Configure Output Function
- Updated2023-02-17
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Configure Output Function
Configures the function that the device attempts to generate for the specified channel.
Inputs/Outputs
session in
Instrument session obtained from the Initialize With Independent Channels node.
channel name
Output channel(s) to which to apply this configuration value.
If you do not wire this parameter, by default all channels in the session are used.
Channel Name Syntax
Specify the channel(s) using the form PXI1Slot3/0,PXI1Slot3/2-3,PXI1Slot4/2-3 or PXI1Slot3/0,PXI1Slot3/2:3,PXI1Slot4/2:3, where PXI1Slot3 and PXI1Slot4 are instrument resource names and 0, 2, and 3 are channels.
output function
Function to generate for the specified channel(s).
| DC Voltage | 1006 | Sets the output function to DC voltage. |
| DC Current | 1007 | Sets the output function to DC current. |
| Pulse Voltage | 1049 | Sets the output function to pulse voltage. |
| Pulse Current | 1050 | Sets the output function to pulse current. |
Default value: DC Voltage (1006)
error in
Error conditions that occur before this node runs.
The node responds to this input according to standard error behavior.
Default value: No error
session out
Handle used to identify the session in all subsequent NI-DCPower node calls.
error out
Error information.
The node produces this output according to standard error behavior.
DC Voltage
When DC Voltage is selected, the device generates the desired voltage level on the output as long as the output current is below the current limit. The following nodes can be used to configure the channel when DC Voltage is selected:
- Configure Voltage Level
- Configure Current Limit
- Configure Voltage Level Range
- Configure Current Limit Range
DC Current
When DC Current is selected, the device generates the desired current level on the output as long as the output voltage is below the voltage limit. The following nodes can be used to configure the channel when DC Current is selected:
- Configure Current Level
- Configure Voltage Limit
- Configure Current Level Range
- Configure Voltage Limit Range
Pulse Voltage
When Pulse Voltage is selected, the device generates pulses at the desired pulse voltage levels on the output as long as the output current is below the pulse current limit. The following nodes can be used to configure the channel when Pulse Voltage is selected:
- Configure Pulse Voltage Level
- Configure Pulse Bias Voltage Level
- Configure Pulse Current Limit
- Configure Pulse Bias Current Limit
- Configure Pulse Voltage Level Range
- Configure Pulse Current Limit Range
Pulse Current
When Pulse Current is selected, the device generates pulses at the desired pulse current levels on the output as long as the output voltage is below the pulse voltage limit. The following nodes can be used to configure the channel when Pulse Current is selected:
- Configure Pulse Current Level
- Configure Pulse Bias Current Level
- Configure Pulse Voltage Limit
- Configure Pulse Bias Voltage Limit
- Configure Pulse Current Level Range
- Configure Pulse Voltage Limit Range