National Instruments Device Driver

Learn how to acquire data from and control National Instruments hardware using Synnax.

The National Instruments (NI) device driver allows Synnax to directly connect to your NI hardware, including CompactDAQ, CompactRIO, and PXI systems. This page will walk you throught some of the important pre-requisites necessary to get started with the NI driver.

Installation

The NI driver comes pre-installed with a Synnax Cluster, and does not require any additional installation steps.

OS Compatibility

The NI driver is only compatible when running the Synnax Cluster on a Windows machine. The driver will not be able to find your devices when running on Linux, macOS, or within a Docker container (even if that container is running on Windows).

Automatic Device Detection

The NI driver will automatically detect any connected NI hardware when the Synnax database is started. When using the Console, newly connected devices will appear as notifications in the bottom left corner of the screen.

You can also find recently connected devices by using the Resources toolbar.