Re: 4-20ma output of ph controller connection to pc to monitor

2004-04-15 Thread Skegsy
Thanks everyone for the advice ,I have decided to use an old datataker dt50 I have ,But am unsure how to use labview to monitor these sensor readings, Does anybody have any advice or know were to get labview drivers for this device , Any help appreciated. Regards Brett Scott

4-20ma output of ph controller connection to pc to monitor

2004-04-15 Thread Skegsy
I have a PH probe /contoller with 4-20 ma output for input into a pc for monitoring purposes , Now 4ma being 0 Ph and 20ma being 14 Ph , Can I simply wire this into to a comm port on my pc rs232 and then use labview too monitor and perhaps control.Any help greatly appreciated.

Re: blinking front panel object problem

2004-03-10 Thread Skegsy
Hello Joe , Thanks for the info , one more question, I have data starting at maybe 0 , or maybe - 5, or maybe 5 , streaming in packets and how can I make a true or false comparison in that when the load cell is loading it will show true and when unloading show false therefore changing the state of

Re: Extract value in last cell of spreadsheet Excell

2004-03-09 Thread skegsy
Is this number special in any way , ie , the highest or lowest number or unique in some way to the rest of the data ? If so,this should this will be very easy to do.

Re: clear array or indicator

2004-03-08 Thread skegsy
James Thank you for the help i managed to open it and see what you had done , The shift register on the main while loop did the trick. Do you have any suggestions for the blinking indicators? Anyway Thanks again Brett Scott Western Australian School of Mines

Re: clear array or indicator

2004-03-05 Thread skegsy
Thanks , but unfortantly i only have poxy base package version 6 ,I'll see if I can get someone to recompile in V6.The extract packets vi I attached is a neat little vi wich returns an asci Packet. Thanks for the help Brett Scott

Re: Displacment value to be represented by up and down blinking arrows

2004-03-04 Thread Skegsy
Russel could you please explin a little more ,I am relative self taught newby,any help appreciated. Kind Regards Brett Scott

Re: Displacment value to be represented by up and down blinking arrows

2004-03-04 Thread Skegsy
No , no , Patience is the factor here ,Plenty of creativity to go around. Back to the books and examples Thanks Brett Scott

Re: I am trying to write a VI to retreive Strain values and...

2004-03-04 Thread Skegsy
I have written one that captures multiple channels of strain and files,also displays on graphs , with selectable channels , Let me know if you havnt found what your after yet , Brett

Re: Displacment value to be represented by up and down blinking arrows

2004-03-04 Thread Skegsy
Ian Thanks for that, didnt even know those property nodes existed. Works great, BUT the number that controls the direction needs to works that if the number is positive to the previous number it flashes down , and if the displacment is negative to the last number it goes up(Blinks) ,not relative

Re: Displacment value to be represented by up and down blinking arrows

2004-03-03 Thread Skegsy
I only use V6 , unfortuantly cant open , you must be using v6.1 ,thanks for help anyway.see if I can talk someone into recompiling . Thanks

Displacment value to be represented by up and down blinking arrows

2004-03-03 Thread skegsy
I am recieving data (displacment) and wish to represent this as an arrow blinking up or down depending on the number when the displacment data is increasing the arrow blinks down and the opposite for negative displacment ,Does anybody know a easy way to do this or even better a example vi in V6 to

Re: serial data simulation problem

2004-03-03 Thread skegsy
Thanks mads , surely there's got to be a easier way ,Perhaps there's a vi around that I could wire up to the relevant paths and this could give we a sort of ascending or descending streams numerics

serial data simulation problem

2004-03-03 Thread skegsy
Hi I have been working with a vi witch connects to a serial port and reads load and displacement, how can I simulate the type of data I would normally be receiving , so that I can test everything thoroughly, without actually connecting to the instrument at work. There is a peak load detection and

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

2004-02-25 Thread Skegsy
Ah ha , This is exactly what I am trying to do , thanks for the help.

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

control to blink when a comparison of a peak load and the...

2004-02-19 Thread Skegsy
control to blink when a comparison of a peak load and the current load, current is less than the peak & stop button blinks red . I want to improve my application by putting a stop button control to blink when a comparison of a peak load and the current load is made ,when current Load is less than