Pretriggered plus posttriggered Using DAQmx functions

Dear Sirs,
In the propel.vi which is attached, laser is used in the channel Vi0 to start the mechanism of trigging to acquire posttriggered samples from the analog signal in the channel Vi1 successfully. I would like to know what changes I need to do in the block diagram to acquire pretriggered plus posttriggered samples from the analog signal in Vi1?
Thank you for your help.
Oscar Delgado.
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propel.vi ‏34 KB

Hello Christian,
Thank you for your reply. According with your suggestion I found in the examples file of my LV the Cont Acq & Graph Voltage – Analog SW Trigger.vi, which I am using successfully to acquire pre triggered plus post triggered samples.
Thank you for your help.
O. Delgado.

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