02-26-2016 07:15 AM
I'm trying to block program excecution until PXI1Slot6/Port1/Line1 goes high, but the Task.DigitalChangeDetection event never fires.
ManualResetEventSlim waitForTrigger = new ManualResetEventSlim(); using (Task task = new Task()) { task.DIChannels.CreateChannel("PXI1Slot6/Port1/Line1", "", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines); task.Start(); task.DigitalChangeDetection += (e, o) => { waitForTrigger.Set(); }; waitForTrigger.Wait(); }
I can clearly see Port1/Line1 going high and low on the scope, but the DigitalChangeDetection event never fires. According to the documentation on the DigitalChangeEvent :
Occurs when a digital change is detected on any of the digital lines used in the task.
So why doesn't Port1/Line1 going high low fire the DigitalChangeDetection event?
02-29-2016 10:29 AM
Problem 1: Change detection must be explicitly configured using NationalInstruments.DAQmx.Task.Timing.ConfigureChangeDetection
Problem 2: The DigitalChangeDetection even handler must be regisered BEFORE calling Task.Start();
This code triggers correctly:
ManualResetEventSlim waitForTrigger = new ManualResetEventSlim(); using (Task task = new Task()) { task.DIChannels.CreateChannel("PXI1Slot6/Port0/Line0", "", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines); task.Timing.ConfigureChangeDetection("PXI1Slot6/Port0/Line0", "", SampleQuantityMode.ContinuousSamples); task.Stream.Timeout = millisecondsToWait; task.DigitalChangeDetection += (e, o) => { waitForTrigger.Set(); }; task.Start(); if (!waitForTrigger.Wait(millisecondsToWait)) throw new TimeoutException( String.Format("Failed to trigger on {0} in {1}ms", trigger, millisecondsToWait) ); }