How do I get current data from a separate VI running a continuous acquisition loop?

[bmihura]

Sometimes during a DAQ continuous analog input loop there is a slight backlog of data; I can monitor this backlog with a DAQmx Property Node using its "Available Samples Per Channel" property.

In a separate loop I'd like to get just one sample (or small array) of that continuous data but I want to make sure it's not data that has been sampled before I ask for it. What's the best way to do this?

[tyk007]

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@bmihura wrote:

Sometimes during a DAQ continuous analog input loop there is a slight backlog of data; I can monitor this backlog with a DAQmx Property Node using its "Available Samples Per Channel" property.

In a separate loop I'd like to get just one sample (or small array) of that continuous data but I want to make sure it's not data that has been sampled before I ask for it. What's the best way to do this?

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Simplest approach to me sounds like shuting the data to a queue that you can reference in your other loop. If there is data available in the queue then you can de-queue and process.

If you create and destroy the queue in your DAQ loop then you can use the invalid reference (error from Dequeue) to shut-down your other loop as well.

[crossrulz]

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bmihura wrote:

In a separate loop I'd like to get just one sample (or small array) of that continuous data but I want to make sure it's not data that has been sampled before I ask for it. What's the best way to do this?

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Sounds like a Notifier is what you really want.  A Notifier only holds a single element and you can set up the Wait On Notification to "ignore previous notifications" so that it will wait for another sample.