3D real time voltage graph

Hi I'm a beginner at Labview.
I'd like to plot a real time contour graph from voltage readings from 4 diodes which is obtained via the DAQ. The x-y coordinates are the coordinates of the locations of the diodes while the z coordinate is the (current) voltage measurement of each diode.
I've already splitted up my location coordinates into x-vector and y-vector. I've tried to wire my latest readings values into the z matrix, however I received an error about the different data types.
Any idea how can I plot a 3D real time contour graph?
Ps. With the exception of the 3D graph, everything else works prefectly.
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voltage array 2 - Copy.vi ‏122 KB

jsp6 wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to view the voltage measurements in real-time chart. (Labview2012 and I've connected 2400 sourcemeter with my laptop by using GPIB-USB-HS)
My question is, how can I increase the chart update rate? Say, how can I increase samples/second rate?
Here is the screenshot of my chart -> . Its update rate is quite slow and I dont know why the voltage measurement takes time to settle back 0V (notice the descending slop after the voltage pulse).
I'm using labview to measure a voltage pulses. So I need fast-response chart that looks like this -> .
I'm very new to Labview. Please help
I'm attaching the vi
Are you sure they're the same timescale? The LabVIEW shot sure looks like a time-stretched version of the display photo...
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