Wire Warrior

If you are using a VIT structure doesn't that me you are creating clones. Could it be that when these clones are created that the Symantec initiates a scan of the clone. I could see where that might cause problems.

Jason

Thanks Jon & Jim. Glad to be here.

Jason

I prefer not to use the terminal icons. They are large and I have to double check they are not a VI especially when reviewing someone else's code. Of course, I have to admit that I did come to use the environment options more after they appeared because the first thing I did was open it and turn them off, which led me to examine other options.

Jason

Aristos,

Instead of "leave it at that" I think you meant to say "fur-geht abou' dit".

Jason

Yes learning is fun, but sometimes it leaves these odd bumps on my forehead.

Jason

tzeeth,

You might want to look at the property nodes some. There are lots of useful manipulations you can do with them to configure your UI.

Jason

What exactly do you mean pravin? Are you talking about a style guide? Or like a front panel layout guide? I am not sure I understand your question.

Jason

Not knowing alot about EtherCAT, I am not sure I can help you. I did a quick check on the EtherCAT website, and a search of the word "LabVIEW" turned up a couple of examples. Those might help?

http://www.ethercat.org

Good Luck

Jason

You might try your NI sales rep. They can sometimes have suggestions in situations like this.

Jason

I do a lot of block diagram generation (using Dia or Visio) for larger/more complex programs. I find it helps me keep track of what needs to be done and what has been done. Also, I find it's a good way to communicate with others especially managers. They like the pretty colors. I fill completed elements with green.

Jason

I am working on a sbRIO based speed controller to produce high precision super slow motion.

Jason

Strengthed your LabVIEW skills by tempering them with LAVA

Jason

With LabVIEW being thrown into LAVA is a growth path.

Jason

I imagine they will be posted in the NI Week 2011 community group or at least a link to them will. Here's the group link https://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/niweek-2011?view=overview#/?tagSet=undefined you should join if you haven't.

Jason

Hard to say what might be happening without seeing some code. Can you post your code for us to look at ?

Jason

I like some of the new features!

Jason

One thing I have noticed on my MAC at home is that there is limited support for some of the DAQmx features. Might be worth a call to your NI rep to ask if you are running into some kind of limitation because the evaulation/MAC combo.

Jason

I believe that LV2011 will be released next week during NIWeek. Keep an eye out then for the details.

Jason

Sharon,

Check your connection there. I think you need to initialize the task and then connect the task reference to the acquisition VI.

Jason

Excellent! Thanks for the map.

Jason

jkuehn,

You can do what your wanting by using dynamic events. If you search for that in the example finder I believe you will find some examples. Basically you need to pass the reference for the control of the subVI to the 'control' VI where you will register the specific type of event you want to process, mouse over, value change, etc.

Jason

Oh this sounds SOOO much like conversation at my house with my two boys (17 yo and 16 yo). The other day I looked at one of them and said "You know....you're going to be amazed at how much smarter I get over the next 5 years. Do what you got to do."

Though lately letting the older one get the 1969 Ford F100 truck has taught some valuable lessons. Turns out I knew more than he thought about the amount of work and cost in such a project. LOL

KIds....I wouldn't get rid of them for money. Usually...;-)

Jason

Just purchased a LAVA T-shirt and a coffee mug. Thanks for the coupon!

Jason

Christina's blog EyesOnVIs has a great post detailing the steps in control customization here http://blog.eyesonvi...bview-buttons/. I recommend you check that out

Jason

It sounds like you also have a good case for the use of a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) as discussed in the 2011 Developer Day presentation here. This covers some concepts regarding removal/substitution/inclusion of instrumentation components using LVOOP techniques. I found it quite educational and informative. All of the example code slides and scripts are there for download.

The situation you are coding for sounds like the conceptual "ideal" poster child for OOP techniques. The architecture you use needs to handle the variability of hardware, tested units, operators, etc. that occur from maintenance/growth of long time use.

Jason