Re: Brooks Flow Controllers

2004-05-31 Thread Christopher Relf
Thanks for everyone's replies - I've been able to track down the communications manual, and it seems fairly straightforward. That said, if anyone has some old VIs lying around that they don't mind passing on, I'd really appreciate not having to re-invent the wheel :) Cheers, Christopher

RE: Brooks Flow Controllers

2004-05-27 Thread Christopher Relf
Thanks Lewis - I appreciate your help. Chris --- EULA 1) This is a private email, and although the views expressed within it may not be purely my own, unless specifically referenced I do not suggest they are necessarily associated with anyone else including, but not limited to, my employer(s). 2)

Brooks Flow Controllers

2004-05-25 Thread Christopher Relf
G'Day all, Has anyone had any experience using Brooks Smart Series Flow Controllers? We've had a customer contact us, and is interested in talking to their controllers using RS-485, but we haven't had any luck in finding the comms protocols... Ta, Chris --- EULA 1) This is a private ema

RE: Corporate PC purchases for factory test, your experiences please

2004-05-16 Thread Christopher Relf
We often have a similar scenario when installing PC based DAQ (including PXI with Windows) at clients' sites. Usually, the client contact asks us not to mention certain terms in any of our documentation (eg: PC, Operating System, PCI Card, etc), and instead call the PC a "Data Acquisition Platform

Re: New Zealand NI Support ( was Buying LabVIEW abroad )

2004-04-24 Thread Christopher Relf
FYI: Here's the official standpoint from the NI Oceania Branch regarding their support in New Zealand: > The main reason for the price difference is the local support and services > provided. This includes, phone and email support, and on-site services via > the local FSE. Basically, this is wha

RE: API Serial Functions

2004-04-24 Thread Christopher Relf
>From having a quick look through the license agreement, it looks like you can distribute the DLLs (and no, they don't require registration) freely, as long as they are part of your professional application (eg: no redistributing just the DLLs, or including any of their source code, or as a part of

New Zealand NI Support ( was Buying LabVIEW abroad )

2004-04-24 Thread Christopher Relf
G'Day Mihai, As far as I'm aware, although there is no longer a physical NI NZ office, NI still has a FSE (Archie Garcia) on the ground parttime in NZ. That said, I'm sure that you're always welcome to either chat to Archie when he's not in NZ, and/or someone here at Neo Vista System Integ

Re: LV GOOP

2004-04-24 Thread Christopher Relf
G'Day Dan, Have a look at the LabVIEW config file VIs (Functions>>File I/O>>Conjuration File Vis) - they were created using OOP principles. Probably one of the most important Vis you want to look at in their hierarchy is "Config Data Registry" - this is the structured LV2-Style global that acts a

Re: How to talk my company into allowing OpenG usage?

2004-04-15 Thread Christopher Relf
> Subject: Re: How to talk my company into allowing OpenG usage? > From: "Jim Kring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:11:49 -0700 > > PS - Have you read your NI Software License Agreement lately? Is your > application authorized and will it be authorized tomorrow? OK, gotta > ru

RE: 'cheap' DAQ units for private use

2004-02-15 Thread Christopher Relf
The LabJACK is a pretty good starting point - it's USB, has decent LabVIEW drivers, and doesn't cost the earth: http://www.labjack.com Chris Christopher G. Relf Certified LabVIEW Developer National Manager Neo Vista System Integrators Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 2 9817 8813 Fax: +61 2 9

Re: A Pearl of Wisdom from Greg...

2004-02-10 Thread Christopher Relf
> "Accepting the past is smart. Predicting the future is really hard!" > > Greg McKaskle I don't know if that quote was orginated by you Greg, but I like it! ...although I think my staff and clients will come to dislike it in the very near future :)

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