Page 3 - Important Information
Important Information Warranty The media on which you receive National Instruments software are warranted not to fail to execute programming instructions, due to defects in materials and workmanship, for a period of 90 days from date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. Nati...
Page 4 - Contents; About This Manual
© National Instruments Corporation v Getting Started with VirtualBench Contents About This Manual Conventions Used in This Manual................................................................................... viiCustomer Communication ................................................................
Page 6 - About; Conventions Used in This Manual
© National Instruments Corporation vii Getting Started with VirtualBench About This Manual The VirtualBench suite of tools is a high-performance, easy-to-use virtual instruments application program for Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, or Windows NT. Getting Started with VirtualBench gives you ste...
Page 7 - Customer Communication
Getting Started with VirtualBench viii © National Instruments Corporation About This Manual paths Paths in this manual are denoted using backslashes (\) to separate drive names, directories, and files, as in C:\dir1name\dir2name\filename . This icon to the left of bold, italicized text denotes a not...
Page 8 - Chapter; Welcome to VirtualBench; VirtualBench Installation for Windows
© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 Getting Started with VirtualBench Chapter 1 Welcome to VirtualBench Welcome to VirtualBench, a suite of high-performance, easy-to-use virtual instruments for Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, and Windows NT. This document contains installation instructions, l...
Page 9 - Installing VirtualBench under Windows 3.1x
Chapter 1 Welcome to VirtualBench Getting Started with VirtualBench 1-2 © National Instruments Corporation • NI-DAQ 4.9.0 if you plan to use an AT-DSP2200, AT-A2150, or EISA-A2000 DAQ device • NI-DAQ 5.0 or later if you plan to use Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or later, or if you plan to use any of the ...
Page 10 - Installing VirtualBench under Windows 95/NT 4.0
Chapter 1 Welcome to VirtualBench © National Instruments Corporation 1-3 Getting Started with VirtualBench Note: It is recommended that you not run other applications while you install VirtualBench. 3. Insert Disk 1 into your 3.5-inch floppy disk drive. 4. Select Run from the File menu in the Progra...
Page 11 - What Is Installed by the Setup Program; Connecting Signals to Your Data Acquisition Device
Chapter 1 Welcome to VirtualBench Getting Started with VirtualBench 1-4 © National Instruments Corporation What Is Installed by the Setup Program If you purchased the full VirtualBench suite, the setup program installs the VirtualBench engine and nine virtual instruments: the oscilloscope (Scope), d...
Page 12 - Front Panel Features
© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 Getting Started with VirtualBench Chapter 2 VirtualBench-Scope In Windows 3.1x, you launch VirtualBench-Scope by double-clicking on the Scope icon in the VirtualBench window within the Program Manager. In Windows 95/NT 4.0, you launch VirtualBench-Scope by sele...
Page 14 - Acquiring Data
Chapter 2 VirtualBench-Scope © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 Getting Started with VirtualBench Acquiring Data You can start acquiring signals with VirtualBench-Scope by completing the following steps: 1. Connect a signal to the Channel 0 input of your National Instruments DAQ device. See the ...
Page 23 - Acquiring and Measuring Signals
Chapter 4 VirtualBench-DSA © National Instruments Corporation 4-3 Getting Started with VirtualBench Acquiring and Measuring Signals You can start acquiring and measuring signals with VirtualBench-DSA by following these steps: 1. Connect a signal to the Channel 0 or 1 input of your DAQ device. Please...
Page 28 - Generating a Waveform
Chapter 5 VirtualBench-FG Getting Started with VirtualBench 5-2 © National Instruments Corporation • Waveform Modifier Controls—modifies some of the properties of the waveform. – Duty Cycle —adjusts the duty cycles of the Sine Wave, Square Wave, and Triangle Wave. – Offset —adjusts the DC offset of ...
Page 32 - Measuring a Signal
Chapter 6 VirtualBench-DMM © National Instruments Corporation 6-3 Getting Started with VirtualBench Measuring a Signal You can start measuring signals with VirtualBench-DMM by following these steps: 1. Configure VirtualBench-DMM. a. Select Settings from the Edit menu on the front panel. b. Select th...
Page 37 - Waveform Generator Front Panel Features
© National Instruments Corporation 7-1 Getting Started with VirtualBench Chapter 7 VirtualBench-Arb In Windows 3.1x, you launch VirtualBench-Arb (Arbitrary Waveform Generator) by double-clicking on the Arb icon in the VirtualBench program group. In Windows 95/NT 4.0, you launch VirtualBench-Arb by s...
Page 38 - Waveform Editor Front Panel Features
Chapter 7 VirtualBench-Arb Getting Started with VirtualBench 7-2 © National Instruments Corporation • Amplitude Control— scales the waveform by a specified amount. • Offset Control—adds a voltage offset to the waveform. • Phase Control— shifts the waveform buffer by a certain phase, specified in deg...
Page 44 - Controlling Analog Output
Chapter 8 VirtualBench-AODC Getting Started with VirtualBench 8-2 © National Instruments Corporation Controlling Analog Output You can start controlling analog output with VirtualBench-AODC by following these steps: 1. Configure VirtualBench-AODC. a. Select Settings from the Edit menu on the front p...
Page 47 - Reading from and Writing to Digital Ports
Chapter 9 VirtualBench-DIO Getting Started with VirtualBench 9-2 © National Instruments Corporation • Hex Control— sets the digital state, in hexadecimal form, of the assigned digital port. The state of the digital port is not actually changed until the Write button is clicked on. • Hex Indicator— s...
Page 50 - Calibrating a DAQ Device
Chapter 10 Virtual Bench-Device Calibrator Getting Started with VirtualBench 10-2 © National Instruments Corporation Calibrating a DAQ Device You can calibrate your device with VirtualBench-Device Calibrator by following these steps: 1. Wait at least 15 minutes after both your computer and device ar...
Page 51 - Appendix; Electronic Services; Bulletin Board Support
© National Instruments Corporation A-1 Getting Started with VirtualBench Appendix Customer Communication For your convenience, this appendix contains forms to help you gather the information necessary to help us solve your technical problems and a form you can use to comment on the product documenta...
Page 52 - Telephone and Fax Support; Telephone
Fax-on-Demand is a 24-hour information retrieval system containing a library of documents on a wide range of technical information. You can access Fax-on-Demand from a touch-tone telephone at (512) 418-1111. You can submit technical support questions to the applications engineering team through e-ma...
Page 53 - Technical Support Form
Technical Support Form Photocopy this form and update it each time you make changes to your software or hardware, and use the completed copy of this form as a reference for your current configuration. Completing this form accurately before contacting National Instruments for technical support helps ...
Page 55 - Documentation Comment Form
Documentation Comment Form National Instruments encourages you to comment on the documentation supplied with our products. This information helps us provide quality products to meet your needs. Title: Getting Started with VirtualBench ™ Edition Date: March 1997 Part Number: 321518A-01 Please comment...