NI-DMM includes several example applications that demonstrate the functionality of your device and can serve as interactive tools, programming models, and building blocks for your own applications.

NI Example Finder

The NI Example Finder is a utility that organizes examples into categories and allows you to browse and search installed examples. For example, search for "DMM" to locate all NI digital multimeter examples. You can see descriptions and compatible hardware models for each example or see all the examples compatible with one particular hardware model.

To locate examples using the NI Example Finder within LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI, select Help»Find Examples and navigate to Hardware Input and Output»Modular Instruments»NI-DMM.

Table 2. Installed Example Locations
Software Application Installed Example Locations
LabVIEW LabVIEW\examples\instr\niDMM, where LabVIEW is the LabVIEW directory for the specific LabVIEW version you installed on your system.
LabWindows/CVI Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\niDMM\Examples\CVI
ANSI C or Microsoft Visual C/C++ NIDocDir\NI-DMM\examples, where NIDocDir is one of the following directories:
  • Windows 8/7/Vista—Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments
  • Windows XP—Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\National Instruments
Table 3. Common NI-DMM Examples
NI-RFSG Example Description
NI-DMM Measure DC Voltage This example demonstrates how to acquire a single DC Voltage measurement. The measured value displays in the Measurement indicator. A Boolean control indicates if the measured value is out of range.
NI-DMM Measure AC Voltage This example demonstrates how to acquire a single AC Voltage measurement. The measured value displays in the Measurement indicator. A Boolean control indicates if the measured value is out of range.
Cont Acq&Graph Multiple Samples This example performs a continuous acquisition. The niDMM Initiatve VI starts the acquisition, and the niDMM Fetch Multi Point VI returns the requested samples. The data displays in a waveform chart.
Read & Graph Waveform This example acquires a waveform using the niDMM Read Waveform VI. The data is displayed in a waveform graph.