Terminal Name Equivalents

NI-DAQ Device Terminals

Terminal Name Equivalents

With NI-DAQmx, National Instruments revised terminal names so they are easier to understand and more consistent among National Instrument hardware and software products. Refer to the following table for a list of Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) terminal names and their NI-DAQmx equivalents.

Traditional NI-DAQ (Legacy) NI-DAQmx
ACH# AI #
ACH# + AI # +
ACH# – AI # –
ACHGND AI GND
AIGND AI GND
AISENSE AI SENSE
AISENSE2 AI SENSE 2
AOGND AO GND
CONVERT* AI CONV CLK or AI CONV
DAC0OUT AO 0
DAC1OUT AO 1
DGND D GND
DIO_# P0.#
DIO# P0.#
DIOA#, DIOB#, DIOC#... P0.#, P1.#, P2.#...
EXTREF AO EXT REF or EXT REF
FREQ_OUT FREQ OUT or F OUT
GPCTR0_GATE CTR 0 GATE
GPCTR0_OUT CTR 0 OUT
GPCTR0_SOURCE CTR 0 SOURCE or CTR 0 SRC
GPCTR1_GATE CTR 1 GATE
GPCTR1_OUT CTR 1 OUT
GPCTR1_SOURCE CTR 1 SOURCE or CTR 1 SRC
PA#, PB#, PC#... P0.#, P1.#, P2.#...
PFI# PFI #
PFI_# PFI #
SCANCLK AI HOLD COMP or AI HOLD
SISOURCE AI Sample Clock Timebase
STARTSCAN AI SAMP CLK or AI SAMP
TRIG1 AI START TRIG or AI START
TRIG2 AI REF TRIG or REF TRIG
UISOURCE AO Sample Clock Timebase
UPDATE AO SAMP CLK or AO SAMP
WFTRIG AO START TRIG or AO START