public WatchdogTimerTask(SequenceData sequence, int masterFrequency, NationalInstruments.DAQmx.Task taskToWatch, double watchDogThresholdTime)
{
this.taskToWatch = taskToWatch;
TimestepTimebaseSegmentCollection segments = sequence.generateVariableTimebaseSegments(SequenceData.VariableTimebaseTypes.AnalogGroupControlledVariableFrequencyClock,
1.0 / ((double)masterFrequency));
int currentSequenceSampleNumber = 0;
long currentMasterSampleNumber=0;
watchdogTimerSegments = new List<WatchdogTimerSegment>();
int thresholdTime = (int)(masterFrequency*watchDogThresholdTime);
for (int i = 0; i < sequence.TimeSteps.Count; i++)
{
TimeStep step = sequence.TimeSteps[i];
if (step.StepEnabled)
{
bool stepUsed = false;
if (segments.ContainsKey(step))
{
List<SequenceData.VariableTimebaseSegment> segmentList = segments[step];
for (int j = 0; j < segmentList.Count; j++)
{
SequenceData.VariableTimebaseSegment currentSegment = segmentList[j];
if (currentSegment.MasterSamplesPerSegmentSample >= thresholdTime)
{
if (!stepUsed)
{
WatchdogTimerSegment wseg = new WatchdogTimerSegment();
wseg.timeStepName = step.StepName;
wseg.timeStepID = i;
wseg.sequenceSampleNumber = currentSequenceSampleNumber + 1;
wseg.masterSampleNumber = currentMasterSampleNumber + thresholdTime / 2;
stepUsed = true;
watchdogTimerSegments.Add(wseg);
}
}
currentSequenceSampleNumber += currentSegment.NSegmentSamples;
currentMasterSampleNumber += currentSegment.NSegmentSamples * currentSegment.MasterSamplesPerSegmentSample;
}
}
}
}
}
public FpgaTimebaseTask(DeviceSettings deviceSettings, okCFrontPanel opalKellyDevice, SequenceData sequence, double masterClockPeriod, out int nSegments, bool useRfModulation, bool assymetric)
: base()
{
com.opalkelly.frontpanel.okCFrontPanel.ErrorCode errorCode;
this.opalKellyDevice = opalKellyDevice;
this.masterClockPeriod = masterClockPeriod;
TimestepTimebaseSegmentCollection segments = sequence.generateVariableTimebaseSegments(SequenceData.VariableTimebaseTypes.AnalogGroupControlledVariableFrequencyClock,
masterClockPeriod);
this.max_elapsedtime_ms = (UInt32)((sequence.SequenceDuration * 1000.0) + 100);
byte[] data = FpgaTimebaseTask.createByteArray(segments, sequence, out nSegments, masterClockPeriod, assymetric );
// Send the device an abort trigger.
errorCode = opalKellyDevice.ActivateTriggerIn(0x40, 1);
if (errorCode != okCFrontPanel.ErrorCode.NoError)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to set abort trigger to FPGA device. Error code " + errorCode.ToString());
}
UInt16 wireInValue = 0;
if (deviceSettings.StartTriggerType != DeviceSettings.TriggerType.SoftwareTrigger)
{
wireInValue += 1;
}
if (useRfModulation)
{
wireInValue += 2;
}
setWireInValue(0x00, wireInValue);
setWireInValue(0x01, deviceSettings.RetriggerDebounceSamples);
opalKellyDevice.UpdateWireIns();
// pipe the byte stream to the device
int xfered = opalKellyDevice.WriteToPipeIn(0x80, data.Length, data);
if (xfered != data.Length)
{
throw new Exception("Error when piping clock data to FPGA device. Sent " + xfered + " bytes instead of " + data.Length + "bytes.");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a task for a variable timebase output. Consumes the entire port (8 bits) that the timebase is on. (ie outputs the
/// signal on all 8 bits
/// </summary>
/// <param name="channelName"></param>
/// <param name="masterFrequency"></param>
/// <param name="sequenceData"></param>
/// <param name="timebaseType"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Task createDaqMxVariableTimebaseSource(string channelName, int masterFrequency, SequenceData sequenceData,
SequenceData.VariableTimebaseTypes timebaseType, ServerSettings serverSettings, DeviceSettings deviceSettings)
{
Task task = new Task("Variable timebase output task");
TimestepTimebaseSegmentCollection timebaseSegments = sequenceData.generateVariableTimebaseSegments(timebaseType,
1.0 / (double)masterFrequency);
bool [] buffer = sequenceData.getVariableTimebaseClock(timebaseSegments);
string timebaseDeviceName = HardwareChannel.parseDeviceNameStringFromPhysicalChannelString(channelName);
string timebasePort = HardwareChannel.parsePortStringFromChannelString(channelName);
task.DOChannels.CreateChannel(timebasePort, "", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines);
task.Timing.ConfigureSampleClock("", (double)masterFrequency, deviceSettings.ClockEdge, SampleQuantityMode.FiniteSamples, buffer.Length);
if (serverSettings.VariableTimebaseTriggerInput != "")
{
task.Triggers.StartTrigger.ConfigureDigitalEdgeTrigger(serverSettings.VariableTimebaseTriggerInput, DigitalEdgeStartTriggerEdge.Rising);
}
DigitalSingleChannelWriter writer = new DigitalSingleChannelWriter(task.Stream);
byte[] byteBuffer = new byte[buffer.Length];
for (int j = 0; j < buffer.Length; j++)
{
if (buffer[j])
{
byteBuffer[j] = 255;
}
}
writer.WriteMultiSamplePort(false, byteBuffer);
return task;
}
/// <summary>
/// This method is a sort of combination of createDaqMxVariableTimebaseSource and createDaqMxTask. It is intended
/// for use to create a digital output task that has both a variable timebase source on it, without having to discard
/// all of the other channels on that port (and possibly on its neighboring port).
///
/// NOTE: No longer true. This function can not create the variable timebase outputs at the same time as
/// normal outputs. If you attempt to use digital outputs on the same half of the card as your variable timebase output,
/// this method will complain.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="channelName">
/// Name of the channel that will output the variable timebase clock.
/// </param>
/// <param name="portsToUse">
/// A list of integers specifying the digital ports that this task will use. The task will automatically
/// make use of the full port that the variable timebase clock belongs to. If portsToUse is null, then
/// this function will automatically use both this port and its neighboring port (0 with 1, 2 with 3, etc).
/// The rationale for this is that on some NI devices, these pairs of ports will share a sample clock and
/// cannot truly be used independently.
/// </param>
/// <param name="masterFrequency">
/// The frequency, in hertz, of the master clock which will drive the variable timebase clock and the rest of the
/// channels in this task.
/// </param>
/// <param name="sequenceData"></param>
/// <param name="timebaseType"></param>
/// <param name="deviceName"></param>
/// <param name="deviceSettings"></param>
/// <param name="sequence"></param>
/// <param name="settings"></param>
/// <param name="usedDigitalChannels"></param>
/// <param name="usedAnalogChannels"></param>
/// <param name="serverSettings"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Task createDaqMxDigitalOutputAndVariableTimebaseSource(string channelName, List<int> portsToUse, int masterFrequency,
SequenceData sequenceData, SequenceData.VariableTimebaseTypes timebaseType,
string deviceName, DeviceSettings deviceSettings, SettingsData settings, Dictionary<int, HardwareChannel> usedDigitalChannels, ServerSettings serverSettings)
{
// First generate the variable timebase buffer. We will need stuff like its length for configuring the task, which is why we do this first.
TimestepTimebaseSegmentCollection timebaseSegments = sequenceData.generateVariableTimebaseSegments(timebaseType, 1.0 / deviceSettings.SampleClockRate);
bool[] variableTimebaseBuffer = sequenceData.getVariableTimebaseClock(timebaseSegments);
if (deviceName.ToUpper() != HardwareChannel.parseDeviceNameStringFromPhysicalChannelString(channelName).ToUpper())
{
throw new Exception("The variable timebase device " + HardwareChannel.parseDeviceNameStringFromPhysicalChannelString(channelName) + " does not match device " + deviceName + ". These must match for their their task to be created together.");
}
int timebasePortNum;
int timebaseLineNum;
try
{
timebasePortNum = HardwareChannel.parsePortNumberFromChannelString(channelName);
timebaseLineNum = HardwareChannel.parseLineNumberFromChannelString(channelName);
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw new Exception("Channel name " + channelName + " is not a valid digital channel name. Cannot create a variable timebase output on this channel.");
}
if (portsToUse == null)
{
portsToUse = new List<int>();
portsToUse.Add(timebasePortNum);
int spousePort; // this port is likely to have a shared sample clock with timebasePortNum,
// at least in my experience so far.
if (timebasePortNum % 2 == 0)
spousePort = timebasePortNum + 1;
else
spousePort = timebasePortNum - 1;
portsToUse.Add(spousePort);
}
if (!portsToUse.Contains(timebasePortNum))
{
portsToUse.Add(timebasePortNum);
}
bool otherChannelsUsedOnUsedPort = false;
foreach (HardwareChannel hc in usedDigitalChannels.Values)
{
if (hc.DeviceName.ToUpper() == deviceName.ToUpper())
{
if (portsToUse.Contains(hc.daqMxDigitalPortNumber()))
otherChannelsUsedOnUsedPort = true;
}
}
if (otherChannelsUsedOnUsedPort)
{
throw new Exception("Variable timebase channel is on a port that shares a sample clock with a used output channel (on most devices, port 0 and 1 have a shared clock, and port 2 and 3 have a shared clock). This usage is not recommended, and not currently supported. Aborting buffer generation.");
#region Deprecated code
/*
Task task = new Task("Variable timebase output task");
// Create channels in the task
foreach (int portNum in portsToUse)
{
task.DOChannels.CreateChannel(deviceName + '/' + HardwareChannel.digitalPhysicalChannelName(portNum), "", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines);
}
// Configure the task...
task.Timing.ConfigureSampleClock("", masterFrequency, SampleClockActiveEdge.Rising, SampleQuantityMode.FiniteSamples, variableTimebaseBuffer.Length);
if (serverSettings.VariableTimebaseTriggerInput != "")
{
task.Triggers.StartTrigger.ConfigureDigitalEdgeTrigger(serverSettings.VariableTimebaseTriggerInput, DigitalEdgeStartTriggerEdge.Rising);
}
// Figure out which ports we are going to use, and which digital ID each line on each of those ports
// maps to.
Dictionary<int, HardwareChannel> digitalChannelsToUse = getChannelsOnDevice(usedDigitalChannels, deviceName);
List<int> temp = new List<int>(digitalChannelsToUse.Keys);
foreach (int id in temp)
{
HardwareChannel ch = digitalChannelsToUse[id];
if (!portsToUse.Contains(HardwareChannel.parsePortNumberFromChannelString(ch.ChannelName)))
{
digitalChannelsToUse.Remove(id);
}
}
// Remove all of the digital channels this buffer generation is consuming from the
// usedDigitalChannels dictionary. Why? Because there may still be another task to
// generate on this device, and this is a way of keeping track of which channels
// have already had their buffers generated.
// Since digitalChannelsToUse gets passed by reference from AtticusServerRuntime.generateBuffers(...),
// these changes thus get communicated back to AtticusServerRuntime.
foreach (HardwareChannel hc in digitalChannelsToUse.Values)
{
foreach (int i in usedDigitalChannels.Keys)
{
if (usedDigitalChannels[i] == hc)
{
usedDigitalChannels.Remove(i);
break;
}
}
}
List<int> ids = new List<int>(digitalChannelsToUse.Keys);
ids.Sort();
List<HardwareChannel> hcs = new List<HardwareChannel>();
foreach (int id in ids)
{
hcs.Add(digitalChannelsToUse[id]);
}
Dictionary<int, int[]> port_digital_ids;
List<int> usedPorts;
groupDigitalChannels(ids, hcs, out port_digital_ids, out usedPorts);
// now to generate the buffers.
if (usedPorts.Count != 0)
{
byte[,] digitalBuffer;
try
{
digitalBuffer = new byte[usedPorts.Count, variableTimebaseBuffer.Length];
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to allocate digital buffer for device " + deviceName + ". Reason: " + e.Message + "\n" + e.StackTrace);
}
for (int i = 0; i < usedPorts.Count; i++)
{
int portNum = usedPorts[i];
byte digitalBitMask = 1;
for (int lineNum = 0; lineNum < 8; lineNum++)
{
bool[] singleChannelBuffer = null;
if (portNum == timebasePortNum && lineNum == timebaseLineNum)
{ // this current line is the variable timebase...
singleChannelBuffer = variableTimebaseBuffer;
}
else
{
int digitalID = port_digital_ids[portNum][lineNum];
if (digitalID != -1)
{
if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].overridden)
{
singleChannelBuffer = new bool[variableTimebaseBuffer.Length];
if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].digitalOverrideValue)
{
for (int j = 0; j < singleChannelBuffer.Length; j++)
{
singleChannelBuffer[j] = true;
}
}
}
else
{
singleChannelBuffer = sequenceData.getDigitalBufferClockSharedWithVariableTimebaseClock(timebaseSegments, digitalID, 1.0 / deviceSettings.SampleClockRate);
}
}
}
if (singleChannelBuffer != null)
{
for (int j = 0; j < singleChannelBuffer.Length; j++)
{
if (singleChannelBuffer[j])
{
digitalBuffer[i, j] |= digitalBitMask;
}
}
}
digitalBitMask = (byte)(digitalBitMask << 1);
}
}
System.GC.Collect();
DigitalMultiChannelWriter writer = new DigitalMultiChannelWriter(task.Stream);
writer.WriteMultiSamplePort(false, digitalBuffer);
}
return task; */
#endregion
}
else
{
return createDaqMxVariableTimebaseSource(
channelName, masterFrequency, sequenceData, timebaseType, serverSettings, deviceSettings);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This method creates analog and digital output buffers for daqMx cards. Note that the daqmx library seems to only support
/// either analog OR digital on a given card at one time. Despite the fact that this method will create both types of buffers,
/// it will probably throw some daqMX level exceptions if asked to create both analog and digital buffers for the same device.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="deviceName"></param>
/// <param name="deviceSettings"></param>
/// <param name="sequence"></param>
/// <param name="settings"></param>
/// <param name="usedDigitalChannels">digital channels which reside on this server.</param>
/// <param name="usedAnalogChannels">analog channels which reside on this server</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Task createDaqMxTask(string deviceName, DeviceSettings deviceSettings, SequenceData sequence,
SettingsData settings, Dictionary<int, HardwareChannel> usedDigitalChannels, Dictionary<int, HardwareChannel> usedAnalogChannels,
ServerSettings serverSettings, out long expectedSamplesGenerated)
{
expectedSamplesGenerated = 0;
Task task = new Task(deviceName + " output task");
List<int> analogIDs;
List<HardwareChannel> analogs;
Dictionary<int, int[]> port_digital_IDs;
List<int> usedPortNumbers;
// Parse and create channels.
parseAndCreateChannels(deviceName,deviceSettings, usedDigitalChannels, usedAnalogChannels, task, out analogIDs, out analogs, out port_digital_IDs, out usedPortNumbers);
if (analogIDs.Count != 0)
{
if (deviceSettings.UseCustomAnalogTransferSettings)
{
task.AOChannels.All.DataTransferMechanism = deviceSettings.AnalogDataTransferMechanism;
task.AOChannels.All.DataTransferRequestCondition = deviceSettings.AnalogDataTransferCondition;
}
}
if (usedPortNumbers.Count != 0)
{
if (deviceSettings.UseCustomDigitalTransferSettings)
{
task.DOChannels.All.DataTransferMechanism = deviceSettings.DigitalDataTransferMechanism;
task.DOChannels.All.DataTransferRequestCondition = deviceSettings.DigitalDataTransferCondition;
}
}
// ok! now create the buffers
#region NON variable timebase buffer
if (deviceSettings.UsingVariableTimebase == false)
{
// non "variable timebase" buffer creation
double timeStepSize = 1.0 / (double)deviceSettings.SampleClockRate;
int nBaseSamples = sequence.nSamples(timeStepSize);
// for reasons that are utterly stupid and frustrating, the DAQmx libraries seem to prefer sample
// buffers with lengths that are a multiple of 4. (otherwise they, on occasion, depending on the parity of the
// number of channels, throw exceptions complaining.
// thus we add a few filler samples at the end of the sequence which parrot back the last sample.
int nFillerSamples = 4 - nBaseSamples % 4;
if (nFillerSamples == 4)
nFillerSamples = 0;
int nSamples = nBaseSamples + nFillerSamples;
if (deviceSettings.MySampleClockSource == DeviceSettings.SampleClockSource.DerivedFromMaster)
{
task.Timing.ConfigureSampleClock("", deviceSettings.SampleClockRate, deviceSettings.ClockEdge, SampleQuantityMode.FiniteSamples, nSamples);
}
else
{
task.Timing.ConfigureSampleClock(deviceSettings.SampleClockExternalSource, deviceSettings.SampleClockRate, deviceSettings.ClockEdge, SampleQuantityMode.FiniteSamples, nSamples);
}
if (deviceSettings.MasterTimebaseSource != "" && deviceSettings.MasterTimebaseSource != null)
{
task.Timing.MasterTimebaseSource = deviceSettings.MasterTimebaseSource.ToString();
}
// Analog first...
if (analogIDs.Count != 0)
{
double[,] analogBuffer;
double[] singleChannelBuffer;
try
{
analogBuffer = new double[analogs.Count, nSamples];
singleChannelBuffer = new double[nSamples];
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to allocate analog buffer for device " + deviceName + ". Reason: " + e.Message + "\n" + e.StackTrace);
}
for (int i = 0; i < analogIDs.Count; i++)
{
int analogID = analogIDs[i];
if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Analogs[analogID].TogglingChannel)
{
DaqMxTaskGenerator.getAnalogTogglingBuffer(singleChannelBuffer);
}
else if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Analogs[analogID].overridden)
{
for (int j = 0; j < singleChannelBuffer.Length; j++)
{
singleChannelBuffer[j] = settings.logicalChannelManager.Analogs[analogID].analogOverrideValue;
}
}
else
{
sequence.computeAnalogBuffer(analogIDs[i], timeStepSize, singleChannelBuffer);
}
for (int j = 0; j < nBaseSamples; j++)
{
analogBuffer[i, j] = singleChannelBuffer[j];
}
for (int j = nBaseSamples; j < nSamples; j++)
{
analogBuffer[i, j] = analogBuffer[i, j - 1];
}
}
singleChannelBuffer = null;
System.GC.Collect();
AnalogMultiChannelWriter writer = new AnalogMultiChannelWriter(task.Stream);
writer.WriteMultiSample(false, analogBuffer);
// analog cards report the exact number of generated samples. for non-variable timebase this is nSamples
expectedSamplesGenerated = nSamples;
}
if (usedPortNumbers.Count != 0)
{
byte[,] digitalBuffer;
bool[] singleChannelBuffer;
try
{
digitalBuffer = new byte[usedPortNumbers.Count, nSamples];
singleChannelBuffer = new bool[nSamples];
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to allocate digital buffer for device " + deviceName + ". Reason: " + e.Message + "\n" + e.StackTrace);
}
for (int i = 0; i < usedPortNumbers.Count; i++)
{
int portNum = usedPortNumbers[i];
byte digitalBitMask = 1;
for (int lineNum = 0; lineNum < 8; lineNum++)
{
int digitalID = port_digital_IDs[portNum][lineNum];
if (digitalID != -1)
{
if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].TogglingChannel)
{
getDigitalTogglingBuffer(singleChannelBuffer);
}
else if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].overridden)
{
for (int j = 0; j < singleChannelBuffer.Length; j++)
{
singleChannelBuffer[j] = settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].digitalOverrideValue;
}
}
else
{
sequence.computeDigitalBuffer(digitalID, timeStepSize, singleChannelBuffer);
}
// byte digitalBitMask = (byte)(((byte) 2)^ ((byte)lineNum));
for (int j = 0; j < nBaseSamples; j++)
{
// copy the bit value into the digital buffer byte.
if (singleChannelBuffer[j])
digitalBuffer[i, j] |= digitalBitMask;
}
}
digitalBitMask = (byte)(digitalBitMask << 1);
}
for (int j = nBaseSamples; j < nSamples; j++)
{
digitalBuffer[i, j] = digitalBuffer[i, j - 1];
}
}
singleChannelBuffer = null;
System.GC.Collect();
DigitalMultiChannelWriter writer = new DigitalMultiChannelWriter(task.Stream);
writer.WriteMultiSamplePort(false, digitalBuffer);
/// Digital cards report the number of generated samples as a multiple of 4
expectedSamplesGenerated = nSamples;
}
}
#endregion
#region Variable timebase buffer creation
else // variable timebase buffer creation...
{
double timeStepSize = 1.0 / (double)deviceSettings.SampleClockRate;
TimestepTimebaseSegmentCollection timebaseSegments =
sequence.generateVariableTimebaseSegments(serverSettings.VariableTimebaseType,
timeStepSize);
int nBaseSamples = timebaseSegments.nSegmentSamples();
nBaseSamples++; // add one sample for the dwell sample at the end of the buffer
// for reasons that are utterly stupid and frustrating, the DAQmx libraries seem to prefer sample
// buffers with lengths that are a multiple of 4. (otherwise they, on occasion, depending on the parity of the
// number of channels, throw exceptions complaining.
// thus we add a few filler samples at the end of the sequence which parrot back the last sample.
int nFillerSamples = 4 - nBaseSamples % 4;
if (nFillerSamples == 4)
nFillerSamples = 0;
int nSamples = nBaseSamples + nFillerSamples;
if (deviceSettings.MySampleClockSource == DeviceSettings.SampleClockSource.DerivedFromMaster)
{
throw new Exception("Attempt to use a uniform sample clock with a variable timebase enabled device. This will not work. To use a variable timebase for this device, you must specify an external sample clock source.");
}
else
{
task.Timing.ConfigureSampleClock(deviceSettings.SampleClockExternalSource, deviceSettings.SampleClockRate, deviceSettings.ClockEdge, SampleQuantityMode.FiniteSamples, nSamples);
}
// Analog first...
if (analogIDs.Count != 0)
{
double[,] analogBuffer;
double[] singleChannelBuffer;
try
{
analogBuffer = new double[analogs.Count, nSamples];
singleChannelBuffer = new double[nSamples];
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to allocate analog buffer for device " + deviceName + ". Reason: " + e.Message + "\n" + e.StackTrace);
}
for (int i = 0; i < analogIDs.Count; i++)
{
int analogID = analogIDs[i];
if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Analogs[analogID].TogglingChannel)
{
getAnalogTogglingBuffer(singleChannelBuffer);
}
else if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Analogs[analogID].overridden)
{
for (int j = 0; j < singleChannelBuffer.Length; j++)
{
singleChannelBuffer[j] = settings.logicalChannelManager.Analogs[analogID].analogOverrideValue;
}
}
else
{
sequence.computeAnalogBuffer(analogIDs[i], timeStepSize, singleChannelBuffer, timebaseSegments);
}
for (int j = 0; j < nBaseSamples; j++)
{
analogBuffer[i, j] = singleChannelBuffer[j];
}
for (int j = nBaseSamples; j < nSamples; j++)
{
analogBuffer[i, j] = analogBuffer[i, j - 1];
}
}
singleChannelBuffer = null;
System.GC.Collect();
AnalogMultiChannelWriter writer = new AnalogMultiChannelWriter(task.Stream);
writer.WriteMultiSample(false, analogBuffer);
// Analog cards report the exact number of samples generated. for variable timebase this is nBaseSamples
expectedSamplesGenerated = nBaseSamples;
}
if (usedPortNumbers.Count != 0)
{
byte[,] digitalBuffer;
bool[] singleChannelBuffer;
try
{
digitalBuffer = new byte[usedPortNumbers.Count, nSamples];
singleChannelBuffer = new bool[nSamples];
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to allocate digital buffer for device " + deviceName + ". Reason: " + e.Message + "\n" + e.StackTrace);
}
for (int i = 0; i < usedPortNumbers.Count; i++)
{
int portNum = usedPortNumbers[i];
byte digitalBitMask = 1;
for (int lineNum = 0; lineNum < 8; lineNum++)
{
int digitalID = port_digital_IDs[portNum][lineNum];
if (digitalID != -1)
{
if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].TogglingChannel)
{
getDigitalTogglingBuffer(singleChannelBuffer);
}
else if (settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].overridden)
{
for (int j = 0; j < singleChannelBuffer.Length; j++)
{
singleChannelBuffer[j] = settings.logicalChannelManager.Digitals[digitalID].digitalOverrideValue;
}
}
else
{
sequence.computeDigitalBuffer(digitalID, timeStepSize, singleChannelBuffer, timebaseSegments);
}
// byte digitalBitMask = (byte)(((byte) 2)^ ((byte)lineNum));
for (int j = 0; j < nBaseSamples; j++)
{
// copy the bit value into the digital buffer byte.
if (singleChannelBuffer[j])
digitalBuffer[i, j] |= digitalBitMask;
}
}
digitalBitMask = (byte)(digitalBitMask << 1);
}
for (int j = nBaseSamples; j < nSamples; j++)
{
digitalBuffer[i, j] = digitalBuffer[i, j - 1];
}
}
singleChannelBuffer = null;
System.GC.Collect();
DigitalMultiChannelWriter writer = new DigitalMultiChannelWriter(task.Stream);
writer.WriteMultiSamplePort(false, digitalBuffer);
// digital cards report number of samples generated up to multiple of 4
expectedSamplesGenerated = nSamples;
}
}
#endregion
if (deviceSettings.StartTriggerType == DeviceSettings.TriggerType.TriggerIn)
{
task.Triggers.StartTrigger.ConfigureDigitalEdgeTrigger(
deviceSettings.TriggerInPort,
DigitalEdgeStartTriggerEdge.Rising);
}
task.Control(TaskAction.Verify);
task.Control(TaskAction.Commit);
task.Control(TaskAction.Reserve);
return task;
}
