Sets or gets properties of instruments or channels. For multi-channel sessions in which you want to configure subsets of channels differently, you must wire an Active Channel of an NI-DCPower property node. The Active Channel is listed first in the property node.

Channel Based Properties

Some NI-DCPower properties are channel based or apply to a specific channel. When a property is channel based, you must specify an active channel before setting or getting properties. In the following example, ch0 is configured to output voltage and ch1 is configured to output current. Both properties are channel based.

Non-Channel Based Properties

To set or get NI-DCPower properties that are not channel based, you must not specify an active channel or must specify an active channel of "". The following example shows a property node used to get the value of the Driver Vendor property.

Related topics:

Using Properties and Attributes

niDCPower Properties


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Inputs/Outputs

  • civrn.png reference —

    reference passes a reference to your instrument session to the next VI.

  • cerrcodeclst.png error in (no error) —

    error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.

  • iivrn.png reference out —

    reference out passes a reference to your instrument session to the next VI.

  • ierrcodeclst.png error out —

    error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.

  • ipoly.png Property —

    property are examples of properties you want to set (write) or get (read).