Counting pulses of a datataker with lab view

my problem:
I
am trying to use lab view to visualize the measurements of different
data - acquisition systems. At the moment I am working with the datataker DT50
and I already did some temperature measurements with the datataker lab
view driver. But when I tried to measure pulses (counts) I did not
succeed. Is there someone who could help me solve this problem or who
could send me a example vi to measure pulses from the datataker with
lab view?thank you very much and best regards,
jeroen

Hi Everyone,
This question has been answered.
Thank you Julien for pointing to the correct website.
This is the answer that was given.
Hi Jeroen,
With the DT50 there are two types of
counters.
The low speed counters use the digital
terminals on the DT50, Digital channels 1 through to 5. You read them using the
"C" command
The high speed counters use the counter
terminals on the DT50, Counter channels 1 through to 3. You read them using the
"HSC" command.
More information on these are on our
website.
For low speed counters
http://www.datataker.com/Datalogger_Manual/The%20Low%20Speed%20Counters.htm
For high speed counters
http://www.datataker.com/Datalogger_Manual/The%20High%20Speed%20Counters.htm
The dataTaker driver for LabVIEW, has the
"C" command listed for the Channel Configuration cluster, so it will only read
from the Digital terminals.
However you can enter any custom command for
the channels, in the channel number field if you list the channel type as
"none".
There is a brief mention of this in the
driver documentation. The link below refers to the online
documentation.
http://www.datataker.com/products/Labview/Introduction_dataTaker_Instrument_Driver/datataker%20conce...
It is listed under the heading "channel
number"
So in this cluster, you can enter the text
"1HSC" in the channel number field to read in from counter one, and list the
channel type as "none".
You can also enter the text directly if you
are using the low level VIs.
Let us know if you have any
questions.
Kind Regards,
Anthony Ulrich

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