niSwitch Get Relay Name VI

NI Switches Help

Edition Date: April 2015

Part Number: 375472H-01

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Returns the relay name that is in the relay list at the specified index.

Use this VI in a For Loop to get a complete list of valid relay names for the switch module. Use the Number of Relays property to determine the number of relays.

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niSwitch Get Relay Name

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instrument handle identifies a particular NI-SWITCH session established with the niSwitch Initialize With Topology VI, the niSwitch Initialize With Options VI, or the niSwitch Initialize VI.
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index is a 1-based index into the channel table. The default value is 1. The maximum value is equal to the value of the Channel Count property.

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error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.

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status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred before this VI ran or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred before this VI ran. The default is FALSE.

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code is the error or warning code. The default is 0. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
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source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI that produced the error or warning. The default is an empty string.
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instrument handle out identifies a particular NI-SWITCH session established with the niSwitch Initialize With Topology VI, the niSwitch Initialize With Options VI, or the niSwitch Initialize VI and used for all subsequent NI-SWITCH calls.
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relay name specifies the name of the relay.

Examples of valid relay names are ch0, ab0, 1wire, and hlselect

Refer to Devices for a list of valid relay names for the switch module.

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error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.

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status is TRUE (X) if an error occurred or FALSE (checkmark) to indicate a warning or that no error occurred.

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code is the error or warning code. If status is TRUE, code is a non-zero error code. If status is FALSE, code is 0 or a warning code.
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source describes the origin of the error or warning and is, in most cases, the name of the VI that produced the error or warning.

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