How to average an input with delays in between?

Hi, I am doing a small program for test & measurement. I have a laser on a target, the target gives me voltage signal. The laser is a tunable one. I change the laser wavelength from 1500nm to 1600nm. Let's say I need to measure 100 points. Every time I change the wavelength of the laser, it takes a few seconds for the target to settle down. So I need a delay (5 sec) after tuning the laser. Another thing is voltage signal is fluctuating so I need to take 5 measures and average them.
In steps, the program flow would be like this:
1. Tune laser to a new wavelength,
2. wait 5 sec
3. start getting first data
4. wait 1 sec, then get data
5. wait 1 sec, then get data
6. wait 1 sec, then get data
7. wait 1 sec, then get data
8. wait 1 sec, then get data
9. average 5 data
10. Tune laser to a new wavelength
11. Send data to X-Y charts
12. When 100 points are collected, save to disk file.
I got a short program working with no delay or averaging. I have no idea how to use delay in sequence, and how to average voltage signal is a challenge too.

Unfortunately I can't send you code because you are using LV 6.1 and I can only save back to V 7. So.... I have done the next best thing and sent you screen shots of the code. The attached zip archive includes two picures.
The first is the diagram of the delay routine that I used in the other diagram.
The second diagram is a shell for your application. There are two single-frame sequences that I am using to replace the routines that you will have to write. The first one (with the green fill) is the routine for setting the laser. It has one input: the frequency. The "yellow" sequence is the one that you will replace with the VI that reads the DAQ.
There are also two constants. One sets the starting frequency, and the other sets how much the frequency will be incremented with each iteration.
Hope this gets you pointed in the right direction. If you find someone who can back-convert V7 to V6.1 let me know and I'll send you the code as well.
Mike...
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