Applies to:

WINDAQ Active X Control

Description:

This is an immediate function that reads a word from the digital input port which defines the states of the bits on the 8- or 16- bit digital input port, depending upon the capabilities of your hardware. The value read from the digital input port can range from 0 to 255, for 8-bit ports or 0 to 32,767 for 16-bit digital ports. See also Digital In and Out Locations for more details.

This method cannot be used with USB or Ethernet devices.

Syntax:

WinDaq1.DigitalInput=variable

Variable:

Integer

Example:

Private Sub Stop_Click()

WinDaq1. Stop

End Sub

Private Sub Start_Click()

WinDaq1. EventLevel = 10

WinDaq1. Start

End Sub

Private Sub WinDaq1_ NewData(ByVal Count As Integer)

'reads the digital input

Label1.Caption = WinDaq1.DigitalInput

DQChart1. Chart (WinDaq1. GetDataStream(FormatBinary))

End Sub