Delay/Timer only in a conditional loop.

Hello,
I want to use a delay(or some kind of timer) within my
program. I intend to use to it within a conditional loop. Specifically,
if a particular condition is true, then I want to wait for 50ms and
then check another condition, which if true, I want to stop my program.
I have used wait vi in the timing section. But this vi pauses my
whole program. Specifically, when the above mentioned condition is met,
I want the delay vi to execute along with my data acquistion vi. At
present, when the delay vi executes, everything (data acquisition, peak
detetction, plotting etc) in the program pauses. I guess its correct
functionality of wait vi but it does not suit my need.
Does someone have any alternate for pausing (delay/timer) a
particular condition loop without affecting the other parts of my
program? Specifically, only the conditional loop delays for a certain time while other features like data acquisition, peak
detetction, plotting etc excute normally.
Message Edited by Neuropotential on 02-22-2010 12:47 PM
Message Edited by Neuropotential on 02-22-2010 12:48 PM
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Yes. This is exactly what I was looking for. But, there is a issue. In practise, i will not be looking at 10 sec delay but a very small number like 50 ms. With this approach, when I set a value of 50ms, my program stops after close to 90-93ms (After 50ms, there is a AND gate, when true stops the program; Refer to the attachement).
There are multiple reasons which I see. First is obvious I am using a windows xp with lot of other stuff going on simutaneously. Also. elapsed time vi is an "express vi". Do you think this can be one of the primary reason for such a delay? Finally, I intend to use this program on RT based machine.
Do you see it working exactly as expected on those machines or do I have to modify my code? Please guide me.
Also, how to I mark your post as answer and other good things.
Thanks
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