Signal Express logging issues

I am having trouble with the Signal Express advanced logging features. For example, logging will not start at a specified Date/time. I also don't understand the interval logging. If I specify the log to start every 25 seconds and then specify a stop condition of a duration of 5 seconds, I expect the software to log every 25 seconds for 5 seconds. Instead, the logs start immediately for 5 seconds (as I would expect), but then log 2 starts 30 seconds after log 1. Log 3 starts 55 seconds after log 2, log 4 starts 80 seconds after log 3, etc.
Any input would be appreciated.

Hi,
I had a chance to create a program that logs 5 seconds of data every 25 seconds. After looking at your program I saw that I had the same settings. I attached a screen shot of my data view and also attached my signal express project. I noticed that the time the data was being sampled was correct and the log files were perfect. The only discrepancy was that the log file time did not correspond to the actual time the data was acquired.
Message Edited by Jordan F on 01-12-2009 01:03 PM
Regards,
Jordan F
National Instruments
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