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Can I get a timestamp from a PXI-4138

I'm looking at the NI-DCPower Single Source with Trig Meas.vi example and I'm noticing there is no timestamp for the measurments. Is it possible to have that timestamped on the instrument?

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Hi AbandoningCausality

 

Unfortunately, there's not a way to do this built into the NI DCPower driver.  However, there's a few options.


The best option is if you have a timing card in your chassis. You can incorporate the Time Stamp Trigger.vi code (another shipping example that uses NI-SYNC) and route the same trigger to the timing card as well and which will get the timestamps.

 

If you do not have a timing card, you will have to use a software dependent method, possibly using the Get Date/Time or Tick Count (ms) functions. This will definitely be less accurate, so you'll need to take your system requirements into consideration here.

Ashley G.
Senior Applications Engineer | RF & Wireless Communications
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