public override bool outputSingleTimestep(SettingsData settings, SingleOutputFrame output)
{
return(true);
}
/*
* /// <summary>
* /// This class contains both the analog and the digital tasks returned from a specific device.
* /// The reason for its existence is that if a device is to have both its analog and its digital outputs used,
* /// then they must exist in separate tasks.
* /// </summary>
* ///
* public class TaskCollection
* {
* public Task analogTask;
* public Task digitalTask;
* }
*/
/*
* public static Task createVariableTimebaseTask(string digitalTimebaseOutLine, string analogTimebaseOutLine)
* {
*
* }*/
///
/// This method creates a daqMX task for an "output now" command, and starts the output.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="deviceName"></param>
/// <param name="settings"></param>
/// <param name="output"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Task createDaqMxTaskAndOutputNow(string deviceName, DeviceSettings deviceSettings, SingleOutputFrame output,
SettingsData settings, Dictionary <int, HardwareChannel> usedDigitalChannels, Dictionary <int, HardwareChannel> usedAnalogChannels)
{
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);
// now create buffer.
task.Timing.SampleTimingType = SampleTimingType.OnDemand;
// analog output
if (analogIDs.Count != 0)
{
// extract a list of analog values corresponding to the list analodIDs. This is
// sorted in the same way as the channels were created in parseAndCreateChannels
List <double> outputValues = new List <double>();
foreach (int analogID in analogIDs)
{
double val;
if (output.analogValues.ContainsKey(analogID))
{
val = output.analogValues[analogID];
}
else
{
val = 0;
}
outputValues.Add(val);
}
AnalogMultiChannelWriter writer = new AnalogMultiChannelWriter(task.Stream);
writer.WriteSingleSample(true, outputValues.ToArray());
}
// digital output
if (usedPortNumbers.Count != 0)
{
List <byte> outputValues = new List <byte>();
foreach (int portNumber in usedPortNumbers)
{
byte digitalMask = 1;
byte value = 0;
for (int lineNum = 0; lineNum < 8; lineNum++)
{
int digitalID = port_digital_IDs[portNumber][lineNum];
if (digitalID != -1)
{
bool val = false;
if (output.digitalValues.ContainsKey(digitalID))
{
val = output.digitalValues[digitalID];
}
if (val)
{
value |= digitalMask;
}
}
digitalMask = (byte)(digitalMask << 1);
}
outputValues.Add(value);
}
DigitalMultiChannelWriter writer = new DigitalMultiChannelWriter(task.Stream);
writer.WriteSingleSamplePort(true, outputValues.ToArray());
}
return(task);
}
