Re: setting a single button to do a task in different loops

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Cole
This is usually not too much of a problem. You can create a local variable from the button and use that to read in one of the loops. You will not be able to use the mechanical action "Latch when..." for the button, but have to change it to "Switch when...". This also means that one of the loops wil

Re: Errors 410 and 420 with Agilent 34970A

2004-02-25 Thread Dennis Knutson
According to the manual, 410 is Query Interupted and 420 is Query Unterminated. The first can happen when you send a query but there is still data in the output buffer. If you've requested a certain number of bytes during a read, you probably need to increase that number in order to sure that all d

Re: why the output strings are error codes?

2004-02-25 Thread Dennis Knutson
What bit twiddling are you doing and what kind of error codes are you getting? As one of your previous questions pointed you to the bit twiddling challenge, it's certainly possible to do in LabVIEW but a bit more information is required. Posting an example VI with help a lot.

Re: where can i find additional DDE resources???

2004-02-25 Thread GrantM
Hello, Dave has posted a couple of example programs which use DDE in LabVIEW. You can find a tutorial by going to http://www.ni.com and clicking on "Support." Under Option 3, search "Tutorials/Application Notes" and enter "DDE LabVIEW" (without quotes) into the keywords box. One of the first li

Re: Uninitialized array\cluster takes CPU power

2004-02-25 Thread Shea C
Hello tst, Thank you for your inquiry regarding CPU usage when using an array covered by a control. After running the VI I understand the problem that you are having and this problem does exist in standard LabVIEW 7.0. It takes a lot of resources to update a front panel when controls/indicators are

Re: What happened to the Developer Exchange?

2004-02-25 Thread Kermitthefrog
Hi Ben, I posted a full explanation to this question in the http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=304&HOID=5065000800F4C0&USEARCHCONTEXT_CATEGORY_0=_49_%24_6_&USEARCHCONTEXT_CATEGORY_S=0&UCATEGORY_0=_49_%24_6_&UCATEGORY_S=0> LabVIEW General Insights . As to

Re: Run-time licenses

2004-02-25 Thread Robert Cole
I remember the 5.1 licensing. It used to be that you could distribute an EXE that you made with LV5.1 to 6 (I remember the number 6) other computers, but you could distribute the EXE to as many computers as you had NI cards in (and only NI DAQ, GPIB, etc. cards - no other vendors). We thought that

Re: error -2147221480 occured at building dll stub

2004-02-25 Thread JDesRosier
Hello, Thank you for contacting National Instruments. I understand that you're experiencing issues when trying to build a LabVIEW dll. Fortunately, there is more information regarding this problem within our online knowledge base. See the following link. http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websear

Re: reading binary data

2004-02-25 Thread Dennis Knutson
For reading binary, there's one example called Read Binary File that reads a file of DBLs. You can modify this to read whatever you want. If your data is integers, wire an I32 constant to the byte stream type input of the Read File function. If your data is floating point, replace with a SGL consta

Re: Communication with AOL Instant Messenger

2004-02-25 Thread Jeremy L
Hello, LabVIEW does support ActiveX controls, which I believe would be the way to access AOL Instant Messenger. However, I do not know of any current ActiveX controls that have been published by AOL for free development purposes. You may want to go browse through AOL's website for this control.

Re: Memory error

2004-02-25 Thread GrantM
Hello, Can you provide any additional information about this memory error such as the error message? Also, is this a LabVIEW memory error or a Windows memory error? Crashes in LabVIEW when working with CINs are frequently caused by errors in the C code of the CIN. Since a crash doesn't happen f

Re: Array from C function

2004-02-25 Thread pawel
Hello Helmut Problems with arrays is that you must reserve some space in memory for them. You can do it from CINs using the "memory manager" from CIN tools, but the easier way is to build the array in LabVIEW and pass the pointer top the dll. Inside DLL use this pointer to load the data to it and

Re: P4 Hyper-Threading and LabVIEW7Express

2004-02-25 Thread bboyce
I have similar problems with ActiveX VB DataSocket component and DataSocket Server. I have a dual processor XEON machine and if I enable either the second processor, or hyper threading then the application in the auto-read mode (answering interrupts that are sent from the server to a subscriber) wi

Re: Further Examples for the Picotech ADC200 Series

2004-02-25 Thread GrantM
Hello Wayne, A good place to start for example code is the product manufacturer and it seems like you have already done that. National Instruments also provides example code we have created as well as from other users. You can search this library by going to http://www.ni.com and clicking on Supp

Re: using MS Databound grid in Labview

2004-02-25 Thread GrantM
Hello, I am not familiar with the databound grid control you refer to or with databases in general. However, instead of recreating its functionality, you could look into the LabVIEW Database Connectivity Toolkit which simplifies database communication. You can find out more information about thi

I pull fiftyfour bytes of data from MicroProcessor's EEPROM...

2004-02-25 Thread Deeply Annoyed
I pull fiftyfour bytes of data from MicroProcessor's EEPROM using serial port. It works fine. I then send a request for 512 bytes and my "read" goes into loop condition, no bytes are delivered and system is lost I pull fiftyfour bytes of data from MicroProcessor's EEPROM using serial port. It wo

Bring a Calling VI's front panel to the front of the desktop

2004-02-25 Thread NJG88_TG
My main VI calls sub vi's which open and close or sometimes not but the main VI should come to the front when executing in its own domain such as when it is time to select another choice. The question is " How can I make my VI come to the front of the desktop when needed?" IS there a foolproof way?

Re: Open Access from Labview

2004-02-25 Thread Jeremy L
Hello, The preferred method of database communication with LabVIEW is the Database Connectivity Toolkit. http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/f763aa1d7cd3c83d862568e8007c51cd?OpenDocument";>Here is a link that may help you find more information about this. Also, you m

Re: how to create a help file for a VI

2004-02-25 Thread Enrique
Hi Mudda; Assuming you are using Windows, with LabVIEW, you can create the necessary files to create a help file, but you can't create the help file. In order to create your help file, you need a WinHelp compiler. Also, what LabVIEW allows you to do is to create a file that correspond to the doc

Re: Test

2004-02-25 Thread Kermitthefrog
John, This seems to be working, let us know if you continue to have problems. Regards, Sarah

Re: Problem building a VI to test a dll.

2004-02-25 Thread Ajit
Hi Guys, I could figure out the way to do this, Thanks a lot. Ajit

Re: PID with 2 slider controls

2004-02-25 Thread Dr. Imad
If I understood you correctly, you are reading the two current positions (1)-up-down and (2) left-right, and you have two set points (one for the up-down and the other for the left-right position, read by the master. And the objective is to make the readout for the positions as close as possible

Re: email MS Excel file attachments

2004-02-25 Thread ER
I believe that there is an Email with Data.vi example that should help you. However, it should be pretty straight forward. As an example: 1. Open SMTP Email Send File.vi 2. Fill out the recipient's email address in recipients 3. Fill in the subject 4. Fill in the message 5. Fill in the path to t

Hitting Back Space in Remote Panel while entering character in string control

2004-02-25 Thread A. Senthilnathan
I am using Remote Panel in my application. I use string control where user enters some information through remote panel to the software. While entering the info in the string control in remote panel (using IE 6), If i mistype any thing and hit back space, IE goes to previous page. Instead I would l

how can I put data in an array which will be used in SPC plotting

2004-02-25 Thread chrisboo
In my program, it will generate data continuously and I would like to store these data time to time in an array. Could you suggest me a method? For example, 1.77,1.67,1.56,1.89,1.99... (these data generated continuously) 1st second: 1.77 1.67,1.56,1.89,1.99( store in array) After 1 second: 1.67,1.5

Re: labview problem

2004-02-25 Thread Joe Guo
There are two VIs called "Wait" and "Wait Until Next Multiple" from the "Time & Dialog" pallette which you can use to delay your each send operation. Joe

I want to make a arrow picture blink when The Load cell is travelling down

2004-02-25 Thread Skegsy
I want to improve my app by putting some visual indicators in the form of 2 pictures , an arrow up and down , and would like these to blink according do wich way the numbers are going positive or negative when the data values on the displacment channel are changing ,Cant seem to find any vi to hel

How can I force the close of a third party ActiveX server.

2004-02-25 Thread codeman
We have a third party ActiveX executable that refuses to shut itself down once in a while. And when I say once in a while, I mean one out of every 20-30 times it's attempted. All termination commands are being sent and recieved properly, and all refnums are being closed. No errors are ever genera

Is the output from an auto power spectrum complex valued?

2004-02-25 Thread St Augustine
i want to display the fourier output of some ascii data that i saved to a text file. however the input to the FFT block must be complex valued.how am i to know what i see is actually the fourier analysis?please help

setting a single button to do a task in different loops

2004-02-25 Thread dogbert03
I have two separate while loops and I want a single button to perform the same task in both loops. Is there a way to configure this or am I stuck with having 2 buttons?

What differences are between VI templates and VI?

2004-02-25 Thread Bichillo
I am reading the User Manual( Labview 7) and I don=B4t umderstando what differences are between save one Vi as *.vit or *.vi?I would like to know the differences beteween vi templates and vi!!! Thank you!!

Can't control the HP3325b (error code:Hex:BFFA0010)

2004-02-25 Thread MusicIsLive
Dear all, i am now writing a vi to control the HP335b, when i run a simple driver's vi (like getting started.vi) i found that the "ag3325b Configure Standard Waveform.vi" got a error and the error code is Hex:BFFA0010 ag3325b Configure Standard Waveform.viDriver Status: (Hex 0xBFFA0010) Invalid val

Labview window scrollbar won't enable

2004-02-25 Thread Jim from DME
A very frustrating problem. Have you ever been editing with a labview window (6.1) when suddenly you notice that the scrollbars on the side and bottom of the window are no longer enabled? It happens very infrequently but when it does the only way I can edit around the window is to drag an object to

error -2147221480 occured at building dll stub

2004-02-25 Thread wewe
I am trying to create a LabView Dll, however i keep getting this error whan i attempt to build it. I have created Dll's before but all of a sudden it just stopped working. Has anyone else seen this and can shed some light? I'm using LV 7.0

Real time feedback control using E series DAQ

2004-02-25 Thread Sandhya
I am doing real time feedback control(PID)that controls (drives) the up/down motion of Z-piezo in atomic force microscope (AFM) using a E series DAQ NI6025E.I collect a single scan of data from the AFM, perfom some analysis on it,update the driving signal based on a measured value and send out the

why the output strings are error codes?

2004-02-25 Thread gemstone
Hi, I have made some bit twiddling operations.but the output are error codes after running every time.for example,the output strings are error codes when I make bit twiddling to the input binary "00001111".Could anybody tell me the reason why bit twiddling deos not work?

Labview Locks Up Opening Chart Properties

2004-02-25 Thread Kirk
Sometimes when I open up a properties dialog box for a waveform chart, the Labview 7 locks up. Other times it takes a long time to update the entry and go on to the next. Especially when editing the plot names. This seems to be always when I have a waveform chart that has multiple wave forms goin

Errors 410 and 420 with Agilent 34970A

2004-02-25 Thread Arrington
Hello, all. I'm helping a colleague with an application measuring ten channels each of temperature, frequency, and current using an Agilent 34970A DAQ switch (GPIB) and LabVIEW 7. We keep getting errors 410 and 420 from the switch. When the error occurs, then the switch doesn't report all 30 pie

waveform chart shifts first point by 50

2004-02-25 Thread JayB
I am plotting 20 points of data using the Waveform Chart. The data is sent to the chart as waveform; t0 = 180, dt = 5, Y = my data points. I am using the XScale.Range property to set the following: Min = 180, Max = 280, Increment = 10, Minor = 5, Start = 180. When I send the data to the chart it st

Optimizing serial buffer read speed

2004-02-25 Thread Amir P.
In my program I am sequentially grabbing 69 bytes from the serial at 38400 baud rate. However, the rate at which my VI is grabbing the data is too slow. Are there any methods of making it faster, assuming that I cannot use a high speed serial?

Phase displays? Compared to what ref?

2004-02-25 Thread whatsup
I am using Labview 7 and I have a question about some of the new features. I am trying to input 2 channels and graph the output amplitude and phase difference. I have tried using the "new" interfaces for "spectral" and "tone" measurements but I am unable to achieve the desired results. I am trying

Template in runtime

2004-02-25 Thread C. Allen Weekley
What happens when a VI template (.vit) is opened in the LabVIEW Runtime? Does it open a file with a new name as it does in the development environment? Allen

question abt "propery node"..

2004-02-25 Thread israelsze1
i am using the "propery node" to set the "VISA READ" control its node "termination character enable" does not affect VISA functionality when termination character exist (or default) the "enable" does not affect.. please your advise.. thanks simon

DataSocket & Java Applet

2004-02-25 Thread ggingras
Is it possible to program a java applet to access information from instruments using DataSocket? Is there an API? There is an API announced on this website: http://flagpole.mit.edu/applets/DataSocket/DS-HOWTO.html It says it's a Beta but I cannot acces the link that redirect on NI's Website

PID with 2 slider controls

2004-02-25 Thread cmiranda
I've never messed with PID's but I'm working on a project that I thought would be simple until someone told me that I needed to calibrate my system to another system using PID's. So here goes with the question. I have a pedistal that moves in the up/down (elevation) and right/left (azimuth) posit

email MS Excel file attachments

2004-02-25 Thread lmd2
I am trying to send an email from within LabVIEW 7 using the SMTP Send Multiple Attachments.vi I need to attach an MS Excel file (.xls) The recipient gets the email with attachment, but the file is corrupted (invalid format) and can not be opened. Is there an example of how to accomplish this?

High speed data logger VI

2004-02-25 Thread Blore
I have two questions regarding the high speed data logging VIs available at the following link http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niepd_web_display.display_epd4?p_guid=B45EACE3EE4756A4E034080020E74861&p_node=DZ52303&p_submitted=N&p_rank=&p_answer=&p_source=External 1) When we retrieve the data is it in d

Error 8 at New File

2004-02-25 Thread Ray Friddle
Well, I have read several posts about this error but they all seem to deal with "opening" a file. I am getting this error when I use the New File VI from the advanced VIs under File I/O. I'm running Win XP but I don't have MS Office so I don't think that Fast Find program could be the problem. I'v

passing data to subvi

2004-02-25 Thread Ya-hoo
I need to pass data to a subvi which has while loop inside. And the data need to be seen in while loop. How can it implemented? Thx.

incrementing file path?

2004-02-25 Thread Blackj
I have a for loop that is going to write a number of files. I wish to name all the files differently bu have to many file to type in a new name each time. I there a way to say add the loop iteration to the filepath to create a contiuously changing file name? E.G iteration 1, Datafile1 iteration

RS232 questions...

2004-02-25 Thread israelsze1
please your advise.. i am using now the trial version..(labview#7) when i run the application few times all indicators preserve last response/status and it is not good for beginning the next RUN... how can i PRESET or CLEAR my controls on front panel to a default value/status?

Memory error

2004-02-25 Thread Pier Giuseppe
My application crashes for memory error on LVS61D5 module after several hours of running. The application is built using Labview 7.0 and frequently calls one CIN (Visual C++ compiled) that controls one ISA acquisition board. Large amount of RAM is used in the CIN C++ code (up to 2560KB) to temporar

Run-time licenses

2004-02-25 Thread tjbretz
We are looking to upgrade a Labview 5.1 Professional (with 5 run-time licenses) to 7.0. Our understanding is that all 5 run-times must run the same executable built from the Application Builder. Is this true or can we have different run-time executables? Thanks, Tim Bretz

can i use a counter input for a encoder feed back reading i 6014 daq card

2004-02-25 Thread vicky
i want to read a encoder input{A and B} using a 6014 daq card,i plan to use the 2 counter inputs given,can i use it and can any one tell me how.

Engineering Career Opportunities in Connecticut and Massachusetts

2004-02-25 Thread PPB
Bloomy Controls is seeking engineers with strong LabVIEW skills and experience for the following career opportunities: o Project Manager -- Milford, MA o Project Engineer -- Milford, MA o Associate Engineer -- Windsor, CT. Outstanding employee benefits include medical, dental, disability, pension

External library Same name of lib for windows and linux

2004-02-25 Thread Nitrof
I have a VI library, under Windows. This library contains a bunch of SubVI who call our libAPI.dll We are currently adding support for Linux. And, thus, have the equivalent for our libAPI.dll which is libAPI.so for Linux. Is it possible to use a generic name in the field for Library name or path AP

I need to open/import a .bin file in to LabView

2004-02-25 Thread Researcher
I would like to open a .bin file in LabView for DSP purposes.

changing color everytime it graphs

2004-02-25 Thread pshuk256
2 questions. 1. Hoe to smoothen out the graph. like 3 point or 9 point smoothing. 2. I am taking data and plotting it at the same time but each time it changes color. Is there anyway I can make it not to change the color. thanks in advance.. In anticipation of help -priiyank

excel version and Labview

2004-02-25 Thread Greg Shipley
I am using LV 6.1 and Win2000 and MS Office 2000. I have created a simple form in Excel that I populate with data through Labview. Has anyone ran into problems with versions of Excel? i.e. what version of Excel do I need to create my spreedsheet in so all version of Excel can access it when I ca

how to create a help file for a VI

2004-02-25 Thread Mudda
I want to create a help file describing my VI. How do i do that by clicking a control. How do I store the help file.

minitel emulator

2004-02-25 Thread lodevo
does anybody knows a minitel emulator under labview? thank you

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