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QUOTE (normandinf @ Apr 30 2009, 02:50 PM) NI also offers an Italian forum here. Cè anche il forum italiano su ni.com. Sei benvenuto pure qui, ma ti dovresti trovare un traduttore migliore online... o imparare l'inglese Google Translate funziona abbastanza bene.

QUOTE (n00bzor @ Apr 29 2009, 02:04 PM) Can you post the code so we can see how you are calling TCP Open Connection.vi

QUOTE (koff1 @ Apr 29 2009, 08:06 AM) No Problem

QUOTE (koff1 @ Apr 29 2009, 05:31 AM) You can overlay a second gauge and make the background transparent and hide the scale. This is also useful if you want a 2 needle gauge with separate scales. Download File:post-8758-1241016606.vi

QUOTE (Antoine Châlons @ Apr 24 2009, 01:12 AM) I'm still at 1.5.9, but thanks for the heads up!

QUOTE (Darren @ Apr 21 2009, 09:26 AM) That's awesome! I had forgotten about that "feature".

QUOTE (gmart @ Apr 21 2009, 09:01 AM) I think I'd be more embarrassed about that than proud.

QUOTE (Darren @ Apr 20 2009, 08:56 PM) I could have written the exact same post (except I sold mine in 2007 for more than I paid for it in 1993). The GX's are apparently still in high demand among land surveyors because they have some custom software that runs on them. Somewhere there exists a video of me and a friend at a high-school pep assembly holding our 48GX's up to the microphone so the entire school can hear how we programmed the schools fight song into our calculators. It was a big hit...to our reputations. I wrote a note sequencer and my friend entered the song in a note,duration format.

QUOTE (ShaunR @ Apr 16 2009, 01:11 PM) Ahh, now I understand. I had to go through that once and it is a bit of a pain. My keys all came through in one email though - a little nicer perhaps.

I enjoyed the show. Thanks! They announced that there is not a singe CLA in the greater Seattle area - I guess I better start studying.

It looks like Alfa has been sending emails to Scott Adams

QUOTE (ShaunR @ Apr 14 2009, 11:56 PM) You're getting screwed. I am not on a volume license and I have a single key that works for everything that comes with the LabVIEW Developer Suite + Automated Test Option + Machine Vision Option.

QUOTE (ShaunR @ Apr 11 2009, 05:07 AM) If you sign up for the developer suite you get a single license key for everything - including add-on packages. Then the only headache is remembering which products you actually have.

QUOTE (PaulG. @ Apr 10 2009, 12:43 PM) I couldn't agree more. And it's true that there is nothing that TestStand can do that you can't do in LabVIEW alone, but there is nothing LabVIEW can do that you can't do in C++ given enough time yet we all choose LabVIEW. It all comes down to how much of the wheel you need to reinvent. TestStand is way too expensive/complicated to use as a simple sequencer when a LabVIEW state machine could work just as well. But when you get into database logging, report generation, conditional looping, etc. TestStand starts looking a little better. I actually argued the case for doing our new internal test architecture in LabVIEW alone, but I was the new guy and lost so we went with LabVIEW + TestStand. I am seeing the benifits now, but given the amount of time it took us to learn TestStand and customize it to our needs, I still think I could have made a pretty robust executive.

QUOTE (jcarmody @ Apr 10 2009, 12:09 PM) What do you mean? There is nothing text based about creating a test in TestStand. Where TestStand has proven useful for us is in reducing the time it takes to create tests for new devices. The TestStand process model is customized to our data collection system, our report generation system, our failure tracking system, etc. None of this changes from one device to the next. We maintain a library of common modules (done mostly in LabVIEW) that can be reused for multiple products. When it comes time to create a test system for a new DMM, we write the DMM driver (again in LabVIEW) and then it's just a matter of dropping the test VIs into a new sequence file in the right order and setting the limits. The new driver handles communication with the UUT, and once we get the data out we can run it into our standard test VIs (DC Voltage, AC voltage, Capacitance, etc.). We don't have to worry about logging data for each step, or generating a calibration certificate for each UUT because TestStand does all of that for us (based on the process model that we developed once).

Go to Configure --> Station Options --> Model Tab and browse to ParallelModel.seq. Now click Execute --> Test UUTs and you'll see how it works with multiple units. TestStand is very powerful, but the learning curve is steep (especially for parallel testing) and there is the added cost of software + deployment licenses. If you already have a system that is working, I don't think I'd invest the time and money for TestStand, but if you're looking to upgrade your systems anyway TestStand might be the way to go.

QUOTE (scls19fr @ Apr 9 2009, 07:41 AM) This is a little program I threw together quite a while ago. A friend wanted a way to quickly launch sound files. It has some really simple resize code in it that hides the configuration area when not needed. It's not very pretty, but it might help. http://lavag.org/old_files/post-8758-1239291739.zip'>Download File:post-8758-1239291739.zip (saved in LV8.5)

I will be attending in Seattle as well. Looking forward to it.

QUOTE (mesmith @ Apr 7 2009, 10:35 AM) Thanks Mark. I figured it was something like this. It seems to me like it should do the math first and then coerce to the nearest "in-range" value though.

I don't know if this is a bug or if I'm missing something (maybe a rounding issue)... Place a numeric control on the Front Panel On the Data Entry tab of the properties window, uncheck Use Default Limits Set Minimun to 0.08 (coerce), Maximum to 2.0 (coerce), Increment to 0.08 (coerce to nearest) and click OK Type 0 into the control and it should coerce to 0.08 Now use the increment/decrement arrows to adjust the value. Once you get to 0.24 or above, it is not possible to decrement below 0.16 I would expect to be able to step back down to 0.08. Does anyone have an explanation for this? Should I file a bug report? This happens on 8.5.1 and 8.6.1f1 Thanks, Toby

QUOTE (crelf @ Apr 4 2009, 10:35 AM) That's hilarious!

I could see a use for this in our operations, but what does it mean when it says, " Limited functionality with Windows NT 4 and Vista." We use Vista quite a bit. Note: CDW has it listed above MSRP!

I'm in love Norm. This is great! I just have a crappy desktop microphone and it picks up every command. I was talking to a coworker and happened to say "replace" during my normal conversation and up pops the dialog box to choose a new control. Very cool! :thumbup:

QUOTE (Steen Schmidt @ Apr 1 2009, 02:30 AM) I think now would be a good time to recommend that you sign up for the http://www.ni.com/beta' target="_blank">LabVIEW beta program. :ninja:

QUOTE (Norm Kirchner @ Mar 29 2009, 08:30 PM) This looks really cool Norm. I don't have time to test it now, but I'm looking forward to playing with it. -Toby