Analog signal from Laser Power Meter

[cristian254]

Hello,

First, I have to say that I am new using Labview.

Probably for some of you the question I am going to ask is pretty easy, hope you guys can help me solving this.

I am trying to acquire an analog signal from a Fieldmate Laser Power meter, the specifications from this meter are shown in the link below:

http://www.coherent.com/downloads/FieldMateDataSheet.pdf

I need to get the signal and save it in MS Excel files. My big issue is with the acquisition of the signal from the meter to the NI Board. I am using an NI SCB 68.

Hope you guys can help me.

Thanks.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

The SCB68 is just a shielded connector block, not a DAQ device.

Use NI's MAX utility (Measurement & Automation Explorer) to find out what DAQ card you have installed in the PC.

There are also plenty of analog acquisition examples that ship with LV, Search Examples in Help.

-AK2DM

[cristian254]

I found something:

NI DAQCard - 6024E, is that what we need?

Thanks.

[cristian254]

By the way, I am using LabView 8.0.

Thanks.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

The 6024 should work fine. The analog ouput update rate of the meter is 20Hz, thus you should set your sampling rate to at leaset 200Hz (samples/second).

There are lots of analog input examples that can be searched under Help in LabVIEW.

-AK2DM