MATLAB: Do I need the Instrument Control Toolbox if I am connecting MATLAB to a National Instruments device that is connected to a function generator

Question

If not, why might my code not be working?

I am trying to plot voltage versus time for the device that is connected to the function generator.

I am NOT trying to generate the function using MATLAB and the function generator is not directly connected to the computer. The National Instruments device is in between.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Insufficient information. Some National Instruments devices have serial port interfaces, and for those it would be practical to do without the ICT or the Data Acquisition Toolbox. But in other cases, we would need to know more about the NI device (model?) and which protocol you are speaking to it with (e.g., GPIB ?)