You can use Digital Pattern Editor to operate your digital pattern instrument or you can use the NI-Digital Pattern Driver to program your instrument in the supported ADE of your choice.

  • Digital Pattern Editor—Use Digital Pattern Editor to view, create, modify, and debug pin and channel maps, specifications, levels, timing, patterns, register maps, source waveforms, and capture waveforms. You can also use Digital Pattern Editor to configure the state of the digital pattern instrument.

    The Digital Pattern Editor is automatically installed when you install NI-Digital Pattern Driver. You can access the Digital Pattern Editor by selecting National Instruments » NI Digital Pattern Editor from the Windows start menu.

  • NI-Digital Pattern Driver—Use the NI-Digital Pattern Driver APIs to call pin and channel map, specifications, levels, timing, pattern, and waveform files you create in the Digital Pattern Editor and to configure and control digital pattern devices.
    • LabVIEW—Available on the LabVIEW Functions palette at Functions » Instrument I/O » Instrument Drivers » NI-Digital palette or at Functions » Measurement I/O » NI-Digital palette .

      Examples are available from the Start menu in the National Instruments folder.

      The NI-Digital Pattern Driver LabVIEW API is installed by default when you run the installer.

    • C—You can use the NI-Digital Pattern C dynamically linked library by adding a reference to C:\Program Files (x86)\IVI Foundation\IVI\Bin\niDigital_32.dll for 32-bit development or to C:\Program Files\IVI Foundation\IVI\Bin\niDigital_64.dll for 64-bit development. The NI-Digital Pattern Driver API is installed by default when you run the installer.
    • .NET—Use the NI-Digital Pattern .NET class library by adding a reference to NationalInstruments.ModularInstruments.NIDigital.Fx40 or NationalInstruments.ModularInstruments.NIDigital.Fx45 and any dependent class libraries from within the Solution Explorer in Microsoft Visual Studio.

      You can optionally install and use the NI-Digital Pattern Driver .NET API to configure and control the digital pattern instrument.

      The Microsoft .NET examples are available from the Start menu in the National Instruments » NI Digital Pattern Examples folder or from the <Public Documents>\National Instruments\NI-Digital\Examples\DotNET 4.x directory.

    • Python—For more information about installing and using Python, refer to NI-Digital Pattern Driver Python API Documentation.