DAQ installation

Registering a data acquisition card in matlab

  1. Open MATLAB with administrator rights, else you will get an error message like this:
    Unable to load adaptor: C:\Program Files (x86)\MATLAB\R2010bSP1\toolbox\daq\daq\private\mwnidaq.dll. Driver files or DLL for the specified adaptor could not be found or are not installed
  2. Register daq
     daqregister('nidaq')       <-- Replace 'nidaq' with the adaptor name 
     daqhwinfo('nidaq')       <--  provides information about your adaptor
     ans.AdaptorDllName       <-- is the dll file name for your card
  3. Adding addressable ports:
     	/MATLAB/toolbox/daq/daq/private/mwnidaq.ini

    Replace 'mwnidaq.ini' with the dll name (ans.AdaptorDllName)
    Edit manually the part regarding the card specified as