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Starting the Acquisition

To start the device object and data acquisition engine, you must issue the start command.

Starting an acquisition means that the hardware device and data acquisition engine are both running. Running means that data is being processed by the hardware device. Running does not necessarily mean that data is being logged to the engine or a disk file. To log data, a trigger must occur. After the trigger occurs, the data can be loaded into MATLAB.

When a start command is issued, the Running property is automatically set to On. If the device is already running when start is issued, then an error is returned.


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