0. Open the Visual Studio.
1.
Create a new console App project.
2.
Click Next, and rename the project name as you want. For example, nisyscfg_FindAll.
3.
Add below path in the Include Directories
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\include
4. Add below path in Library Directories. The picture of Step3 and Step4 are as below:
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib32\msvc
5.
Add below path to Linker -> Inpu -> Additional Dependencies(Please note that you must specific the detailed lib file as below).
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\Shared\ExternalCompilerSupport\C\lib32\msvc\nisyscfg.lib
6.
Include necessary head file.
#include <stdio.h>
#include "nisyscfg.h"
#include <string.h>
7.
Copy attached source code in main().
int main()
{
NISysCfgStatus status = NISysCfg_OK;
NISysCfgSessionHandle session = NULL;
NISysCfgEnumResourceHandle resourcesHandle = NULL;
NISysCfgResourceHandle resource = NULL;
NISysCfgFilterHandle filter = NULL;
char expertName[NISYSCFG_SIMPLE_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
char resourceName[NISYSCFG_SIMPLE_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
char alias[NISYSCFG_SIMPLE_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
char name[NISYSCFG_SIMPLE_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
char productName[NISYSCFG_SIMPLE_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
char serialNumber[NISYSCFG_SIMPLE_STRING_LENGTH] = "";
char target[NISYSCFG_SIMPLE_STRING_LENGTH] = "localhost";
double temp = -1;
char* detailedDescription = NULL;
char networkShow = 'y';
NISysCfgIsPresentType isPresent = NISysCfgIsPresentTypePresent;
// Initialize System Configuration session and find all hardware on the target
printf("\nInitializing session and finding hardware... \n");
if (NISysCfg_Succeeded(status = NISysCfgInitializeSession(target, NULL, NULL, NISysCfgLocaleDefault, NISysCfgBoolTrue, 10000, NULL, &session)))
if (NISysCfg_Succeeded(status = NISysCfgCreateFilter(session, &filter)))
{
NISysCfgSetFilterProperty(filter, NISysCfgFilterPropertyIsDevice, NISysCfgBoolTrue);
//NISysCfgSetFilterProperty(filter, NISysCfgFilterPropertyIsSimulated, NISysCfgBoolFalse);
if (NISysCfg_Succeeded(status = NISysCfgFindHardware(session, NISysCfgFilterModeAll, filter, NULL, &resourcesHandle)))
{
// Iterate through all found resources and obtain properties
// Disable run-time checking for properties that may not be valid
while (NISysCfg_Succeeded(status) && (status = NISysCfgNextResource(session, resourcesHandle, &resource)) == NISysCfg_OK)
{
NISysCfgGetResourceIndexedProperty(resource, NISysCfgIndexedPropertyExpertName, 0, expertName);
NISysCfgGetResourceProperty(resource, NISysCfgResourcePropertyProductName, productName);
NISysCfgGetResourceProperty(resource, NISysCfgResourcePropertyIsPresent, &isPresent);
if ((strcmp(expertName, "network") != 0) && (strstr(productName, "PXIe") != NULL) && (isPresent == NISysCfgIsPresentTypePresent))
//Filter all PXIe instrument which is present in ni Max and not "network" device.
{
NISysCfgGetResourceIndexedProperty(resource, NISysCfgIndexedPropertyExpertResourceName, 0, resourceName);
NISysCfgGetResourceIndexedProperty(resource, NISysCfgIndexedPropertyExpertUserAlias, 0, alias);
NISysCfgGetResourceProperty(resource, NISysCfgResourcePropertyProductName, name);
// Print the Device Alias if it exists (e.g. Dev1, PXI1Slot2, etc), otherwise print the Resource Name
if (strlen(alias))
printf("Device Alias : %s\n", alias);
else
printf("Resource Name : %s\n", resourceName);
printf("the product name is : %s\n", name);
NISysCfgGetResourceProperty(resource, NISysCfgResourcePropertyProductName, productName);
printf("Product Name : %s\n", productName);
NISysCfgGetResourceProperty(resource, NISysCfgResourcePropertySerialNumber, serialNumber);
printf("Serial Number : %s\n\n", serialNumber);
status = NISysCfgCloseHandle(resource);
}
}
}
if (NISysCfg_Failed(status))
{
NISysCfgGetStatusDescription(session, status, &detailedDescription);
printf("Error: %s\n", detailedDescription);
NISysCfgFreeDetailedString(detailedDescription);
}
printf("Press Enter to close session and exit\n");
status = NISysCfgCloseHandle(filter);
status = NISysCfgCloseHandle(resourcesHandle);
status = NISysCfgCloseHandle(session);
}
return 0;
}
8. Build and run the program, then you can retrive information of all instruments as below picture.