Is it possible to use DAQ hardware added by National Instruments in NI-DAQmx version 8.6 with the Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.11 (R2007b)?

I would like to use the DAQ hardware added by National Instruments in NIDAQmx version 8.6 with the Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.11(R2007b). The boards added are PXI-4496, PXI-4498, USB-6221 (BNC) , USB-6251 (BNC), USB-6259 (BNC), USB-6225, USB-6225 (Mass Termination), USB-6229 (BNC) , USB-6255 and USB-6255 (Mass Termination).

The Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) from National Instruments correctly detects the hardware. But when I execute the daqsupport script, there is no value in the ObjectConstructor Name property, as shown in the example below:

   ----------Adaptor Information for adaptor nidaq ----------

adaptorInfo = 

             AdaptorDllName: [1x68 char]

          AdaptorDllVersion: '2.11 (R2007b)'

                AdaptorName: 'nidaq'

                 BoardNames: {'USB-6259 (BNC)'}

          InstalledBoardIds: {'Dev1'}

      ObjectConstructorName: {''  ''  ''}

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The DAQ hardware added by National Instruments in NI-DAQmx version 8.6 device is not supported by the Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.11 (R2007b).

To work around this issue, perform these steps to add support for these devices in Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.11 (R2007b):

1. Quit MATLAB.

2. Find the following file :

 $MATLABROOT\toolbox\daq\daq\private\mwnidaqmx.ini

where $MATLABROOT is the MATLAB root installation directory obtained by issuing:

matlabroot

at the MATLAB Command Prompt.

3. Make a copy of this file and rename it to mwnidaqmx.ini.old.

4. Open the file mwnidaqmx.ini in a text editor, and add the following lines at the end of the file:

 [PXI-4496]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 16

 minAISampleRate  = 100

 hasAnalogOutput  = false

 hasDigitalIO     = false

 [PXI-4498]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 16

 minAISampleRate  = 100

 hasAnalogOutput  = false

 hasDigitalIO     = false

 [USB-6251 (BNC)]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 16

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 2

 maxAOSampleRate  = 2860000,2000000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 8,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

 [USB-6259 (BNC)]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 32

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 4

 maxAOSampleRate  = 2860000,2000000,1540000,1250000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 32,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

 [USB-6221 (BNC)]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 16

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 2

 maxAOSampleRate  = 833000,740000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 8,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

 [USB-6225]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 80

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 2

 maxAOSampleRate  = 833000,740000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 8,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

 [USB-6225 (Mass Termination)]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 80

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 2

 maxAOSampleRate  = 833000,740000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 8,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

 [USB-6229 (BNC)]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 32

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 4

 maxAOSampleRate  = 833000,740000,666000,625000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 32,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

 [USB-6255]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 80

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 2

 maxAOSampleRate  = 2860000,2000000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 8,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

 [USB-6255 (Mass Termination)]

 hasAnalogInput   = true

 numAIChannels    = 80

 hasAnalogOutput  = true

 numAOChannels    = 2

 maxAOSampleRate  = 2860000,2000000

 hasDigitalIO     = true

 digitalPortSize  = 8,8,8

 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

5. Save the file mwnidaqmx.ini and restart MATLAB.