Can you/how to: add additional DAQmx alias devices using MAX

Question

Is it possible using MAX (measurement and automation explorer) to add alias devices under the Devices->DAQmx?  That is, device names that map to the same hardware?
Thanks,
Todd

Answer 1

Hi Todd,
It will probably be located in a location similar to the one for I/O devices.
For instance, if you look under (assuming Windows) "C:\VXIPNP\WinNT\NIvisa", you should find a file called "visaconf.ini".
You can set the aliases within this file.  Hoewver, for DAQ devices, it will probably be located in another similar type file. Unfortunately I do not have DAQ's installed on this PC.  The visaconf.ini file does support GPIB cards.  As I said, I don't know if the same file supports DAQ.  However, check it out. 
An example of how the aliases are to be configured is described in the ini file.  Here is an example of mine:  It renames ASRL ports to COM ports.
[VISA-CONFIG]
RefreshFindList = 0
MinAsyncCount = 1024
SharedMemSize = 131072
NumSystemSems = 512
NumProcessSems = 256
AlwaysRefresh = 0
UnloadPassports = 0
[ALIASES]
#Alias0 = "'MyDMM','GPIB0::2::INSTR'"
Alias0 = "'COM1','ASRL1::INSTR'"
Alias1 = "'COM10','ASRL3::INSTR'"
Alias2 = "'COM5','ASRL5::INSTR'"
Alias3 = "'COM6','ASRL6::INSTR'"
Alias4 = "'COM7','ASRL7::INSTR'"
Alias5 = "'COM8','ASRL8::INSTR'"
Alias6 = "'COM9','ASRL9::INSTR'"
Alias7 = "'LPT1','ASRL10::INSTR'"
Alias8 = "'COM11','ASRL11::INSTR'"
Alias9 = "'COM12','ASRL12::INSTR'"
NumAliases = 10