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Data Acquisition Boards
ActiveDAQ Pro Introduction
What is ActiveDAQ Pro ?
ActiveDAQ Pro is a collection of ActiveX controls for performing I/O operations within any
compatible ActiveX control container, such as Visual Basic, Delphi, etc. You can easily
perform the I/O operations through properties, events and methods. With ActiveDAQ Pro,
you can perform versatile I/O operations to control your Advantech devices.
The ActiveDAQ Pro package contains the following components:
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro Device Control: Enumerate all Advantech devices, direct
I/O operation.
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro AI Control: Retrieve data from Advantech AI device.
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro AO Control: Export data to Advantech AO device.
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro Digital I/O Control: Digital I/O operation.
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro Thermo Control: Retrieve temperature by thermocouple
measurement.
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro Counter Control: Counter input signal.
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro Pulse Control: Pulse signal output.
You can use these ActiveX controls in any development tool that supports them, including
Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual Basic, Borland C++ Builder, Borland Delphi and
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
What's New in ActiveDAQ Pro ?
In the latest version of the ActiveDAQ series: ActiveDAQ Pro, efforts have been made
to improve on the technical aspects and to provide a clear-cut mode of operation, as
explained in the following summary:
Graphic User Interface Control Components
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro GUI control collection consists of abundant of graphic user
interface (GUI) control components, which enable users to conveniently and quickly build
graph display modules for data acquisition so as to supervise the changing status of the
object. ActiveDAQ Pro GUI control collection also helps users easily develop prototype
vision applications in an interactive environment without programming. These control
components include:
Button Control: It offers various display styles (2D and 3D) and is a Boolean
control that displays an on or off state (True or False).
Graph Control: This control provides abundant graph display functions, which
enable the user to display data of various sources simultaneously.
Intensity Control: It offers two-dimensional display and simple interpolation
for scattered 3D data points so that the user can conveniently check the intensity
variation trend of scattered 3D data points.
Knob Control: It is a circular data controlling control that provides various graph
styles and can be used to display one or more values on the same interface.
LED Control: This control provides data display and editing functions with the
seven-segment nixie tube mode.
NumEditor Control: This control provides the user with the functions of data
displaying and editing. After the Formatstring has been chosen or defined by
the user, the values of the control will be adjusted automatically according to the
FormatString and displayed in the text edit box.
Slider Control: It is a linear data controlling control that provides various graph
styles. A Slider control can be used to set or display one or more values.
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