Control MCC DAQ from Java?

[BillBennett]

Hi there,

 

We have a fairly complex piece of custom software written in Java, running under Windows 11, which we use for a specialised lab test.   Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about the Java.

We want to control a USB-202 DAQ from within this Java program, so that when we start and stop a test (via mouse clicks) it also signals to the DAQ.

All we want to do is to send a pulse to digital output 1  for START  (this controls a separate piece of hardware) and then a pulse to port 2 for STOP.

I'm not much of a programmer, and I am extremely weak in Java, but we do have collaborators that can help.

Can I ask the forum what they think the best approach is here?   I gather that C#  is reasonably compatible with Java, or we could use the Python interface to the DAQ via Jython or similar.

Is it possible to compile a simple Windows-compatible  .exe that would control the digital outputs from the command line in Windows?   then we could just call StartDAQ.exe and StopDAQ.exe from within Java fairly easily.

Thanks in advance,

Bill

 

 

 

 

 

[Fausto]

Hello @BillBennett.

MCC does not offer Java support.  If you have developers to assist with C# and Python with Java, then try that option.  Otherwise, compiling a MCC Universal Library executable to run a specific sequence of commands with the MCC USB-202 seems a viable approach as well.

Regards,

Fausto