ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 13

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hinxx
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ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 13

Post by hinxx » Mon May 13, 2019 12:51 pm

I'm writing a C/C++ application that uses PS4000A API with PS4824. The code is written with EPICS (epics.anl.gov) toolkit version R3.15.5.

If I use a single channel (the rest are ignored by the code) I can operate the PS4824 as expected.
As soon as I start to deal with more channels, I get an error returned from ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() API call, status == 13:

From PicoStatus.h I can tell it is:

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// A parameter value is not valid.
#define PICO_INVALID_PARAMETER                      0x0000000DUL
Here some console output from the code I wrote:

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checkForDevice: device ALREADY opened, handle 1!
checkForDevice: ps4000aPingUnit() returned 0
setupChannel: channel 0, enabled 0, coupling DC, range 8
setupChannel: ps4000SetChannel() returned 0
setupTrigger: using simple triggering, enabled 0!
setupTrigger: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 0
setupBuffer: ch 0, raw bufffer size 2000
setupBuffer: ps4000aSetDataBuffer() returned 0, ch 0
setupChannel: channel 1, enabled 0, coupling DC, range 8
setupChannel: ps4000SetChannel() returned 0
setupTrigger: using simple triggering, enabled 0!
setupTrigger: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 0
setupChannel: channel 2, enabled 0, coupling DC, range 8
setupChannel: ps4000SetChannel() returned 0
setupTrigger: using simple triggering, enabled 0!
setupTrigger: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 0
setupChannel: channel 3, enabled 0, coupling DC, range 8
setupChannel: ps4000SetChannel() returned 0
setupTrigger: using simple triggering, enabled 0!
setupTrigger: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 0
setupChannel: channel 4, enabled 0, coupling DC, range 8
setupChannel: ps4000SetChannel() returned 0
setupTrigger: using simple triggering, enabled 0!
setupTrigger: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 0
setupChannel: channel 5, enabled 0, coupling DC, range 8
setupChannel: ps4000SetChannel() returned 0
setupTrigger: using simple triggering, enabled 0!
setupTrigger: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 0
setupChannel: channel 6, enabled 0, coupling DC, range 8
setupChannel: ps4000SetChannel() returned 0
setupTrigger: using simple triggering, enabled 0!
setupTrigger: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 13

For some reason I always get this problem for the sixth channel, out of eight channels that PS4824 supports.

Any ideas? I can share the complete code if it would help..

Thanks!
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hinxx
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Re: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 13

Post by hinxx » Mon May 13, 2019 6:10 pm

I think I found the problem. I was not paying close attention to the way my buffers were allocated; turns out I only had one buffer properly allocated and setup with the unit.

I’m curios why it did not fail for channels 2-5, but only for channel 6, though..
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Re: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 13

Post by Martyn » Tue May 14, 2019 8:16 am

We would need to see the full code to be able to comment on that, and as it is now working and you understand the buffering it is probably not worthwhile.
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Re: ps4000aSetSimpleTrigger() returned 13

Post by hinxx » Wed May 15, 2019 2:23 pm

You're right Martyn..
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