DIO for USB 6008

Hello there folks,
I just need suggestions from everyone. have 5 digital signals and am using USB 6008 to measure using DAQ assistant express VI ( not DAQmx ), and use the digital binary values from the 5 channels to select a case statements. Attached is the word document .
Kindly confirm:
1) if the PIN numbers are correct
2) the labview part will work with DAQ assistant express VI
3) any other example installed in labview which you can suggest to read more about , so that i can program in labview ??
Attachments:
DIO.doc ‏49 KB
NI6008.pdf ‏855 KB

Hi Miaa,
The best examples for programming your application without the DAQ Assistant are "Read Dig Chan.vi" and "Read Dig Port.vi" (located under Hardware Input and Output » DAQmx » Digital Measurements in the Example Finder).
The "Chan" VI reads each line as a true/false value and returns an array of booleans, and the "Port" VI reads the entire port and returns an integer. You can use both of these data types to drive your case structure, but I think the integer format will make the programming easier.
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