I've only got time now to outline some basic info; hopefully someone will fill in the gaps. I'll mention a few terms and concepts that you can find more info about either under the LabVIEW examples or here on the website.
1.
RTSI: This timing bus ("this set of wires") is built into your PXI chassis so any DAQ boards you install are automatically connected. If you use traditional NI-DAQ, you'll be programming RTSI signals explicitly. Under NI-DAQmx, most if not all of that stuff is done for you "under the hood."
2.
Sample Clock and
Convert Clock: You'll want to slave these off of the timebase used by your high-speed digitizer to guarantee that the sample times for your boards remain properly synchronized. Note: under tradi
tional NI-DAQ, these are called "Scan Clock" and "Channel Clock."
Under DAQmx, these can be defined with the timing vi or the timing property node.
Good luck with the app; rest assured that indeed you
can get there from here.
-Kevin P.
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