High Speed Counter Task
The High Speed Counter is used to run a task when the status of a designated high-speed counter changes.
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Task priority can be set to a value between 2 and 7. a value of 2 will be highest priority task.
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Task number is a value of 40 thru 43.
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High-speed counter channel is 0 thru 3.
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In an Open XG5000 project right-click on Scan Program. Choose Add ItemèTask… or select Project menu -> Add ItemèTask…
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Add a Task name for the external contact task. Choose the priority, task number and the high-speed counter channel for the task. Press OK when done to create the task.
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The task requires a program for it. Press Yes to have XG5000 automatically start the program creation process.
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Give the program a program name. Choose the programming language also. Press OK to create the program.
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A Task will appear in the Project Window with the name given during the creation process. This example shows the task name as HighSpeedTask.
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