Time Triggering Event for data accquisition

[Chang85]

    Hi,
          I am currently working on a power measurement project. However i would like my process to be automated such that it will collect trigger once when the timer reaches a certain timing. For instance, the programme will record measurements at 8 am, 9 am  10 am .... and so on, until it reaches the 24 hour mark, then it would reset again. Does anyone have any idea on how i can do it? Any sample program will also be appreciated

[NI-Bongo]

Hi Chang85,

This would depend on what hardware you are doing and what type of measurement you want to make (a power spectrum, a simple P=IV power measurement, etc...).  Also, which operating system are you running on and what programming environment do you prefer?

In any case, one approach would be to use a Wait function in a while loop or for loop.

You could also create a program that automatically executes when opened and closes when finished and use the Windows Scheduled Tasks from the control panel to automatically run the program every hour.

Let me know more details of your application and I'd be happy to offer further advice.

[nmf]

Hi, I have a similar question. I would like labview to automatically email me the data collected (which is saved into an excel sheet) at a specific time, say 10pm. How do I write the VI for this? Thank you!