Elapsed time Reseting time stamp on Write to mesurment file

[IanLynn]

I have been trying to have real time data monitored on the front panel with a NI 6009 DAQ card and capture the data into an excel sheet a constant rate. I am using a Elapse time function to capture the data into a excel file every 5 seconds. The problem is that the first value has a correct time of the current time but every other time has a time of the default 1/1/1904 00:00:00.000

I have the auto reset on and I have tried every feedback loop to reset the time properly.

thanks in advance for the help.

[IanLynn]

Here is an example of the data I'm getting

[RTSLVU]

The main problem I see is your program is "one big loop".

Rewrite it using a proper program architecture like a state machine and properly timestamping your data is a piece of cake.

Fixing this, not so much...

[IanLynn]

How would I use a state Machine this application? that would just switch between VI blocks right?

[IanLynn]

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@RTSLVU wrote:

The main problem I see is your program is "one big loop".

Rewrite it using a proper program architecture like a state machine and properly timestamping your data is a piece of cake.

Fixing this, not so much...

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What do you mean? Ive looked up THIS tutorial and I'm not seeing how i can apply it to my case. Could you elaborate or point me in the right direction. 

[RTSLVU]

Well looking at your program I see several discrete steps 

1. Configure DAQ
2. Take measurements
3. Process measurement data
4. Display measurements
5. Save data
6. Manual Mode

If each one of these was a "state" in a state machine, adding a "Timer" state and using the timestamp from that for your data would be easy and future expansion or changes your program are far easier.