I am interfacing to a NI USB-6361 and a NI USB-6525 using the C# API. I would like to build into my application a diagnostics function to test each DAQ, and I was thinking I should perform the same actions as done by NI MAX i.e. running the "Self-Test" function found on the "Devices and Interfaces" page.
What are these self test functions doing and which API functions do I need to use?
Also, what is the Configure function doing and what is the API call?
And finally, what is the best approach for my application to work out the name of each device? Currently the devices are named "Dev1" and "Dev2". I'm not sure how they got those names and I assume that there is no garantee that the devices would have the same name on a different machine. Is there a way to query the device to work out what it is based on something like a serial number?