Waveform editor with Elvis 2- how to edit wdt files

[jweaver]

I have two questions regarding the waveform editor (arbitrary waveform generator) that comes with Elvis 2:

1) are there any tutorials on the editor?  I can't seem to get it to work properly.  I can load sine, triangle etc waveforms but the interface to the editor is extremely awkward at best.  Maybe there's some simple concept I'm not getting...

2) I have a very specific waveform I want to generate. So I'd like to edit a .CSV file or something in Excel and put in a format that tthe Elvis AFG will recognize.  Is this possible?  And  I tried to open a .wdt file but it's not a text file.  Why did NI decide to do it this way?  

Thanks 

James

[danniwithNI]

Hi James,

As far as tutorials and help for the waveform editor, ther's a fairly comprehensive tutorial for using the editor with myDAQ here and a help file for the NI Analog Waveform Editor here. I was able to find another forum post about creating custom waveforms with the analog waveform editor here. Hopefully these will help!