Acquiring signal from PCI 1428 card

[DjBiomed]

Hi,

I'm new to labview and been tryig to acquire the trigger signal from the PCI 1428 card. Is there anyway to acquire the trigger signal internally without using an external cable (breakout cable)? Can labview acquire this signal without using the external DAQ card?

[VuD]

Hello DjBiomed,

It may help if you can provide more information regarding your application.  What are you ultimately trying to do with this trigger signal?   With the 1428 trigger line, it needs to be wired to something (either externally or through RTSI).  LabVIEW cannot automatically detect this unless it is connected.  You can look at the trigger examples that come shipped with the driver in the LabVIEW Example Finder for a better understanding.  They can be found on the browse tab under Hardware Input and Output >> IMAQ >> Signal Input and Output.   I hope this helps.

Vu

[DjBiomed]

Hi Vu,

thanks for ur reply. I wanted to use the trigger signal from the card to trigger a pair of glavos. I guess from ur reply, i need an external cable to acquire this signal as aLabview cannot read this signal internally off the card.

Thanks again for ur reply, i will try to work it out, and update u on it.

Regards, Dj.