Re: Taking Measurement from DAQmx Device

2003-12-22 Thread Nirmal Sharma
Hi, If you create virtual channels, you can use virtual channels directly in your software program to get the engineering values for strain, temperature etc. If you dont make virtual channels then in your software program, u need to perform all the setting which becomes sometime difficult. And yo

Re: Using UNDO (ctrl-z) in Built applications

2003-12-22 Thread Andrew Madry
I also just found what Michael has noted re the Application Edit menu undo and redo items not working in a LabVIEW runtime when they are made part of a custom menu. Selecting the menu item tag to be APP_UNDO or APP_REDO doesn't help. It all works fine from the development environment.

sir i want to synchronize 3 vi's using occurence fn but i am not getting how to use occurences

2003-12-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i have no. of variables,in multiple vi's and if value of any bariable changes in any vi other vi need to do something.i know i can use occurences but i do not know how to implent them

Re: labview 7 SubPanel Container Question

2003-12-22 Thread Jim Kring
I believe that the Front Panel of the VI which is to be inserted into a SubPanel Container cannot already be opened (or already inside another SubPanel Container). To solve this problem, you can set VI.Panel.Open = FALSE just prior to inserting the VI into the SubPanel Container. I hope that work

Re: daq down counter example for pci-mio-16e-4 wanted

2003-12-22 Thread Nirmal Sharma
Hi, there are numerous examples which you can find at this path: C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6.1\examples\daq\counter or Goto Find examples in Labview launching Panel -> Hardware Input and Output -> DAQ -> Counters If you are using DAQ card, Goto ->Count buffered edges or count

Taking Measurement from DAQmx Device

2003-12-22 Thread murali_vml
I want to measure different parameters such as Strain,Temperature & if iam using DAQmx vi's,Do i need to create the "DAQmx Create virtual Channel.Vi" for configuring each parameter i measure separately and use the same number of DAmx read vi's or is there any other way?

Re: Disable subvi on the web

2003-12-22 Thread sky
Hi, I think there are some misunderstanding, I think I am not clear enough. Actually I wanted the front panel of the subvi to appear on host side. But on the client side (through web-publishing) the front panel of this subvi will not appear. Thank you Best Rdgs, Sky

labview 7 SubPanel Container Question

2003-12-22 Thread WPS
I have multiple threads - in one thread (Thread A) I want to show the front panel of another thread (Thread B) using the SubPanel Container - Thread B is already running prior to Thread A starting. It appears from the examples of using the SubPanel container and my attempts that when using the Sub

How can I call resource manager in my labview program?

2003-12-22 Thread cws6805
How Can I call resource manager ,and save my visa resource name sets in my labview program?

daq down counter example for pci-mio-16e-4 wanted

2003-12-22 Thread Holger
Hi! I am searching for an example vi of a down-counter for ttl pulse trains. thnx, Holger

Re: communication

2003-12-22 Thread Claudia
Hello, First it is necessary to have both devices properly configured in MAX or T&M. Remember that the User Manual of your VME device will let you know what are the allowed Base Addresses that you can use, and then you need to enter those numbers in MAX. Some VME devices will require for you to s

Single Sweep command issue on FSP7 Spectrum Analyzer

2003-12-22 Thread uNav
I try to initiate a single sweep command using the following code "INIT:CONT OFF". The R&S FSP7 does not seem to except or recognize this command. Can you help as to why this is the case. I want to use single sweep mode and average my signal with the average count of 10. Manual it is fine but thru

Re: how can i configure my vme device?

2003-12-22 Thread Claudia
The User Manual of your VME device will tell you what are the valid parameters for your device. The configuration in T&M Explorer or in Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) is completely manual. You need to tell T&M or MAX all the information of your board, as explained in exercise 2 in the PDF

Re: I have Time problem when I launch VI configured on PC computer (P 2.6 GHz), on MacOS (500 MHz).

2003-12-22 Thread eh
You might try moving the "Saving Data" led off the graph. I know in Windows that when you have controls overlapping it can slow things down quite a bit. I also have found WinXP to be slower than older Windows versions, especially if you don't have at least 500 MB of memory.

Programmatic Windows Title Bar

2003-12-22 Thread AstroMed Glen
Hello, I would like to Programmatically change the display of the windows title bar of my application so that it reads the name of the file I currently have open inside of it. I can not find any documentation for dynamic changes, only static ones using the VI properties wi

Re: Copy Excel sheet to another workbook

2003-12-22 Thread Michael Munroe
You will need to use the Worksheet.Copy Invoke node and wire the Before or After input with a reference to a worksheet in another workbook. If you are already accessing both workbooks, just create a reference to a sheet in the target workbook using the Workbook->Sheets Property and Sheets->Item In

Re: I have Time problem when I launch VI configured on PC computer (P 2.6 GHz), on MacOS (500 MHz).

2003-12-22 Thread Jeremy Braden
If you do not have VI profiler, edit your code to use the tick count. This way you can have the program itself tell you the timing statistics.

Re: I have Time problem when I launch VI configured on PC computer (P 2.6 GHz), on MacOS (500 MHz).

2003-12-22 Thread Jeremy Braden
I could not see anything that would explain why the code is slower on the Mac. This is not to say that there is no problem--I just could not see it. Does the Mac have a lot of memory? I recommend running the VI profiler (if you have pro) to see what is taking so much time. You should also disabl

Re: Is it possible to pick a point in a graph and drag/move it to another position using the mouse?

2003-12-22 Thread MrWaves
Thanks! I didnt realize that it is possible to have more than one cursor! This means I need to generate as many cursors as points in my array and just make it look like an ordinary point. Then I can use this cursor to move the point to any position within the graph. I hope my guess is correct! Th

Re: Is it possible to pick a point in a graph and drag/move it to another position using the mouse?

2003-12-22 Thread Jim Kring
Yes, this should work.

Re: Unable to read from AI Read

2003-12-22 Thread Dennis Knutson
p.s. If you want to give someone the best rating, it's four stars. One star is a lousy rating.

Re: open thermocouple detection on the 1120

2003-12-22 Thread rohrdt
The problem is that this module doesn't have open thermocouple detection. That's why I asked the question to begin with. But when I read your comment about the resistance measurement I was curious to the details of how exactly to do this.

Re: unexpected error - why ?

2003-12-22 Thread FischeFr
right! really nice - I hate it ! thanks

Re: open thermocouple detection on the 1120

2003-12-22 Thread Les Hammer
As Matt stated, that particular module has .5 Volts tied to it to give open circuit detection. In that case I would not attempt to measure its resistance. I'm more familiar with DMM & switchboxes. For those, the configuration is all in the programatic commands sent to the DMM - so changing from

Re: Unable to read from AI Read

2003-12-22 Thread Dennis Knutson
The example that Nirmal posted is pretty much exactly the same as one of the shipping examples called Cont Acq&Chart (buffered). Looking through the examples that come with LabVIEW is the best way to get up to speed and should be the first place to look for help.

Re: ftp transfer works using Labview but when I look at the sent file on the server, it is empty

2003-12-22 Thread JoeLabView
Hi Mike, I am using ftp transfer with LV7 and have used it with LV6.1 with no problem. What ftp server are you using? Give us more details. However, I did have an experience where at first I thought the files were dissapearing. I was sending the files to an embedded system running Linux. The f

Re: open thermocouple detection on the 1120

2003-12-22 Thread rohrdt
Hi Les, how do you propose taking a resistance measurement on the channel if the channel has been configured in MAX for temperature? Can you reconfigure channels programmatically using LV?

Re: Unable to read from AI Read

2003-12-22 Thread hema
Thanks very much Nirmal, i used this in my project, Now the continuous acquistion is working fine hemaa

Re: ASCII to decimal conversion function

2003-12-22 Thread Les Hammer
Look under: Functions All Functions String String/Number Conversion [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LabVIEW Web Server and GPIB-ENET/100

2003-12-22 Thread JoshuaP
One thing that you didn't mention was whether or not you were using one NIC or two. If you are using two NIC devices, I would suggest connecting both to the default NIC. Do you have a separate IP for each NIC? If so are you pinging the one connected to the external network or the one connected t

Re: ASCII to decimal conversion function

2003-12-22 Thread JoeLabView
Why not simply add another display which has the property "Hex Display" already set. You could put the display next to the ASCII one and see both as the vi is running. -JLV-

Re: ftp transfer works using Labview but when I look at the sent file on the server, it is empty

2003-12-22 Thread Evan
Mike, I have not seen this, however can you attach a simple program and file to transfer so that we can reproduce it. Maybe I can help you that way. Sorry I don't have an immediate response.

Re: pade approximant

2003-12-22 Thread Jeremy Braden
For those who don't know, here is a link to http://www.mupad.de/schule/en/Documentation/eng/stdlib/pade.shtml";>pade approximation. I did not work out the details but it looks like you can use a couple of the fitting functions in LabVIEW. There is the rational fitting and the lev-mar fits. You c

Re: pade approximant

2003-12-22 Thread Jeremy Braden
Oops, There is no rational fitting--it is rational interpolation.

Re: Events & Tab Control Navigation Buttons

2003-12-22 Thread Roy F
Mads is correct in all respects. His usability suggestion is a valid one, but we still need to fix the bug (and will). Sorry for the inconvenience.

Copy Excel sheet to another workbook

2003-12-22 Thread yair_f
I'm trying to copy an excel sheet to another sheet in another workbook (and save all formulas and formats). I'm using LabView 6.1 and win2000. can you help me with that ? Thanks.

Re: unexpected error - why ?

2003-12-22 Thread Jim Kring
Probably because the Boolean is set to a "latch" mechanical action. Change it to a "switch" mechanical action and the error will go away.

Re: error in parsing data from instrument i/o assistant

2003-12-22 Thread TommyTestBoy
James, this is a very interesting problem. I am trying to get my hands on an HP 53131 or something similar to see if I can reproduce what you are seeing. One option you can try is to right click on the Instrument I/O Assistant block and select "Open Front Panel". This will convert the Express VI

Re: question on DAQmx

2003-12-22 Thread Zvezdana S.
Jim, You can wire an array or strings indicator to the output of Channels property node. Zvezdana S.

Re: Is it possible to pick a point in a graph and drag/move it to another position using the mouse?

2003-12-22 Thread Jim Kring
You can do this to a graph cursor. These look like points. You can programatically change the data in the graph, so what you want to do is possible, but it will take a little bit of coding.

Can the English version of LabVIEW 7.0 support Chinese text strings?

2003-12-22 Thread cpuwzd
I have developed an application using LabVIEW 6.1 in English. I am expecting to upgrade to LabVIEW 7.0. Will I be able to handle strings in Chinese? I am using Windows 2000. Will I need to use the Chines version of Windows 2000? Will I need a Chinese version of LabVIEW? Will I still be able t

ASCII to decimal conversion function

2003-12-22 Thread dannyrap
I use LabVIEW 6.1 I'm reading an instrument using RS-232 and the "Serial Port Read.vi" The vi reads 3 bytes in ASCII format I need to convert it to decimal or hexadecimal in order to calculate the instrument output. It is possible to do it offline (when the vi isn't running) by rigth clicking on th

Re: What is the Algorithm Used by the LabVIEW Remote panels?

2003-12-22 Thread Behzad
Thank you Mr. Greg McKaskle Can you help me for finding some technical note about "LabVIEW Remote Front Panels" because I used this feauter of "LabVIEW" in my thesis.

Re: i am caught in bizarre situation my labview programee takes...

2003-12-22 Thread Robert Cole
You might try putting a 50 msec delay somewhere in your program loop to give the CPU time to perform other tasks. With no delays in a LabVIEW program, it *will* hog all the CPU time. Rob

Re: How can I import a large .wav file into LabVIEW for analysis?

2003-12-22 Thread Mads
The file read functions have a count and an offset input. Just tell it where to start in the file (offset) and how many elements of the given data type you want. Read the block, analyze it and then read another portion of the file. If you want to start where the previous read stopped just wire the

Re: labview 5.1.1 craches on Win2k

2003-12-22 Thread JoshuaP
I would suggest trying to use GPIB Analyzer (http://www.ni.com/support/gpib/max/analyzer.htm) or NI-Spy (http://www.ni.com/support/gpib/max/nispy.htm) to see what the bus is doing. I would also reommend checking out the trouble shooting wizard at http://www.ni.com/support/gpib/gpib1.htm. I hope t

Tab control doesn't highlight when tabbing

2003-12-22 Thread Jim from DME
I have to navigate through my application without a mouse, using the tab key, return key, etc. As I tab through the controls I've noticed that as a control receives focus it is outlined with a black box. This doesn't seem to be true, however, for the tab control. Is there someway I can get the tab

Re: How do I talk through ISA bus in Windows 2K

2003-12-22 Thread Dennis Knutson
I've not heard of anyone doing a device driver in LabVIEW though I suppose it would be possible using the Inport/Outport functions to read/write to the boards' registers. I did a little of this once and it was not a pleasant experience. Typically, these sorts of things are written in C because of t

Re: Compare 2 string's -> output boolean

2003-12-22 Thread Mads
This is where LV's polymorph functions make things very simple: just wire the strings into an Equal? function (from the comparison palette), if they are equal the output will be a boolean true.

Re: Why would I get different sized exe's if I build the same...

2003-12-22 Thread Ben
It will be a while before I can finish this up. So far the laptop does NOT have that ini file setting. I will check my tower when I get back to work. I will post here if I figure out why this is happening. Ben

Re: Changing slider maximum scale programmatically

2003-12-22 Thread Ben
You are correct! That gives you two options; 1) Right clcik and choose disconnect from typdef, or 2) Customize control and make it a normal typdef. Ben

Compare 2 string's -> output boolean

2003-12-22 Thread rutekp
Is there any simple way to compare two strings. The output should be true or false. Thanks rutekp

event structure bug?

2003-12-22 Thread ONT
I'm not sure if this has been posted before (about 4400 hits came up for "event structure bug"): Start with a blank VI, drop an event structure, add dynamic registration terminals, add and wire register, unregister for events. Next, drop two "create user event" vis and wire a plain boolean consta

Re: Serial Communication Strategy Question

2003-12-22 Thread tmh
Because your LabVIEW program can't control when your hardware sends data, your first issue is going to be synchronisation with the incoming data and this will be determined by how the data is formatted. Is each item always terminated with a unique character (e.g. a carriage return) that never occur

Re: Questions on graphs and charts.,,,

2003-12-22 Thread Nirmal Sharma
Hi, 1. Charts takes sigle point value like plotting DC voltages, Graph takes set of values like arrays (1D) which are plotted on Y-axis with respect to x axis which is integer number like 0,1,2..etc.. , XY graph takes bundled array of X-axis & Y axis. 2. Charts are used where a single point value

Re: Inclure un driver de port série dans

2003-12-22 Thread tmh
Excusez-moi que je ne reponds pas en francais... You also need to install the NI-VISA runtime on the target PC. If you don't have this already you can download it from the NI site (search for 'NI-VISA' in drivers & updates). It may be possible to make the installer for your executable run the VISA

Re: Questions on graphs and charts.,,,

2003-12-22 Thread Luca P.
Hi, 1. The graph interprets the data as points ont the graph and increments the x index by one starting at x=0. If you want a different starting point or increment, then use the bundle function. Check the graph examples in the "LV examples". 2. In this case you've to use a continous data acquisiti

how can i configure my vme device?

2003-12-22 Thread cws6805
"I've got a VME-MXI-2 interface and a VME card connected to a VXI crate. I'm using the ni-vxi driver to access the VME cards with Labview in the crate. Using T&M Explorer, I have added this device and mapped it to A16 address space 0x0 to 0x03F.but The card has a switch that is set for "Base Addres

Re: event structure bug?

2003-12-22 Thread Mads
User events seems to be a bit bug-infected, it's e.g. very sensitive to what and when you wire to the create user event function. When I tried to recreate your problem I was unable to, probably because I named the boolean constants before wiring them. Then I tried deleting the constants and wire a

Is it possible to pick a point in a graph and drag/move it to another position using the mouse?

2003-12-22 Thread MrWaves
I have an array which contains sample points. I would like to be able to pick exactly one of those points in the graph (using the mouse) and move it to another position. Thanks Thomas

i am caught in bizarre situation my labview programee takes...

2003-12-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i am caught in bizarre situation my labview programee takes 100percent cpu time and creates a deadlock i am communicating with java programme through data socket but labview creates problem

Inclure un driver de port série dans u

2003-12-22 Thread efri
Dans une application Labview, nous communiquons avec le port s=E9rie (VISA read/ write). Sur le poste de d=E9veloppement l'application fonctionne correctement mais lorque nous g=E9n=E9rons un ex=E9cutable (cr=E9ation d'un programme d'installation) pour l'insaller sur un autre PC, la ressource VISA

How can I import a large .wav file into LabVIEW for analysis?

2003-12-22 Thread Tinnitus boy
I need to import a 40MB .wav file for analysis and doing so at once takes up too much memory, can I import a bit of the .wav file at a time?

pade approximant

2003-12-22 Thread hanine
I want to fit numerically exponential signal with pade approximant. Help me please

Re: Serial Communication Strategy Question

2003-12-22 Thread Mads
What is the protocol? How much data are we talking about (KBs) and how often do you read the data? Is the data just spit out, or do you need to poll for it? If so do you have to poll for each value, or do you get all the values in one reply... Can you provide an example of the string you will rece

Re: Changing slider maximum scale programmatically

2003-12-22 Thread WPS
An important note - I have the slider set up as a strict type def so I guess this is why I can't change the value...

Re: How do I make my USB to RS232 box ready light go on after my laptop comes out of suspension?

2003-12-22 Thread road dog
Chris, I've never reloaded the USB-232 software or attached the box to my laptop since your reply, so I don't know if this was the problem or not. Thanks for the information, and whenever I do get around to using this box with my laptop, I'll definitely let you know what the story is on this.

Re: error in parsing data from instrument i/o assistant

2003-12-22 Thread TommyTestBoy
James - what does the response you are parsing look like? I know of one bug that exists in the Assistant that this could be; if you show me a sample response I can let you know if this is a known issue or a new one.

Changing slider maximum scale programmatically

2003-12-22 Thread WPS
Is it possible to change a slider scale maximum programmatically - it appears that this value is not a write value using property nodes?

Questions on graphs and charts.,,,

2003-12-22 Thread gns
Hi , I have always been facing problem while working with graphs and charts. First of all let me be clear with the data these accept. further questions as under: 1. If I wire an array (1-dimention) to graph/chart , it plots it on Y axis. In this case, what are the values on x.axis? 2. If I want to