Chapter 2
NI 5450 Overview
NI PXIe-5450 User Manual
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Stepped Trigger Mode
The waveform you downloaded generates each time a Start trigger occurs.
After a waveform finishes generating, the last sample of the waveform
repeats continuously until the next Start trigger is received. When the next
Start trigger is received, the waveform generates again. If a Start trigger is
received while a waveform is generating, the Start trigger is ignored and
another Start trigger is required to regenerate the waveform after the last
sample generates. The following table provides more information about
waveform generation behavior in Arbitrary Waveform and Arbitrary
Sequence output modes.
Output Mode
Trigger Behavior
Arbitrary Waveform Mode
If the Arbitrary Waveform Repeat Count property or the
NIFGEN_ATTR_ARB_REPEAT_COUNT
attribute is set, the waveform
generates the specified number of times instead of just once.
Arbitrary Sequence Mode
The waveforms you define in the sequence list generate one segment
at a time, each time a Start trigger occurs. The waveform loops as
many times as has been configured for that particular segment. After
the generation of a segment has halted, the last sample of the
waveform repeats continuously until the next Start trigger is received.
After the sequence list is exhausted, the waveform generation returns
to the first segment and subsequent Start triggers restart the process.
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