1. A computer-accessible memory medium that stores program instructions for displaying a configuration of a measurement system comprising a plurality of measurement devices, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to perform: displaying a plurality of device icons corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of measurement devices in the measurement system, wherein the plurality of measurement devices comprises a data acquisition (DAQ) device; and displaying connections between the plurality of device icons, wherein at least a subset of the displayed connections correspond to physical couplings between the plurality of measurement devices in the measurement system; wherein one or more of the connections displayed between respective device icons have an appearance that visually indicates the type of physical coupling between the respective measurement devices.