Figure 2-5. analog output configuration dialog box, Figure 2-5, Analog output configuration dialog box – National Instruments Measure Data Acquisition User Manual

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Chapter 2 Getting Started with Data Acquisition Tasks

Measure Data Acquisition User Manual

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1. From the DAQ Task dialog box, select AO from the Create a task

section of the dialog box to display the Analog Output
Configuration dialog box, shown in Figure 2-5.

Figure 2-5. Analog Output Configuration Dialog Box

2.

Type

0

in the Channel input field.

3. Type

$A$1:$A$10

in the Data cells input field. You manually

can type this range, or highlight the input field and drag particular
areas of your worksheet to specify a cell range. This parameter
specifies which cell values are used as analog output values.

4. Click on the Add button.

5. Type

10

in the Number of iterations input field. The number of

iterations determines how many times Measure outputs the values
specified in the cell range. You can type a value of

0

in this field

for continuous output of the values.

6. Type

1000

in the Updates per second input field. As in acquiring

data, you must specify an update rate to determine how fast the
data outputs through the analog output channel.

7. Type

Output 10 iterations

in the Task Name input field.

8. Click on the Description button, and type

Output 10

iterations of data on analog output Channel 0

for the description of your analog output task. Click on the OK
button.

9. Now you have finished configuring your first Measure analog

output task. Click on the OK button to return to the DAQ Tasks

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