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'