Create 4 digital output pulses base on input ttl signal

Hi
I am a beginner in Labview and would appreciate any advice on how to solve the following problem.
I am creating a TTL pulse train, and would like to send that into Labview as input. For every falling edge detected on the input signal, I'd like Labview to generate 4 digital output pulses. For each output pulse, I'd like to be able to specify the delay, and duration. The picture should illustrate it more clearly, with the numbers showing the intended order of magnitude.
System: NI PCI-6733 DAQ card, Labview 8.5
My daq card has 2 24-bit timers, and 8 digital I/O but I don't know what the best approach is for creating between 4-8 output pulses of this precision..should it be handled in hardware, or in software? And how would I go about it
Thanks,
-Sidney
NI Hardware: PXI-7853R, PCI-5122, PCI-6733, PXI-1036, PCI-MIO-16E-4, PCI-6110
Computer Hardware: Xeon Quad Core - 2.33 Ghz, 8 GB RAM
Software: Labview 2009, Labview FPGA 2009, Vista 64-bit, MAX 4.6, DAQmx 9.0, NI-SCOPE 3.5
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Hi Yann,
Wow, thank you so much for this example! I'm trying to take a look at it, but when I run it.. it responds with the following error message
Error -200452 occurred at Property Node DAQmx Trigger (arg 1) in DAQmx Start Trigger (Digital Edge).vi:1->reprise-1.vi
Possible reason(s):
Measurements: Specified property is not supported by the device or is not applicable to the task.
Property: Start.TrigType
Task Name: _unnamedTask<49>
This is strange too, because ive already used the Digital Edge Start trigger for a different application with this card.
-Sidney
NI Hardware: PXI-7853R, PCI-5122, PCI-6733, PXI-1036, PCI-MIO-16E-4, PCI-6110
Computer Hardware: Xeon Quad Core - 2.33 Ghz, 8 GB RAM
Software: Labview 2009, Labview FPGA 2009, Vista 64-bit, MAX 4.6, DAQmx 9.0, NI-SCOPE 3.5

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