Unable to measure frequency below 20 Hz on a NIDAQ 9178 chassis with NI 9402 even while using a hardware timed delay

Hello,
I am trying to measure frequency using NI 9402 in NI cDAQ9178 chassis. I am setting the clock for my counter channel to be my chassis ai Sample Clock.
I am able to measure frequency above 20 Hz. For frequencies less than 20Hz, I get the following error:
DAQmx Error: Multiple Sample Clock pulses were detected within one period of the input signal. Use a Sample Clock rate that is slower than the input signal. Ifyou are using an external Sample Clock, ensure that clock signal is within the jitter and voltage level specifications and without glitches.Task Name: _unnamedTask<0>
Status Code: -201314
Setting the Rate to 1 also not does resolve the issue.
OTHER DETAILS:
* Running on 64 bit, Win7 platform.
* NIDAQmx Driver Version: 14.5
I had posted regarding this earlier and I was told that this might be because the counter is armed immediately before the first sample is taken. The recommendation was to add a hardware-timed delay using the DAQmxSetStartTrigDelay method to the AI task. I have added this delay but I still receive the same error message. The previous post I had mentioned can be found below:
http://forums.ni.com/t5/Multifunction-DAQ/Cannot-measure-frequency-below-20-Hz-on-a-NIDAQ-9178-chassis/td-p/1537274
I have also attached my current code which has the delay. Is this a bug in the driver? If yes, can we have a CAR# to track this?
Thanks.
Regards,
Varun Hariharan
The MathWorks

Alright so I got everything working correctly in both C and LabVIEW code.
The problems is in fact with the first sample, as John_P1 suggested. You simply need to delay that first sample from being requested. It is simple to do this in software instead of hardware.
If you are using CVI, just add #include <utility.h> to the top of your .c file and then add a delay before your DAQmxErrChk (DAQmxStartTask(AItaskHandle)); line.
Comment out / remove the DAQmxSetStartTrigDelay(AItaskHandle,10); line, as it wasn't doing what we thought it would. (Hardware delay).
I added Delay (.05); to delay long enough for the full period of the input signal at 20 Hz.
Depending on your frequency, this value may need to be adjusted. 100ms wouldn't be a bad idea.
This is expected behavior, and I don't think we need a CAR.
Let me know what you think!
-CB

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