Re: Large file size for continuous monitor DAQ 6052E

2004-05-06 Thread pops
If your sure it's file I/O causing the slow down try using a low level write to file vi (yellow color). High level write to file vi's such as write characters to file or write to spreadsheet will privide more functionality but will also cause more overhead to your program. Try to log in binary if y

Re: Large file size for continuous monitor DAQ 6052E

2004-05-06 Thread preston johnson
What version of LabVIEW and DAQ are you using? With LabVIEW 7.x, we greatly enhanced the effeciency of file writing. Also do write in binary, such as waveform data types. Can you reduce the data prior to writing to file? 32 channels at 10k/second should not be a problem. With today's fast IDE

Large file size for continuous monitor DAQ 6052E

2004-05-05 Thread ldrummon
I am trying to use continuous monitor to acquire data from my two 6052E DAQ cards. I am using traditional daq vi's. The DAQ cards are running simultaneously in a seperate thread in TestStand while the rest of my test is running. The tests get lengthy (20 min) and the file size of the data files