Hi Tom,
You are probably experiencing sinking or sourcing. Did you connect a load between VCC and the digital line? Please see Figure 14-4 on page 63 of the
NI PCI-651x User Manual to see how to avoid sinking and sourcing. I hope this helps.
Regards,
Ima
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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