Adding Additional Settling Time

Some applications, such as high temperature or vibration measurements, may require additional settling time to acquire accurate measurements.

Setting the Settling Time

You can change the default settling time of a switch by using the niSwitch Property Node or the niSwitch_SetAttributeViReal64 function.

1. Drop the niSwitch Property Node on the block diagram.
2. Right-click the property node and select the property Settling Time.
3. Right-click the Settling Time property and select Change to Write.
4. Right-click the Settling Time property and create a constant.
5. Set the constant to the amount of time (in seconds) to wait for settling.

Note  If you set the settling time of a switch module below the default settling time, NI-SWITCH coerces the value to the default settling time. Currently the settling time values for the NI SCXI-1127/1128/1160/1161/1163R/1190/1191/1192 cannot be changed.

Checking the Settling Time

You can check the default settling time of a switch by using the niSwitch Property Node or the niSwitch_CheckAttributeViReal64 function.

1. Drop the niSwitch Property Node on the block diagram.
2. Right-click the property node and select the property Settling Time.
3. Right-click the Settling Time property and create an indicator.