Aigate Signal; Sisource Signal - National Instruments DAQ PCI E Series User Manual

Chapter 4 Signal Connections
PCI E Series User Manual
The sample interval counter on the PCI E Series board normally
generates the CONVERT* signal unless you select some external
source. The counter is started by the STARTSCAN signal and continues
to count down and reload itself until the scan is finished. It then reloads
itself in preparation for the next STARTSCAN pulse.
A/D conversions generated by either an internal or external
CONVERT* signal are inhibited unless they occur within a DAQ
sequence. Scans occurring within a DAQ sequence may be gated by
either the hardware (AIGATE) signal or software command register
gate.

AIGATE Signal

Any PFI pin can externally input the AIGATE signal, which is not
available as an output on the I/O connector. The AIGATE signal can
mask off scans in a DAQ sequence. You can configure the PFI pin you
select as the source for the AIGATE signal in either the level-detection
or edge-detection mode. You can configure the polarity selection for the
PFI pin for either active high or active low.
In the level-detection mode if AIGATE is active, the STARTSCAN
signal is masked off and no scans can occur. In the edge-detection
mode, the first active edge disables the STARTSCAN signal, and the
second active edge enables STARTSCAN.
The AIGATE signal can neither stop a scan in progress nor continue a
previously gated-off scan; in other words, once a scan has started,
AIGATE does not gate off conversions until the beginning of the next
scan and, conversely, if conversions are being gated off, AIGATE does
not gate them back on until the beginning of the next scan.

SISOURCE Signal

Any PFI pin can externally input the SISOURCE signal, which is not
available as an output on the I/O connector. The onboard scan interval
counter uses the SISOURCE signal as a clock to time the generation of
the STARTSCAN signal. You must configure the PFI pin you select as
the source for the SISOURCE signal in the level-detection mode. You
can configure the polarity selection for the PFI pin for either active high
or active low.
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