help with data reading

[bcglaxer]

I had the measurement and automation studio make me the attached VI to read in some strain gage readings, but I'm getting these enormous files with headers that break everything up making it a real pain to process the data outside of labview. Can anyone help me

1) Get the files to write with only one header

2) Sample the signal at a lower rate so I don't have 16 meg files or whatever it is everytime I do a data collection

I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Brian

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

There is another connection on the bottom of the Write to File function where you can connect a False to tell it not to write the header.

Turn on context help (Ctrl-H) and select the function to see.

[Mr.F]

Hi Bc,

The sampling rate you can change in your task, if you want to sample slower that would be the place to make that change. You can try Raven’s suggestion and wire a F to the input or use a “First Call?” VI instead. Alternatively you can use the “Write to Measurement File” Express VI which will also let you write your waveform data to a text file.