How to call a TestStand sequence from LabWindows/CVI

[Bill.Simmons]

Can anyone point me to some documentation that will instruct me on how to execute TestStand sequences from within LabWindows? Are there any tutorials that explain the process?

I have done this years ago with LabVIEW. The company that I just started working at has asked me to determine how to do this from LabWindows. The company has a fully automated TestStand sequence to test their product. They want to give the technicians/developers the ability to test different components of their product. They prefer to execute selected parts of the fully automated TestStand sequence, such as power on, and then give instrument control to the technicians/developers for testing various failed parts of the total product. They want to do this from within LabWindows. Right or wrong, that is their decision that I must make work.

Thank you in advance for any help that you can recommend.

Bill

[BVeezy]

Greetings,

Try looking at the White Paper I've linked to below:

Using the TestStand API in LabWindows/CVI

http://www.ni.com/white-paper/14378/en/

Also, the link below may be useful as well:

Using TestStand UI Controls in LabWindows/CVI

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370052M-01/tsfundamentals/infotopics/ts_ui_controls_cvi/

Regards,

Brandon V.

Applications Engineer

National Instruments 

[ConnorM]

You may also want to check out the User Interfaces that ship with TestStand that are written in CVI. They can be found at "<TestStand>\UserInsterfaces"