Data Acquisition Idea Exchange
It seems the only indication in MAX that a device is simulated is that under the Devices and Interfaces section, the tiny glyph to the left of the device name is colored yellow instead of being white/transparent. I end up not remembering what color means what. It would be useful to add text "Simulated" next to the device name. It would also help to distinguish simulated devices by having the color of that glyph be green (instead of its current transparent/white) when the device is installed and detected. Have the color change to red (and keep the existing red X) if had been detected and a device number assigned but is currently not installed/detected. Then simulated devices being yellow may imply "warning/caution" or "not real". Perhaps also have a help-hint popup ("Detected" or "Not Detected" or "Simulated") when the mouse hovers over device names.
