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Synchronize Two Counter Output Tasks Using LabVIEW with DAQmx

by: Active Participant
‎06-04-2010 04:39 PM
Last Edited by: Member Example_Scrubber_Nian ‎08-14-2017 12:47 PM

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    Hardware

  • Data Acquisition (DAQ)

    Driver

  • NI DAQmx

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Overview

This example uses an AI start trigger generated by a dummy AI task to synchronize two counter output tasks.


Description
This program works by using the AI Start Trigger to start the counter output tasks.  The AI dummy task sends an AI start trigger when the AI task starts, thus starting the counter. This trigger could be used to start other DAQ task.

 
Requirements

  • LabVIEW 2012 (or compatible)
  • NI-DAQ 12.0 (or compatible)

 

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**This document has been updated to meet the current required format for the NI Code Exchange.**

Regards,
Jim Schwartz

Example code from the Example Code Exchange in the NI Community is licensed with the MIT license.

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TeraTech
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‎09-28-2017 03:32 PM
‎09-28-2017 03:32 PM

Thank you for this great example. I got it to work on an NI-6363.  However, I would like to use a dummy digital task. Is that possible? This is the change I made for digital but it times out at the wait until done. Sync Two Counters_DI.png

 

 

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‎09-28-2017 04:36 PM
‎09-28-2017 04:36 PM

Got it!

Sync two counters_DO.png

 

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