05-17-2018 03:19 PM
Hello all,
I am very new to NI development. I have a task in which I have 3 NI 9234 modules that I would like to trigger at the same time and collect a certain amount of data . I am hoping to do this in C/C++ using the DAQmx libraries, but having trouble finding a good example in the various other programs.
My first task would be to collect a finite set of samples at the same time using the 3 modules (aka, Dev1/a0, Dev2/a0, Dev3/a0).
My second task would be to trigger the collect with an external pulse (similar to the pulse generation example project).
Please let me know if this is possible.
I will continue to look into this, but have difficulty getting the task to run properly.
Thank you,
Kevin
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05-18-2018 09:03 AM
Update:
After reading a bit more and diving more into the hardware of the problem, it turns out my first task was a simple one. Essentially I can trigger each module at the same time, with the same rate, because they are all located on the same 9137 chassis. As such, in my code, I call each module as such:
const char* PortName12 = "cDAQ2Mod1/ai0:3, cDAQ2Mod2/ai0:3";
DAQmxErrChk(DAQmxCreateAIVoltageChan(taskHandle, PortName12, "", DAQmx_Val_Cfg_Default, -5.0, 5.0, DAQmx_Val_Volts, NULL));
Now on to task 2, which is triggering the collections with an external pulse. My trigger is also on the same chassis.