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QUOTE (neB @ May 13 2008, 03:59 PM) Check the http://www.endevo.se/files/downloads/products/video/uml_video/endevo%20uml%20modeller.html' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">Endevo UML modeller out :thumbup:

QUOTE (BrokenArrow @ May 13 2008, 10:21 AM) Yes ma'am! QUOTE (neB @ May 13 2008, 10:34 AM) To me a driver is software entity that translates opeartional requests into hardware interactions that produce required results. Right - I also think that drivers can have wrappers (like translating error codes that a DLL spits out into a meaningful LabVIEW error cluster) which encapsulate the lower-level driver, and can be thought of as part of the driver itself. I think it's all a matter of your frame of reference.

QUOTE (Karissap @ May 13 2008, 12:11 AM) I generally use Setup2Go - it's free with a nag screen, altough I paid the $US29 to get rid of it. That said, I'm moving slowly over to InstallShield Express as I need to include different options/groups in installers now - it's a lot more expensive (~$US500), but has a handful of features that I really need.

QUOTE (jpdrolet @ May 12 2008, 03:31 PM) Perfect - all you need to do is map the centre position to speed=0. QUOTE (PaulG. @ May 12 2008, 03:35 PM) But if you're looking at ultrasonic transducer signals with fluids getting splashed all over the place you need to spend some money. That's just down-right spooky - that's the application I used a joystick for too...

QUOTE (TobyD @ May 12 2008, 02:47 PM) Kind-of: I just ignored anything +/- a threshold.

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ May 12 2008, 02:31 PM) That's hot! PS: A contender for the the OpenG NI-Week 2008 t-shirt?

QUOTE (jpdrolet @ May 12 2008, 01:56 PM) Cool! I worked on a similar application years ago, except the control was closed loop feedback from a spectral analyzer through a series of mirrors on piezo-electric stages... QUOTE (jpdrolet @ May 12 2008, 01:56 PM) While the joystick provides integer values ±32000 for the position, I noticed that it didn't always come back to the same idle position, with errrors up to 3000 counts in position. Yeah - that's pretty standard. Joysticks are meant for gaming, and a less than 5% error in idle isn't uncommon. That said, when you get an offset, it's often pretty repeatable. In the past, I've written alogrythms that consider <5% of centre as centre. Remember, joysticks are all about change in direction, not position.

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ May 12 2008, 12:31 PM) I have some distant memory of the OpenG Commander - wasn't he a fictional TV show hero in the 80s?

QUOTE (Jaikanth @ May 12 2008, 11:54 AM) I never seen them before either. I suggest you have a look at this first (this list is a little out of date, but it'll give you a few ideas). Also, check out www.lvmastery.com - start with the free webinars to get a feel for it. This site is hosted by Ben Zimmerman, who is a member of LAVA (he's also put some of his tutorials up on youtube).

QUOTE (neB @ May 9 2008, 05:20 PM) Mooshing that awesome drawing into the NI-Week 2008 theme, and reying to keep with the black background: http://lavag.org/old_files/monthly_05_2008/post-181-1210550116.gif' target="_blank"> It almost looks like Superman is helping us smash through the structured NI theme

QUOTE (chukhivuitinh @ May 11 2008, 03:01 PM) The error message is your key: you don't have VISA installed (it's the subsystem that LabVIEW uses to talk to the serial port, amongst heaps of other things).

QUOTE (Irene_he @ May 11 2008, 12:51 AM) Gorgeous!

QUOTE (neB @ May 10 2008, 11:19 AM) While I think it's a wonderful artistic suggestion, I'd rather not have my avatar on one of those bodies (really - it's just like looking in the mirror! ). IMHO, I consider LAVA a community and don't want to be singled out on a t-shirt.

QUOTE (neB @ May 9 2008, 05:20 PM) "LAVA - Its like like flying with Supermen and Wonderwomen...."

QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ May 9 2008, 11:18 AM) :thumbup:

QUOTE (_Mattias_ @ May 9 2008, 07:31 AM) 8000 characters is a lot for the context help - I strongly suggest only putting a short overview in the context help. Then you can create a chm with all of the gory details and link to that using the VI Properties > Documentation > Help Tag and Help Path settings. That adds the "Detailed Help" link on the bottom of your context window so users can open the chm file. PS: you can build chm files using the VISTA HTML Documentation Generator from V I Engineering, Inc.* To get a free trail version, check this out. * Disclaimer: I work for V I Engineering, Inc I'm actually working on a new release of all the old VISTA reuse tools at the moment (and some new ones too...)

QUOTE (Jim Kring @ May 8 2008, 04:53 PM) It couldn't hurt

QUOTE (Aristos Queue @ May 8 2008, 03:47 PM) Where's your Shiner? I have similar days - once I got sand in my laptop from sitting on the beach all day...

QUOTE (jasonw @ May 7 2008, 03:14 PM) Me too

QUOTE (TobyD @ May 7 2008, 01:40 PM) You know, I actually thought of a few smartarse comebacks, but that one dawned on me as I was about to hit send My work here is done.

QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ May 7 2008, 12:36 PM) Show us what you've already tried and we'll try to help you.

QUOTE (egraham @ May 7 2008, 11:52 AM) No worries - maybe if you contact them directly (the guy's name is Gil Smith) he would do a deal for you. QUOTE (egraham @ May 7 2008, 11:52 AM) By the way, did you write a LV book? I did - it was a few years ago now There are a few of us here that are authors of LabVIEW books.

QUOTE (highreel @ May 6 2008, 11:20 PM) Show us what you've already tried and we'll try to help you.

QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ May 2 2008, 03:01 AM) I really enjoyed it too - I like that he wasn't extreme in that he said watching TV is a mindless waste of time, but also that if we could harness only the smallest amount for participation then imagine what we could do. This video is the why, here's what he sees as the how (this one is ~42 mins long):

QUOTE (egraham @ May 6 2008, 06:49 PM) I've used the http://home.iprimus.com.au/gilsmith/Products/Product_LabVIEW_PDF_Toolkit.htm' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">LabVIEW PDF Toolkit form Matrix Consultants. From the webpage: QUOTE The MATRIX Consultants PDF toolkit allows the user to programmatically create a pdf file ... and programmatically determine the target pdf file (with or without a dialog). It was a long time ago, but as I recall it worked great.