Blinking on RT + FPGA

[kull3rk3ks]

Hi there!

 

For my current project i needed to make some DOs on a cRIO blink at certain intervals (for signaling).

I wrote a sub-VI that i thought would do the trick, but it doesn't seem to work.

 

The output merely pulses. It works with "normal" tick counts on the computer, but as soon as I send it to the RT Task (Communicating with the FPGA) it seems to stop working.

 

i've attached the sub-VI. it's written in LV 2012. Hope you can help,

 

Robert

Blinken.vi

[ned]

What do you mean by "send it to the RT Task"? Can you show how this is used in your larger project? Generally I wouldn't recommend writing it that way; it's better not to put indicators inside structures if they are connected to subVI outputs. A somewhat simpler approach would be this:

That said, I don't actually see a logic problem with your original approach, so I suspect the problem may be further up.

[ShaunR]

What do you mean by "send it to the RT Task"? Can you show how this is used in your larger project? Generally I wouldn't recommend writing it that way; it's better not to put indicators inside structures if they are connected to subVI outputs. A somewhat simpler approach would be this:

Blinken-modified.png

That said, I don't actually see a logic problem with your original approach, so I suspect the problem may be further up.

Another alternative:

 

[kull3rk3ks]

Thank you for your helpful replies.

 

You were absolutely right, ned. The problem was the indicator inside the structure. Moved it outside and it workes like a charm.

I really like your approach better though, I might steal it

 

Thanks!