Wait timer, preveting the process from doing something else.

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When a wait timer is on inside the while loop, it will lock all other processes until it is finished. Why?? I would hit a high level switch and won't know it until the timer if off. None of the switches are on the same loop. Why can't i do something else while the timer is on.

Please, help. How do I design better loop without causing the others loop to wait?


Thanks

[Ben]

First I will invite you to post you code that exibits this behaviour.

Second I willv enture a guess that all of your functions are in a single VI that is set for "Time-Critical" and the "wait" you are using is a "wait until next millisecond...". I venture this guess because you have described exactly what will happen
when a "wait unitl..." is encountered in a TC VI.

If this guess is correct, you have to move the other functions to another VI so they can execute while the TC loop is sleeping.

Trying to help,

Ben