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Difficulty Triggering Tek MDO3014

So I am trying to write a VI that waits for a trigger, aquires a waveform and then displays it.  But I want it continuously running so that when I start a new sequence, I do not have to restart the VI.

 

Not sure why I am having issues here. I took the VI's out of the Tek MDO3000 series drivers (named differently), and they just will not respond to a trigger.

 

I am attaching what I have, and I was hoping for some help with my syntax and making sure that the loops are used correctly and what not 

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What issues are you having?

 

You would probably benefit from using an Event Structure.  You can then tell the VI when to start looking for a trigger and capture a waveform.  It would also allow you to update settings when you need them changed.  You should also have a timeout of some sort when looking for a trigger or you could be waiting forever.


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How would I go about that, as in what event would I be looking for.

 

The way I know if I have been triggered is when I send/write a visa command, I get (read)  one of two things, either triggered or not triggered.  I need to continue querying the VISA write/read to get when that changes from one to the other.   I tried implementing some kind of event structure, but it does not keep asking VISA for the change.  I will attach it.

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I was thinking something more like this.


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