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Summary by Version ............................... 1
Version 2.16 (R2010a) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.15 (R2009b) Data Acquisition Toolbox
Software
Version 2.14 (R2009a) Data Acquisition Toolbox
Software
Version 2.13 (R2008b) Data Acquisition Toolbox
Software
Version 2.12 (R2008a) Data Acquisition Toolbox
Software
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Contents
Version 2.11 (R2007b) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.10 (R2007a) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.9 (R2006b) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.8.1 (R2006a) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.8 (R14SP3+) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.7 (R14SP3) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.6 (R14SP2) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.5.1 (R14SP1) Data Acquisition Toolbox
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Version 2.5 (R14) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
Compatibility Summary for Data Acquisition Toolbox
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SummarybyVersion
This table provides quick access to what’s new in each version. For
clarification, see “Using Release Notes” on page 3 .
Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software Release Notes
Version
(Release)
Latest Versi
V2.16 (R2010
V2.15 (R2009b)
V2.14 (R2009a)
V2.13 (R
V2.12 (R2008a)
V2.11 (R2007b)
on
2008b)
New Features
and Changes
Yes
a)
Details
Yes
Details
Yes
Details
Yes
Details
Yes
Details
Yes
Details
Version
Compatibilit
Consideratio
No Bug Reports
No Bug Reports
No Bug Repor
Yes
Summary
No Bug Reports
Yes
Summary
y
ns
Fixed Bugs
and Known
Problems
Includes fix
Includes fixes
ts
Includes
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Includes fixes
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
fixes
es
Related
Documentation
at Web Site
Printable
Release Notes:
PDF
Current product
documentation
No
No
No
No
No
V2.10 (R2007a)
V2.9 (R2006b)
V2.8.1 (R2006a)
V2.8 (R14SP3+)
Yes
Details
Yes
Details
No No Bug Reports
Yes
Details
Yes
Summary
Yes
Summary
No Bug Reports
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Includes fixes
Includes fixes
No
No
No
No
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Version
(Release)
V2.7 (R14SP3)
V2.6 (R14SP2)
V2.5.1 (R14SP1)
V2.5 (R14)
New Features
and Changes
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Fixed Bugs
and Known
Problems
No No Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Yes
Details
No No
No No
No Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Fixed bugs
Fixed bugs
Related
Documentation
at Web Site
No
No
No
No
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Version 2.16 (R2010a) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.16 (R2010a) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.16 (R2010a):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
No Bug Reports
New features and changes introduces in this version are:
• “New Hardware Support for National Instruments (NI) X Series Devices”
on page 5
• “New Hardware Support for National Instruments (NI) Devices” on page 6
• “New Hardware Support for Measurement Computing Corporation (MCC)
Devices” on page 6
• “New Hardware Support for NI-ELVIS II Devices” on page 6
Fixed Bugs and
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related Documenta tio n
at Web Site
Printable Release Notes:
PDF
Current product
documentation
New Hardware Support for National Instruments
(NI) X Series Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added as follows:
NI PCIe-6320 NI PCIe-6363
NI PCIe-6321
NI PCIe-6323
NI PCIe-6341
NI PCIe-6343
NI PCIe-6351
NI PXIe-6341
NI PXIe-6356
NI PXIe-6358
NI PXIe-6361
NI PXIe-6363
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NI PCIe-6353
NI PCIe-6361
NI PXIe-6366
NI PXIe-6368
New Hardware Support for National Instruments
(NI) Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added as follows:
NI USB-6212 (BNC)
NI USB-6216 (BNC)
NI USB-6218 (BNC) NI WLS-9205
NI USB-9213 NI WLS-9205 (DSUB)
NI ENET-9205
NI ENET-9205 (DSUB) NI WLS-9213
NI ENET-9206
NI ENET-9213
NI WLS-9206
New Hardware Suppor t for Measurement Computing
Corporation (MCC) Devices
Additional data acquisition support was added as follows:
MCC USB-1602HS MCC USB-1604HS-2AO
MCC USB-1602HS-2AO MCC PCIe-DIO24
MCC USB-1604HS MCC PCIe-DIO96H
New Hardware Support for NI-ELVIS II Devices
Data Acquisition Toolbox™ now supports the Analog and Digital I/O
subsystems of the National Instruments
Instrumentation Suite (ELVIS) II devices.
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Educational Laboratory Virtual
Version 2.15 (R2009b) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.15 (R2009b) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.15 (R2009b):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
No Bug Reports
New features and changes introduced in this version are:
• “New Hardware Support for National Instruments (NI) Devices” on page 7
• “New Hardware Support for Measurement Computing Corporation (MCC)
Devices” on page 8
• “New Version o f InstaCal Driver Required” on page 8
• “Change in daqmem Output” on page 8
Fixed Bugs and
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related Documenta tio n
at Web Site
No
New Hardware Support for National Instruments
(NI) Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added as follows:
NI USB-4431 NI ENET-9421 (DSUB)
NI USB-4432
NI ENET-9472
NI USB-9263 NI ENET-9472 (DSUB)
NI USB-9264
NI PCIe-6535 NI WLS-9421
NI PXIe-6535
NI PXIe-6536
NI ENET-9481
NI WLS-9421 (DSUB)
NI WLS-9472
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NI PXIe-6537
NI ENET-9421
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
NI WLS-9472
NI WLS-9481
New Hardware Suppor t for Measurement Computing
Corporation (MCC) Devices
Additional data acquisition support was added as follows:
MCC USB-3101FS MCC USB-1208HS-2AO
MCC USB-1208HS MCC USB-1208HS-4AO
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
New Version of InstaCal Driver Required
To use MCC de vi ces with the Data Acquisition Toolbox software, install MCC
InstaCal driver Version 5.89 or later.
Change in daqmem Output
Starting with Data Acquisition Toolbox Version 2.15, the daqmem function
returns a MATLAB object instead of a structure. Although the properties of
the object are identical to the fields within the structure, executing
will return false.
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isstruct
Version 2.14 (R2009a) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.14 (R2009a) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.14 (R2009a):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
No Bug Reports
New f eatures and changes introduced is this version are:
• “New Hardware Support for National Instruments (NI) Devices” on page 9
• “New Hardware Support for Measurement Computing Corporation (MCC)
Devices” on page 10
Fixed Bugs and
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related Documenta tio n
at Web Site
No
New Hardware Support for National Instruments
(NI) Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added as follows:
NI USB-6259 (USB) NI ENET-9219 (ENET)
NI USB-9234 (USB) NI ENET-9234 (ENET)
NI PCI-6521 (PCI) NI ENET-9237 (ENET)
NI PXI-6521 (PXI) NI WLS-9211 (WLS)
NI PXIe-4496 (PXIe) N I WLS-9215 (WLS)
NI PXIe-4498 (PXIe) N I WLS-9234 (WLS)
NI ENET-9211 (ENET) NI WLS-9219 (WLS)
XIe-6124 (PXIe)
NI P
NI ENET-9215 (ENET)
LS-9237 (WLS)
NI W
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Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
New Hardware Suppor t for Measurement Computing
Corporation (MCC) Devices
Additional data acquisition support added for the MCC USB-DIO24H/37
device.
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
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Version 2.13 (R2008b) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.13 (R2008b) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.13 (R2008b):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Yes—Details
labeled as
Compatibility
Considerations
below. See also
Summary.
New f eatures and changes introduced is this version are:
• “Keithley® and VXI Technology Adaptors Deprecated” on page 11
• “Warning Added for Future Deprecation of National Instruments
Traditional NI-DAQ Adaptor” on page 12
• “Warning Added for Future Deprecation of Parallel Port Adaptors ” on
page 12
• “Data Acquisition Toolbox RTSI Bus Support” on page 12
• “New Hardware Support for National Instruments (NI) Devices” on page 12
• “New Hardware Support for Measurement Computing Corporation (MCC)
Devices” on page 13
Fixed Bugs and
Known Problems
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Related Documenta tio n
at Web Site
No
• “Expanded Data Acquisition Toolbox Demos” o n page 13
Keithley® and VXI Technology Adaptors Deprecated
Keithley®and VXI Technology®adaptors will no longer work in the current
release of th e Data Acquisition Toolbox.
Compatibility Considerations
The change for this toolbox release is that you cannot create a Data
Acquisition Toolbox object for the
'keithley' or 'hp1432' adaptors. You can
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get unsupported adaptors from the Data Acquisition Adaptors page in the
File Exchange area on MATLAB Central.
Warning Added for Future Deprecation of National
Instruments Traditional NI-DAQ Adaptor
You will see a warning when you create a Data Acquisition Toolbox object for
devices that use the Traditional NI-DAQ driver. Support for devices using the
Traditional N I-DA Q driver will be removed in a future release.
Notes NI-DAQmxdriverswillcontinuetobesupported. Thischangeonly
affects Traditional NI-DAQ devices.
For the latest information about supported hardw are , visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
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Warning Added for Future Deprecation of Parallel
Port Adaptors
You will see a warning when you create a Data Acquisition Toolbox object
for the
removed in a future release.
'parallel' device. The support for the 'parallel' device will be
Data Acquisition Toolbox RTSI Bus Support
New support for synchronizing multiple National Instruments devices using
a National Instruments RTSI bus.
New Hardware Support for National Instruments
(NI) Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added as follows:
NI PXI-6529 (PXI) NI USB-9219 (USB)
NI USB-6212 (USB) NI USB-9229 (USB)
Version 2.13 (R2008b) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
NI USB-6216 (USB) NI USB-9229 (BNC) (USB)
NI USB-6281 (USB) NI USB-9239 (USB)
NI USB-6281 (Mass Termination) (USB) NI USB-9239 (BNC) (USB)
NI USB-6289 (USB) NI SCXI-1112 (SCXI)
NI USB-6289 (Mass Termination) (USB) NI SCXI-1122 (SCXI)
NI USB-6509 (USB)
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
New Hardware Suppor t for Measurement Computing
Corporation (MCC) Devices
Additional data acquisition support was added for the MCC USB-1616HS-BNC
device.
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
Expanded Data Acquisition Toolbox Demos
The D ata Acquisition Toolbox product now has a new demo for synchronizing
analog input and output using a RTSI bus.
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Version 2.12 (R2008a) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.12 (R2008a):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
No Bug Reports
New f eatures and changes introduced is this version are:
• “Data Acquisition Toolbox Block Library” on page 14
• “New Hardware Support for National Instruments (NI) Devices” on page 14
• “New Hardware Support for Measurement Computing Corporation (MCC)
Devices” on page 15
Fixed Bugs and
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related Documentation
at Web Site
No
Data Acquisition Toolbox Block Library
TherearetwonewSimulinkblocksthatcan acquire or output a single point
of analog data in a Simulink model.
• Analog Input (Single Sample) — Acquire a single sample from multiple
analog channels of a data acquisition device.
• Analog Output (Single Sample) — Output a single sample to multiple
analog channels of a data acquisition device.
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New Hardware Support for National Instruments
(NI) Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added, as follows:
NI PXI-4496 (PXI) NI SCXI-1102b (SCXI)
XI-4498 (PXI)
NI P
CXI-1102c (SCXI)
NI S
Version 2.12 (R2008a) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
NI USB-6225 (USB) NI SCXI-1104 (SCXI)
NI USB-6229 (USB) NI SCXI-1104c (SCXI)
NI USB-6251 (USB) NI SCXI-1120 (SCXI)
NI USB-6255 (USB) NISCXI-1120d (SCXI)
NI USB-6259 (USB) NI SCXI-1125 (SCXI)
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
New Hardware Suppor t for Measurement Computing
Corporation (MCC) Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added, as follows:
MCC USB-1608HS MCC USB-1616HS-2
MCC USB-1608HS-2AO MCC USB-1616HS-4
MCC USB-1616HS MCC AI-EXP48
Note F
Data A
www.
or the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
cquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
mathworks.com/products/daq
.
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Version 2.11 (R2007b) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.11 (R2007b):
New Features
and Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Yes—Details
labeled as
Compatibility
Considerations,
below. See also
Summary.
New f eatures and changes introduced is this version are:
• “New Hardware Support for National Instruments (NI) Devices” on page 16
• “Enhanced Performance of getsample and putsample Functions” on page 17
• “StandardSampleRates Property Defaults Changed” on page 17
• “Upgrading from an Earlier Release” on page 17
• “Three Analog Properties Hidden” on page 17
Fixed Bugs and
Known Problems
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Related Documentation at
Web Site
No
New Hardware Support for National Instruments
(NI) Devices
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added, as follows:
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NI USB-6221 (USB) NI PCI-6601 (PCI)
NI USB-6229 (USB) NI PCI-6602 (PCI)
NI USB-9211A (USB) NI PXI-6255 (PXI)
®
NI PCIe-6536 (PCI Express
NI PC Ie-6537 (PCI Express) NI PXI-6608 (PXI)
NI PCI-6255 (PCI)
) NI PXI-6602 (PXI)
Version 2.11 (R2007b) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
Enhanced Performance of getsample and putsample
Functions
The getsample and p utsa mple functions perform faster when acquiring and
sending a single data sample using NI-DAQmx driver software.
StandardSampleRates Property Defaults Changed
ThedefaultvalueoftheStandardSam pleR ates property is changed from
“on” to “off”.
Upgrading from an Earlier Release
This section describes the issues involved in upgrading from Data Acquisition
Toolbox Version 2.10 (Release 2007a) or earlier.
Obsolete daq Functions
Two functions with daq in their name are obsolete in Version 2.11 an d are
replaced with other functions. The toolbox will no longer support these
obsolete functions and will display an error if you try to use them. If your
code still uses these obsole te function names, you must update it to use the
new function names.
Obsolete Function Name New Function Name
daqaction daqcallback
daqpropedit inspect
Three A nalog Properties Hidden
The following three properties of analog input objects in the NI-DAQmx
adaptor are now hidden:
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• DriveAISenseToGround
• NumMuxBoards
• TransferMode
These properties are used only b y Traditional NI-DAQ devices. If you have
code that explicitly uses these properties it will continue to work, but code
that puts the object’s properties in a structure will no longer find these three
properties. Tab completion for these three properties will no longer work.
Compatibility Considerations
In this release of the toolbox, the three properties DriveAISenseToGround,
NumMuxBoards,andTransferMode are hidden for NI-DAQmx boards. You
can, however, explicitly access these properties, but changing their values will
not have any effect on NI-DAQmx boards.
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Version 2.10 (R2007a) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.10 (R2007a) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.10 (R2007a):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Yes—Details labeled
as Compatibility
Considerations,
below. See also
Summary.
New f eatures and changes introduced is this version are:
• “New Hardware Support” on page 19
• “TimeSeriesSupport”onpage20
• “Warning Added for Future Deprecation of Keithley and VXI Technology
Adaptors” on page 20
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
New Hardware Support
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added, as follows:
• Support added for additional National Instruments (NI) data
acquisition devices — NI USB-6210 (USB); NI USB-6211 (USB); NI
USB-6215 (USB); NI USB-6218 (USB); NI PCI-6230 (PCI); NI PCI-6232
(PCI); and NI PCI-6233 (PCI).
• Support added for additional Measurement Computing™
Corporation (MCC) data acquis ition devices — USB-3110; USB-3112;
USB-3114; USB-3102; USB-3104; USB-3106; USB-3101; USB-3103;
USB-3105; USB-2523; USB-2527; USB-2533; USB-2537; PCI-2511;
PCI-2513; PCI-2515; and PCI-2517.
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Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox product page at the MathWorks Web site
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
Time Series Support
Time series support has been added to the toolbox to enable easier analysis
and visualization of time domain data in the MATLAB. This functionality
extends three Data Acquisition Toolbox functions,
putdata, to support the MATLAB timeseries and tscollection objects.
Warning Added for Future Deprecation of Keithley
and VXI Technology Adaptors
Keithley and VXI Technology adaptors will be deprecated in a future version
of the toolbox. If you create a Data Acquisition Toolbox object for the
'keithley' or 'hp1432' adaptors, you will receive a warning.
daqread, getdata,and
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Compatibility Considerations
The change for this toolbox release is that you will see a warning if you create
a D ata Acquisition Toolbox object for the
The warning is being introduced now, but the adaptors will continue to be
supported and will be removed in a future release.
'keithley' or 'hp1432' adaptors.
Version 2.9 (R2006b) Da ta Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.9 (R2006b) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.9 (R2006b):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Yes—Details labeled
as Compatibility
Considerations,
below. See also
Summary.
New f eatures and changes introduced is this version are:
• “Data Acquisition Toolbox Block Library” on page 21
• “New Hardware Support” on page 21
• “Corrected Spelling of InputType Value Pseudodifferential” on page 22
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Bug Reports
Includes fixes
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
Data Acquisition Toolbox Block Library
You can use these blocks to acquire analog or digital data in a Simulink
model, or to output analog or digital data from the model to a hardware
device. The toolbox block library contains four blocks:
• Analog Input — Acquire data from multiple channels of an analog data
acquisition device.
• Analog Output — Output data to multiple channels of an analog data
acquisition device.
• Digital Input — Acquire the latest set of values from multiple lines of a
digital data acquisition device.
• Digital Output — Output data to multiple lines of a digital data
acquisition device.
New Hardware Support
Additional data acquisition hardware support was added, as follows:
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• Support added for four additional National Instruments (NI) data
acquisition devices — NI USB-6251 (USB); NI USB-6259 (USB); NI
PCIe-6251 (PCI Express); and NI PCIe-6259 (PCI Express).
• Support added for an additional Measurement Computing
Corporation (MCC) data acquisition device — MCC USB-1408FS
(USB).
Note For the latest information about supported hardware, visit the
Data Acquisition Toolbox productpageatTheMathWorksWebsite
www.mathworks.com/products/daq.
Corrected Spelling of InputType Value
Pseudodifferential
Analog input objects have a number of acceptable values for their InputType
property: NonReferencedSingleEnded, SingleEnded, Differential,and
Pseudodifferential. In the initial release of the NI-DAQmx adaptor in
Version 2.8 (R14SP3+),
Psuedodifferential. The toolbox change now correctly spells this input
type as
Pseudodifferential.
Pseudodifferential was incorrectly spelled as
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Compatibility Considerations
This change is backward compatible; users that saved analog input objects
with the
be able to load the object in R2006b and later with no changes on their part.
The compatibility issue is that if you save an analog input object with this
InputType value in R2006b, you will not be able to share it with users of
R2006a and earlier versions. Analog input objects that have their
set to Pseudodifferential will be unusable in R2006a and previous releases.
Analog input objects that use the other
Obsolescence Process. If you use the
spelled value
warning and it will be changed to the correct spelling. In the following release
of the toolbox, you will get an error advising you to use t he new s pelling. The
get function will always return the correctly spelled value.
InputType property set to the misspelled Psuedodifferential will
InputType
InputType values are unaffected.
set function to assign the incorrectly
Psuedodifferential, in Version 2.9 (R2006b), you will get a
Version 2.8.1 (R2006a) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.8.1 (R2006a) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.8.1 (R2006a):
New Features and
Changes
No No Bug Reports
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
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Version 2.8 (R14SP3+) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.8 (R14SP3+):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
No Bug Reports
New features and changes introduced in this version are:
• “NI-DAQmx Support” on page 24
• “Upgrading from an Earlier Release” on page 25
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
NI-DAQmx Support
The Data Acquisition Toolbox software supports National Instruments
hardware that uses the NI-DAQmx software interface.
The adaptor name in the Data Acquisition Toolbox software is
can be used in all syntax requiring the adaptor name.
To display your installed hardware that can be accessed using the NI-DAQmx
adaptor, type
daqhwinfo('nidaq')
nidaq,which
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daqhwinfo
IDs that the National Instruments Measurement & Automation Explorer
has assigned to these devices. Typically, these IDs start with the letters
followed by a number.
The toolbox supports both Traditional NI-DAQ and NI-DAQmx. For
information about choosing which driver to use, see “National Instruments
Hardware” in “Troubleshooting Your Hardware” of the Data Acquisition
Toolbox User’s Guide.
returns information about the hardware tha t is installed, and the
Dev
Version 2.8 (R14SP3+) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Upgrading from an Earlier Release
This section d etails the issues to be aware of when upgrading from Data
Acquisition Toolbox Version 2.7 to Version 2.8.
DriveAISenseToGround Property
The DriveAISenseToGround property is ignored by National Instruments
devices. For information on configuring AI referencing properties, see the
reference page for the
InputType property.
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Version 2.7 (R14SP3) Data Acquisition Toolbox Softwar e
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.7 (R14SP3):
New Features and
Changes
No No Bug Reports
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
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Version 2.6 (R14SP2) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.6 (R14SP2) Data Acquisition Toolbox Softwar e
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.6 (R14SP2):
New Features and
Changes
Yes
Details below
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
No Bug Reports
New features and changes introduced in this version are:
• “New Functions: islogging, isrunning, and issending” on page 27
• “Using PFI or RTSI Channels for Triggers and Clocks” on page 28
• “peekdata Allows Type Parameter” on page 28
• “Property Inspector Replaces daqpropedit” on page 28
• “waittilstop Function Renamed wait” on page 29
• “Upgrading from an Earlier Release” on page 29
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Includes fixes
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
New Functions: islogging, isrunning, and issending
Three new functions are provided to query the status of data acquisition
device objects.
Function Purpose
islogging
isrunning
issending
Determine whether analog input object is
logging data.
Determine whether device object is running.
Determine whether analog output object is
sending data.
For further details on each function,seeitsreferencepageinthe
documentation. Use of these functions is recommended over directly accessing
the
Running, Logging,andSending properties.
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Using PFI or RTSI Channels for Triggers and Clocks
Three new properties for National Instruments cards are:
•
HwDigitalTriggerSource
• ExternalSampleClockSource
• ExternalScanClockSource
These properties allow you to select a PFI or RTSI channel as the source for a
hardware digital trigger, external sample clock, or external scan clock. See
the reference pages f or these properties to read about valid property settings
and when they are in effect.
peekdata Allows Type Parameter
The peekdata function now accepts a third parameter specifying data format.
When the data format is specified as
format of the data acquisition device, similar to the behavior of the
function. For detailed information on peekdata,type
native, data is returned in the native
getdata
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help analoginput/peekdata
Property Inspector Replaces daqpropedit
The Property Inspector replaces the Data Acquisition Toolbox Property Editor
(
daqpropedit) graphical user interface.
You open the Property Inspector for object
inspect(obj)
For more information about the inspect function, type
help daqdevice/inspect
Typing daqpropedit at the command line now opens the Property Inspector.
obj with the inspect function.
Version 2.6 (R14SP2) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
waittilstop Fun
The waittilstop
the same.
future version
help daqdevice/wait
waitti
of the toolbox. For more information on
Upgrading fro
This section
Toolbox Vers
describes the issues involved in upgrading from D ata Acquisition
ion 2.5.1 (Release 14SP1), 2.5 (Release 14), or 2.2 (Release
ction Renam ed wait
function has been renamed wait. All functionality remains
lstop
still works in Version 2.6, but may be removed from a
wait,type
m an Earlier Release
13SP1).
Obsolete Action Properties
All object
These have
Action.
of
the Data A
properti
If your co
use the n
properties with
been replaced by properties with the sam e name using
These
Fcn properties have existed in several recent versions of
cquisition Toolbox software. The toolbox supported the
es during these transition releases, but they are no longer supported.
de still uses these obsolete property names, you must update it to
ew property names.
Obsolete Property Name New Property Name
DataMissedAction DataMissedFcn
InputOverRangeAction InputOv erRa ngeFcn
RuntimeErrorAction RuntimeErrorFcn
SamplesAcquiredAction SamplesAcquiredFcn
SamplesAcquiredActionCount SamplesAcquiredFcnCount
SamplesOutputAction SamplesOutputFcn
SamplesOutputActionCount SamplesOutputFcnCount
StartAction StartFcn
StopAction StopFcn
TimerAction TimerFcn
TriggerAction TriggerFcn
Action in their name are obsolete in Version 2.6.
Fcn instead
Action
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Deleting a Running Object
In past releases, you could not delete a running object. Now in Version 2.6,
when you attempt to delete a running object, the toolbox stops the object,
issues a warning, then deletes the object.
ai.SamplesPerTrigger = Inf
start(ai);
delete(ai)
Warning: Object stopped be fore deleting.
Return Format of daqfind
In past versions, the daqfind function returned a 1-by-1 cell array of N-by-1
objects. Now in Version 2.6, this function returns an N-by-1 cell array of
objects.
ai1 = analoginput('winsound');
ai2 = analoginput('winsound');
objs = daqfind('Type','Analog Input')
objs =
[1x1 analoginput]
[1x1 analoginput]
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peekdata and getdata Number of Samples
The functions peekdata and getd ata no longer accept Inf as an argument
for specifying the number of samples. In the past, specifying
Inf for the
number of samples was accepted, and returned zero samples. Now specifying
Inf samples causes an error.
data = getdata(ai, Inf)
??? The number of samples requested must be less than Inf.
waittilstop Function Renamed wait
The waittilstop function has been renamed wait. All functionality remains
the same.
future version of the toolbox. For more information on
help daqdevice/wait
waittilstop still works in Version 2.6, but may be removed from a
wait,type
Version 2.6 (R14SP2) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
daqpropedit Replaced by inspect
The Data Acquisition Toolbox Property Editor (daqpropedit)graphicaluser
interface has been replaced by the Property Inspector.
You open the Property Inspector for object
inspect(obj)
obj with the inspect function.
For more information about the inspect function, type
help daqdevice/inspect
Typing daqpropedit at the command line now opens the Property Inspector.
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Version 2.5.1 (R14SP1) Data Acquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.5.1 (R14SP1):
New Features and
Changes
No No
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Fixed bugs
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
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Version 2.5 (R14) Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version 2.5 (R14) Data A cquisition Toolbox Software
This table summarizes what’s new in Version 2.5 (R14):
New Features and
Changes
No No
Version
Compatibility
Considerations
Fixed Bugs an d
Known Problems
Fixed bugs
Related
Documentation at
Web Site
No
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Compatibility Summary for Data Acquisition Toolbox
Software
This table summarizes new features and changes that might cause
incompatibilities when you upgrade from an earlier version, or wh en you
use files on multiple versions. Details are provided in the description of the
new feature or change.
Version (Release) New Features and Changes with Version
Compatibility Impact
Latest Release
V2.16 (R2010a)
V2.15 (R2009b)
V2.14 (R2009a)
V2.13 (R2008b) See the Compatibility Considerations
V2.12 (R2008a)
V2.11 (R2007b) See the Compatibility Considerations
None
None
None
subheading for these changes:
• “Keithley® and VXI Technology Adaptors
Deprecated” on page 11
• “Warning Added for Future Deprecation of
National Instruments Traditional NI-DAQ
Adaptor” on page 12
• “Warning Added for Future Deprecation of
Parallel Port Adaptors” on page 12
None
subheading for this change:
• “Three Analog Properties Hidden” on page
17
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Compatibility Summary for Data Acquisition Toolbox™ Software
Version (Release) New Features and Changes with Version
Compatibility Impact
V2.10 (R2007a) See the Compatibility Considerations
subheading for this change:
• “Warning Added for Future Deprecation of
Keithley and VXI Technology Adaptors” on
page 20
V2.9 (R2006b) See the Compatibility Considerations
subheading for this change:
• “Corrected Spelling of InputType Value
Pseudodifferential” on page 2 2
V2.8.1 (R2006a)
V2.8 (R14SP3+)
V2.7 (R14SP3)
V2.6 (R14SP2)
V2.5.1 (R14SP1)
V2.5 (R14)
None
None
None
None
None
None
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