Data Acquisition Toolbox

Device-Specific Property Reference

The following sections provide descriptions of all toolbox device-specific properties. Device-specific properties apply only to hardware devices of a specific type or from a specific vendor. For example, the BitsPerSample property is supported only for sound cards, while the NumMuxBoards property is supported only for National Instruments devices.

In Properties Listed by Vendor, the properties are summarized according to vendor. In Properties Listed Alphabetically," the properties are described in detail.

Getting Command Line Property Help

To get command line property help, you should use the daqhelp function. For example, to get help for the sound card's BitsPerSample property

daqhelp BitsPerSample

Note    You can use daqhelp without creating a device object.

You can also get property characteristics, such as the default property value, using the propinfo function. For example, suppose you create the analog input object ai for a sound card and want to find the default value for the BitsPerSample property.

ai = analoginput('winsound');
out = propinfo(ai,'BitsPerSample');
out.DefaultValue
ans =
    16

UserData

Properties Listed by Vendor