MeasurementType
Channel measurement type
Description
When working with the session-based interface, the MeasurementType
property
displays the selected measurement type for your channel.
Values
You can only use Audio
measurement type with
multichannel audio devices.
Counter measurement types include:
'EdgeCount'
(input)'PulseWidth'
(input)'Frequency'
(input)'Position'
(input)'PulseGeneration'
(output)
Analog measurement types include:
'Voltage'
(input and output)'Thermocouple'
(input)'Current'
(input and output)'Accelerometer'
(input)'RTD'
(input)'Bridge'
(input)'Microphone'
(input)'IEPE'
(input)
Examples
Create a session object, add a counter input channel, with the 'EdgeCount'
MeasurementType
.
s = daq.createSession('ni'); ch = addCounterInputChannel (s,'cDAQ1Mod5', 0, 'EdgeCount')
ch = Data acquisition counter input edge count channel 'ctr0' on device 'cDAQ1Mod5': ActiveEdge: Rising CountDirection: Increment InitialCount: 0 Terminal: 'PFI8' Name: empty ID: 'ctr0' Device: [1x1 daq.ni.DeviceInfo] MeasurementType: 'EdgeCount'