National Instruments Device Driver
Learn how to acquire data from and control National Instruments hardware using Synnax.
The National Instruments (NI) device driver allows Synnax to directly connect to your NI hardware, including CompactDAQ, CompactRIO, and PXI systems. This page will walk you through some of the important pre-requisites necessary to get started with the NI driver.
Supported Devices
Synnax supports reading and writing data to all National Instruments devices that are supported by the NI-DAQmx driver.
Aside from very old DAQ modules, Synnax is generally compatible with every NI device.
Installation
The NI Driver comes pre-installed with every Synnax Deployment.
Installing DAQmx and System Configuration Libraries
National Instruments’ DAQmx and System Configuration drivers must be installed for Synnax to communicate with your hardware. Instructions for installing DAQmx can be found on the National Instruments website. Instructions for installing System Configuration can be found on the following page.
If you have a Synnax cluster already running before installing DAQmx, you’ll need to restart the cluster for Synnax to recognize the DAQmx installation.
OS Compatibility
The NI driver is only compatible when running the Synnax Database on a Windows machine. The driver will not be able to find your devices when running on Linux, macOS, or within a Docker container (even if that container is running on Windows).
Next Steps
Now that you’ve installed DAQmx on your host machine, you’re ready to start integrating your devices. Check out the Configure a Device page to learn how to do so.