How can I use the National Instruments USB-6212 and USB-6216 devices with the Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.12 (R2008a)?
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The National Instruments boards USB-6212 and USB-6216 are M-Series data acquisition (DAQ) devices for USB that deliver faster sampling rates and more digital I/O features than previously released bus-powered M Series devices for USB. I would like to use these boards with the Data Acquisition Toolbox 2.12 (R2008a).
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MathWorks Support Team
on 27 Jun 2009
This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2008b (R2008b). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:
The Data Acquisition Toolbox software does not support the National Instruments USB-6212 and USB-6216 boards.
From version 2.12 (R2008a) onwards of the Data Acquisition Toolbox software, you can manually add support for these devices as follows:
1. Exit the MATLAB environment.
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]
hasAnalogInput = true
numAIChannels = 16
hasAnalogOutput = true
numAOChannels = 2
maxAOSampleRate = 250000,250000
minAONumSamples = 2
hasDigitalIO = true
digitalPortSize = 16,8,8
digitalPortCap = 4,4,4
[USB-6216]
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.
You cannot work around this issue if you are using versions earlier than 2.12(R2008a) of the Data Acquisition Toolbox software.
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