Synchronizing DSA or S Series Devices With a Single NI-DAQmx Task

Primary Software: LabVIEW Development Systems
Primary Software Version: N/A
Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A
Secondary Software: Driver Software>>NI-DAQmx
Hardware: Modular Instruments>>Dynamic Signal Acquisition and Analysis (DSA)

Problem:
I'm using several dynamic signal acqusition (DSA) cards in the same chassis and need all of the these cards to be synchonized. What is the easiest and most efficient way to accomplish this? Does this method also work for simultaneous sampling S Series cards?

Solution:
Multidevice task support for DSA devices began with NI-DAQmx 8.0 and for S Series MIO devices beginning with NI-DAQmx 8.1. The multidevice task, also known as channel expansion, provides a very easy and efficient way to synchronize the acqusition of multiple devices of the same type since the NI-DAQmx driver handles all of the signal routing for you. The nessesary triggers and clocks are intelligently chosen and automatically routed. For the user, it consists of simply adding multiple devices, separated by a comma, to the same task.

General Rules and Conditions:

All Devices

All channels in the task must be analog input channels of the same type of device (all DSA devices, or all S Series devices)

PXI Devices

The devices must all be in a single chassis, and you must identify the chassis in MAX (Measurement & Automation Explorer).
If the task includes channels from 447X devices, one of the 447X devices must be in PXI slot 2.
If the task includes channels from both 446X and 447X devices, a 446X device must be in PXI slot 2.

PCI Devices