Data Acquisition Toolbox™

analogoutput - Create analog output object

Syntax

AO = analogoutput('adaptor')
AO = analogoutput('adaptor',ID)

Arguments

`'``adaptor``'`	The hardware driver adaptor name. The supported adaptors are `advantech`, `mcc`, `nidaq`, and `winsound`.
`ID`	The hardware device identifier. `ID` is optional if the device object is associated with a sound card having an `ID` of 0.
`AO`	The analog output object.

Description

AO = analogoutput('adaptor') creates the analog output object AO for a sound card having an ID of 0 (adaptor must be winsound). This is the only case where ID is not required.

AO = analogoutput('adaptor',ID) creates the analog output object AO for the specified adaptor and for the hardware device with device identifier ID. ID can be specified as an integer or a string.

Note The Traditional NI-DAQ adaptor will be deprecated in a future version of the toolbox. If you create a Data Acquisition Toolbox™ object for Traditional NI-DAQ adaptor beginning in R2008b, you will receive a warning stating that this adaptor will be removed in a future release. See the supported hardware page at www.mathworks.com/products/daq/supportedio.html for more information.

Remarks

More About Creating Analog Output Objects

When an analog output object is created, it does not contain any hardware channels. To execute the device object, hardware channels must be added with the addchannel function.
You can create multiple analog output objects that are associated with a particular analog output subsystem. However, you can typically execute only one object at a time.
The analog output object exists in the data acquisition engine and in the MATLAB workspace. If you create a copy of the device object, it references the original device object in the engine.
If ID is a numeric value, then you can specify it as an integer or a string. If ID contains any nonnumeric characters, then you must specify it as a string.
The Name property is automatically assigned a descriptive name that is produced by concatenating adaptor, ID, and -AO. You can change this name at any time.

Notes When you create an analog output object, it consumes system resources. To avoid this issue, make sure that you do not create objects in a loop. If you must create objects in a loop, make sure you delete them within the loop.

More About the Hardware Device Identifier

When data acquisition devices are installed, they are assigned a unique number which identifies the device in software. The device identifier is typically assigned automatically and can usually be manually changed using a vendor-supplied device configuration utility. National Instruments refers to this number as the device number.

For sound cards, the device identifier is typically not exposed to you through the Microsoft Windows environment. However, the Data Acquisition Toolbox software automatically associates each sound card with an integer ID value. There are two cases to consider:

If you have one sound card installed, then ID is 0. You are not required to specify ID when creating an analog output object associated with this device.
If you have multiple sound cards installed, the first one installed has an ID of 0, the second one installed has an ID of 1, and so on. You must specify ID when creating analog output objects associated with devices not having an ID of 0.

There are two ways you can determine the ID for a particular device:

Type daqhwinfo('adaptor').
Execute the vendor-supplied device configuration utility.

Examples

National Instruments

To create an analog output object for a National Instruments device defined as 'Dev1':

AO = analogoutput('nidaq','Dev1');

To create an analog output object for a Measurement Computing device defined as '1':

AO = analogoutput('mcc','1');