This dialog allows to set up the timestamp option. All available timestamp modes are listed here and can be selected. If two or more synced cards are used the card that is selected as clock master in the clock dialog is used to generate the timestamps. |
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Timestamp mode | Select the basic timestamp mode. Depending on the selected mode the input fields are enabled/disabled. Available modes:
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Counter mode | Select the counter mode. Depending on the selected counter mode the input fields are enabled/disabled. Available modes:
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Reset timestamp counter | Click this button to reset the timestamp counter in Standard mode. |
RefClk timeout | Sets a timeout in milliseconds for waiting for an reference clock edge. It is required to set a non-zero value here if you want to store the absolute date and time with your acquisition. On M2i/M3i cards this is only available if your card has BaseXIO option installed. On M4i/M4x/M2p cards a multi-purpose line is used. |
Ref. Clock | Specify the reference clock that is used in timestamp acquisition. On M2i/M3i cards this is only available if your card has BaseXIO option installed. On M4i/M4x/M2p cards a multi-purpose line is used. |
Acquire synchronous BaseXIO | Check if you want to acquire data from the BaseXIO or multi-purpose lines with every timestamp. On M2i/M3i this is only available if your card has BaseXIO option installed. On M4i/M4x/M2p cards the multi-purpose lines are used. |
Acquire trigger source information | Check if you want to acquire information about the trigger source that triggered the acquisition. This is only available for M4i/M4x/M2p cards. |
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