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niDCPower_ConfigureSourceModeWithChannels

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ViStatus niDCPower_ConfigureSourceModeWithChannels(ViSession vi, ViInt32 sourceMode);

Purpose

Configures the NIDCPOWER_ATTR_SOURCE_MODE attribute. Specifies whether to run a single output point or a sequence.

Related topics:

Single Point Source Mode

Sequence Source Mode

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
vi ViSession Identifies a particular instrument session. vi is obtained from the niDCPower_InitializeWithIndependentChannels function.
channelName ViConstString Specifies the channel(s) to use. 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.

If you pass "" for this control, all channels in the session are used.

sourceMode ViInt32 Specifies the source mode for the specified channel(s).

Defined Values:
NIDCPOWER_VAL_SINGLE_POINT (1020)Applies a single source configuration.
NIDCPOWER_VAL_SEQUENCE (1021)Applies a list of voltage or current configurations sequentially.

Return Value

Name Type Description
StatusViStatusReports the status of this operation. To obtain a text description of the status code, call the niDCPower_error_message function. To obtain additional information concerning the error condition, call the niDCPower_GetError function.

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