MTS Multipurpose Elite - Manual (Page 140)

Comparison of DAQ Activity Settings
High-Speed
DAQ (MPE
only) Max/Min
DAQ Cycle + DAQ
Custom Waveform +
DAQ
DAQ
Dwell + DAQ
+ Detection
(TWE)
GoTo + DAQ
+ Detection
(TWE)
Properties
Available Available Available
Time and segment count
signals are automatically
acquired.
Available 1) Select Signals
What signals do I want to acquire?
Hardcoded
to Timed Hardcoded
to max/min.
Continues
until it is
Available
Triggers cannot specify
how much data to collect.
Collects data while the
command is active.
Available 2) Select Triggers
What criteria determines which
sample points are collected?
explicitly
interrupted.
Available N/A
Data is not
buffered.
Hardcoded to Linear Available 3) Configure DAQ Buffering
How and when is data transferred
from the controller to the
application?
Available N/A Hardcoded to Linear Available Buffer type:
• Linear
• Circular
Available N/A Available Available Buffer size
Available Available Always block mode Available 4) Organize data into blocks?
How do I want to organize the
acquired data? Blocking the data
affects how the data is
subsequently processed. If it is
not blocked, it is processed
point-by-point.
Available Available Hardcoded to Cycle block
name. Available Identifier & Display Name
Names associated with the data
blocks when it is put into the file
(cycles, steps, etc.)
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