Continuous data acquisition while running a recipe using event structures

[KGNB]

Hi,

I'm new to LV and I am writing code to run a deposition tool. The tool requires recipies which I wrote using event structures and works fine. The problem is that I can't continously monitor the pressure in the chamber while the recipe is running. Is there a way to do coninous data acquistion while my recipe is running. 

Before I start the recipe data acquistion is fine, as soon as I start the recipe it stops, and resumes again when the recipe is over. 

Thanks,

K

LV10, Win XP

[SimonH]

K,

Add a second while loop (outside your current one) and move the pressure acquisition code to it.  It will run in parallel with your recipe code.

The reason you are seeing the behavior you are is that when no recipe is running the event structure times out every 50ms, allowing your while loop to iterate and take another pressure reading.  Once you enter a recipe your main while loop does not iterate until the recipe is done, consequently you don't get any pressure updates.

I hope this makes sense -- if not post back and I'll try to clarify.  Also looking at your code I'm guessing you have previous programming experience outside of LabVIEW, is this the case?

~Simon