Basic Function Generator

I produce a sinus-signal with the basic function generator
and i would like to write the x- and the y-values in a simple file
for comparison with values in other files.
First i used the "write measurement file" and i could write it
properly in a *.lvm-file, but i would like to have it in a *.txt
respectively in a *.log-file.
But when i try it with arrays_functions or waveforms_functions
i always get only the y-values, sometimes  x(0) as a time-stamp
but not the proper x-y-values.
Thanks for your help!!!!
Janina

Here's something that should work. Since you want time as HH:MMS, everything has to be a string.
To save to a single file every day, you will have to add some code that looks at the current date/time. For example, you could convert the date/time to a string and make it part of the file name.
Attachments:
Save Time and Data.vi ‏20 KB

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