RE: Info-LabVIEW Digest - 02/05/04

2004-02-05 Thread Christopher Relf
> Subject: RE: [W] VI Server vs. System Exec. > From: "Junginger, Johann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:15:34 -0500 > > >As I understand it a version of LabVIEW can always(?) open a VI written > >with an earlier LV version but the converse is not true. > > That is only true for

Querying Active Directory from LabVIEW

2004-02-05 Thread Jeffrey Travis
Hello Has anyone had any experience querying Active Directory on Windows Server 2000 or 2003 from LabVIEW? I know are ways to access it with ADO objects or with .NET, which I am experimenting with, but so far I am not having much success. Any tips are appreciated. Thanks, Jeffrey -

drivers for agilent modules that go in 3499 mainframe?

2004-02-05 Thread fussy
I'm looking into buying the Agilent 3499A switching mainframe and using some matrix/multiplexing modules (N2260A and N2262A). I found the Labview driver for the mainframe but nothing for the modules. Does the mainframe driver contain the functionality of all the modules? If not, does anyone know

Problem with Call Library Function. Want to pass a string...

2004-02-05 Thread Fong
Problem with Call Library Function. Want to pass a string and return a string, but my compiler does not recognize "CStr" and Labview does not recognize my "char *function()" callout Hi, I'm trying to use a .DLL I wrote in Visual C++ .NET. The Call Library Function generates a function prototype

Re: Passing a string buffer pointer to a DLL in LabVIEW

2004-02-05 Thread ChromaBurst
Hello again... Back to looking at this problem. Have still been unable to get LabVIEW to create a blank data buffer, pass this buffer address to the DLL and then have the DLL return data from the hardware to this buffer address. I have however been able to read data (two chars) at a time from the

Re: How can I write bits through the COM1 serial port?

2004-02-05 Thread tbob
You are welcome. Look under String palette, then under Byte/Array/String sub palette.

Re: labview and Eagle pc104 card install Problem

2004-02-05 Thread Dennis Knutson
According to the Eagle web site, there are "plug-in compatible" VIs installed. These new VIs would have to be used instead of the normal daq functions. Just for grins, I ran the install program from Eagle and it put them in the vi.lib folder. It did not automatically update any of the palettes (in

Re: creating and printing 2d barcode with labview

2004-02-05 Thread Sean C.
Hello Gehill, Thank you for contacting National Instruments. Am I correct in assuming that you are trying to print from the activeX object? If so, you might want to contact the developer of your object to find out if you can and how to print. In answer to your last two questions; no, National I

Re: labview right-click memu dispear instead of staying

2004-02-05 Thread JoeLabView
I originally had that problem occur all the time. I also run LV7 on XP-Pro. I re-installed LV7 on a new PC and it works fine. I was having many other problems with LV7 on the previous PC (Dell), which motivated me to re-install it on another machine (Clone). Did you try re-installing both LV & W

Re: Why do graph cursors sometimes NOT appear in the location that I assign them to?

2004-02-05 Thread Jeremy Braden
I think that you may be running into a bug with the xy graph. I have not been able to isolate the problem. There is a solution however. I found that if you set the cursor to be free and not snap to point, your code works fine. (right click on the graph >> visible items >> cursor legend. Click

Re: getting last saved values

2004-02-05 Thread Mads
If you want to build an application of your code then yes, you will need to save the files to a file. If not you can save the values in the VI file itself - just use an invoke node on the VI and use the make current values default method and save instrument method. For built applications you can m

Re: How do I call another event from the current event in an event structure ?

2004-02-05 Thread Joe Guo
You need Labview 7. 1) using dynamic event or 2) using value (signal) as an event condition. any changes to the value will signal the event -Joe

system exec.vi fails sometimes on user executable

2004-02-05 Thread richg
I have an executable file that drives hardware. This executable takes command line arguments and runs from a shell prompt under windows2000/XP. The executable issues IO commands to the parallel port address to configure the hardware. The IO addressing is implemented correctly in 2000/XP using the P

Labview and windows 2000 Arggggh!!!

2004-02-05 Thread Scott Serlin
Has anyone had any problems copying VIs on a network from one machine to another in Windows 2k? I have rebooted both machines and keep getting this irritating message from windows that it cannot copy the VI because the VI is already in use. Why, oh why, is this happening? The permissions look

LabVIEW 7.0 utilize the real-time functions in Window 2000 Real-time.

2004-02-05 Thread Boeing
Can an application written with LabVIEW 7.0 utilize the real-time functions in Window 2000 Real-time.

Re: Item names in a strictly typed ring control do not update.

2004-02-05 Thread Zvezdana S.
Sudhir, That quote does state that the strict type controls and indicators on the front panel will update in value and appearance. However, the change will not affect the constants on the block diagram. I am still investigating the second issue about rings with the sequential values. Zvezdana S. Na

Re: How do I highlight the first row in an empty listbox ?

2004-02-05 Thread Mads
There must be an element in the list for it to be possible to highlight the first line, but it does not need to contain visible characters... That means that if you write a space on row one and highlight it and set that as the default value of the control you are there...

Re: Stopping Labview when it has to search for a file...?

2004-02-05 Thread Evan
Dave, If I understand your question you just want the LabVIEW search pop-up to stay up longer. That way the user can see what is being searched for. One suggestion I have is to add c:\ as the first directory for LabVIEW to search through. You can do this by selecting Tools >> Options >> Paths >

Re: How can I write bits through the COM1 serial port?

2004-02-05 Thread tbob
Serial transmission (COM port) protocol requires sending a group of bits at one time. You cannot just send one bit. Standard COM port settings must be either 7 or 8 data bits, 1 or 2 stop bits, etc... You have to group your bits 7 or 8 at a time. You could probably send a 0 byte or a 1 byte. Th

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

2004-02-05 Thread Brian Powell
Before I forget to ask, will you just be reading back individual values, or will you get several values for any probes? I.e., will you ever get something like this... !Temp1987654321EndOfData (where "98" is the first point of 16-bits, "76" the next, etc.) or will it always just be a single point

Re: convert LV waveform data to nCode .dac format?

2004-02-05 Thread gcubed
Hello dhuff, Thank you for contacting National Instruments. I haven't been able to find any VIs built that take LabVIEW data and convert it to nCode, but it can be done. You would need to know details of the way the data is stored in .dac files including endian order, whether it's channel orient

Re: LabVIEW Runtime 7.0 Linux and Mozilla

2004-02-05 Thread ondra
Hello Sean, I'm running LabVIEW 7 Express and the Front Panel works OK on Windows XP with Internet Explorer and RTE 7.0 for Windows. The problem appears only in LINUX. There is no other RTE for LINUX which I can try. Maybe the problems is with my distribution, or mozilla version ... Could you se

Re: tIMER

2004-02-05 Thread Scott Hannahs
At 15:43 + 02/05/2004, Nuno Lambuça wrote: >I know that the serial data in a parallel port is a loss of 7 databits, but >it was the cost :( Yikes. You really wanted to try to send serial data using one signal on a parallel port? I doubt that could be reliable at almost any baud rate! For a

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

2004-02-05 Thread Dargar
I'm sorry Brian, but the "rate this answer" doesn't show on your latest reply? As for the query thing, you're right, it doesn't make sense to be able to do both I guess. So either I'll have the computer request each data by sending "?Temp1" requests and listen for the replies, or else I will h

Re: Serial PORT WRITE

2004-02-05 Thread Van626
Mads. What do you mean by type-cast it to a string? Thanks, Van

Re: LabVIEW Runtime 7.0 Linux and Mozilla

2004-02-05 Thread Sean C.
Hello Ondra, Thank you for contacting National Instruments. What version of LabVIEW are you running? To use the Run Time Engine (RTE) 7.0, you must be running LabVIEW 7.0. If you are running 6.1 or earlier, you must install the corresponding RTE. To view LabVIEW 6.1 front panels in Mozilla, fu

How can I write bits through the COM1 serial port?

2004-02-05 Thread Van626
I'm trying to write bits through the serial port COM1. Labview "Write VI" only writes everything in string. It seems. How can I write bit by bit through COM1? Thank you, Van

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

2004-02-05 Thread Dargar
I don't have any 100% accurate values at this time since we have not desgined the sample system yet. However, going with what I have to estimate one: Assuming data is transferred in binary format (header and footer in ASCII) 10 data sources, each is app. 10-13 bit long, round up for worst case = 13

Re: can labview record data through a serial connection from a load cell controller?

2004-02-05 Thread Jason Hobbs
There is some sample LabVIEW code for the Sensotec 2000 at: http://www.sensotec.com/advantage/download.asp#software If you can't find the instrument driver you are looking for on the Instrument Driver Network (ni.com/idnet), you can generally search google and find something.

How do I call another event from the current event in an event structure ?

2004-02-05 Thread Act
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getting last saved values

2004-02-05 Thread Hema Tanikella
In my application I obtain 1 set of values by pressing a button. Another portion of the program uses these values to perform an action. Now if I stop the program and rerun it then these values become default values.But I want to use the last saved values each time I run the vi. How can i do this?.

Re: do all the sub VIs in a reentrant VI need to be reentrant?

2004-02-05 Thread FerozP
Hi Sumitrishi, When a VI is made reentrant, this property does not affect any of the subVIs and does not make seperate copies of the subVI. In other words, it does not make the subVIs of the reentrant VIs reentrant. There are many reasons for this, some of which are Not all VIs can be safely con

Re: Q: Compare LabView for Linux & Windows

2004-02-05 Thread FerozP
Hi Gerald, Since Linux and Windows are quite different, there are some differences in the LabVIEW versions for these Operating Systems. Below are a few: No ActiveX in Linux http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/DA11427DB450FDCB86256257005717D0?OpenDocument";>Using National Instruments Hard

Stand-alone application not to run when launched.

2004-02-05 Thread Belur
I would like my stand-alone application, built with LV 6.1 builder, not to start running upon clicking on it. In otherwords, I just want it to open up the front panel and wait for the user to click on the run button before actually start running. Although I have NOT selected 'RUN on OPEN' in the VI

Re: Stand-alone application not to run when launched.

2004-02-05 Thread Luca P.
Hi Sheela, That's probably a "wrong" setting in the application builder. 1. Start the application builder. 2. Include your top level VI 3. Go to the "VI Settings" Tab and click on your top level VI. 4. Check the "Run when Opened" setting of your top level VI. It's probably set to "YES" 5. Click on

Re: error 1303 when installing RTE 7.0 on Win NT

2004-02-05 Thread Sean C.
Hello Wytech, Thank you for contacting National Instruments. Make sure you do have administrator rights by trying to copy and paste to the folder in which you are trying to install RTE. Also make sure that you have permission to write to the specific folder if it is on a network. Let me know if

RE: Time Zone

2004-02-05 Thread David A. Moore
A set of VI's for this sort of thing are available from my website: http://www.mooregoodideas.com/Downloads/Downloads.htm#DateTimeTools. Enjoy, --David Moore At 11:30 PM 2004-02-04 -0500, you wrote: Subject: RE: Time Zone From: "Daniel A. Gilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:47:15

Re: ScreenPrinting pauses LabVIEW application

2004-02-05 Thread Brian Powell
Regarding the serial issue... Are you using VISA or the "builtin" serial VIs? Are you using hardware flow control? If you aren't using flow control, then it's very likely that the serial port isn't being serviced fast enough and bytes are being lost because of this. I think the "builtin" VIs (o

AI-Single Scan Problem

2004-02-05 Thread Paul_2003
I've written a little routine that measures voltage from a potentiostat that has 2 outputs from it: 1. Output with Gain control 2. Output without Gain control My routine measures the voltage (current) until the current reaches a specific value then performs an output to the potentiostat. Now the

Re: LV -> Igor

2004-02-05 Thread Scott Hannahs
At 18:05 -0500 01/07/2004, Daniel Flatin wrote: >>David Thomson wrote: >>A colleague of mine wants to write data from LabVIEW into files of Igor waves to >>analyze in Igor. I told him that I could find such conversion VI's, as I had used >>them years ago. > >You could also do this with AppleScrip

Re: tIMER

2004-02-05 Thread Scott Hannahs
At 12:05 + 02/05/2004, Nuno Lambuça wrote: >Hi, in LV7 I need a timers smaller than 1ms. My need is for implementing a >serial protocol. Using the parallel port I get a too fast dataflow, so I >need delays. Nuno, You can't do this using a normal desktop O/S. Period. You can't use the parallel

Re: DLL calling convention

2004-02-05 Thread Greg McKaskle
> Here's my problem. DLL looked always magic to me, so I tried to work > with them to see how it works. I wrote a DLL in Labwindow/CVI 6.0 and > my first fonction had the following prototype > > extern int __cdecl MyDLL_Init (int In1,char *Out2); > ... > extern int __cdecl MyDLL_Init (int In

Re: How to synchronize the Acquization part and control part?

2004-02-05 Thread John Rich
I'm still on LV 6.1 so I can't read your vi. I would be happy to take a look at it if you would repost it in 6.1 format.

Re: synchronize communication on tcp/ip

2004-02-05 Thread Ben
Ditto Mads statements. "Syncronous TCP/IP" over ethernet (or any other CDMA network) is an oxymoron. Ben http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=261&HRedirected=True&HUserId=101_3529&RFORMNUMBER=6";>Ben Rayner http://volt.ni.com/niwc/common.jsp?page=products_certificat

Re: ScreenPrinting pauses LabVIEW application

2004-02-05 Thread Ben
Hi Boeing! This could be simple or hard. Simple: Is the printer configured to "print in background"? Hard: The combination of software and hardware you are using is exhausting some resource (i.e. memory, CPU, etc). Suggestions: A) Check printer config. B) Watch "Task Manager>>>Perfromance" to

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

2004-02-05 Thread Greg McKaskle
> I think using a history buffer and have one graph will be to slow. The > satellite will be active for 6 - 8 hours, and towards the end of that > time, I think (I don't know) that the time it would take to read in > the buffer and then display the data would be significant, taking away > resources

Re: selecting multiple files

2004-02-05 Thread ramssted b
I modified multi-selection dialogbox.vi and now i have an array of strings that has paths of the selected files. How can i read these files one at time and make some calculation out of them and after that create graph from the answers. Some kind of loop perhaps? Balle

RE: Info-LabVIEW Digest - 02/04/04

2004-02-05 Thread Lewis Drake
You will get the best possible results using the regression fit routines if you adjust your input data arrays so that they contain numbers that are "small". These routines suffer from numeric errors internally when processing large numbers, like timestamps. I do this to the data before passing it

Re: How to use a GPIB card's LabView drivers to communicate with the card?

2004-02-05 Thread Mathews
"First you have to go through NI-488.2 getting wizard from the National instruments start menu verify your hardware and software installations procedures and go through Measurement & Automation Explorer(MAX) and try to set the address 1 in the instrument as well as MAX, communicate with the instrum

Re: How to use a GPIB card's LabView drivers to communicate with the card?

2004-02-05 Thread Mathews
"First you have to go through NI-488.2 getting wizard from the National instruments start menu verify your hardware and software installations procedures and go through Measurement & Automation Explorer(MAX) and try to set the address 1 in the instrument as well as MAX, communicate with the instrum

Re: How to make Bitwise operation in Labview ?

2004-02-05 Thread Nick Storton
Hi Nok, The standard OR function in the boolean sub palette of the functions palette performs a bitwise operation on it's input data. This is a polymorphic function so you can input scalar booleans, arrays of booleans or numerics. Hope this helps, Nick

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

2004-02-05 Thread Mathews
First you have to go through NI-488.2 getting wizard from the National instruments start menu verify your hardware and software installations procedures and go through Measurement & Automation Explorer(MAX) and try to set the address 1 in the instrument as well as MAX, communicate with the instrume

Excell open file gives me file permission error 8 in LV

2004-02-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I'm making a save file ( TXT ) that could be accessed by other programs! Now when i try to test it with Excell but I always get the file permission error 8 in Labview! Could this be a problem, or is the file accessible in other programs. But not in Excell because it has it opened all the t

How to make Bitwise operation in Labview ?

2004-02-05 Thread Nok
Hello.. everyone, I need to make the bitwise operation (or) in Labview, but I can't find it somewhere!!! Anybody has the experiece about it, pls help me !! Thanks a lot

Re: I am looking for a Labview IFR 2023 instrument driver

2004-02-05 Thread Nick Storton
Hi Steve, I don't know of a LabVIEW instrument driver for this sig gen but there is a Labwindows/CVI driver on Aeroflex's web site here:- http://www.aeroflex.com/products/software.cfm?ProductName=2023A/B,%202025 You could download it and then in LabVIEW under the tools menu you can import th

RE: IMAQ references/LV7

2004-02-05 Thread Rolf Kalbermatter
"Jack Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Thanks for the IMAQ examples. What I am finding is that if you drag the >property node into another blank VI then drag the reference to the blank VI >front panel – problems occur: >1. The reference does not show as an IMAQ reference but a odd looking thing

I am looking for a Labview IFR 2023 instrument driver

2004-02-05 Thread stevec
I am looking for a Labview IFR 2023 instrument driver

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

2004-02-05 Thread Ruud
Thank you very much! This solution indeed helps! Any idea why I am only having this problem in LV7 and not in LV6.1? Regards, Ruud

RE: [W] VI Server vs. System Exec.

2004-02-05 Thread Rolf Kalbermatter
Subject: RE: [W] VI Server vs. System Exec. From: "Junginger, Johann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:15:34 -0500 >As I understand it a version of LabVIEW can always(?) open a VI written with >an earlier LV version but the converse is not true. That is only true for the developmen

Re: Time Zone

2004-02-05 Thread Rolf Kalbermatter
"Jean-Pierre Drolet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Daniel A. Gilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> ...and if I do not have the internet toolkit? > >Get the timestamp for LabVIEW epoch (0 = Jan 1st,1903 GMT) and get the hour. The >difference from midnight is your Time Zone offset. This works not flawlessly a

Re: Time Zone

2004-02-05 Thread Rolf Kalbermatter
"Daniel A. Gilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I need to save absolute time stamps to an Excel compatible CSV file and need >the time zone adjustment from Universal Time to do this since the LV time >stamp is in Universal Time. Is there a way in LV to get this info. Only LabVIEW's internal int32/times