System Configuration VI to Rename a DAQ Device from LabVIEW

[Daniel_H1]

Overview:

This demo demonstrate how to rename DAQ device programmatically.

Description:
This example demonstrates how to use the System Configuration VIs in LabVIEW to search for a user-defined device type, then change its alias to a user-defined alias. This is intended to be used as a subVI that executes before any of your data acquisition in deployed executables or VIs. This will allow you to deploy the application to computers with plug-and-play NI devices without requiring the user to configure any of the hardware.  The VI works by searching to see if a device already exists with the user-defined name, then searching for the specified device type if no device with the user-defined name is present. If a device of the specified type is present, it renames it to the user-defined name.

Steps to implement or execute code
To implement this example:

1. Define the device type that you want to be renamed
2. Define the name that will be use as a new name.
3. Run the VI

Requirements
Software
LabVIEW 2012 or compatible

Hardware
-

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[mauroiac]

In Labview 10 there is an error on step 4 when i use Nisyscfg.lvlib--> Not Implemented.

I want to rename a NI USB-6525.

Thanx.

[Daniel_H1]

Hi mauroiac,

I just uploaded a version that was saved for LV 2010 ("nameDAQ 2010.vi"). Can you try that and see if it works better? I was unable to reproduce the problem you are seeing. What version of NI-DAQmx do you have? I have version 9.4.

[mauroiac]

Hello Daniel.

The problem is the version of Ni Daq, i’ve installed  the System configuration 5.0 , but i’ve daqmx 9.1.3 and the minimum version for apply the change of alias is (9.2.0).

Tomorrow I’ll try.

Thanx.

[assafyarden]

Hi Daniel,

It is not working with LV2009, I saved the file in 2011 for previous versions (2009) and it is not working, the property node show no property.

Thanks in advance,

Assaf

[Daniel_H1]

Hi Assaf,

What version of DAQmx are you using? I believe the earliest version you can use is DAQmx 9.2.0.

Daniel

[assafyarden]

Hi Daniel,

I am using DAQmx- V9.3.5.

Thanks in advance,

Assaf

[Eldering]

The documentation about the ProdName says:

"Note  Use the value of this property for display purposes only and not for programmatic decisions. The value can change between implementations or revisions."