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DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Loading a FPGA configuration file onto the device (Linux and Mac OS X) 10 Example code The following cod

11 Chapter 5 Calibrating a device The message-based firmware provides messages that let you calibrate the analog inputs or outputs on a device. Calib

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog input calibration messages 12 Analog input calibration messages The AI and AICAL components provi

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog input calibration messages 13 OFFSET  Set the offset in hexadecimal bytes for the current AICAL

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog input calibration messages 14 REF  Set the calibration reference voltage. Message "AICAL:

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog input calibration messages 15  Set the slope in hexadecimal bytes for the current AICAL:RANGE s

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog output calibration messages 16 VALUE  Get the value of the analog input channel being calibrate

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog output calibration messages 17 AIRES  Get the resolution of the A/D used for calibrating the D/

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog output calibration messages 18 OFFSET  Set the offset in hexadecimal bytes for the current AICA

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog output calibration messages 19  Set the slope in hexadecimal bytes for the current AICAL:RANGE

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20 Chapter 6 Hardware Reference Select your DAQFlex-supported device below for the components and programming messages supported by the firmware. 

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware SpecificationHardware Reference – USB-204, USB-201, USB-204-OEM, and USB-201-OEM 21 USB-204, USB-201, USB-204-OEM, and

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware SpecificationHardware Reference – USB-204, USB-201, USB-204-OEM, and USB-201-OEM 22 Component Supported Property/Comman

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1208FS-Plus 23 USB-1208FS-Plus Use the components below to set or get device pr

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1208FS-Plus 24 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values AI

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1208FS-Plus 25 Hardware features  8 single-ended (0 to 7), 4 differential (0

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1408FS-Plus 26 USB-1408FS-Plus Use the components below to set or get device pr

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1408FS-Plus 27 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values AO

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1408FS-Plus 28 Hardware features  8 single-ended (0 to 7), 4 differential (0

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1608FS-Plus 29 USB-1608FS-Plus Use the components below to set or get device pr

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DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1608FS-Plus 30 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values DI

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 31 USB-1608G Series The USB-1608G Series includes the following de

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 32 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values R

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 33 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values D

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-1608G Series 34  2 analog output channels, numbered 0 to 1 (USB-1608GX-2AO on

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-2001-TC 35 USB-2001-TC Use the components below to set or get device properties

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 36 USB-2408 Series The USB-2408 Series includes the following devic

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 37 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values/No

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 38 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values/No

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-2408 Series 39 Hardware features  16 analog input channels, numbered 0 to 15.

4 Chapter 1 Message-based Firmware Specification The message-based firmware architecture uses a String Message Based Interface (SMBI) to communicate

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-7202 40 USB-7202 Use the components below to set or get device properties. Refe

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-7202 41 Hardware features  8 analog input channels, numbered 0 to 7. Gain ra

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-7204 42 USB-7204 Use the components below to set or get device properties. Refe

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-7204 43 Component Supported Property/Command Set/Get Supported Values STOP

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-7204 44 o When set to ENABLE/GSLAVE, the first clock pulse after setting up th

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Hardware Reference – USB-7204 45 Converting differential data to 12-bit LSB justified To convert differe

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DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Message-based control transfers 5  The DEV component message "DEV:DATATYPE=ENABLED" specifie

DAQFlex Message-based Firmware Specification Analog input data format 6 Notes  When "DEV:DATATYPE=ENABLE" the input response sets the fir

7 Chapter 2 Programming and developing applications The firmware architecture uses a String Message Based Interface (SMBI) to communicate with DAQFle

8 Chapter 3 Updating device firmware Note: To determine the firmware version currently installed on a device, run the DAQFlexFWLoader.exe provided wi

9 Chapter 4 Updating the FPGA configuration bitfile on a non-Windows system For devices that support DEV:FPGACFG, a configuration bitfile must be loa