configure an angle measurement sensor as a counter on the DAQmx system

[kbkrulz]

I have an angle measurement sensor and I was told that the only way to get angular position data (in degrees) from it is to configure it as a sensor. However, I am not getting any reading from this sensor when I configured it on LabVIEW using my PXI-6602 Timing I/O Board. I have 2 wires going to this board. I have connected one to the GND and the other to an UP_DOWN_7 or ctr7 channel. Is there something else I should be doing?

For the programming, I am using a DAQmx-Trigger icon with a DAQmx-Read icon to get my data as an array as it should have a sample rate of about 1000Hz.

Please help as I have lost many hours on this problem!!

I have a LabVIEW 8.0.1 with PXI-8195 Embedded Controller.

[H. Hager]

Hi,

Unfortunately I have to say that it was very hard for me to get a clear overview of your application. You should program more clearly by using SubVIs to get a structured VI. Maybe you are able to reduce the VI only on the angle-measurement-section and send it again.

Do you get any error message (error code)?

The link below contains general information about angle measurement and an example. In the example-finder of LV (Help>>Find Example) also some very good examples could be found by entering "angle" as search topic.

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/4439

Maybe these links and examples could solve

your problem.

Best regards,
Hannes Hager