Regeneration

Generating the same data more than once is called regeneration. You can configure NI-DAQmx to allow or disallow regeneration by setting the Regeneration Mode attribute/property. By default, NI-DAQmx allows regeneration for sample clock timing and disallows it for handshaking or burst handshaking timing. When regeneration is disallowed, new data must be continuously written to the device.

Allowing Regeneration and Using Onboard Memory

When the Use Only Onboard Memory attribute/property is true, NI-DAQmx transfers data only once to the device and that data is continually regenerated from there. Attempting to write new data to the device after starting the task returns an error. In addition, the amount of data written to the device before staring the task must fit in the onboard memory of the device.

When the Use Only Onboard Memory attribute/property is false, NI-DAQmx continuously transfers data from the host memory buffer to the device even though this data is not changing. Thus, if you write new data to the device after starting the task, that new data is generated and regenerated until you write more new data. This type of regeneration is sometimes called PC memory or user buffer regeneration.

When this attribute/property is false, you can also set the Data Transfer Request Condition attribute/property to specify when to transfer data from the host buffer to the device.