Network Card User Manual

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Contents
About This Manual
How to Use the NI-IMAQ Manual Set..........................................................................ix
Organization of This Manual.........................................................................................ix
Conventions Used in This Manual.................................................................................x
National Instruments Documentation ............................................................................xi
Related Documentation..................................................................................................xi
Customer Communication .............................................................................................xi
Chapter 1
Introduction to NI-IMAQ
About the NI-IMAQ Software.......................................................................................1-1
Application Development Environments ........................................................1-2
Fundamentals of Building Applications with NI-IMAQ...............................................1-2
The NI-IMAQ Libraries ..................................................................................1-2
Creating an Application...................................................................................1-3
Sample Programs.............................................................................................1-4
Chapter 2
Software Overview
Introduction....................................................................................................................2-1
Generic Functions..........................................................................................................2-2
High-Level Functions ....................................................................................................2-2
Snap Functions ................................................................................................2-2
Grab Functions ................................................................................................2-2
Ring and Sequence Functions .........................................................................2-3
Signal I/O Functions........................................................................................2-3
Miscellaneous Functions .................................................................................2-4
Low-Level Functions.....................................................................................................2-5
Acquisition Functions......................................................................................2-5
Attribute Functions..........................................................................................2-6
Buffer Management Functions........................................................................2-6
Interface Functions..........................................................................................2-7
Utility Functions..............................................................................................2-7
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