Data logger application with timestamp

[Channak]

Hi All,

I am new to LabVIEW and am interested in creating a data logger application that acquires data from the USB based DAQ (NI-6008) and stores the results into a data file with a timestamp of when the sample was captured.

I am interested in finding out what are the modules that are necessary for doing this. I have LabVIEW 7.1, DAQmxBase for the NI-6008 and Data logger and supervisory control modules. Are there additional modules required?

Is there a document that deals with these? How can I go about designing one?

Thanks in advance,
Karthik

[Dennis_Knutson]

The first thing I would recomend is that you upgrade to DAQmx 7.5 which has support for the USB DAQ. Then you can look at all of the shipping examples that demonstrate DAQmx. One or more contain saving to file as well as front panel display. There are other shipping examples for basic datalogging. Open the Example Finder, go to the search tab, and enter datalogging as the key word.