How to use an external digital signal to trigger a digital sequence output (USB-6221)

[spexophis]

I am using USB-6221 port0 to generate a 8-bit digital sequence. Below is the Python code calling C program.

How to use the PFI0 port to take another digital sequence for triggering the port0 output? How to use the function DAQmxCfgDigEdgeStartTrig?

 daq.DAQmxCreateTask("",taskCounter)
daq.DAQmxCreateCOPulseChanFreq(taskCounter,"Dev1/ctr0","",daq.DAQmx_Val_Hz,daq.DAQmx_Val_Low,0.0,freq,0.50)
daq.DAQmxCfgImplicitTiming(taskCounter,daq.DAQmx_Val_ContSamps,1000)

daq.DAQmxCreateTask("",taskHandle)

daq.DAQmxCreateDOChan(taskHandle,"Dev1/port0/line0:7","",daq.DAQmx_Val_ChanForAllLines)
daq.DAQmxCfgSampClkTiming(taskHandle,"Ctr0InternalOutput",freq,daq.DAQmx_Val_Rising,daq.DAQmx_Val_FiniteSamps,nsamples)
daq.DAQmxWriteDigitalU32(taskHandle,2,0,10.0,cnst.DAQmx_Val_GroupByChannel,startdata,None,None)
daq.DAQmxStartTask(taskHandle)
daq.DAQmxStopTask(taskHandle)

daq.DAQmxWriteDigitalU32(taskHandle,nsamples,0,10.0,cnst.DAQmx_Val_GroupByChannel,idata,None,None)
print("Data Written\n")

daq.DAQmxStartTask(taskCounter)

[spexophis]

I simply added the DAQmxCfgDigEdgeStartTrig function, but obviously it doesn't work.

        daq.DAQmxCreateTask("",taskCounter)
        daq.DAQmxCreateCOPulseChanFreq(taskCounter,"Dev1/ctr0","",daq.DAQmx_Val_Hz,daq.DAQmx_Val_Low,0.0,freq,0.50)
        daq.DAQmxCfgImplicitTiming(taskCounter,daq.DAQmx_Val_ContSamps,1000) 
        # Create Digital Channel
        daq.DAQmxCreateTask("",taskHandle)
        daq.DAQmxCreateDOChan(taskHandle,"Dev1/port0/line0:7","",daq.DAQmx_Val_ChanForAllLines)
        daq.DAQmxCfgSampClkTiming(taskHandle,"Ctr0InternalOutput",freq,daq.DAQmx_Val_Rising,daq.DAQmx_Val_FiniteSamps,nsamples)
        # q = daq.DAQmxRegisterDoneEvent(taskHandle,0,None,None)
        # q = daq.DAQmxRegisterDoneEvent(taskCounter,0,None,None)
        # External trigger
        daq.DAQmxCfgDigEdgeStartTrig(taskHandle,"Dev1/PFI0",daq.DAQmx_Val_Rising)
        # write startup values
        daq.DAQmxWriteDigitalU32(taskHandle,2,0,10.0,cnst.DAQmx_Val_GroupByChannel,startdata,None,None)
        daq.DAQmxStartTask(taskHandle)
        daq.DAQmxStopTask(taskHandle) 
        # load trigger sequence
        daq.DAQmxWriteDigitalU32(taskHandle,nsamples,0,10.0,cnst.DAQmx_Val_GroupByChannel,idata,None,None)
        print("Data Written\n")
        # start counter
        daq.DAQmxStartTask(taskCounter)

The error is shown below:

b'Specified property is not supported by the device or is not applicable to the task.\nProperty: DAQmx_StartTrig_Type\n\nTask Name: _unnamedTask<5>\n\nStatus Code: -200452'

[santo_13]

I am not a python guy, but in general, it should be possible.

I observe that you're using a counter task to be the sample clock for the DO task. Try one step at a time, just set up a DO task with an onboard clock and digital edge trigger.

[zhm0204]

hi santo_13

May I ask a question about USB 6221.  Is there a similar USB 6221 with 24 bit resolutin and can work with external sampling clock (encoder signal).

Regards.

Zhang

[santo_13]

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@zhm0204 wrote:

hi santo_13

May I ask a question about USB 6221.  Is there a similar USB 6221 with 24 bit resolutin and can work with external sampling clock (encoder signal).

Regards.

Zhang

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