how to find thermocouple type progromatically

[Wolleee]

Hello all,

Is there a way to progromatically get the channels set thermocouple type? I ask becasue i want to write the thermocouple type in my tdms log.  I assume if possible it is a property node function, but i cant find it.

Thanks for any advice.

[PaoloRaspa · Accepted solution]

The property node you are looking for is the Analog Input:Temperature:Thermocouple:Type in the DAQmx Channel Property Node. If you cannot find it, it may be because it is a Device-specific property, thus you should configure the filter setting of the property node to show all attributes or select your specific device which supports a thermocouple input

[Hooovahh]

When you write this to your TDMS file be sure and write it as a property of the channel you are logging, you don't need to log it as a new channel.  Basically values that don't change, and are a single value should be a property, things that have multiple samples should be a channel.  I've seen too many people try to write properties as channels and end up with huge files that Diadem can't do much with.

[Wolleee]

Thank you for the advice and hooovaahh im working on that portion of the code.

If you i have different thermocoupl types in the same task how would i get the thermocouple type for each one?

[Dennis_Knutson]

You would have an array of channels that you would use the property node on each.