Event timing with IRIG

[NA_NA1]

Greetings,

I have several questions about an order I just placed.

I ordered a NI PXI 6608 board to use for time stamping trigger events with an IRIG signal. The articles on your website including:

GPS-Based Synchronization on the NI 6608

and

Synchronizing and Correlating Measurements to a Global Timebase with GPS

Describe how this is done. The articles refer to sample code located in the “\examples” folder. Am I to assume that this folder is on a CD that is shipped with the unit? Can I get a copy of the available sample code that I can base my program on before I actually receive the hardware from you? (Maybe it's on your website somewhere).

What other software is included with the hardware? Specifically, I need an API with headers and library functions that I can link my source code to. I want to write some code for this hardware using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. Are there any known compatibility problems?

Could you check my quote (# 594844) and verify that I don’t need any additional software products. The quote indicates that NI-DAQ is included. The API is included here right?

Line item 14 is for assembly and test. Will the NI-DAQ software be installed on the computer for me?

[Ryan_V[DE]]

NA,

The DAQmx programming API will ship with the 6608. Along with it comes a couple of GPS examples in C. There is one example for software timestamping, and one for hardware timestamping. After installing the DAQmx driver, they are located in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI-DAQ\Examples\DAQmx ANSI C\Counter\Measure GPS Timestamp\

The Synchronizing and Correlating Measurements to a Global Timebase with GPS document describes this process in Traditional (Legacy) DAQ. The DAQmx examples, to which I linked, are much simpler and easy to understand. I would strongly recommend using DAQmx for new applications.

If you wish to have a look at these examples before you receive your hardware, you can install the latest version of the DAQmx driver, from this link. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Hope this helps,