Why doesn't flex_load_delay cause a delay in onboard program execution?

[pcp]

NI-Motion 7.7 has been installed on my computer.

I am using a 7344 card (DE5CBA) that has the firmware required for NI-Motion 7.7.  68331 (7.40.3001), DSP (7.30.3001), FPGA1 (7.00.3001), and FPGA2 (7.00.3001).

I am programming using VB6.

Im my application I have not been able to observe any delay using flex_load_delay.  As a check, I have run the example code C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI-Motion\FlexMotion\Examples\Visual Basic\Onboard\Repeated Move in a FOR Loop\.  The program does repeated moves but the time between moves does not vary with changes in delay times.

Please Advise,

Pat 

[Jochen]

Hi Pat,

I'm not aware of an issue with flex_load_delay in any NI-Motion driver version. What did you do to test this function? Did you try to vary the delay value at run time? Did you use onboard variables for that? Or have you changed the value in your code, restarted your application and ran the onboard program with the modified delay value later? Please note, that the unit of the delay is ms.

Thanks,

Jochen