Elasped Time Progress BAR

[DePeppers]

I am trying to incorporate a progress bar into my DAQ loop to show how much time is remaining in the recording.  It works whenever I launch the VI but whenever I try and create another recording the Elapsed Time Express VI uses the initial start time and not the time when the DAQ loop is retriggered.  

Am I missing a shortcut or option in the Elapsed Time VI or might there be a better approach to creating a progress bar. 

I want this to work both for a continuous non-triggered recording and a triggered recording where Elapsed time is started at the start of the DAQmx READ.

[GerdW]

Hi DePeppers,

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@DePeppers wrote:

I am trying to incorporate a progress bar into my DAQ loop to show how much time is remaining in the recording.  It works whenever I launch the VI but whenever I try and create another recording the Elapsed Time Express VI uses the initial start time and not the time when the DAQ loop is retriggered.  

Am I missing a shortcut or option in the Elapsed Time VI or might there be a better approach to creating a progress bar. 

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The "creation of the progress bar" surely isn't the problem, but it is "how do I count the time"…

ExpressVIs are made for certain use cases, and your use case is different.

So the solution is simple: make your own "Elapsed time" routine that can account for "wait and pause"!

This specific question/topic comes up frequently so you can find several solutions in the LabVIEW board…