LabVIEW Wireless Sensor Network Module

NI WSN-3214 Node Properties

  • Updated2023-02-21
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This dialog box includes the following components:

WSN Configuration


Property Value/Description
Device Name Specifies the name of the WSN node, which appears in the Project Explorer window. LabVIEW assigns a default name to the node based on the Hardware Configuration ID. You can use this field to give the node a descriptive name.
Device Type Specifies the type of WSN node. You cannot change this value.
ID Allows you to map a node in the property tree to a node of that ID on the gateway.

Waveform Acquisition


Property Value/Description
Waveform Interval (Seconds) Waveform interval is time between successive waveform acquisitions, in seconds. The default value is 5.

Possible inputs are:

  • 0.1 to 100000 seconds
Waveform Sample Rate (Hz) Waveform sample rate is the rate at which samples are taken within a single waveform. The default value is 10.

Possible inputs are:

  • 1 to max rate that hardware supports (SPS/ch). Sample rates depend on filtering settings. See sample rates.
Samples to Read Samples to read is the number of samples within a given waveform. The default value is 10.

Possible inputs are:

  • 1 to 8192 Samples
The following diagram shows how these three properties work together:

For each sample, one sample is taken for each channel that is active. This means that the waveform shown in the diagram can be replicated up to 4 times, depending on which channels are enabled. These waveforms overlap in time, with a small offset between them (the settling time for each channel).


Waveform Filtering


Property Value/Description
Powerline Filtering When set to None, Powerline Filtering will average a series of ADC values to arrive at a single sample value. The time spent doing this can be set using the Aperture Time attribute. The default value is 50/60 Hz.

Possible inputs are:

  • 50 Hz
  • 60 Hz
  • 50/60 Hz
  • None
Note Note  Filtering has an effect on maximum waveform sampling rate. See sample rates.
Filtering Strength Sets or returns the filtering strength for the node. The default is High Rejection.
Note Note  Powerline Filtering must be enabled for filtering strength to take effect.

Possible inputs are:

  • High Rejection—Rejects more powerline noise at the expense of higher energy consumption.
  • Low Power—Rejects powerline noise, but as energy efficiently as possible.
Note Note  Filtering strength has an effect on maximum waveform sampling rate. See sample rates.
Aperture Time Specifies the period during which the ADC is reading the input signal. The default value is 1.4 ms.
Note Note  Aperture Time can only be edited when Powerline Filtering is set to None.

Possible inputs are:

  • 250 us
  • 400 us
  • 750 us
  • 1.4 ms
  • 2.8 ms
  • 5.5 ms
  • 10.8 ms
  • 21.5 ms
Note Note  Aperture time has an effect on maximum waveform sampling rate. See sample rates.

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