counting pulses of a datataker with lab view

[jmi]

my problem:
I am trying to use lab view to visualize the measurements of different data - acquisition systems. At the moment I am working with the datataker DT50 and I already did some temperature measurements with the datataker lab view driver. But when I tried to measure pulses (counts) I did not succeed. Is there someone who could help me solve this problem or who could send me a example vi to measure pulses from the datataker with lab view?

thank you very much and best regards,
jeroen

[Dennis_Knutson]

You posted to the board for NI counter boards. You might want to post your question to a more appropriate board. The LabVIEW board is the largest and you might have a better chance of getting an answer there.

Just curious though, what does datataker's support have to say. Since they make the hardware and wrote the software, they should be the best ones to ask.

[J.R.]

Hello JMI,

I think you can find some informations about your datataker DT50 and LabVIEW on the website of datataker there.

Regards,

[lv_datataker]

Hi Everyone,

This question has been answered.
Thank you Julien for pointing to the correct website.

This is the answer that was given.

Hi Jeroen,

With the DT50 there are two types of counters.

The low speed counters use the digital terminals on the DT50, Digital channels 1 through to 5. You read them using the "C" command

The high speed counters use the counter terminals on the DT50, Counter channels 1 through to 3. You read them using the "HSC" command.

More information on these are on our website.

For low speed counters

http://www.datataker.com/Datalogger_Manual/The%20Low%20Speed%20Counters.htm

For high speed counters

http://www.datataker.com/Datalogger_Manual/The%20High%20Speed%20Counters.htm

The dataTaker driver for LabVIEW, has the "C" command listed for the Channel Configuration cluster, so it will only read from the Digital terminals.

However you can enter any custom command for the channels, in the channel number field if you list the channel type as "none".

There is a brief mention of this in the driver documentation. The link below refers to the online documentation.

http://www.datataker.com/products/Labview/Introduction_dataTaker_Instrument_Driver/datataker%20conce...

It is listed under the heading "channel number"

So in this cluster, you can enter the text "1HSC" in the channel number field to read in from counter one, and list the channel type as "none".

You can also enter the text directly if you are using the low level VIs.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Kind Regards,

Anthony Ulrich