niDCPower_ConfigureSense
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Specifies whether to use local or remote sensing of the output voltage on the specified channel(s). Refer to the Devices topic specific to your device in the NI DC Power Supplies and SMUs Help for more information about sensing voltage on supported channels.
Syntax
ViStatus _VI_FUNC niDCPower_ConfigureSense(ViSession vi, ViConstString channelName, ViInt32 sense)
Remarks
NI-DCPower uses the terms "source" and "output". However, while sinking with electronic loads and SMUs these correspond to "sinking" and "input", respectively.
Parameters
| Name | Direction | Type | Description | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vi | [in] | ViSession | Identifies a particular instrument session. vi is obtained from the niDCPower_InitializeWithIndependentChannels function. | |||||||||
| channelName | [in] | ViConstString | Specifies the channel(s) to use. Specify the channel(s) using the form PXI1Slot3/0,PXI1Slot3/2-3,PXI1Slot4/2-3 or PXI1Slot3/0,PXI1Slot3/2:3,PXI1Slot4/2:3, where PXI1Slot3 and PXI1Slot4 are instrument resource names and 0, 2, and 3 are channels. If you pass "" for this control, all channels in the session are used. | |||||||||
| sense | [in] | ViInt32 | Specifies local or remote sensing on the specified channel(s). Defined Values:
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Returns
Reports the status of this operation. To obtain a text description of the status code, call niDCPower_error_message. To obtain additional information concerning the error condition, call niDCPower_GetError. The general meaning of the status code is as follows:
Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
0 | Success |
Positive Values | Warnings |
Negative Values | Errors |