Programmatically identify and select DAQ device

Hi all,
I'm using Labview 8.0 to control a system which contains a USB DAQ device (9215A BNC for info). I can control everthing fine and use the DAQ card, but the software I'm writing will ultimately be supplied (as an executable or the like) with the system for use on end user computers. Its possible that some of the end users may already have NI DAQ cards installed in their systems. How can I make sure my software addresses only the DAQ card inside my system? Is there a simple way of programmatically listing all of the devices attached to the computer and then identifying the one that I want?
If I name the device in NI MAX, for example, if I then plug it into a different computer, does it maintain that name? Or is that a local thing only?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Paul

Hi,
thanks for the second reply. What I basically wanted was some way of finding the "device name" of the DAQ device in my system when its connected to a computer with multiple other DAQ devices attached. Ultimately, I did something similar to what you sent in that second example (see attached) which scans through the serial numbers of the DAQ devices attached to the computer and compares them with the serial number (entered manually) of my device. It then returns the device name that matches, so I can pass that to whatever future daq commands need it!
Thanks again for the help
Regards
Paul
Attachments:
DAQ_ID_example.vi ‏20 KB

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