Introduction to Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX)

You can configure your National Instruments DAQ and SCXI products with MAX. MAX informs other programs about which products you have in the system and how they are configured. Use MAX to add, configure, test, and remove a DAQ or SCXI product.

Note  Special considerations exist for specific operating systems. Refer to Operating System Considerations for more information.

To check the system resources used by a DAQ device and to select attached accessories, expand Devices and Interfaces»NI-DAQmx Devices in the configuration tree. Click your device to see information on the device resources. The information appears in the middle pane. Click the Attributes tab to see hardware-specific information. Click the Device Routes tab to see routes that can be made within the device. For more information, refer to Accessing DAQ Devices.

Note  Press <F5> or select View»Refresh to refresh the screen.