how to receive data from two serial coms synchronously?

[elina]

please tell this in detail.
3x 🙂

[Ray K]

Hello Elina,
Your answer depends on which definition of synchronous you are referring to.

Hardware

Software: Just use VISA commands to operate your serial port. VISA commands have both synchronous and asynchronous versions.

Regards,
Ray K
NI Applications Engineer

[elina]

I'm very glad to receive your answer. thank u.

I plan to use one serial com to receive GPS data and use another to receive INS data. And all these data have their own formats. But as we know, position needs these two kinds of data and they must be synchronous.

is it enough? 🙂

[elina]

Hi,Ray K,
I just want these data as synchronous as they can, so I could not tell u the certain definition.

Do I need any hardware operations,if i use VISA commands? I know little about it. I am a jackaroo. 😞

[Ray K]

It sounds like you are referring to being synchronous in the hardware sense. It appears that you have two instruments that are streaming data and you want to make sure that each instrument is transmitting at the same time. We do not support hardware synchronization on our serial boards.
Regards,
Ray Kong