start acquisition at a certain time, and for a certain time

[Shuichi-kun]

Hi every one,

I want to start the acquisition every ten minutes for 30 second each.

I thought about the while loop and timers but I'm not experienced enough to know how to do it.

Labview 2009, please help me.

[Anthony_F]

It sounds like you need a state machine program.

1st State: Initialize the DAQ card

2nd State: Acquire data for 30 seconds

3rd State: Wait 10 minutes and check for an exit condition

4th State: Close DAQ card and exit loop

Here's a template, you'll need to fill in the blanks