Programming the NI PXI/PXI Express Switch

You can acquire data interactively using the NI-SWITCH Soft Front Panel (SFP), or you can control the device programmatically using the NI-SWITCH instrument driver. You can then use NI-SWITCH to program the device in the application development environment (ADE) of your choice.

Table 2. NI PXI/PXI Express Switch Programming Options
Application Programming Interface (API) Location Description
NI-SWITCH SFP Available from the Start menu or NI Launcher in Windows 8. Provides a graphical interface for controlling and viewing the state of your NI PXI/PXI Express Switch.
NI-SWITCH Instrument Driver LabVIEW—Available on the LabVIEW Functions palette at Measurement I/O » NI-SWITCH. Features a set of operations and attributes that exercise all the functionality of the NI PXI/PXI Express Switch, including configuration, control, and other device-specific functions.
C or LabWindows/CVI—Available at Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Drivers\niSWITCH.
Installed examples for Visual C/C++ are in the NI-SWITCH Readme. Refer to the Creating an Application with Microsoft Visual C/C++ topic in the NI Switches Help for information about developing an NI-SWITCH application.