RT FIFO Read timeout

Question

I have a timeout question about RT FIFO Read in Producer/Consumer system. Here is the scenario.
Producer writes data to RT FIFO via RT FIFO Write;
Consumer read data from RT FIFO via RT FIFO Read with timeout 100ms;
If RT FIFO is empty, returns 100ms timeout and stops Producer and Consumer.
If RT FIFO is not empty, process the data from FIFO and continue Producer/Consumer.
As I understand, RT FIFO empty means 100ms timeout. But the 100ms timeout condition does not behave properly as expected.
Am I understanding the FIFO Read timeout correctly?
Thanks!

Answer 1

MileP,
I find the best way to learn about Real-Time FIFOs is to run some examples of them, check these out and let me know what you think:
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-2303
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-9893
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3934
I hope this helps get you going
Sam S
Applications Engineer
National Instruments