Exporting refernce clock to RTSI with Measurement Studio

[jrolston]

Hi,

I'm a new user of Measurement Studio, programming in C#.  I'd like to synchronize data acquisition on two PCI-6259 boards.  I know you can use the "timing" object to set the source clock to something like "RTSI1", but how do you get the other board to export its clock to a particular RTSI line? 

Thanks,

John

[Robert_F]

Hi John,

There are a few examples that are loaded onto your computer when you install the DAQmx driver.  These examples are probably the best resource to understand how to export signals from one board to another. 

… Program Files >> National Instruments >> MeasurementStudioVS2005 >> DotNET >> Examples >>DAQmx >> Synchronization >> MultiDevice

Before you export signals from one board to another, make sure that you include a RTSI line in MAX.  Right click NI-DAQmx Devices >>Create new NI-DAQmx Device >> RTSI Cable.

The AIFiniteAcquistion example is going to export a sample clock, rate, and start trigger from the master board to the slave.