Re: the best way to make a nice POLAR plot in LV

2004-02-03 Thread pawel
Hi Greg again I hope you will rad this message, though it is written after some time we have finished our converstion. In previous post, you write that the polar plot will render my plot depending on the device it is sending the plot to. You give an example that if my device is a printer, the

Re: Would you mind telling me if there are any connections between the BNC connector and USB connector?

2004-02-03 Thread Toni
Hi Happy Guy, Could you tell us a few more details about what signals you want to measure? Then it would be easier to help you. Toni

Re: how can i convert .gif/.bmp/.jpeg file to labview code(vi)?

2004-02-03 Thread anchovie
You can copy C code from a web page and compile it because it's still in text form and made up of individual characters that can be parsed. A .gif or similar image file is simply one object - if you took a screendump of a text editor containing C source code you'd have to have a program that

Re: NI-CAN

2004-02-03 Thread Andre Hauser
it seems NI-CAN 1.6 had some problems... With version 2.12, my program works

Re: Application Building Problem

2004-02-03 Thread Luca P.
Hi Toni, I don't know how your *.ini looks like, but it's not enough to only insert the ini setting you mentioned. I would try to copy the Labview.ini file from your PC and to adapt it to your application. Please review the KB linked below for more details (second method):

Problem with converting levenberg marquardt fitting program from LV6.1 to LV7

2004-02-03 Thread Ruud
I wrote an application that does Levenberg Marquardt fitting on a measured power spectrum (that should be a lorentzian). In LV6.1 this application worked perfectly. Even if the initial guess coefficients were very different from the actual coefficients, the algorithm would find the right values.

what is the difference between wiring a datasocket reference...

2004-02-03 Thread John B
what is the difference between wiring a datasocket reference or a datasocket URL into Datasocket Read and Write VIs? Which is better? To wire a URL or a reference into Datasocket read/write? Does wiring in the reference save processor effort/time? Do I have to close the DS reference before I can

Re: Excluding search path for vi:s

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
Hence, there vill be two copies of the same vi:s i parallel, one in the dir and one in the llb. Is there a way of forcing LabVIEW to load the vi:s from the dir:s, so that we can be sure to get the latest versions? When loading subVIs, LV first looks in memory, then in the location

Re: How Do I use HP82350A(GPIBcard PCI) wiht LabVIWE 6i?

2004-02-03 Thread JoeLabView
Hi Somsak, The first thing to do when installing a new peripheral device, such as a GPIB card (including those from NI), is to register them using Measurement Automation Explorer (MAX). Steps: 1. Install the hardware as per manufacturer's recommendation. Also install the sw driver. 2. Open

Re: The best way to print a picture control from LabVIEW

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
So, what is the best way to print a picture control in a high quality? I think you are on the right track, but I believe there is a limit on the Scale to Fit option in printing. It will only scale the image by 4x, to 288 dpi. For now, try making your picture something smaller, like 280x10

Re: Waveform Chart Y-T Values

2004-02-03 Thread Dennis Knutson
One way is to build a waveform data type with Build Waveform function, add t0 and dt info, and use the Export Waveforms to Spreadsheet function. The dt, (delta time) should be readily available from the sampling rate of your data acquisition. You could also create an array of time values, append

Re: the best way to make a nice POLAR plot in LV

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
That would work for me very well, but I need to ask you how make my printer the device that polar plot will write to. For now I can print my polar on screen and then print the front pannel (good resolution), or save the picture to graphic file and print fron report or etc (poor resolution).

Re: The best way to print a picture control from LabVIEW

2004-02-03 Thread pawel
Hello Greg thank you for the answer. Can I ask you also to go back to our last conversation and read my answer. Or better I enclose it here: Hi Greg again I hope you will rad this message, though it is written after some time we have finished our converstion. In previous post, you write that the

Motion Hardware Problem

2004-02-03 Thread David A. Moore
Dear Wireworkers, I'm having a flaky problem with a motion system that I'm trying to pinpoint, and I thought I'd ask if anyone has seen something similar. I'm using 3 NI 7344 motion boards, UMI interfaces, and MOOG servo controllers (don't know the model) that provide a synthetic AB signal for my

simultaneous analog output 1k sine wave and data acquisition

2004-02-03 Thread jujian
Although many topics of simultaneous analog output and input can be found in NI Developer Zone, I have not found a case similar to my project. I'm trying to generate a 1kHz sine wave by using the analog output of NI DAQPad-6070E, and acquire one channel input signal simultaneously. I found most of

Re: LabVIEW Data Acquisition Engineering opening - Orlando, FL

2004-02-03 Thread mikebigs
Hello Bill i was wondering if you still had a postion open.

Re: What does the error VISA Status code: bfff0015 mean?

2004-02-03 Thread TommyTestBoy
Serial communication with a message-based instrument can be difficult to get setup. You may have already tried this - but I would confirm that your COM port settings correctly match the configuration of the instrument. You can do a quick check by clicking the properties button next to the

Does anyone has HP E4401B spectrum analyzer driver?

2004-02-03 Thread detech
I used GPIB to control HP E4401B. I just want to know if there is any driver for this analyzer?

Re: PXI-6713 and Labview 6.1

2004-02-03 Thread Spencer S.
RVI PFI, It does not appear that any examples with this exact functionality are available, but you should be able to use the bCont Generation - ExtClk.vi/b example as the foundation of your application. The master PXI-6713 will use the external clock signal as its update clock. Additionally,

Re: RS232 vs RS485

2004-02-03 Thread Mads
Need to be more specific; What is it that takes 600 ms with RS232 and 1200 ms with RS485?

Re: Find out which element is selected in an array

2004-02-03 Thread shoneill
Hi Ian, There are a couple of ways I can think of. The first is only useful if you know you don't have any multiple entries in the array. You can get the value of the selected cell (over the ArrElem.Value) property, and compare this with all of the vlaues in your array. The second method

Re: Find out which element is selected in an array

2004-02-03 Thread Ian Ren
Hi, Shane The ArrElem.Xposition and Yposition method worked. I never thought of doing it this way. Thanks for your help. Ian

Re: How to get Labview conversion kit

2004-02-03 Thread FerozP
Hi, Please contact us at 1 800 433 3488 in order to get the conversion kit. Also read the following document that talks about the conversion kit and how to get it: a href=http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/429E45271CFD683786256D87006B1EEF?OpenDocument;How do I Upgrade My LabVIEW 2.x VIs

[W6.1] RMS averaging with FFT Spectrum (Mag-Phase).vi

2004-02-03 Thread Roman Golubovski
Colleagues, I need help/guidance on how to use FFT Spectrum (Mag-Phase).vi to perform RMS averaging on sampled strip(s). DAQ produces strip of up to 120.000 samples (max 120sec at max 1kS/s). After that I am asked to do the following: 1) segment the strip into overlaping segments (equally sized)

Re: Test if LabVIEW running problem

2004-02-03 Thread Evan
Paul, I just wanted to explain what you where seeing, in case you were curious. A LabVIEW executable always runs in the Run-time engine. In addition an un-wired terminal returns the local LabVIEW instance, so for an EXE that is the Run-Time engine By adding the IP address you are now asking it

Re: What does the error VISA Status code: bfff0015 mean?

2004-02-03 Thread tsheikh
The last time I got the error message was when I had terminated the command with \n (carriage return). Try \r (line feed).

Re: c++ builder 6 unresolved external error loading a dll

2004-02-03 Thread Sean C.
Hello Simon, Thank you for contacting National Instruments. When you created your DLL in LabVIEW, a LIB file should also have been created. To call the DLL in C#, make sure that you include the LIB file in C#. In answer to your questions: 1. You can solve this problem by including the LIB

LabVIEW Runtime 7.0 Linux and Mozilla

2004-02-03 Thread ondra
I have successfuly instaled runtime plugin into Mozilla under linux. I copied plugin into mozilla plugins directory. When I connect to any page with LV Remote Panel, the plugin loads the page, but after 100% it doesn't work. It just display gray rectangle, or the Remote Panel on incorect position.

How to write files simultaneously using the same VI ?

2004-02-03 Thread Matthias Meyer
Hi, I use in one of my VIs the Open/Create/Replace File.vi and the Write File.vi to write data into a file (LV 7.0) When I start the same VI a second time (reentrant execution) it's still possible to create a new file (with a different name) but not to wirte data in it. It ssems to me that the

Is there a way to create a multi-state button or have a pict ring behave like boolean?

2004-02-03 Thread agolovit
Does someone know of a way to make a multi-state button say (function one, function two,function three, off) or implement boolean-like behavior for a pict ring? I want to be able to cycle through the states without a menu popping up for all possible values. So when I press this button or ring it

Re: Instron 5500 series GPIB control

2004-02-03 Thread Matthew C
Hello Stefan, Thank you for contacting National Instruments. To obtain the specific instruction set for that particular instrument, you will need to consult your instrument=92s manual or manufacturer, in this case, Instron. I took a brief look at their website, www.instron.com, and they have

Strange behavior of stop control with events

2004-02-03 Thread Hema Tanikella
I have found some strange behavior while using stop controls. I have a main vi which has two while loops. One of them is used to continuosly acquire the images. The other while loop has event structure that has several booleans which trigger different events. Both the while loops are operated

convert LV waveform data to nCode .dac format?

2004-02-03 Thread dhuff
Does anyone have Vi's or information on how to convert waveform data to nCode .dac format?

Re: Strange behavior of stop control with events

2004-02-03 Thread Dennis Knutson
You could just pass the data from the acquisition loop to the other via a local variable.

How do I display one of several interfaces on the front panel, based on user selection?

2004-02-03 Thread kipbenson4
Using LabView 7 in Windows XP... The user should be able to choose one of (probably four) different front panel layouts that appropriately displays that data. Is there any way to have a different set of front panel objects appear based on a user's selection of, say, a radio button? Thanks.

Menu Ring text string problems

2004-02-03 Thread 84berlinetta
I have stumbled across a LV problem with locating menu rings close to window edges. As long as the list of ring menu entries is long enough to extend beyond the edge of the screen when the menu is opened, the entries in the table are not all visible. For example: If I set up a menu ring with 4

Re: [W6.1] RMS averaging with FFT Spectrum (Mag-Phase).vi

2004-02-03 Thread Scott Hannahs
You are close to what a waveform analyzer does. It is not mathematically very clean, but it is useful for watching frequency evolution over time. But you need a time averaging buffer. For each of the 6 segments, do an FFT and get the Mag and phase. Have a buffer that is the same length as

Re: Labview 7 gotchas

2004-02-03 Thread Scott Hannahs
At 12:52 -0600 02/03/2004, Vic Blosser wrote: Missed steps, non-functioning portion of the application. Things will work in the development environment but not after it's compiled. I tried saving as 6.1 but there are too many errors. I'm seeing is code within loops not completely

RE: Motion Hardware Problem

2004-02-03 Thread Michael Aivaliotis
We've seen this problem in the past. We found the cause to be the combining of motor drive signals in the same cable bundle as encoder feedback wires. Noise was being coupled onto these wires and was cousing erroneous feedback signals. The drive cables should be seperated from the feedback cables.

Potential bug in IMAQ Copy

2004-02-03 Thread Sergey Liberman
Hello all, I have a problem copying a source image to a destination image using IMAQ Copy. Suppose the source image handle is img1 and the destination handle is img2. Both images have been created in advance as RGB images with 0 border. Sometimes the handle of the output image is img2, which is

Re: how can i convert .gif/.bmp/.jpeg file to labview code(vi)?

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
I am having a .gif file which consists of vi code. I want to convert that .gif file into vi complile it. I am using LV 6.1 7 express. Is is possible? Reverse is surely possible like we can convert the vi diagram into gif/.bmp file? But above i dont know? As others have said, it isn't

Re: Is there a way to create a multi-state button or have a pict

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
Does someone know of a way to make a multi-state button say (function one, function two,function three, off) or implement boolean-like behavior for a pict ring? I want to be able to cycle through the states without a menu popping up for all possible values. So when I press this button or

RE: Labview 7 gotchas

2004-02-03 Thread Scott Hannahs
At 13:53 -0600 02/03/2004, Vic Blosser wrote: It in the error log indicating that certain vi's from the user libraries, instrument drivers and of course some of the labview vi's can not be saved in 6.1. It is a fairly substantial list. Right, but all those should still exist as 6.1 files and

Re: Labview 7 gotchas

2004-02-03 Thread andrew johnson
At 2:27 PM -0500 2/3/04, Scott Hannahs wrote: It sounds like you have http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html. I have a couple of those projects as well. One that has been brought forward from Version 1 of labview and I hope to get to another major rewrite this year. Thanks for that link, Scott,

Re: Menu Ring text string problems

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
I have heard this is a definite LV problem that has been around for awhile. Has anyone found a work-around for it? This action is intentional. The goal is to have the current value open under the mouse. This is in part so that a double click is less likely to change the value. It also

Re: Filtering out and sending data to the correct graph depending

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
Also, I'm wondering if it is possible to have several graphs underneath each other in the front panel, so that when the user presses say, F1 through F10 it brings to the front different graphs. That way I can have 10 graphs but only show one at a time (but I can scroll them back in time to

Re: How do I display one of several interfaces on the front panel,

2004-02-03 Thread Greg McKaskle
The user should be able to choose one of (probably four) different front panel layouts that appropriately displays that data. Is there any way to have a different set of front panel objects appear based on a user's selection of, say, a radio button? You can either build a panel that acts as

RE: Labview 7 gotchas

2004-02-03 Thread Michael Aivaliotis
This is just a shot-in-the-dark but try adding this to your labview.ini file: BldApp.RemovePolyVIsandTypedefs=False Restart LV then rebuild your app. Michael Aivaliotis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vic Blosser Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Test if LabVIEW running problem

2004-02-03 Thread paul_s
Thanks for that Evan. I sort of worked out it was checking the local instance, but it took me a while to work out I had to configure the VI server... Regards, Paul.S

Does anyone know of LabView drivers for an axiomtek AX4810P (PCI-GPIB)

2004-02-03 Thread L S
I am looking for LabView Drivers for an axiomtek AX4810 PCI-GPIB card, I have tried the manufacturer and the vendor. The data sheet for the card says that it's 100% labview PCI-GPIB compatable. Windows (98) says that it is working properly but I can't get LabView to find it. It says that I don't

Motion Problems

2004-02-03 Thread Jack Hamilton
David, It would seem that your loosing encoder counts – or counting encoder noise. There is a very old NI app AN084 note “Using Quadrature Encoder with E-Series DAQ Boards” which suggests a ‘debounce’ circuit for encoders. Why NI does not put this circuit in their encoder circuit is a mystery. I