Get Dynamic Data Attributes Express VI

Owning Palette: Signal Manipulation Express VIs

Requires: Base Development System

Retrieves the attributes of the dynamic data you wire to Signals In.

Dialog Box Options

Block Diagram Inputs

Block Diagram Outputs

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Dialog Box Options

Parameter

Description

Signal Index

Specifies the index of the signal whose attributes you want to retrieve. The default is 0. Signal Index contains the following options: Start timestamp—Specifies whether to return the start timestamp of the signal. Signal name—Specifies whether to return the name of the signal. Time mode—Specifies whether to return the time mode of the signal. Timestamp—Specifies whether to return the timestamp of the signal. X dimension—Specifies whether to return the X dimension of the signal. Unit—Specifies whether to return the unit of measurement of the signal.

Block Diagram Inputs

Parameter	Description
Signals In	Specifies the dynamic data that contains the input signal or signals.
Signal Index	Specifies the index of the signal whose attributes you want to retrieve. The value you wire to this input overrides the value you set in the configuration dialog box.
error in	Describes error conditions that occur before this node runs.

Block Diagram Outputs

Parameter	Description
Signals Out	Returns Signals In unchanged.
error out	Contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.
Signal Name	Returns the name of the signal. This output is available only if you place a checkmark in the Signal name checkbox in the configuration dialog box.
Time Mode	Returns the time mode of the signal. This output is available only if you place a checkmark in the Time mode checkbox in the configuration dialog box.
Timestamp	Returns the timestamp of the signal. This output is available only if you place a checkmark in the Timestamp checkbox in the configuration dialog box.
Start Timestamp	Returns the start timestamp of the signal. This output is available only if you place a checkmark in the Start timestamp checkbox in the configuration dialog box.
X Dimension	Returns the X dimension of the signal. This output is available only if you place a checkmark in the X dimension checkbox in the configuration dialog box.
Unit	Returns the unit of measurement of the signal. This output is available only if you place a checkmark in the Unit checkbox in the configuration dialog box.

This Express VI operates similarly to the following VIs and functions:

Get Waveform Attribute