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Anybody know if the new RT I/O variables will have an API associated with them to allow programmatic access by name?

Greetings, Does anyone know if it is possible to run the PTP protocol on a cRIO? I currently plan on using the cRIO trigger input to receive a GPS 1s sync output. The newer cRIO's have a .ini switch to enable RTC correction. Thanks,

Can't you use Network Shared Variables for this application?

I was wondering why this architecture is not based on Shared Variables. It seems (with the DSC) it is possible to programmatically create and read Network Shared variables of any type. More and more it seems that the DSC is being melded into LV itself, so why not just absorb it completely and not have to reinvent the wheel here. The CIE component makes alot of sense but again it would be better if NI would just build this functionality into LVRT/FPGA to be able to read cRIO I/O directly in LVRT. Also was wondering why the CVT does not use Variant attributes to store tags, it seems like it would be faster than indexing through an array.

If you revert to traditional DAQ you might be able to use what was called 'software triggering' http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/165 BTW, nice video

If you monitor them one at a time (assuming different electrode placement) then a common EMG/ECG amplifier would work assuming you could adjust input filtering individually for each case.

Tomi Maila peeked my curiosity about the language Erlang. Here is a interesting interview on SE Radio about this newly rediscovered concurrent functional programming language. http://www.se-radio.net/podcast/2008-03/ep...rmstrong-erlang

QUOTE (rolfk @ Apr 15 2008, 12:24 AM) Well, you may be correct but here is a report that makes it seem like Windows CE has more capability than that. www.qnx.com/download/download/8124/QNX_Neutrino_v61_vs_VXAE_and_WinCE.pdf -

Greetings, I am interested in getting some performance benchmarks on LV running under Windows CE. I would think that, in theory, it should be possible to achieve real time performance in the league of LVRT which runs under the VXworks OS. I went looking in the LVPDA 8.5 help for details on the implementation of the timed loop but could not find anything except some mention that while loops execute with cooperative multitasking with a 50ms timeslice. I hope that is not the upper end of performance! Mike Sachs viScience

Here are a couple of links to get you started. http://www.ni.com/academic/bme_course.htm http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/6349 http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/5832 Also you might try to implement the standard Pan-Tomkins QRS detector which is described in the attached PDF written by Monnie Anderson from NI.Download File:post-162-1208116855.pdf Mike Sachs www.viScience.com

Have you tried Buffered Network Shared Variables? I have used them in applications were multiple clients communicate with a single server. Also you can look at the error out of the Shared Variable node to see if there are any messages pending. NI has put alot of enginnering into the performance of Network Shared Variables so they should be up to the task you have in mind. Mike Sachs Intelligent Systems

I had a working LV8.2.1 application using IEEE1394 low level vi's until I loaded an unlicensed copy of the IMAQ Acq. Software drivers v8.5. I have tried to back out and uninstall the v8.5 drivers and reinstall the 1394 drivers but all my vi's are now broken as shown in the attachment. I checked to see that the 1394 low level.llb vi's match the imaq1394.dll and they do match and are from the same installation. I called NI and they are still scratching their heads. Any thoughts....

Here is something that I think could be modified for your purpose. It was designed for lab stations that have corporate mandated inactivity lockout, causing you to have to login to the workstation again if you leave it unattended for a period of time. Mike Sachs iSG Technologies

I would like to pass along this method of creating transparent bitmap overlays. The example uses IMAQ but the core vi will process any 2D bitmap images. Let me know what you think... Mike Sachs Intelligent Systems

I have sucessfully used network buffered shared variables for transfering complex and high speed data from a cRIO or cVision system to a PC. One of the really nice things is that you can setup arbitrary shared variable data types and you can specify client and/or server buffering. I believe shared variables are the future in distributed system design. Also LV8.5 has a totally rewritten network protocol for shared variables that has greatly improved performance over previous versions of LabVIEW, which, by the way, had very respectable performance. Forgot to mention that you can specify the buffer size when creating the shared variables in your project and in operation they function very much like a queue. You can also poll the error out of a shared variable to determine if there is any data in the buffer to read or if there was an overflow condition. Mike Sachs Intelligent Systems

QUOTE(Neville D @ Nov 5 2007, 04:21 PM) Yes I am using an exotic IMAQ image display and those seem to be the most problematic. In regards to value property nodes, there is an NI app note that specifically suggests doing this. http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/FC5...6256C8C0054689B

I understand that an RT application is headless (i.e. does not have a front panel) for that reason it makes sense to check when a client connection is made and then enable writing to any front panel indicators. What is mysterious to me is that if you do update a some indicator values before any remote connection is made, then that indicator may 'stall'. In other words subsequent updates, even if forced via property value nodes or local variables does not visually update on the remote panel. Could anyone offer a theory to explain this? I have observed this in LV 8.2.1 Thanks, Mike Sachs Intelligent Systems

Thanks to everyone who has tried to help. Here is the version of a batch file that finally worked: cd c:\Program Files\Ecg Stairstep regsvr32.exe """c:\program files\ecg stairstep\anigif.ocx""" "c:\program files\ecg stairstep\vrmixr\setup.exe" Lessons learned: The cd command does not have any effect when this batch file is called from the installer. The following snippet does not work even though anigif.ocx is located at c:\Program Files\Ecg Stairstep - cd c:\Program Files\Ecg Stairstep regsvr32.exe anigif.ocx The complete absolute path always needs to be provided. The use of triple quotes is required to create a literal path string that contains quotes. The last line will not work without quotes since there are spaces in the pathname. Maybe Vista Powershell will finally extricate us from DOS hell.

Unfortunately, in LV8.2.1 you can only run executables that are .exe or .bat not .vbs

I am trying to run a batch file called register.bat after the installation is complete. It gets installed in the program files directory with all the other installation files. The installer seems to be invoking this batch file but none of the intended actions go off. If I go to the installation directory and launch the batch file manually it goes off without a hitch. I have tried calling it from the run window and it also works fine. BTW, the batch file calls a VBscript which runs a regsrv32 and it also runs another setup.exe Here is the register.bat file contents: register.vbs Here is the register.vbs file contents: option explicit dim ws set ws = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") ws.exec "C:\Program Files\ECG Stairstep\vrmixr\setup.exe" ws.run "regsvr32.exe anigif.ocx" set ws = nothing Thanks, Mike Sachs Intelligent Systems

I have found that network shared variables also make it very easy to connect your PC GUI with your cRIO app. This route gives you tighter control over cpu and network bandwidth. Shared variables can also be customized to be any LV data type or custom control. Mike Sachs Intelligent Systems

I think this question was asked awhile ago but I am checking to see if anyone has yet to find an efficient way of appending image frames to an existing avi file. I am currently using the NI Vision tools but would be willing to switch for this one feature. Thanks,

You will need the NI TDMS Excel add-on plugin http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/2944

For a couple of months, in my spare time, I have been thinking about how to create this visualization. I first tried animated GIF's, but you cannot really control them. I tried converting the GIF frames to a picture ring and that worked but it seemed like there should be an easier and better way. I finally realized that you could do this by modifying a 3 needle meter control. I was wondering if there is any technical reason why LV could not offer more control of a animated GIF image. Like frame rate control and frame direction. Test it out by running the vi continously and watching the pump rotor follow the control dial. In my application this will be driven by reading the actual servo motor position. Servo to Rotor Position.vi

Think of the intriguing possibilities... Actually, my interest is in creating encapsulated graphic simulations using xcontrols. I am wondering if it is possible to have an xcontrol execute periodically, perhaps with events from a 10ms timer or self regenerated events? Ideally, all the code would reside within the xcontrol.