QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE National Instruments Switch Executive This document contains quick reference information about examples, VIs/functions, route specification strings, and error codes for NI Switch Executive (NISE). Examples ICON VI/FUNCTION NAME AND DESCRIPTION Getting Started Opens a session and makes a route connection.
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This VI/ function is useful for switching from one state to another state. NISESession NISEConstString NISEConstString † Function names for C, C++, LabWindows NI Switch Executive Quick Reference Guide PARAMETER VALUE TO SET, COMMENTS virtualDeviceName Name of the NISE virtual device to open a session to...
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• Return = the size required to hold the entire route string routeCapability • PATH_AVAILABLE (1) • PATH_EXISTS (2) • PATH_UNSUPPORTED (3) • RSRC_IN_USE (4) • SOURCE_CONFLICT (5) • CHANNEL_NOT_AVAILABLE (6) • CHANNELS_HARDWIRED (7) Functions continued on the next page NI Switch Executive Quick Reference Guide...
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Queries for and returns the most recent error. NISESession sessionHandle NISEStatus* [out] errorNumber NISEBuffer* [out] errorDescription NISEInt32* [out] errorDescriptionSize NI Switch Executive Quick Reference Guide PARAMETER VALUE TO SET, COMMENTS sessionHandle Reference to virtual device session • NISE_TRUE • NISE_FALSE sessionHandle Reference to virtual device session...
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). For example, in the following line of & can be: ) delimiter. For example, , other than an endpoint, within a route specification used as endpoints must not be reserved for routing NI Switch Executive Quick Reference Guide . NISE dynamically ->...
–29001 The IVI-specific driver does not support simulation mode. INVALID_VIRTUAL_DEVICE_NAME FFFF8EB6 –29002 The specified NI Switch Executive virtual device is invalid or does not exist. INVALID_SESSION FFFF8EB5 –29003 This session is not a valid NI Switch Executive virtual device session.
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VALUE VALUE DESCRIPTION (HEX) (DECIMAL) IMPORTING_FILE_FORMAT FFFF8EA9 –29014 The file is not a valid NI Switch Executive configuration file. INVALID_END_POINTS FFFF8EA8 –29015 The endpoints of the path do not match the existing endpoints. INVALID_PATH FFFF8EA7 –29016 Cannot connect this path on the device.
FFFF8E94 –29036 Route cannot be found between the specified endpoints. Programming Flow The following diagram shows a typical programming flow for NI Switch Executive. , IVI ,LabVIEW , National Instruments National Instruments Corporation. Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
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