Measuring and recording strain gauge data.

[Fouadh]

How can I measure and record strain gauge data using the following hardware:
DAQ 6071E, SC2043 (Strain gauge), SC2070
and LABVIEW.

It appears that the Vi in the DAQ example, continous strain meaurement.vi does not provide a recording capability. Is that true?
Is is it possible to combine it with other VI to be able to record the data?

Thank you

[RoyA]

Foudah,

All you need to do is add the function "Write to Spreadsheet file" from the "File I/O" subpallet. There are two ways to do this. In the first example, a row of readings from multiple strain gauge measurements is appended to a text file every time the loop executes. The first time through the loop, a dialog box will appear asking for the file name as nothing is wired to the "filepath" terminal (you could wire a control), a shift register handles each subsequent execution of the loop.
In the second example the readings are gathered into a 2D array at the loop boundary and all sent to a file at once.

Hope this helps.