So I did some more searching through the expansive knowledge base and found that the minimum sample rate for the USB 6008 is 5.587935 mHz (source).
I ditched the save to ASCII step for now, and have gotten the program to collect some data at 10 mHz, currently trying it at 6 mHz now.
The main cause to my problem so far has been with what seems to be an error with the continuous data collection option. I discovered that eventhough the sample size is supposed to be treated as buffer size in this mode, for me it was not. I would set it to 20k 'buffer' at something like 1 kHz samples and it would 'freeze' on stop. I let it go like this for a while once and to my suprise it came out of it and I was able to view the log. When I did I saw that the log went to exactly 20k samples, eventhough I had stopped it within ~5 seconds. So during that time it was 'stopping' it was actually finishing the program and getting 20k samples. This is why I always had a problem trying to record at low sample rates with what I thought was a 1k buffer - but was actually 1k samples.
So..... why is this happening? I want to actually collect continuously, but also stop it whenver I want (eg. continuous up until I stop it). I might try the 'n-sample' mode now, considering the rest of the problems with this program, they could very well be flipped.
Assuming I figure out how to get it into true continous mode, will I be able to stop the logging at my will? And what should I set the buffer to with a sample rate of 6 mHz?
Thanks,
Chris
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