Studio ASP .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 9 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Adding user interface controls to the project In this section, you will build a Web page that looks like the foll owing screenshot.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-40 ni.com 8. Scroll to the T ext property in the Properties window . T ype Start for the button text. 9. Select the Measurem ent Studio tab on the T ool box. 10.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-4 1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 14. On the numeric edit smart tag, type numericedit for the Name of the numeric edit ID. 15. Select the Gauge control and drag and drop it into a table cell .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-42 ni.com Generating, plotting, and analyzing the data 1. Double-click the button contr ol to display t he Default.aspx.cs code, with the cursor inside the click event handler of the b utton control.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-4 3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual [C#] // Declare and initialize an instanc e of WhiteNoiseSignal. WhiteNoiseSignal whiteNoise = new Wh iteNoiseSignal(); // Store the generated data in a dou ble array named data.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-44 ni.com 3. Select graph, Plots[0] in the Source drop-down list and enter Signal in the Te x t box. Click OK . Now that you hav e specified a le gend item for the plot, changes you make to the plot are reflected on the legend.
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measure ment Studio © National Instruments Corporation 4-4 5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 7. Select Dark and click OK . 8. Right-click the gauge and select Properties to display the Properties window . 9. Set the Range property for the gauge with the drop-down Range type editor .
Chapter 4 Getting Started with Measur ement Studio Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual 4-46 ni.com The following screenshot sho ws the W eb page with customization.
© National Instruments Corporation A-1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual A Contacting Measurement Computing Corp. You can reach Measurement Computing Corp.
© National Instruments Corporation G-1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Glossar y A analog I/O Reading or writing dat a in continuously variable physical quantities, such as voltage or current. annotate Adding text, arro ws, or shapes to describe or highlight a po int or region on a graph.
Glossary Measurement Studio for M CC User Manual G-2 ni.com coercion Automatic con version that Measurem ent Studio controls perform to change the numeric representation of a data element.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual distribution Ability to install programs you dev elop with Measurement Studio to others working on dif ferent computers. DLL Dynamic Link Library . A library of functions that link to a pro gram and load at run time rather than bein g compiled into the program.
Glossary Measurement Studio for M CC User Manual G-4 ni.com G gauge A control used to input or display numerical data. GPIB General Purpose Interf ace Bus. The standard b us used for controlling electronic instruments with a computer . Also called IEEE 488 bus because it is defined b y ANSI/IEEE Standards 488-1978, 488.
Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-5 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual L LED Light-Emitting Diode. An ind icator th at emits a light when current passes through it.
Glossary Measurement Studio for M CC User Manual G-6 ni.com P PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect . High-performance expansion bus architecture commonly found in PCs. plot 1. T race (data line) on a graph repres enting the data in one ro w or column of an array .
Glossary © National Instruments Corporation G-7 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual scatter graph A control that displ ays two-dimensional data on a Windo ws Forms or W eb Forms user interf ace; displays a graph of X and Y data pairs. scope See oscilloscope .
Glossary Measurement Studio for M CC User Manual G-8 ni.com V vector 1D array . VXI VME eXtension for Instrumentation. Instrumentation architecture and bus based on the VME standard.
© National Instruments Corporation I-1 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual Index A Add/Remov e Class Li braries wizard, 3-3 adding or removing Measurement Studio class libraries, 3-3 Analysis .
Index Measurement Studio for M CC User Manual I-2 ni.com I InstaCal, 3-1 installation optional, 1-2 requirements, 1-1 K knob .NET control, 2-16 .NET W eb Forms control, 2-30 L LED array control, 2-21 LED control, 2-1 8, 2-33 legend control, 2-15, 2-29 M MCC-488.
Index © National Instruments Corporation I-3 Measurement Studio for MCC User Manual U User Interface .NET class library, 2-8, 2-23 AutoRefresh, 2-33 complex graph, 2-13, 2-28 digital wav eform graph,.
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