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Jordan Kuehn

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  1. For those who haven't heard of it, asbo's referring to the Code Capture Tool: http://lavag.org/fil...e-capture-tool/ which was coincidentally featured in an NIWeek session I was in a few hours ago :)

    I must have missed that session. I'm not trying to put down the CCT, but I do think this is a good addition to VI Snippet. Either CCT should replace it or VI Snippet needs more work. Since this is something that is (partially) integrated into the CCT I'm obviously not the first to see the benefit.

  2. I'm not sure what is going wrong, but I suggest you consider deploying the NSVs on Windows.... I don't think there is any advantage to deploying them on the cRIO anyway.

    Would the advantage not be realized when having multiple Windows machines accessing a single cRIO? I do agree though, NSVs seem to give far fewer problems when hosted on the Windows side.

  3. I would also suggest (barring an IT solution that does it automatically) continuing to save locally and creating a separate process that monitors the folder for files and attempts to send them to the remote FTP site, only deleting after a successful transfer. This will help you when the network goes down and/or IT screws something up.

  4. The iPhone app didn't work for me. I had already created my profile and agenda on the computer. Everything works great from my PC and I can access the modile website on my iPhone but the app never lets me log in. I did the "Forgot my password" to double check but it still never lets me login. Not sure if it's my phone or the app?? I have a 3Gs with iOS 5.1.1. Anyone else have good luck with this configuration?

    worst case you can download the calendar (.ics) format and import it to whatever you have you iphone calendar synced with.

  5. I've used MKS transducers before and have tied directly into the sensor, saving a fair amount of money since the DAQ device they sell is fairly expensive. It is pretty straightforward to do the DAQ yourself. Otherwise, their device responds to rs-232 commands that should be straightforward to implement with Visa calls. You probably won't find a driver since it's fairly straightforward serial communication, though this post from the darkside suggests that they may provide something upon request.

  6. I tried that also by clicking on "Forgot Your Confirmation Number?". When I fill out my email and last name I get. "We could not find your information in the system."

    That is different than what I got. It did tell me that the number I put in from the NI email couldn't be found, but it successfully found my number via my email. Perhaps try a different address?

    On another note, this system is a bit confusing as compared to last year. Seems like they found something new and kewl :cool: and jumped on it. I don't need twitter integration or a public profile when scheduling for a conference.

  7. When I try to register, I get "We could not find your information in the system." It looks like part of the system may be up and running....

    I told it that I had lost mine, it sent me an email, and now that number is working.

  8. I guess that's a side-effect you are getting from mixing your data and view (which LabVIEW makes it easy to do).

    Wrapping your typedef in a cluster is the correct approach and is how the framework works.

    It will allow for scalability if you want to add elements (that may not belong in the typedef in the future) to your page (or section).

    Not sure if there is any other way but pls post if you come up with anything cool.

    Cheers

    -JG

    True, especially in this use case. I see your point about it being correct in terms of the framework. I'll mull it over and post if I come up with anything interesting.

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  9. If I were to want to place a single typdef'd cluster on one of the pages, but write just the individual items from the cluster to the ini file all under the same section, is there an easy way to accomplish this? I want to maintain my typedef and not break things apart on the page, but it currently writes the entire control into the section which makes it difficult to use the OpenG read INI or Section Cluster VI's (though perhaps I'm missing something). I've looked at your example readfromdisk.vi, but it's pretty much what I've already tried. The workaround is to place the cluster into another cluster when reading and then pull the desired cluster back out and that makes me cringe.

  10. Huh. That's interesting--the dark side link I posted has a solution that shows how to do just that.

    There certainly isn't a way to do it if NI continues its history of giving developers prepackaged solutions, but it is possible. Instead of trying to deliver solutions that meet everyone's use case (which leads to flexibility/complexity paradox), provide the developers with a framework of the elements so they can build their own solutions. You can still deliver prepackaged solutions that meet the needs of 80% of the users, but the solution is built on the framework and devs have some way to customize the behavior (via source code edits or object composition) so devs can modify or extend the functionality as needed.

    Yes, in principle it probably is possible for someone to create their own graph x-control from scratch, so one could argue NI has already provided the framework. In the same way I can dump a pile of logs on your property and claim you have enough to build a house. Technically it may be true, but for practical matters it doesn't help much. With graphs and charts (and other aspects of LV programming) NI offers us the choice between their pre-built home and a pile of logs. It would be a lot easier to build the house I need if I could get NI to deliver bundles of 2x4s.

    I was less than pleased at that response and am still a little confused as to why it behaves this way. As was mentioned the "Number of Rows" property should give this functionality IMO. Your post here has revived the anger and frustration I experienced last August when banging my head against the wall. :frusty::throwpc::beer_mug: :beer_mug: :lol:

  11. I encountered this last year. Here's what NI says.

    Jordan,

    I wanted to follow up with you regarding your service request about the

    number of visible plots in your legend. I have discussed this with other

    engineers and unfortunately there is not a way to decrease the number of

    plots showing up when you have the legend scrollbars visible. The only

    workaround that there is currently is to remove the scrollbar and

    programmatically change the number of plots being displayed at once.

    I would also urge you to submit this feature to the idea exchange. The

    idea exchange is an online forum where customers can submit features that

    they would like to see in LabVIEW and vote on which ideas are the best.

    R&D then incorporates the top ideas into the next version of LabVIEW. You

    can go to ni.com/ideas. If you don't have time to submit this idea, let me

    know and I'd love to submit it for you.

    Good luck on your application.

    Regards,

    Zach Collins

    Applications Engineering

    National Instruments

    www.ni.com/support

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