Acquiring a measure every x seconds from a Keithley 2000 multimeter

Hi everybody,
I'm working on a program on labview which should acquire a measure every x seconds from a Keithley2000 multimeter.
I managed to acquire a single reading using the "Single Read VI" from Keithley 2000 Instrument Drivers.
To acquire a reading every x seconds, i have tried 2 possibilities without havinng the desired result:
- First i have tried the "Multi Read VI" (also from Keithley Instrument Drivers), but the problem with this VI is that i could controle the desired number of readings without being able to controle their frequecy ( i can't choose the elapsed time between 2 successive readings)
- The second possibiltie I've tried is to use the "Single Read VI" inside a "Timed loop" for which i could choose the desired number and frequency of iterations, but the problem with this methode is that
at the end of the program i still get only a single reading!
Can sombody please help me with that?
THANK YOU in advance.

Hello,
As dennis said, I think you made a mistake in your code.
Could you post your code for us to see what you're doing wrong?
Regards,
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