Data acquisition from multiple channels.

Hello
Right now, I am able to acquire the signal from a single load cell and display it.But I would like to know of how to acquire acquire signals from two load cells simultaneously.I am using Labview 6i and I am using AI S-Scan with AI config to acquire the waveform.It would be of great help if you could suggest a simple method to acquire the signals.
PS: Please find the attached file used for acquisition from a single load cell.
Looking forward for your reply.
Manasa
Attachments:
test 4.vi ‏102 KB

Hi Manasa,
If I understand what you are trying to do, it is relatively
straightforward to configure your application to acquire data on two channels.
I was unable to run your vi as it was missing some of the subVI’s
from your application. However, your
attachment was sufficient to see what you are trying to do.
Here is how to add channels:
1.
In the I/O Channel Constant, you can add
additional channels by using a comma or a semi-colon. For example, to scan the first four channels
you would put 0:3 in the constant (see attached screenshot ChannelConfig.jpg). To scan the first and third channel you would
put 0,2.
2.
The AI Single Scan VI will now read from
multiple channels. Often it easiest to
configure the output of this VI for viewing by first putting the data into an
array using the Build Array VI. It can
then be plotted in a waveform graph. (see attached screenshot ReadtoGraph.jpg
and WaveFormGraph.jpg)
Just a few notes about “simultaneous” sampling:
Most of the NI data acquisition cards have a multiplexer
between the various input channels and the Analog to Digital (A/D) converter
creating a very small delay between each channel (usually ms range or
smaller). NI does make several data acquisition
cards that can perform true simultaneous sampling, meaning that there is an A/D
converter for each channel.
For the large majority of applications, the small delay
between channels is negligible.
Jared T.
Attachments:
ReadtoGraph.JPG ‏21 KB
ChannelConfig.JPG ‏288 KB
WaveFromChart.JPG ‏61 KB

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