Drivers for Connecting HBM Data Acquisition to 3rd Party PC Software

HBM provides an open data acquisition eco system, to enable customers and partners to integrate the powerful data acquisition solutions into basically any PC software or system. Therefore, HBM offers native drivers and interfaces for the most common PC software packages. In addition some software providers offer their own drivers.

Choose your HBM DAQ System and Driver

	QuantumX/SomatXR	Genesis HighSpeed	MGCplus	PMX	CMD 600
LabVIEW
API
CANape

HBM Drivers & API

LabVIEW software helps visualizing your application, including hardware configuration and measurement data. The graphical programming approach makes it easy to implement the precise HBM DAQ systems. Choose from three different LabVIEW Drivers:

1. HBM LabVIEW Driver for QuantumX, SomatXR, PMX, and MGCplus:

User-friendly encapsulation of the device functions in VIs (Virtual Instruments)
Data from multiple devices and channels can be acquired with only eight VIs
VIs available complete with user interfaces for device scan and channel selection
Commented examples and documentation for easy introduction

Customers of these HBM DAQ systems benefit twice: General commands such as device scan, channel selection, and measurement are the same for these systems so no re-programming of these components is required when changing over to new hardware.

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Integration of QuantumX, SomatXR, PMX and MGCplus in LabVIEW

2. LabVIEW Driver for Genesis HighSpeed and Perception

Perception RPC/COM API: Control HBM's Perception software and the Genesis HighSpeed hardware including an ActiveX interface.
GEN DAQ API: Direct integration of the Genesis HighSpeed hardware into LabVIEW. This allows access to hardware settings like acquisition control or loading/saving configurations.

More Drivers for Genesis HighSpeed & Perception

3. LabVIEW Driver for PACEline CMD600

Functionality is provided in LabVIEW through VIs. The driver is provided for free in the PACEline CMD600 download section with an example and documentation.

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Functionalities

	LabVIEW
Hybrid systems possible
Synchronization of systems	NTP(all), PTP(Qx), and Sync-cable(all).
Settings via Driver	Device Scan, Filter + Sample Rate, and Data Acquisition.
Parameterization of DAQ	With MX Assistant or MGCplus Assistant
Device scan
Measurement configuration	Only sample rate and filter
Sensor configuration	No dedicated VIs
Analog IN DAQ
Analog Out (direct setting)
Analog Out (channel routing
Digital In/Out DAQ
Digital Out (direct setting)
CAN DAQ	PMX: only via CODESYS / calculated channels

LabVIEW is a trademark of National Instruments. Neither HBM, nor any software programs or other goods or services offered by HBM, are affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by National Instruments.

The HBM common API enables users to develop their own PC software application using Microsoft Visual Studio including the required functionalities for integrating HBM DAQ systems such as QuantumX, PMX and MGCplus:

Device Scan
Measurement configuration (set sample rate and filter)
Sensor configuration
Data Acquisition

In particular, system integrators benefit from integration, as they can develop and sell their own solutions for specific markets, automatically protecting their know-how.

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Functionalities

	API version 5.0
Hybrid systems possible
Synchronization of systems	NTP(all), PTP(Qx), and Sync-cable(all).
Settings via Driver	Device Scan, Filter + Sample Rate, Sensor configuration, and Data acquisition
Parameterization of DAQ	With functions of the API for all device families. With MX Assistant or MGCplus Assistant
Device scan
Measurement configuration
Sensor configuration
Analog IN DAQ
Analog Out (direct setting)
Analog Out (channel routing
Digital In/Out DAQ
Digital Out (direct setting)
CAN DAQ

The integration of QuantumX/SomatXR data acquisition with CANape software allows the user to record high-speed signals from external sensors with up to 96,000 samples per second and channel, in parallel with the recording of the ECU signals. All the signals are recorded synchronously and in one file, which saves a lot of time.

Additional resource

Presentation: Integration of QuantumX in CANape (PDF)

Integration of QuantumX in CANape

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Functionalities

	CANape
Hybrid systems possible	Only QuantumX + SomatXR
Synchronization of systems	NTP: module needs to be synchronized with Host PC
Settings via Driver	Data acquisition
Parameterization of DAQ	Only via MX Assistant
Device scan	Only via MX Assistant
Measurement configuration	Only via MX Assistant
Sensor configuration	Only via MX Assistant
Analog IN DAQ	Only via MX Assistant
Analog Out (direct setting)	Only via MX Assistant
Analog Out (channel routing	Only via MX Assistant
Digital In/Out DAQ
Digital Out (direct setting)
CAN DAQ	Support of Ethernet Gateway Functionality (CX27C)

CANape is a trademark of Vector Informatik GmbH. Neither HBM, nor any software programs or other goods or services offered by HBM, are affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Vector Informatik GmbH.

Further Integration Possibilites

QuantumX and SomatXR offer the integration into various software packages via standard interfaces:

Analog output: QuantumX MX878B
CAN / CAN-FD: QuantumX MX471C, SomatXR MX471C-R
Industrail Ethernet: QuantumX CX27C, SomatXR CX27C-R
XCP-on-Ethernet: QuantumX CX27C, SomatXR CX27C-R

Further Drivers from Software Providers

The following HBM partners offer their own drivers with software packages for download:

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Download your Driver

Título / Descrição	Idioma	Produtos	Idioma	Tipos de Conteúdo
Manuais de Operação
HBM Common API - User Manual	English
HBM LabVIEW Driver - User Manual	English
Perception remote control using LabVIEW - User Manual	English
QuantumX CANape Driver - Operating Manual	English, German
QuantumX Driver per CANape - Manuale di istruzione	Italian
Driver
HBM Common API 5.0 The HBM common API enables users to develop their own PC software application using Microsoft Visual Studio, to integrate HBM DAQ systems QuantumX, SomatXR, PMX and MGCplus. The download includes the API as well as documentation and examples. Data: 01/2020 \| Versão: 5.0 \| Tamanho: 27 MB Documentos Relacionados: Release Notes	Multi idiomas
HBM LabVIEW Driver 32-bit The driver allows to integrate QuantumX, SomatXR, PMX and MGCplus in LabVIEW. Please see the Release Notes for further details and requirements. The download can be used 30 days as trial. Data: 01/2017 \| Versão: 3.0 \| Tamanho: 11 MB Documentos Relacionados: Release Notes	Multi idiomas
HBM LabVIEW Driver 64-bit The driver allows to integrate QuantumX, SomatXR, PMX and MGCplus in LabVIEW. Please see the Release Notes for further details and requirements. The download can be used 30 days as trial. Data: 01/2017 \| Versão: 3.0 \| Tamanho: 12 MB Documentos Relacionados: Release Notes	Multi idiomas
QuantumX / SomatXR CANape Driver The driver allows you to integrate all QuantumX / SomatXR measurement modules in CANape. Data: 06/2018 \| Versão: 4.1.5 \| Tamanho: 11 MB Documentos Relacionados: Release Notes	Multi idiomas
Software
Perception remote control using LabView Demo LabView Demo program using the Perception RPC interface Data: 06/2019 \| Tamanho: 144 MB	Multi idiomas
Perception remote control using LabView Demo source code LabView source code of the Perception remote control Demo Data: 06/2019 \| Tamanho: 1 MB	Multi idiomas