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Preferred PC DAQ software for an NI PCI-4472

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DaJMasta:
Found a good deal on a PCI-4472 (8 channel 104kS/s 24 bit ADCs) and built a little ITX computer around it so I could play around with a couple of triaxial accelerometers, but I'm trying to find the best software to be using for basic visualization, analysis, and recording.  Is there anything free/open source that will get me started with this that isn't written for Labview or Matlab?  I tried NI's DAQExpress as well, but while it supports the four channel 4474 and the two channel 4461, it doesn't appear to recognize my card.  I've also tried Spectrum Lab, but it doesn't seem to recognize the card as an input source... I wonder if Audacity could figure it out.

I'm looking for relatively basic display options including:
Scope style waveform display
Scope roll mode display
FFT display (with waterfall chart is a bonus)
Recording and recall capability
Ideally, also on all 8 channels at once


Does anyone have a go-to program they use for this kind of thing?  Or has anyone coded up their own to integrate with the VISA drivers?  Free preferred, but I can pay a little if it's good software and not a yearly license.

jhenderson0107:
I have the NI PXI-4461 which is a similar audio and vibration interface card, but packaged as a PXI Express rather than PCI plug-in card. 

I use a software package called Virtens Multi-Instrument, which is a full-featured tool providing all of the features you listed.  It includes National DAQmx support, but can also be used to control ASIO and sound cards.  It is usable only under Windows. 

I'm a C++ programmer and have located a handful of usable code fragments on Github and elsewhere on the web to access DAQmx hardware.  If these would be of use to you, PM me and I'll share what I've located.  When time permits, I intend to refine this code and add it to my instrument control library toolbox. 

DaJMasta:
That's an interesting option, it does seem to do what I'm looking for.... but matlab home is also priced right between the standard and full versions of Virtins Multi-instrument.  May have to give the trial a look and see if it suits my purposes.

I looked around a bit and found a freeware program claiming to be exactly what I was looking for called iodaq ( http://www.iav-portal.com/index.php?nav=suiodaq&lang=en )... but I installed everything and when I load it I just see an empty console window and nothing happens... support seems to be nonexistent, so while I may try fiddling with it, it may just be a dead end.


In the meantime, I've actually found that NI MAX included in the drivers actually has a display that will give you a roll mode chart or an FFT chart of a single channel for test purposes in the same menu you can run the card's self calibration, but it doesn't seem like any of their other free software wants to recognize it.

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