NI-DAQ™mx C Reference

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Analog Input >> General Properties >> Signal Conditioning >> Excitation >> Advanced >> Idle Output Behavior

Data Type: int32
Description: Specifies whether this channel will disable excitation after the task is uncommitted. Setting this to Zero Volts or Amps disables excitation after task uncommit. Setting this attribute to Maintain Existing Value leaves the excitation on after task uncommit.

Valid values

DAQmx_Val_ZeroVoltsOrAmps 12526 Drive excitation output to zero.
DAQmx_Val_MaintainExistingValue 12528 Continue generating the current value.


You can get/set/reset this property using:
  DAQmxGetAIExcitIdleOutputBehavior
  DAQmxSetAIExcitIdleOutputBehavior
  DAQmxResetAIExcitIdleOutputBehavior

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