When samples are all the same, min = max, which PyDAQmx does not like.
This avoids the following crash reported by Kathie:
C:\Users\rabi\artiq\artiq\frontend [master]> python .\artiq_rpctool.py ::1 3256
call load_sample_values 100000 'np.array([0.0,0.0],dtype=float)'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".\artiq_rpctool.py", line 112, in <module>
main()
File ".\artiq_rpctool.py", line 107, in main
call_method(remote, args.method, args.args)
File ".\artiq_rpctool.py", line 79, in call_method
ret = method(*[eval(arg) for arg in args])
File "C:\Users\rabi\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\artiq-
0.0+dev-py3.4.egg\artiq\protocols\pc_rpc.py", line 142, in proxy
return self.__do_rpc(name, args, kwargs)
File "C:\Users\rabi\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\artiq-
0.0+dev-py3.4.egg\artiq\protocols\pc_rpc.py", line 134, in __do_rpc
return self.__do_action(obj)
File "C:\Users\rabi\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\artiq-
0.0+dev-py3.4.egg\artiq\protocols\pc_rpc.py", line 128, in __do_action
raise RemoteError(obj["message"])
artiq.protocols.pc_rpc.RemoteError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\rabi\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\artiq-
0.0+dev-py3.4.egg\artiq\protocols\pc_rpc.py", line 476, in _handle_connection_cr
ret = method(*obj["args"], **obj["kwargs"])
File "C:\Users\rabi\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\artiq-
0.0+dev-py3.4.egg\artiq\devices\pxi6733\driver.py", line 117, in load_sample_val
ues
byref(num_samps_written), None)
File "<string>", line 3, in WriteAnalogF64
File "<string>", line 2, in function
File "C:\Users\rabi\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pydaqm
x-1.3.1-py3.4.egg\PyDAQmx\DAQmxFunctions.py", line 28, in mafunction
raise DAQError(error,errBuff.value.decode("utf-8"), f.__name__)
PyDAQmx.DAQmxFunctions.DAQError: Minimum is greater than or equal to the maximum
. Ensure the maximum value is greater than the minimum value. If using a custom
scale, ensure that the scaled maximum is greater than the scaled minimum.
Property: DAQmx_AO_Min
Corresponding Value: 0.0
Property: DAQmx_AO_Max
Corresponding Value: 0.0
Channel Name: Dev1/ao1
Task Name: _unnamedTask<4>
Status Code: -200082
in function DAQmxWriteAnalogF64