From: Anony on
Dangerous Bill wrote:
> On Apr 29, 6:35 am, Freelance Embedded Systems Engineer
> <g9u5d...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Before you do anything:
>> 1) plug in your usb hardware;
>> 2) open Measurement and Automation eXplorer (MAX)
>> 3) find your hardware listed on the browser on the left;
>> 4) select your hardware and run the self-test.
>>
>> Then, in Labview, under the pull-down menus, open the Examples and search for analog or digital or DAQmx. Select one of the examples there. In this dialog box, you can also make the search specific to the hardware that you have available (the USB-6009). The example should get you up and running and you can modify it from there.
>
> Thanks. I needed this too and hadn't thought to ask here. The 6008 and
> 6009 are champs for doing DAQ with little money and nondemanding
> applications, but there's always that damn steep learning curve with LV.

pain in the *ss to learn...here's some webcasts to help:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/7412
http://www.lvmastery.com/TipJar2008-03-03
http://www.lvmastery.com/TipJar2008-03-13
http://www.lvmastery.com/TipJar2008-08-17
http://www.lvmastery.com/tipjar2008-10-19
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/fn/p/sn/n15:WebcastsAndVideos.WebcastsOnDemand