I am using DAQ-Mx and Labview8.2 -- can I trigger a dll call from a digital input

[CYCLONENUT]

 the attached 2 VI work fine seperately. the FUTEK  vi calls the values from a loadcell;  the MITU vi  counts a quadrature signal to count displacement... can I use the quadrature signal to trigger the reading from the load cell DLL call?

I should clarify that the FUTEK vi has been stripped down to forward

Or do I need too have a while loop? and average 10 readings

Also what is the simplest way to merge the two outputs and dump them into a spreadsheet?

[Kyle_K]

Cyclonenut,

You can call your DLL VI that already works from another VI! To call the other VI, click "select a VI..." and navigate to where you saved the VI.  You can also use numeric logic (<,>) into a case structure and call your other VI inside of that case structure.   

For your second question:

The simplest is to merge your data into an array and use the "Write to Spreadsheet File.VI"

Please let me know if anything is unclear.

Kyle K.

[CYCLONENUT]

How is the data actually "read"?

Is it timed off of the uptick on the quadrature input?

[Kyle_K]

The counter pin routes directly to the counter it is associated with. This means that every time the pin sees a rising edge, the counter increments by one. Because of this, there is no timing on the counter the limit is the physical limit of that piece of hardware. 

Kyle K.