Advantech PCI-1730 User Manual download pdf (Page 13)

5 PCI-1730/1733/1734 User Manual

Chapter 1 Overview

1.5 Software Overview

Advantech offers a rich set of DLL drivers, third-party driver support and application

software to help fully exploit the functions of your PCI-1730/1733/1734 card:

Device Drivers (on the companion CD-ROM)

LabVIEW driver

Advantech ActiveDAQ

Advantech GeniDAQ

Programming choices for DA&C cards: You may use Advantech application software

such as Advantech Device Drivers. On the other hand, advanced users are allowed

another option for register-level programming, although not recommended due to its

laborious and time-consuming nature.

Device Drivers

The Advantech Device Drivers software is included on the companion CD-ROM at no

extra charge. It also comes with all the Advantech DA&C cards. Advantech’s DLL

driver features a complete I/O function library to help boost your application perfor-

mance. The Advantech Device Drivers for Windows 2000/95/98/ME/NT/XP works

seamlessly with development tools such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Inprise C++

Builder and Inprise Delphi.

necessary to write code directly at the level of device registers. Since register-level

programming requires much effort and time, we recommend that you use the Advan-

tech Device Drivers instead. However, if register-level programming is indispensable,

you should refer to the relevant information in Appendix C, Register Structure and

Format, or to the example code included on the companion CD-ROM.

1.6 Device Driver Programming Roadmap

This section will provide you a roadmap to demonstrate how to build an application

from scratch using Advantech Device Drivers with your favorite development tools

such as Visual C++, Visual Basic, Delphi and C++ Builder. The step-by-step instruc-

tions on how to build your own applications using each development tool will be given

in the Device Drivers Manual. Moreover, a rich set of example source codes are also

given for your reference.

Programming Tools

Programmers can develop application programs with their development tools:

 Visual C++

 Visual Basic

 Delphi

 C++ Builder

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