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Channels and tasks

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Channels and tasks

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- [Instructor] The concept of channels is central to DAQ programming and depending on the context, the term channel can refer to either a physical or a virtual channel. Physical channels are the actual terminals or pins on the DAQ device, which you can physically connect to with cables or wires. In some cases, a single physical channel can include multiple terminals or pins. For example, when using the differential analog input configuration, with my USB 6001, one differential input channel uses two terminals. Every physical channel on a device has a unique name, which can be represented as a text string. It follows the convention of starting with the device's name, which can be configured through measurement and automation explorer, slash, and then the channel name. So the name shown here represents analog input channel zero on the device named Dev one. The other type of channel is a virtual channel, which is a…

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