How do I talk to my serial port using LabVIEW?

2004-04-15 Thread relative0
I am wondering how to talk to my linescan camera that is going to be hooked up via the serial port. Right now the camera (Kodak KLI 2113) is hooked up to the IMAQ board inside of my computer (PCI-1424), but I need to bypass that all together and talk to the camera through my serial port. Any

Re: Stuck in Step Mode

2004-04-15 Thread jumarion
I think of two problems that you could have : - Check if the button pause is black and not red when clicking the run button. If this button is red then it means that you want LabView to run in step mode. - If the problem is not there check if you have no breakpoints anywhere. LabView can check for

Re: Fix axes in intensity graph with cursor

2004-04-15 Thread matthias.richwin
Hi, thanks, that hint at least reduced the effort as I don't have to set the scale min/max values every time. Regards Matthias

Re: VI wich lists Windows' currently running tasks.

2004-04-15 Thread Richard Kurvers
Hi Luca, Thank you for your reaction. This is what I was looking for. Richard.

Re: Again... Graphing Problems...

2004-04-15 Thread dumbest_dummie
Hi, Many many thanks... Only problem is we have LV 6.1... ain't running! :-( []'s Erick

Re: How to talk my company into allowing OpenG usage?

2004-04-15 Thread Howard, John
One other detail to think about. Are you intending to use this code for internal use only? If so, then why should anyone care how you get your code? I work for a large defense contractor as well, and no one seems to mind as long as I get the job done and actually have all the source. (although

create new folders according to the value of the 23th byte in data file?

2004-04-15 Thread gemstone
Hi, I want to classify many data files to some new folders according to the value of the 23th byte in a data file.the value is between 01 to 08,which the new folder name will be.How can I create new folders and how I operate the data files in labview6.0?

Re: Driver Templates

2004-04-15 Thread Tom Hawkins
Scott Remington [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jason Hobbs and Vesna Jadric @ NI were able to make the older LV6.1 vi's available once again at NI's ftp site ftp://ftp.ni.com/outgoing/. They are called ID Templates 6.1.zip. (...) Because there have been a lot of complaints by users concerning the

use start trigger with pci 6602 with driver ni daq

2004-04-15 Thread michenaud
Materiel lab view 7 and nidaq driver and card pci-6602 probleme: I try to feign differents signals which are not periodic and who are all synchronized (t0) for it I use example mutiple counters with phase , but I don't arrive synchronized with a gate (I bring in a outside signal on her(it)

Re: Fix axes in intensity graph with cursor

2004-04-15 Thread TN
Hello Matthias, did you solve the problem?

Re: Again... Graphing Problems...

2004-04-15 Thread dumbest_dummie
Oh! I can't believe the work u had and time u spent with this VI! Sure u work for NI and your boss obligated u to help me! :-) Send me his email so I can tell him good things about u. Merci... Je suis vraiment choqu=E9... (I've been learning french for the last 2 minutes.. with the help of

Re: Again... Graphing Problems...

2004-04-15 Thread jumarion
I'm happy that my work was what you were trying to do. I hope I didn't change the way your VI worked previously. I'm currently doing a training period (3 months to go) in Toulouse (France) but if you've got work for me ... :-) Regards, Julien

Wie kann ich mein gelockte vi wieder unlocken ?

2004-04-15 Thread Caki
Ich habe eine meine VI gelockt ohne Password, und gespeichert. Will etwas =E4ndern aber unter VI Properties kann ich nicht wieder unlocken. Was kann ich jetz tu ?

Re: Seeking LabVIEW drivers for Anritsu 37xxxC lightning VNA

2004-04-15 Thread Matt Moose
Hi Dennis, Thanks - already got this, but was worried about driver incompatibilities due to my sheer lack of knowledge. (I recall that Anritsu said it'd *probably* be OK, but minus the more exotic and hopefully less-used features!) My problem is that I'd hate it if the job I need to do drags on

Re: Reading sub-VI paths

2004-04-15 Thread Paul F. Sullivan
At 3:16 PM +0100 4/14/04, Craig Graham wrote: ...When looking at things that I've downloaded or have been sent through email, I sometimes get a dialog popping up warning me that certain files were loaded from a different path than they were expected to be at. I've never bothered looking into it

How can I get the x-value of first (or last) element in history-data of a chart?

2004-04-15 Thread chrisger
Hello there is there a way to get the x-value of the first or last element in the history-data of a chart? I can retrieve the offset of the chart and the left an right borders of the visible range. as long as the history-buffer is not full i can calculate the x-value of the last element using

Re: Again... Graphing Problems...

2004-04-15 Thread jumarion
Nevermind, I'll be happy to help you again if you've got more questions. Regards, Julien

Re: How to talk my company into allowing OpenG usage?

2004-04-15 Thread Christopher Relf
Subject: Re: How to talk my company into allowing OpenG usage? From: Jim Kring [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:11:49 -0700 PS - Have you read your NI Software License Agreement lately? Is your application authorized and will it be authorized tomorrow? OK, gotta run... I

I try to open an Interbase File with Lab7 and the SQL ToolkitVIEW

2004-04-15 Thread justme1980
I try to open an Interbase File with Lab7 and the SQL ToolkitVIEW

Re: create new folders according to the value of the 23th byte in data file?

2004-04-15 Thread tmh
If I'm not missing something, your diagram will try and create a folder whose name is a single character, equal to the value of the 23rd byte in the data file. Since 1 through 8 aren't printable ASCII characters, I guess this might not work, and I assume the poster actually wants the folders to be

Re: Programming 2 multi-column listboxes

2004-04-15 Thread jumarion
The correct property to use is Value. It's as simple as this. Wire the two Values together and you will have what you want. Hope this helps ! Julien

Re: Reference Trigger. Continuous Acquisition. Is it possible with a PXI-4472?

2004-04-15 Thread Giulia
Do you mean acquire the trigger and the data together, view both on the same graph and compare them and compare scans acquired in their written form? How can I do that? Are you italian? If yes, please help me in our language, or write me an e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fix axes in intensity graph with cursor

2004-04-15 Thread matthias.richwin
Hi, yes: Gregs comment was right, setting that property keeps the axes fixed. However, it is possible, to drop the cursor outside the visible area. So I check every time and move the cursor back to the border of the allowed area, when it is outside. Regards Matthias

Re: Programming 2 multi-column listboxes

2004-04-15 Thread rhumphries
Thanks Julien! It works a treat. I didn't find the context help useful, it's not very intuitive.

Re: Again... Graphing Problems...

2004-04-15 Thread dumbest_dummie
Sorry, U have no luck at all... you just helped a trainee (wich is the lowest ranked position ever!) :-) Anyway, I'm working in Dortmund until end of August ( I come from Brazil). So if u need anything or have any interest in Germany, please send me an email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best Regards,

creating array of an array

2004-04-15 Thread Thandal
hi experts.. i have a problem. I want to creat an array, array. on button click this element array, will get attach to main array plz help me

How can I show every x-th point of my data measured?

2004-04-15 Thread Chunrok
I use High Speed Data Logger.vi to measure my data. While measuring (data acquisition), I want to show every x-th point of the data obtained in real-time if my computer has enough speed to do so. Could anyone kindly tell me how to do it?

Re: creating array of an array

2004-04-15 Thread BJK
Hi Thandal, Use the Build array function! This function will Concatenates multiple arrays or appends elements to an n-dimensional array.

Passing parameters to VIs

2004-04-15 Thread Greg Shipley
Using LV 6.1 with WIN 2000. I am wanting a way to pass several graph parameters to a SubVI without having to cluster properties together. I have several graphs that I need to pass serveral parameters each and would like a compact way to pass all parameters for an XY graph into a SubVI. Are

Re: How do I talk to my serial port using LabVIEW?

2004-04-15 Thread Ed Dickens
LabVIEW can communicate through the serial port using its VISA interface. LabVIEW comes with several example serial communication programs that should help you get started. Look in the Help menu and click Find Examples After the dialog opens and gets populated, double click Hardware Input and

problem with color

2004-04-15 Thread Thandal
How we can generate different shades of single color From dark to light .using a control like dial If dial pointing on zero we get darkest shad , If dial is pointing to maximum we should get lightest shad I want to assign this shad to the color property of LED.

Subpanels - insertion and execution order

2004-04-15 Thread Seifert, George
In the subpanel examples I've seen it's recommended that the Run VI node be executed (with wait until done set to False) before the Insert VI node is executed. It seems that my application begs to turn all that around. I want to set wait until done to True so that I can use the Get Control

Re: running statistics

2004-04-15 Thread LabVIEWer
One thing you could do is collect together your points and then perform the statistical function on the collection. In the Signal Manipulation palette is the Collector Express VI. When you configure it, you will be allowed to enter the maximum number of samples to collect and it will create a

Re: writing to switches in an event structure from another vi

2004-04-15 Thread AnthonyS
Alexi, I replied to your previous post about this problem: http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101RPAGEID=135HOID=50650008006DCDUCATEGORY_0=_49_%24_6_UCATEGORY_S=0 Regards Anthony Sims Applications Engineer NI-UK

Re: Ploting graph on button click

2004-04-15 Thread Thandal
hi julion i have problem regarding array please ans. it Ans from zone (you can find it on recently answered questions )

Re: Seeking LabVIEW drivers for Anritsu 37xxxC lightning VNA

2004-04-15 Thread JoeLabView
Hi Matt, Have you looked at the Lightning Command Encyclopedia (LCE)? You can find it at the bottom of this link.. http://www.us.anritsu.com/downloads/default.aspx?kind=prodID=92DownType=6 JLV

Re: Subpanels - insertion and execution order

2004-04-15 Thread PJ M
Hi George I have used SubVI quite extensively, and I always insert VI before I run them (I did not realized it was recommended to run before inserting) and I did not experience any problems with this approach. PJM"Seifert, George" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the subpanel examples I've seen

Re: source code for 2d cross-correlation fx?

2004-04-15 Thread Scott Hannahs
At 11:11 AM -0400 4/15/04, Don J Roth wrote: I know this is a long shot but does anyone have the c or c++ code to compute the 2d (image) cross-correlation fx? (I know that IMAQ VISION has the cross-correlation routine but I am looking to potentially modify the 2d correlation routine to compute

Re: Create and save boolean expressions for later evaluation

2004-04-15 Thread Belur
I have now been able to implement the 'rules' as a script file which I am able to successfully access to make the access decision. Thanks.

Re: Is it possible to programmatically set the size and names of...

2004-04-15 Thread Dennis Knutson
If you're willing to experiment with stuff that's not officially released and undocumented, check out the discussions on LabVIEW scripting on the LAVA forum A href=http://forums.lavausergroup.org/index.php?showforum=29;here/A.

Re: running statistics

2004-04-15 Thread Bernd R.
Sorry to bother you with that last question. That was too easy. cu

Re: 1394 driver fireware

2004-04-15 Thread ScottieB
Hello, Alan. A relevant KB is http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/42B604435E3F9604862565E20043CD30?OpenDocument. As this KB points out, there is no general-purpose set of firewire VI's for LabVIEW. If you are trying to communicate with a particular device via firewire, you will need to

How do I modify a standard VI

2004-04-15 Thread krummelt1
I am currently trying to tweak a standard vi included with Labview 7.0 (Append front panel image to report). I want to tweak a couple of the settings when I double click the icon. The catch is that I want the changes to only come into effect when I run MY VI. That is when I go create a

Re: LabVIEW Licensing question

2004-04-15 Thread jhoskins
I'm pretty sure that you cannot install on multiple machines at your company at any one time. Even though you have purchased the upgrades for 6.1 and 7.0 you still fall under the same agreement that was initially purchased for 6.0. However if these are not upgrades then you can. Also under the

Re: How to talk my company into allowing OpenG usage?

2004-04-15 Thread Craig Graham
Rolf Kalbermatter wrote: Swinarsky, DJ Derrick (5453) @ IS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, so the assumption is that software like LabVIEW from NI or Windows or whatever from MS are reliable, while Open Source isn't? Talking about unbiased prejudice! No- the assumption is that someone else is

Re: unwanted dialogs

2004-04-15 Thread LarsRoe
I think you are talking abou the automatic error handling. You can change the settings in ToolsOptionsBlock Diagram .

Re: MSWord ActiveX

2004-04-15 Thread ryank
Because we offer the report generation toolkit we don't have very many examples for this, but there is one (it's a little old, but the concepts should be the same): http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niepd_web_display.display_epd4?p_guid=B123AE0CBC08111EE034080020E74861p_node=DZ53004p_source=External

Click here for more help

2004-04-15 Thread ggwilli
I'm running LV7 under Linux. With Context Help running if I mouse over some native LV VIs I get an option in the Context Help of Click here for more help. When I do so the Context Help simply loads the help for the Add VI. I had this problem with LV6.1 and assumed it was a version bug. Upon

Re: unwanted dialogs

2004-04-15 Thread Dennis Knutson
Hi David, I agree with you about the error dialogs. NI has done the same thing in shipping VIs like Write To Spreadsheet File. For those, I've simply deleted the General Error Handler. I'm not sure of the best way to handle things in a more global sense. One idea that comes to mind is to modify

Re: Looks like a bug in Scan String for Tokens function...

2004-04-15 Thread Evan
I looked into this behavior and it has actually already been reported to RD. They are looking into the cause etc. and it should be fixed for the next version of LabVIEW. Evan National Instruments

Re: running statistics

2004-04-15 Thread Bernd R.
Hello Bob, thank you for your help. I just enter a maximum number of samples, which is higher than my total number of samples will ever be and then I have what I need. Something else: can I protect my LabVIEW application with a password as read only so it will not be changed accidentally during

Re: Is it possible to programmatically set the size and names of...

2004-04-15 Thread Dennis Knutson
I don't think you'll find the exact answer there. The whole forum is dedicated to LabVIEW scripting. This capability has been on a lot pf people's wish list and is something that NI has demonstrated - just not released to the paying public. You can start in the Automatic Code Generation topic and

Application Memory Full - how do I stop this?

2004-04-15 Thread rtb
Running LabView 3.1 on a 386 machine. After several minutes of running get the following: Application Memory Full: Saving and closing VIs can free memory. You may need to increase the Total Memory allocated to LabView from the Preferences Dialog. I gave it the entire 32 meg and still the same.

Complex data structure.

2004-04-15 Thread Jackson_Peacock
Hi, This is a design issue that I have run into many times and I was wondering how you all solve it. When using complex data structures (such as array of clusters, or clusters containg arrays and/or other clusters), I have found that there are many situations where you need to wire either an empty

Continuous data acquisition and writting to file

2004-04-15 Thread Azad
Hi, I am in the mining industry and about to carry out tests on a load cell to calculate the impact pressure on it continuously and to write these data in a file. I am using LabVIEW 7.0 and PowerDAQ hardware PD2-MF-16-400/14H as a data acquisition board, does any one have any VI's associated with

Re: MOTION - S-curves

2004-04-15 Thread rolfk
On another similar thread I saw a comment from NI support that there is currently no formula for the time-distance graph available for the S curve parameters. The advice was to use Motion assistent to look for these parameters in the according graph. Rolf K

How to update front panel immediately with any control change in LabVIEW7.0?

2004-04-15 Thread BLpig
I have a lot of controls on the front panel. I want my 3D plot to be updated with any of them changed. Currently only one control's change can result in the update even if I do have done changes on other controls .. that's to say, only one specific control's change can activate the front panel

Re: Can PCI-6601 be used to control a solid state relay?

2004-04-15 Thread Bill B
Hello, A PCI-6601 may be able to control an SSR, but you must know the specs of the relay before you can be certain. The output voltage of the 6601's digital output line will be +5V with a source current of 4mA. This means that your relay must require no more than 4mA to turn on. Here is a link

Re: How do I determine the number of plots on a waveform graph?

2004-04-15 Thread rolfk
Usually by reading the graph terminal or a local of it and determining the first or second dimension (not sure which at the moment) size of the resulting 2 dimensional array. If it is a 1 dimensional array you have either only one plot or an array of clusters each representing one plot. But as

Re: Graph Xscale properties don't work well with multipliers

2004-04-15 Thread Jeremy Braden
The deal is that the image you see is not the image stored in memory. For sample sets with points larger than the pixels on your screen, LabVIEW will truncate/interpolate/labview magic the dataset to create an representation of your data for display. Setting your mouse to a specific data location

Re: How do I allow an alarm to be set based on a comparison but...

2004-04-15 Thread JoeLabView
Is the comparison within a loop? If so, you can place a shift register to the loop. Right-click the edge of the loop and select Add Shift Register. Initialize the shift register with a boolean that set the alarnm LED off. Within the loop, place a Case Statement where you change the boolean

Re: Labview crashes because of a conflict between IMAQ and a dll

2004-04-15 Thread dmp
It may be that the 12C VI is not properly closing out the session, but it is impossible to know since we cannot access the dll. Can you contact the company and find out more about what their VI is doing? It may be that you just have to stick with running their VI separately. Good luck!

Re: How do I allow an alarm to be set based on a comparison but...

2004-04-15 Thread kledanhoj
Thank you very much. I actually came up with a similar solution before your response. I just created a state machine within my loop and made it so if the alarm ever goes on, the next state is permanently alarmed until the reset button is pressed. The shift registers did the trick. Thanks again!

Re: Graph Xscale properties don't work well with multipliers

2004-04-15 Thread mlenz
Excellent explaination for what is actually happening here. The workaround that I used was to take the specified cursor location, use the waveform graph X scale range property node of MIN and MAX at +/- 1% of the cursor location prior to specifying the move and then returning the graph back to

Re: MAX crashed XP system

2004-04-15 Thread Russell
I see. I will notify the person in charge of this. Also, I will add this to the information we have about this issue. That should help bring more attention to this. Thank you for your post! Russell

Re: When i run position measurement vi using 6602 continuous...

2004-04-15 Thread Bill B
Nimal, I noticed that in your code, you have two while loops that are running in parallel. This is going to cause synchronization problems for one loop is going to dominate the other. Specifically, the loop with DIO Read will not allow the loop with DIO Write to execute until it has acquired

Re: SCXI Strain Null.vi throws -10005 error

2004-04-15 Thread Bill B
RLD, You may want to try running the SCXI Strain Null.vi locally on the machine itself rather than through RDA. This will allow us to determine if the problem is local to the PXI-8146 or if it is being caused by a RDA Server communication breakdown. Regards, Bill B.

Re: Having issues with using an event structure to detect value change

2004-04-15 Thread alexi
dont worry I have just figured it out. Thanks for your help it inspired me to find a new way of addressing the issue. thanks Alexi

Re: Having issues with using an event structure to detect value change

2004-04-15 Thread alexi
hi, thanks for the help. I need my vi to be able to do as you have shown me, except when I press clear I need the switches to automatically turn off. As is now I need to change a value of a switch to get the clear to take place.I would just clear the queue but I need to be able to change the

How do I allow an alarm to be set based on a comparison but...

2004-04-15 Thread kledanhoj
How do I allow an alarm to be set based on a comparison but then NOT aloow the alarm to clear until a button is pressed? I have a program that compares DAQ values to a threshold value. If the value surpasses the threshold, an led blinks. The problem is, if the value then goes back below

Re: TCP/IP driven event / Interrupt

2004-04-15 Thread WPS
Depending upon the structure of your code you could use threads and block on the socket - then when data is recieved use one of the sychronisation tools (queues, semaphores etc) to wake up or tigger an event in another thread.

Re: hide 3D surface graph

2004-04-15 Thread WPS
Found the answer - create a normal property node and that has the normal control visible option (was only looking at the automation properties). Wayne

Re: 4-20ma output of ph controller connection to pc to monitor

2004-04-15 Thread Skegsy
Thanks everyone for the advice ,I have decided to use an old datataker dt50 I have ,But am unsure how to use labview to monitor these sensor readings, Does anybody have any advice or know were to get labview drivers for this device , Any help appreciated. Regards Brett Scott

Can Labview 6 be used with a Validyne UPC 607 DAQ board?

2004-04-15 Thread Erik Danielson
What drivers do I need to get this accomplished? Where can I get them? What version of Windows is most appropriate?

Re: 4-20ma output of ph controller connection to pc to monitor

2004-04-15 Thread Bill B
Hello, Unfortunately, the RS-232 port cannot measure an analog current or voltage. We do carry products which will allow you to measure such signals. Please take a look at our Data Acquisition boards. Our boards are able to read analog voltages. You would simply need to connect your current

Re: How to update front panel immediately with any control change in LabVIEW7.0?

2004-04-15 Thread rolfk
I solve this problem by combining the event structure with a classical state machine. The classical state machine is a case inside a loop with either an enum or string shift register defining the actual state. In the idle case of that structure is the actual event structure which handles the UI.

Re: Passing parameters to VIs

2004-04-15 Thread Greg McKaskle
Using LV 6.1 with WIN 2000. I am wanting a way to pass several graph parameters to a SubVI without having to cluster properties together. I have several graphs that I need to pass serveral parameters each and would like a compact way to pass all parameters for an XY graph into a SubVI. Are

Re: problem with color

2004-04-15 Thread Greg McKaskle
How we can generate different shades of single color From dark to light .using a control like dial If dial pointing on zero we get darkest shad , If dial is pointing to maximum we should get lightest shad I want to assign this shad to the color property of LED. There are many ways to do

How do I determine the number of plots on a waveform graph?

2004-04-15 Thread Terry B.
How do I determine the number of plots that have previously been plotted on a waveform graph? I am loading dynamic data from a file. If I convert to an array and size it and there is only one plot, I get the number of data points and I don't know how to tell the difference.

hide 3D surface graph

2004-04-15 Thread WPS
I am using a 3d Surface graph and want to hide the control at certain times and display another control in the same screen location. I can't seem to find a property that will do this. Can someone please point me in the right direction?