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1. Figure out the correct COM port number for the AnalogMAX DAQ1 DAQ2 board.
   1. Open the device manager.

   2. Open ports and identify the port used by the AnalogMAX DAQ1 DAQ2 as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

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2. Setup Visual Analog "External Tools..." custom menu item to launch adcapture.exe with commandline parameters.
   1. Download "Visual Analog" from here.
   2. Install "Visual Analog"

   3. Start "Visual Analog" and open a "Blank canvas". After that, the window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

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   4. Open the file "AnalogMAX_DAQ1_Capture.vac" from the downloaded zip-file via "File → Open...". The window should look like TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

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   5. Then change the Sample Frequency in the "Pattern Loader" to 0,5 MHz as shown in TEI0016 Data capture Demo. Attention: The "," has to be used and not the ".".
   6. After that, change the "Resolution" and the "Alignment" to 16 Bit by clicking on the "Input Formater".
      

      
      

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   7. Press "Tools → External Tools..." to prepare the usage of the adcapture.exe.
   8. Click "Add" in the opened window and insert the name "adcapture" in the "Display Text". Select the file "adcapture.exe" from the downloaded zip-file after using the button "Browse..." for the "File Name", and insert "COM20,115200 1024 c:\temp\capture.txt 7" for the "Arguments". The parameters are the COM port (COM port 20 in our case), the baud rate, the number of samples, the location to store the data and a value to adjust the system. Then, click on "Ok".
3. Launch adcapture.exe and after completion click run to update the screen.
   1. Select the above inserted tool by selecting "Tools → adcapture".

   2. A window shows the activity of the tool "adcapture", as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

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   3. Then, using "F5" or "Canvas → Run" uses the information to create the graph in the previous window, as visible in TEI0016 Data capture Demo.

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