Help for RT PC timed loop in us?

I have created realtime target quadcore PC and created a pulse pattern(500kHz) using DIO pin0.1 and both counters. I want to repeat the pattern or send manny patterns after 512us. I am using time loop. It is not providing more than 28ms however it is showinh 1Mhz clock which is not present in not real time loops.Please help me out to have the time loop run at 512us interval?
Yours sincerely

Hello Ali,
I understand your frustation, and please accept my apologies for any inconvenience. I checked the domentation and according to this document:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0C0A6EE528F85A6486256F6700061790?OpenDocument
The Desktop PC´s should be able to use the MHz clock source. However remember that if you are acquiring data, the sampling rate does not depend on how fast the timed loop iterates, as the DAQ board has it own clock. The timed loop just determine when you call the DAQmx read function to pull out the data that the DAQ board has out in the memory buffer. My advice at point however is that you create an Service Ticket so we can assist better, or if you want to share your code with me I can test it in one of our PXI devices to see if the issue is with your code or your hardware, in any case we would like to help you, as our final goal is that our customer are succesful while developing their projects
Regards
Mart G

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