cbGetDaqDeviceInventory()

Detects USB, Bluetooth and/or Ethernet DAQ devices, and returns device descriptors of the detected devices.

This function detects Ethernet DAQ devices on the same subnet as the host PC. To detect Ethernet DAQ devices on a different subnet than the host PC, use cbGetNetDeviceDescriptor().

Function Prototype

C/C++

int cbGetDaqDeviceInventory(DaqDeviceInterface InterfaceType, DaqDeviceDescriptor* Inventory, INT* NumberOfDevices)

Visual Basic

Function cbGetDaqDeviceInventory(ByVal InterfaceType As DaqDeviceInterface, ByRef Inventory As DaqDeviceDescriptor, ByRef NumberOfDevices&) As Long

Arguments

InterfaceType

Bit field that specifies the interface type of the DAQ device(s) to be detected. This field may contain any combination of the values listed in the InterfaceType argument values section below.

Inventory

Pointer to a user-allocated array of DaqDeviceDescriptor types where the device descriptors of the detected DAQ devices are copied.

NumberOfDevices

Maximum number of elements that the Inventory argument can hold.

Returns

• Error code or 0 if no errors.
• NumberOfDevices – the number of detected DAQ devices.
• Inventory – the device descriptors of the detected devices.

InterfaceType argument values