NI FlexLogger Resources

The FlexLogger User Manual provides comprehensive guidance on using the software, including supported hardware, how to configure hardware, set up channels, log data, and visualize results. It’s the best place to start if you’re new to FlexLogger or need a reference for specific features.

This page outlines the latest updates to FlexLogger, including new features, bug fixes, and known issues. Reviewing release notes helps ensure compatibility and awareness of any changes that may affect your workflow.

The Python API allows you to automate FlexLogger operations—including starting tests, configuring logging, and exporting data. This reference includes detailed documentation on available classes and methods for building custom automation scripts.

The NI LabVIEW API for FlexLogger enables you to automate and control FlexLogger directly from LabVIEW. This reference provides detailed documentation on available VIs for tasks such as connecting to FlexLogger, managing projects, configuring channels, setting data rates, controlling test states, and handling log files. Use these VIs to build custom workflows and integrate FlexLogger functionality into your LabVIEW applications.

FlexLogger measurement plug-ins run directly within FlexLogger, letting you add custom sensors so you can tailor your test system to your exact needs.

This manual explains how to create custom plug-ins using LabVIEW to extend FlexLogger capabilities. It’s ideal for advanced users who need to integrate third-party hardware or implement specialized calculations.

The Datalogging with FlexLogger course will teach you to acquire, log, and visualize synchronized analog and digital measurements for verification and validation of your electromechanical systems.

Learn about the latest FlexLogger features and enhancements designed to help validation engineers speed up assessments and reduce custom software development.

Learn the basics of how to set up a sensor measurement system. This series will cover how to configure your sensor measurement channels, set alarms and events, build screens to visualize data, log and review your data, along with some tips and tricks.

This article provides downloadable examples and templates for using the FlexLogger Python API to configure projects and control test sessions, including measurement types like temperature, vibration, sound, strain, and load. It also links to reference documentation and community resources to help users get started with CompactDAQ and FlexLogger.

This article shows how to get started with troubleshooting FlexLogger, explaining common troubleshooting steps and questions from installing the software to using it with different hardware.

This article introduces how to create plug-ins using the FlexLogger Plug-In Development Kit. You can use this add-on in NI LabVIEW to create plug-ins that perform custom in-line calculations and acquire data from third-party hardware devices.

This article shows how to enable periodic data logging in a CSV format in FlexLogger.

This article goes through the steps to disable logging for certain channels in FlexLogger. This article assumes that you are familiar with configuring channels and logging data within the FlexLogger environment.

This article explains how to configure the FlexLogger TDMS Viewer so that a graph generated from an FFT‑calculated channel displays the correct X‑axis scale, matching that of the calculated channel.