Designing a Control System

[bradjb911]

Hello y'all,

I have a there must be a better way question. Here's what I'm trying to do.

Build a system which takes inputs serial strings encoded with address from different things. Which will say the states of those things. Then it will take the data it learns and respond with serial commands. Basically, one light turns on, phones home and so Labview responds by turning on another.

What I'm wondering is if anyone has any advice on how to architect the program.

I'm planning on a loop of:

Serial Data In -> Analyze Data -> Update States -> Calculate Necessary State Changes -> Send Appropriate New Serial Commands -> Rinse and Repeat

My biggest holdup is book keeping my state updates according to the right addresses. Any suggestions. I'm currently thinking a 2-D Array or maybe several 1-D Arrays and doing a string match.

Thanks in advance!

Brad

[Francois Normandin]

Hi Brad,

take a look at some example of Enum State Machine.

Here on

or NI examples.

[bradjb911]

Hi Brad,

take a look at some example of Enum State Machine.

Here on

or NI examples.

Clever Trick Thanks...I may incorporate that into my program.