Solution
The
Number of Samples per Channel input specifies the number of scans (where a scan is one sample from each specified channel) to retrieve from the buffer. A value of
-1 tells NI-DAQmx to retrieve all of the scans from the buffer. Figure 1 shows the input terminal for setting this value.
Figure 1For continuous acquisition, NI-DAQmx retrieves all of the samples that are available in the buffer when the DAQmx Read VI is called. For finite acquisition, the number of samples retrieved is equal to the size of the buffer. The DAQmx Read VI will wait until the buffer is full and then retrieves all of the samples in the buffer. The buffer size is set by the
Samples per Channel input of the DAQmx Timing VI as shown in Figure 2 below.
Figure 2