Can I use the National Instruments USB-6212 (BNC) with Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.14 (R2009a)?

I would like to be able to use National Instruments USB-6212 (BNC) with Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.14 (R2009a).

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2010a (R2010a). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

National Instruments USB-6212 (BNC) is not supported by Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.14 (R2009a).

To work around this issue, perform these steps to add support for these devices in MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a):

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:

 [USB-6212 (BNC)] 
 hasAnalogInput   = true 
 numAIChannels    = 16 
 hasAnalogOutput  = true 
 numAOChannels    = 2 
 maxAOSampleRate  = 250000,250000 
 hasDigitalIO     = true 
 digitalPortSize  = 16,8,8 
 digitalPortCap   = 4,4,4

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