Re: one odd behaviour and one question of extension as applied to cmd.c example

Oh - Question 2.  WHen I run the cmd.c example, my data comes out in 
"bunches" - like it's buffering up.  It seems to buffer up about 3 
seconds of data at a time.  If i try to set cmd->flags = TRIG_WAKE_EOS 
it just seems to lock up and nothing happens.  In fact I totally lose my 
ssh terminal connection to my host I'm programming on. 

Tim Holt wrote:

> I've been reworking some code, and started with the demo "cmd.c" code 
> as a base.  First, I extended it to grab 16 channels of data, as I 
> happed to have a signal generator feeding a sine wave pattern to my 
> 15th channel.  Now here's the odd behaviour:  the count numbers, when 
> they drop to around 2000 or so, seem to wrap and suddenly jump up to 
> 63,000 or so.  Here's a paste of the results...
>
>> 63430 2291 2900 2657 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2069 2070 2071 
>> 2069 62789 2071
>> 63429 2373 2564 2632 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 62883 2072
>> 63429 2421 2391 2621 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2070 62981 2072
>> 63429 2461 2357 2611 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 63085 2071
>> 63430 2581 2362 2586 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 63193 2072
>> 63430 2660 2368 2574 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2069 2069 2070 2071 
>> 2070 63303 2072
>> 63430 2678 2373 2575 2070 2069 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 2071 
>> 2070 63415 2072
>> 63429 2668 2395 2590 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 2087 2072
>> 63429 2659 2409 2600 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2070 2198 2072
>> 63430 2655 2424 2600 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2069 2070 2070 
>> 2069 2309 2072
>> 63429 2653 2496 2589 2070 2069 2070 2071 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2069 2416 2072
>> 63430 2651 2554 2581 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2069 2521 2072
>> 63430 2648 2570 2578 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2070 2620 2072
>> 63429 2575 2580 2573 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2071 
>> 2069 2713 2072
>> 63429 2474 2590 2567 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2069 2800 2072
>> 63429 2431 2595 2565 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 2879 2071
>> 63429 2331 2660 2561 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 
>> 2070 2950 2072
>> 63429 2163 2755 2556 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 
>> 2069 3011 2072
>> 63429 2088 2792 2554 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 3061 2072
>> 63429 2210 2718 2564 2070 2070 2070 2071 2071 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 3098 2072
>> 63429 2519 2567 2583 2070 2069 2070 2071 2071 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 3120 2071
>> 63429 2675 2498 2590 2070 2069 2070 2071 2071 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 3132 2072
>> 63430 2718 2472 2577 2070 2069 2070 2071 2071 2070 2070 2071 2071 
>> 2069 3136 2071
>> 63429 2753 2439 2546 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 
>> 2070 3134 2072
>> 63429 2772 2422 2532 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 3125 2072
>> 63430 2773 2443 2547 2069 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 3106 2072
>> 63429 2757 2521 2594 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 3074 2071
>> 63429 2746 2568 2620 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 2069 2070 2071 2071 
>> 2070 3027 2072
>> 63429 2741 2537 2613 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2071 2071 
>> 2070 2969 2072
>> 63429 2735 2347 2567 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2069 2900 2072
>> 63430 2730 2217 2539 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2069 2822 2072
>> 63430 2725 2214 2537 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2070 2737 2072
>> 63430 2687 2422 2562 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2069 2645 2072
>> 63429 2651 2591 2581 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 2545 2072
>> 63429 2644 2632 2583 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2069 2441 2071
>> 63430 2697 2568 2574 2070 2070 2070 2071 2071 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 2333 2071
>> 63429 2757 2501 2567 2070 2069 2070 2071 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2070 2223 2071
>> 63429 2775 2479 2564 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 2111 2072
>> 63429 2690 2472 2568 2070 2070 2069 2070 2071 2069 2070 2070 2070 
>> 2070 63437 2072
>> 63430 2569 2467 2571 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2070 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 63324 2072
>> 63429 2524 2467 2572 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2070 63213 2072
>> 63429 2608 2495 2568 2070 2069 2070 2071 2070 2069 2070 2070 2071 
>> 2069 63104 2071
>> 63429 2765 2536 2562 2070 2070 2070 2071 2070 2069 2069 2071 2070 
>> 2070 62999 2071
>
>
>
> You can see how the 2nd from last column suddenly wraps to a high 
> number when it drops below 2000 or so.
>
> OK - now clue #2.  I can also run the "tut2.c" example and get nice 
> clean voltages out, which do not do this.   Here's some sample output 
> (of just channel 15)...
>
>> 000967 -5.27717V
>> 001032 -4.95971V
>> 001111 -4.57387V
>> 001205 -4.11477V
>> 001309 -3.60684V
>> 001423 -3.05006V
>> 001553 -2.41514V
>> 001690 -1.74603V
>> 001812 -1.15018V
>> 001953 -0.461538V
>> 002091 0.212454V
>> 002231 0.896215V
>> 002367 1.56044V
>> 002500 2.21001V
>> 002625 2.82051V
>> 002740 3.38217V
>> 002843 3.88523V
>> 002936 4.33944V
>> 003014 4.72039V
>> 003073 5.00855V
>> 003111 5.19414V
>> 003131 5.29182V
>> 003136 5.31624V
>> 003132 5.2967V
>> 003116 5.21856V
>> 003081 5.04762V
>> 003025 4.77411V
>> 002949 4.40293V
>> 002858 3.95849V
>
>
>
> Note how when the sample drops below 2000 (or so) that's where we go 
> to negative voltage.
>
> What is going on here!?!  It's like a sign bit's not right!
>
> OK now here's the REAL question.  I need to be using the 
> comedi_command() style of DAQ to set up my card to do the timing, 
> etc.  But with comdei_command, it looks like I lose access to all 
> these nice functions like comedi_get_maxdata(), comedi_get_range() and 
> most importantly comedi_to_phys().  How can I use the comedi_command() 
> type of DAQ, use read() to get my data, and still use comedi_to_phys()?
> Tim Holt
> NACSE
>
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Received on 2004-01-08Z05:09:36