niFgen_InitiateGeneration
ViStatus niFgen_InitiateGeneration (ViSession vi);
Purpose
Initiates signal generation. If you want to abort signal generation, call the niFgen_AbortGeneration function. Once the signal generation is aborted, you can call the niFgen_InitiateGeneration function to cause the signal generator to produce a signal again.
Parameters
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| Name | Type | Description |
| vi | ViSession | Identifies your instrument session. vi is obtained from the niFgen_init or the niFgen_InitWithOptions functions and identifies a particular instrument session. |
Return Value
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| Status | ViStatus | Returns the status code of this operation. The status code either indicates success or describes an error or warning condition. You can examine the status code from each call to an NI-FGEN function to determine if an error occurred.
To obtain a text description of the status code, call the niFgen_error_message function. To obtain additional information about the error condition, call the niFgen_GetError function. To clear the error information from NI-FGEN, call the niFgen_ClearError function. The general meaning of the status code is as follows:
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