External interrupt on Ni6024E board

[Thiemo]

I was wondering if it is possible to generate an interrupt from one of the pins on the connector?
I would like to have some external circuitry generate a interrupt to the processor.
I thought it would be possible to use the a GATE of a counter, but both counters are already used as encoder interface and I think that the use of the GATE signal will interfere with the counting?

[Thiemo]

By the way, I'm using the card in a program written in C++, so no LabView or something like that.

[Spencer S.]

Thiemo,

This functionality is not directly supported, but you may be able to accomplish it using DAQ Events if you are not using your analog input or analog output channels. Below, I have included a link to a document that provides an overview of DAQ Events:

An Overview of DAQ Events and Occurrences

You could configure the external signal you want to use to generate the interrupts as the clock for the analog input or analog output channels. Then, you could configure DAQ Event 1 and set the number of scans for this event to 1. Thus, after you have started the operation, each clock signal will generate an interrupt.

Good luck
with your application.

Spencer S.