I have to check if NI USB-6251 is active by program

I do an automatic capture of a series of signals through the 6251, I need to check a program if the device is very active and connect to another device to send the signal.

Currently there seems to be a delay after I called BeginReadMultiSample and it is not compatible, so I can't just add an approximate time.

If some of the signals are not captured at all since the NI USB 6251 case had not become active even after that I called BeginReadMultiSample. is there a way I can query the status of the device through program. (I use c# with NationalInstruments.DAQmx.dll)

Thanks in advance

Hi Raghu,

Is it ok for you if your data acquisition starts before the real signal? If so, then what I suggest, that is after giving BeginReadMultiSample command generate some dummy signals to any channel DIO/AO free and acquires some other channels HAVE. Wait for the signal to acquire before sending the actual relaxation to your signal generation device.

It is not the best solution, but will serve your purpose if you are fine with others a few samples at the beginning.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards

Héloïse

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