Pinball test fixture

I am real new to Labview and I thought this would be a simple project to help me with the learning process.
I want to build a test fixture for the Pinball machine pcbs. I have a number of them in storage from different manufactures. I think most of this is just going to be inputing a closed switch message to either the lamp matrix or the solinoid drivers and then monitoring the outputs to see if the lamp light or solinoid fired. This is where I want to start.
Could I get an idea and overview of the hardware and basic Labview software approach you would use to do this?
I have a PCI-6035E and a PCI-6534.
Is there some hardware that would make this easier to create or will I need to create a test jig to to buffer the signals before going into the PCI cards?
I am just looking for some general ideas on how to approach this.
Thanks
Kevin

Hello uriahsky,
I would like to point you toward some helpful links in finding common LabVIEW architectures as well as how to utilize the DAQ resources you've mentioned below. I would recommend that you also browse through the available LabVIEW examples as a getting started point for a new application in which you may then use DAQmx functions (highlighted in the getting started link below) to then control your hardware.
http://www.ni.com/gettingstarted/labviewbasics/ (Introduction to NI LabVIEW)
http://www.ni.com/gettingstarted/labviewbasics/examples.htm (Finding Examples for NI LabVIEW)
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/2926/en (Using a State Machine (Event Driven) Architecture)
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/3022/en (Application Design Patterns: Master/Slave)
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/3023/en (Application Design Patterns: Producer/Consumer)
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/5434/en (Getting Started with NI-DAQmx: Main Page)
Wes W
Application Engineering
National Instruments
www.ni.com/support

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