RE: Redrawing XY Graphs

2004-05-11 Thread Urs Lauterburg
Dear list, This wish has been a longtimer. The first time I requested this feature was in LV 2.2. We now happily arrived at 7.1 but this useful feature is still not there. Not enough requests could be the the answer from the developers. You can do these kind of things with the picture control but

Continuous Waveform 1Hz

2004-05-11 Thread task
I need to generate a continuous waveform (sine, square, triangle) that is less than 1 Hz. I have tried doing it manually by sending out a 100 point array, one point every X ms based on the frequency setpoint. For example if the frequency is 0.1 Hz I send a point out every 1 ms. The problem I have

Re: Linking .vi's

2004-05-11 Thread task
Have you tried making the LED you want to illuminate a Global variable?

Re: VISA serial communication in LV 7 application

2004-05-11 Thread jcrooke
Ah, yes, serial communication is supposed to be simple, but it is often frustrating. I have done a fair amount of this, but none under LV7. Whether or not you get errors depends on the nature of the communication. For instance, suppose you send a request for status information to your serial

LabVIEW crashes when I paste to the diagram

2004-05-11 Thread David P L
When I paste a part of one diagram to another, Labview 7 crashes with The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0x910) has exited with code 0 (0x0). Unhandled exception at 0x0084d46e in LabVIEW.exe: 0xC005: Access violation reading location 0x8168592c.

Re: i am able to get color images in the continues shot but when...

2004-05-11 Thread dejspin
vicky, I am unfamiliar with the lv_vfw.llb, and have not used it before. However, I noticed that you stated that you are able to grab in color, just not snap in color. If this is the case, why not just perform a grab and then extract a single buffer from this grabbed data, which would likely be

Re: Error -1073807246 when trying to control a circulator in Labview via RS-232

2004-05-11 Thread hung
The timeout value was just set at the default. How do you know how long your stream of data is? The purpose of my application is to input a setpoint temperature to the refrigerator/heating circulator and also read what temperature the circulator is actually at. The circulator recognizes certain

Re: SCR Phase Angle control

2004-05-11 Thread chutla
Greetings Nick: You should be able to get good results with your technique. (You're essentially doing a poor-man's Direct Digital Sythesis, when reading a pre-constructed table like you are doing) Another way to do this is generate a sine wave, using one of the sine generator vi's and then

Re: memory management and style

2004-05-11 Thread apocow
Thanks for responding, Shane. All of that was very informative. I still have some comments: 1) Could you elaborate on the statement references [force] everything through the GUI thread? This kind of makes sense to me, but I haven't found much info on the web besides using references for

Re: Looking for ready-to-use indicator that looks like a horizontal-platform panel in an airplane

2004-05-11 Thread chutla
This can be done, but it will take some work. There are two approaches. You can use the PICTURE functions, and build the diagrams up a layer at a time. (Your PICTURE vi's are loop through, meaning you can take the output of one, say a grid, and input it to another, to overlay a pointer, for

Re: Is it possible to set the current value as default while VI is running?

2004-05-11 Thread subbu
Thanks Ed Here i want to add something. Rightnow i am doing the same thing what you said in your mail. I agree with your statement. But i am seeing some properties in property node which talks about make current value default. From this how will i do that? Is it possible to do with VI server?

Re: memory management and style

2004-05-11 Thread apocow
thanks for the comments, ryan. It's always nice to hear from the people who develop the software. 1) It seems to me that allowing people to pass pointers to complex data structures would allow for more efficient memory management. I know about refnums, but Shane and others seem to imply that

Re: multiple plotting but not with static inputs but using a control inputs once.

2004-05-11 Thread professional
hi, i shall explain my problem , i want to plot the SCR char with the gate current applied (without gate current applied is done n working fine) so , for a comparative study of the effect of gate current i want to plot multiple curves , at the moment i m prompting the user to enter

Re: Graphs placed over indicators causing slow operation.

2004-05-11 Thread Craig Graham
- Original Message - From: John Brohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 7:19 PM Subject: Graphs placed over indicators causing slow operation. Hello I have an XY graph which is visible sometimes and not visible at others. It seems important what it

OpenG Coding Challenge - Remove Backspace

2004-05-11 Thread Andreas Nilsson
I really wonder who will win the contest... /Andreas

Re: Cannot locate menu for the PID Toolkit

2004-05-11 Thread paleyrat
Normally, it is located on the left bottom corner of the functions palette

Re: Matlab Scripting VI/Need help

2004-05-11 Thread Anward
Hi Olga, Finally, I decided to execute my Matlab program siparatly from LABVIEW acquisition program.Since, when matlab P. is long, the time of calculation by matlab is so long as compared with the time required for LABVIEW execution. So, it is not possible to execute both deux program in the same

Re: run time menu in remote panel

2004-05-11 Thread nrp
Hello, yes, I have edited the run time menus, and they work fine when the VI is run from within labview, or built into an application. The trouble comes when I view the panel remotely using the web server. None of the run-time menus are there. rgds neil

The NI service locator is not running

2004-05-11 Thread nanorui
Running under Linux, after having installed all packages, I still get the above responce, when I click the Find examples... button.

Continous acquisition on 800MHz, W_XP, with 6025E - has a problem on 200kS/s

2004-05-11 Thread pawel
Hello I try to continously acquire data from two channels of PCI-6025E in Win XP, stand alone LV7.1 application. It works well on 100kS/s, but it got real difficulty with going to maximum speed 200kS. I set buffer to 1M, which is enough for 100kS, but soon is getting overloaded in case of 200kS

how can I display on a string the symbol omega (ohms)

2004-05-11 Thread tlap
how can I display on a string the symbol omega (ohms)

how can i transform lowercase char in uppercase char automatically

2004-05-11 Thread tlap
I would like that when you write lowercase char in a control string these char be converted automaticaly in uppercase char in this string

Software Programmer opening in Cary, NC

2004-05-11 Thread Denise Simendinger
My apologies for intruding on the list, but we have an opening for a software engineer. We are a National Instruments Alliance Member in Cary, NC (Raleigh-Durham area). The qualifications for which we are looking are LabVIEW programming skills (a must) and text-based language capability

Re: Peut-on lancer une acquisition dans un serveur TCPIP sans stopper la communicationTCPIP?

2004-05-11 Thread Sissa
Bonjour, Quel outil utilisez vous ? LabVIEW,CVI,Visual ...? Une solution consisterait =E0 utiliser deux boucles en paral=E8lle sous LabVIEW ou deux thread si vous utilisez le C ou C++ et mettre en oeuvre un m=E9canisme de synchronisation tel que la notification. Par exemple en LabVIEW, une boucle

Re: Mitutoyo MUX2, Digimatic Micrometer heads and Labview7

2004-05-11 Thread Conseils
Ok first go through the first list I posted here and work out what you are missing. Post a list of what you are missing. i.e do you have the manuals for the MUX2? There is no reason that I am aware of that the student edition won't do. At the moment I have not fully transferred to 7.X so 6.1

[W] off topic - running BATch files as scheduled task under XP

2004-05-11 Thread R. Glenn Givens
Friends I used to run a very simple batch file that appends one file on to the end of another. It was a scheduled task in the Task Manager under W98. Now I have XP Pro SP1 and I can execute the batch file manually any time without errors but when I execute it from the Task Manager, whether I let

RE: OpenG Coding Challenge - Remove Backspace

2004-05-11 Thread Jim Kring
I hav just returned from a week-long trip and will be moving forward with the judging. Regards, -Jim Kring -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Nilsson Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:27 AM To: Info-Labview Mailing List (E-mail)

Re: Multiple Waveform Graphs

2004-05-11 Thread Greg McKaskle
In the case of the former do I use much more memory or slow down the execution of my program more than in the case of the latter? In part of your question you call the control a graph, and in other parts a chart. The answer depends a bit on which you are showing and hiding. Graphs only

Re: Is there a way to clean up all the wires at once?

2004-05-11 Thread PJM_Labview
Hi Open the Block Diagram of the vi named Open Block Diagram Refnum.vi and read the note I put in here. It says Exposed in several location: ex: ..\National Instruments\MAX\Assistants\LVCGen\LV70\mxwScript_ClusterConnector.vi For more scripting utility and exposed primitive go to the LAVA forum

Re: Is there a way to clean up all the wires at once?

2004-05-11 Thread jhoskins
Sweet VI Good job. how did you get the ref to the block diagram. I have been looking for it.

Re: Update LabView 6.1 to 7.0; error 1003

2004-05-11 Thread peterguy
Hi, the error 1003 normally indicates a not runnable subVI. It wonder if the VI is running under LabVIEW 7 or if the error only occures when building an executable? Perhaps you can post your VI, so that I can check it on my computer? A few weeks ago, I had a similar problem running a LV6.1 VI

Re: The NI service locator is not running

2004-05-11 Thread David Duffey
Hi Nanorui, Could you tell me a little more about your setup? Do you happen to be running RedHat with LabVIEW 7.0? To my knowledge, this issue has been fixed in LabVIEW 7.1. You might also be seeing something similar if you installed LabVIEW into a non-standard location. If you run LabVIEW as

Re: Cannot locate menu for the PID Toolkit

2004-05-11 Thread Jeremy Braden
If you have multiple copies of LabVIEW on your computer, see if it was installed to another version. If so, you can uninstall and then reinstall making sure that the installer is pointed to the correct LabVIEW folder.

Re: Labview code for Compumotor 6000 Indexer

2004-05-11 Thread ryank
We don't have a driver for this instrument, and I wasn't able to find any LabVIEW drivers by the manufacturer, so you'll probably need to program it using the user manual for the instrument. I think the user manual you need is probably found here:

RE: [W] off topic - running BATch files as scheduled task under XP

2004-05-11 Thread Mahoney, Richard C
I think that this might have to do with your Shortcut if that makes Sense.. I had something similar happen, and I deleted my Desktop Shortcut Icon and made another, and the issue went away. WinXP also allows by right clicking and selecting properties a compatibility mode in which the

Linking .vi's

2004-05-11 Thread fatjohn
Sorry if this is an stupid question, but I was wondering if someone could tell me how to do the following: I'll be running two .vi's simultaneously during some work I'm doing and rather than having both front panels up at once I'd like to link them so that when a particular property being

Re: MODBUS

2004-05-11 Thread A.S.
Hello, It is possible to command a Modbus device with LabVIEW. You will need some sort of OPC server that speaks Modbus. Once you have that, you can use the Datasocket VIs in LabVIEW to communicate with your Modbus device (via the OPC server). If you do not have an OPC server, National

Re: page fault in nipalk.sys when writing large file , system crashes

2004-05-11 Thread Jeremiah Cox
Hello jcnoble, If you experience a crash in any National Instruments software component (if you look at the Properties for nipalk.sys, you should find a Company tag that says National Instruments Corporation or similar), I would first recommend upgrading all software to the latest available

Re: Cannot locate menu for the PID Toolkit

2004-05-11 Thread artz
Hi Jeremy, Thanks for your reply. The LabView installation was the first install on a brand new PC. I did some poking around yesterday with Windows Explorer and was able to locate the PID conponents directories. The PID control blocks show up with Explorer, but are not visible among the regular

Re: Génération de signaux !

2004-05-11 Thread florent01
Pour le tableau c'est bon j'ai trouv=E9 cela venait en fait d'un mauvais =E9chantillonnage; Merci

Re: Why is 2nd While Loop in State Machine generated by State Diagram Toolkit?

2004-05-11 Thread Ben
Sacha gave a valid answer but let me try to help. 1st I do not have LV 7.1 on my machine yet so I can not open your example VI. 2nd ...why is 2nd While Loop [and Enum to Interger and status's Enum constant] in main State Case? The small while loop inside one of your states is the logic used to

Re: Synchronisation PCI-4472 PCI-4474 with DAQmx

2004-05-11 Thread Kerouac
Bonjour, Les cartes PCI-4472 et PCI-4474 ne sont pas dans la liste des cartes compatibles avec l'exemple Multi-Device Synch-Shared Timebase-Cont Acquisition.vi. Ceci peut expliquer pourquoi le noeud de propri=E9t=E9 renvoie une erreur DAQmx. Vous pouvez utiliser l'exemple Multi-Device Sync AI

Is it possible to set the current value as default while VI is running?

2004-05-11 Thread subbu
I have one numeric control in frontpanel. I am dynamically changing the value of that control. Once if i quit the program and if i opened again what ever value i entered before quitting the VI, it should appear as a default value. Is it possible to set the current value as default while VI is

Array into dll

2004-05-11 Thread bfarley
I built a dll in LV 7. One of the inputs was an array of strings. LV created the following typedef for this input: typedef struct { long dimSize; LStrHandle elt[1]; } TD2; typedef TD2 **TD2Hdl; The function prototype generated by LV is: void __stdcall AddRow(TD1

Re: How I can change file time date stamp?

2004-05-11 Thread tib
Hi fbrutus, yes, I care! Your hack certainly works but pretty cumbersome. I was looking for modifying a text file but I want the original date not to be overwritten. I want to be able later to sort my measurement data by the original date. If LabView isn't capable of doing this task, isn't there

Redrawing XY Graphs

2004-05-11 Thread John Brohan
Redrawing XY Graphs Is there any technique to add new points to an XY graph without re-drawing the whole thing? Dropping points does not seem to be an option in this application. Yours Sincerely John John Brohan National Instruments LabVIEW expert in Montreal Traders Micro We

RE: Redrawing XY Graphs

2004-05-11 Thread Subramanian, Shankar, K
I would also like to know the answer for that incase anyone replying separately to John. Thanks Shankar Shankar K. Subramanian TSS ESG Northboro RD Center Saint-Gobain -Original Message- From: John Brohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:33 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: Is it possible to set the current value as default while VI is running?

2004-05-11 Thread Ed Dickens
You cannot set a controls default value wihle the VI is running. Doing this requires the VI to be recompiled, and that cannot be done while the VI is running. The easiest way to do what you want would be to read the controls value as the VI shuts down and write it to a config file. Then when the

Need popup tooltip over graph values selected by cursor...

2004-05-11 Thread sorka
I would like to do the following: Have an xy graph with multiple plots. The plots are values over time. The plots don't have sychronized or regular time updates which is why I used an xy graph which works great. I would like to have a vertical cursor that is free dragging that I can move

Send path control or reference to path control to sub vi

2004-05-11 Thread Thomas Json
Hello! I have a question of how to build correct labview structure. I have a path control in my main vi and want to check if it is correct in a sub vi. If not correct, ask the user for a correct one in the sub vi. I see two different options of how to do it and I think no one is realy good. 1.

Error -1073807246 when trying to control a circulator in Labview via RS-232

2004-05-11 Thread hung
Hi, I'm trying to control an F32 refrigeration/heating circulator through LabView via an RS-232 cable but am having trouble. I keep getting the error - 1073807246 at property node (arg1) in VISA configure serial port. What does this error mean and how can I correct it? I have already specified

Re: How I can change file time date stamp?

2004-05-11 Thread altenbach
Some other links to free W32 versions of the UNIX btouch/b command: a href=http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/GNU utilities for W32/a a href=http://stevemiller.net/apps/Steve P. Miller's Win32 Console ToolBox 1.0/a I'm sure you'll find a few more if you do a quick web search.