Measure 8 channels DAQmx and labView

hi there,
its me again. I now have only 2 days left to complete this program for my internship and I must say that I've learned a lot.
But here's the thing, I need to measure 8 channels from a DAQPad 6015. But I cant get it to work.
Here's what I have so far. I dont know if Im doing it the right way, but I think I am.
I hope someone knows what to do, so that I can go on with finishing this program.
Thanks in advance
Jaap
Attachments:
test.llb ‏2841 KB

Woow!
Hey Jaap, if all that you want to do is acquire from 8 channels, you do not have to do all this exercise and coding!
Just see this VI, It will do the job, Modify it to work as you need
Your VI is not efficient since you are not doing a continous acquisition, you are configuring, staring and stopping acquisition in each iteration
Go through examples shipped with labview to get an idea on how to go about
Regards
Dev
Message Edited by devchander on 01-12-2006 04:45 AM
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