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IOtech DaqX dll programming - 3000 series channel numbers

IOtech DaqX dll programming - 3000 series channel numbers

For the most part, IOtech device programming is accomplished using the DaqCOM2 COM component. This component is a wrapper around the DaqX.dll and shields the programmer from the intricacies of the DaqX.dll. Some customer prefer to use C++ and instead of DaqCOM2 they use the DaqX.dll. When doing the question about channel numbers for the 3000 series products off arise. For instance, if you have a DaqBoard3031USB board, it has 64 channels single ended or 32 channels differential. The lower channels begin at zero and precede upward. For example, the first eight differential channel numbers are 0 through 7. Common sense would say that channel 8 would be 8 but that's not the case, instead channel 8 is 256. Likewise for single ended, the first 16 channels are 0 through 15, channel 16 starts at 256. To make this issue easier, the following function can be used to calculate the correct number:

int ConvertChanNum(INT mode, INT ChanNum)

{

int chan=0;

if(mode == SINGLE_ENDED) // SE mode

{

if(ChanNum < 16)

chan = ChanNum;

else

chan = 256 - 16 + ChanNum;

}

else // DE mode

{

if(ChanNum < 8)

chan = ChanNum;

else

chan = 256 + int((ChanNum - 8)/8) * 16 + (ChanNum - 8) % 8;

}

return chan;

}

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