NI-DAQmx Properties

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Analog Input:Measurement Types Property

Short Name: AI.MeasTypes

Property of DAQmx Physical Channel

Indicates the measurement types supported by the channel.

Current (10134) Current measurement.
Frequency (10181) Frequency measurement using a frequency to voltage converter.
Resistance (10278) Resistance measurement.
Strain Gage (10300) Strain measurement.
Temperature:RTD (10301) Temperature measurement using an RTD.
Temperature:Thermistor (10302) Temperature measurement using a thermistor.
Temperature:Thermocouple (10303) Temperature measurement using a thermocouple.
Temperature:Built-in Sensor (10311) Temperature measurement using a built-in sensor on a terminal block or device. On SCXI modules, for example, this could be the CJC sensor.
Voltage (10322) Voltage measurement.
More:Voltage:Custom with Excitation (10323) Voltage measurement with an excitation source. You can use this measurement type for custom sensors that require excitation, but you must use a custom scale to scale the measured voltage.
Voltage RMS (10350) Voltage RMS measurement.
Current RMS (10351) Current RMS measurement.
Position:LVDT (10352) Position measurement using an LVDT.
Position:RVDT (10353) Position measurement using an RVDT.
Sound Pressure:Microphone (10354) Sound pressure measurement using a microphone.
Accelerometer (10356) Acceleration measurement using an accelerometer.
TEDS Sensor (12531) Measurement type defined by TEDS.
Position:Eddy Current Proximity Probe (14835) Position measurement using an eddy current proximity probe.
Force:IEPE Sensor (15895) Force measurement using an IEPE Sensor.
Force:Bridge (15899) Force measurement using a bridge-based sensor.
Pressure:Bridge (15902) Pressure measurement using a bridge-based sensor.
Torque:Bridge (15905) Torque measurement using a bridge-based sensor.
More:Bridge (V/V) (15908) Measure voltage ratios from a Wheatstone bridge.
Velocity:IEPE Sensor (15966) Velocity measurement using an IEPE Sensor.
Rosette Strain Gage (15980) Strain measurement using a rosette strain gage.
Acceleration:Charge (16104) Acceleration measurement using a charge-based sensor.
Charge (16105) Charge measurement.
Acceleration:4 Wire DC Voltage (16106) Acceleration measurement using a 4 wire DC voltage based sensor.
Power (16201) Power source and measurement.

Remarks

The following table lists the characteristics of this property.

Permissionsread only
Resettableno
Settable while task is runningdevice-specific
Available in Run-Time Engineyes
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