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Hello,

I am writing code for picoScope 5203 using PS5000.dll(ps5000sdk_r6_0_11).
The problem is that I could not make working the triggering from channel B (and from
external as well).
Everything works well for channel A, but when I try to send (0,1,0,0,0,0,0) or (0,0,0,0,1,0,0) as "conditions" to ps5000SetTriggerChannelConditions it behaves like no trigger at all?!

I would appreciate for any advise so I can proceed with my work.

Thanks in advance,
Zinour Charifoulline,
CERN, Geneva.

Hello,

Additional info for previous post:

I got back an error code 34 when I sent (0,1,0,0,0,0,0)-conditions to the ps5000SetTriggerChannelConditions.
Why?

PICO_STATUS=34 means PICO_WARNING_AUX_OUTPUT_CONFLICT,
but I just wants to use channel B for triggering?

Thanks,
Zinour.

Hello,

The problem was rather simple: I use short (16-bits) instead of long (32-bits) as TRIGGER_STATE in the struct tTriggerConditions. Unfortunately it was not so clear for me from the User's Guide.

Regards to all,
Zinour.

Hi

I have the same problem but with pico 5204. when i send (0,1,0,0,0,0,0)
TRIGGER_STATE in the struct TriggerConditions to use channel B as triger it returns an error "43" (at HEX or 73 at DEC) and it does not triger at all. The same happens when I send (0,0,0,0,1,0,0) to activate external triger.
unfortunately, using short (16-bits) instead of long (32-bits) it did not solve the problem.

I would appreciate any advice on this!

Many thanks!

Costas

Hi Costas

The attached example allows you to select the trigger channel.

The difficulty is that Labview does not support arrays of structs, so the set trigger conditions function is implemented in the wrapper DLL that is also attached.

I hope this helps

Robin

[quote="Robin"]Hi Costas

The attached example allows you to select the trigger channel.

The difficulty is that Labview does not support arrays of structs, so the set trigger conditions function is implemented in the wrapper DLL that is also attached.

I hope this helps

Robin[/quote]

Hi Robin,

have you tried it with the external triger as well?

Thanks a lot

Costas

Hi Costas

I've modified the example to include ext. trigger.

I hope this helps

Robin

Robin wrote:Hi Costas

I've modified the example to include ext. trigger.

I hope this helps

Robin

Dear Robin and Costas,

I am writing codes for pico 5204 and I have problem with the ext triggering. At first, I sent (0,0,0,0,1,0,0) trigger_state to trigger conditions. It did run but did not give the graph with some meaning. Then I have downloaded the file you attached and it didn't work well neither. However, when I tried ext trigger in the software picoscope 6, it did give sth significant.

Can you help me with that?

Thank you!

Shuo

Hi Shuo

I just double-checked the VI posted above and it works fine for me. Check your trigger settings, particularly autotrigger time.

We have added a new function to the driver that allows you to easily set up a simple trigger and it might be of interest to you. I have attached the latest version of the driver and below is the function description.

Robin

Code: Select all

PICO_STATUS ps5000SetSimpleTrigger
      (
            short handle,
            short enable,
            PS5000_CHANNEL source,
            short threshold,
            THRESHOLD_DIRECTION direction,
            unsigned long delay,
            short autoTrigger_ms
      );

Robin wrote:Hi Shuo

I just double-checked the VI posted above and it works fine for me. Check your trigger settings, particularly autotrigger time.

We have added a new function to the driver that allows you to easily set up a simple trigger and it might be of interest to you. I have attached the latest version of the driver and below is the function description.

Robin

Code: Select all

PICO_STATUS ps5000SetSimpleTrigger
      (
            short handle,
            short enable,
            PS5000_CHANNEL source,
            short threshold,
            THRESHOLD_DIRECTION direction,
            unsigned long delay,
            short autoTrigger_ms
      );

Dear Robin,

What does 'auto trigger time' mean? What happens when it's changed? Thank you.

Kind regards.

Shuo

Hi Shuo

It is a time-out after which the unit will trigger regardless of the signal. If you set it to zero, auto triggering will be disabled.

Robin