def start_task(self, timeout=5):
started = False
start_time = time.time()
while (not started) and (time.time()-start_time < timeout):
try:
pydaq.DAQmxStartTask(self.task_handle)
except pydaq.DAQError as daq_err:
if daq_err.error == -50103: # "The specified resource is reserved."
pass
else:
raise daq_err
else:
started = True
if not started:
raise pydaq.DAQError(-50103)
