Ni scan engine vs DAQmx

[t1addy]

Hello,

I just finished the LabVIEW real time course and I'm interested in understanding better what is the scan engine. I have always used a simple DAQmx configurator block when performing acquisitions on cdaq and even crio (for supported modules of course). Why would I choose to use the scan engine that looks very similar to the DAQmx driver, but not as intuitive?

Hope the question makes sense

Thanks

[mcduff]

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@t1addy wrote:

Why would I choose to use the scan engine that looks very similar to the DAQmx driver, but not as intuitive?

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You would not use Scan Engine if DAQmx is available. Only recently has DAQmx been available for select RT controllers. Before DAQmx was ported to that platform, Scan Engine was an easy way to get up and running in a severely limited fashion, but may have worked for certain use cases.