DAQmx 6516 write multiple ports

[MrFingers]

We are trying to write to 24 (first three ports) of the 32 lines at once.  Currently I am writing too one port at a time.  See below.  Is this even possible and if so can someone steer me in the right direction.  Thanks.

Public Sub WriteDigPort(ByVal iPortValue0 As Integer, ByVal iPortValue1 As Integer, ByVal iPortValue2 As Integer, ByVal iPortValue3 As Integer)
Dim digitalWriteTask As Task = New Task()
Windows.Forms.Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor
Try
' Create an Digital Output channel and name it.
If iPortValue0 <> -1 Then
digitalWriteTask.DOChannels.CreateChannel("Dev1/port0", "port0", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines)
Dim writer As DigitalSingleChannelWriter = New DigitalSingleChannelWriter(digitalWriteTask.Stream)
writer.WriteSingleSamplePort(True, Decimal.ToUInt32(iPortValue0))
ElseIf iPortValue1 <> -1 Then
digitalWriteTask.DOChannels.CreateChannel("Dev1/port1", "port1", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines)
Dim writer As DigitalSingleChannelWriter = New DigitalSingleChannelWriter(digitalWriteTask.Stream)
writer.WriteSingleSamplePort(True, Decimal.ToUInt32(iPortValue1))
ElseIf iPortValue2 <> -1 Then
digitalWriteTask.DOChannels.CreateChannel("Dev1/port2", "port2", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines)
Dim writer As DigitalSingleChannelWriter = New DigitalSingleChannelWriter(digitalWriteTask.Stream)
writer.WriteSingleSamplePort(True, Decimal.ToUInt32(iPortValue2))
ElseIf iPortValue3 <> -1 Then
digitalWriteTask.DOChannels.CreateChannel("Dev1/port3", "port3", ChannelLineGrouping.OneChannelForAllLines)
Dim writer As DigitalSingleChannelWriter = New DigitalSingleChannelWriter(digitalWriteTask.Stream)
writer.WriteSingleSamplePort(True, Decimal.ToUInt32(iPortValue3))
End If
Catch ex As System.Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Finally
System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default
digitalWriteTask.Dispose()
End Try
End Sub
 

[Luke G]

Hi Mr,
The first thing I noticed about your code is that you only specified one of the ports when you created the task.  Normally you would specify all three by saying, "digitalWriteTask.DOChannels.CreateChannel("Dev1/port0:2",...)
I recommend that you check out one of the .NET shipping examples to get started writing to digital ports.  I'd recommend the example which installs with DAQmx to the following default location:
C:\Program Files\National Instruments\MeasurementStudioVS2005\DotNET\Examples\DAQmx\Digital\Generate Values\WriteDigPort\cs
Let us know how that goes for you.
Thanks,

[MrFingers]

Thanks Luke,
The digitalWriteTask.DOChannels.CreateChannel("Dev1/port0:2",...) part was what I had been missing.  Works great now!