10-10-2006 03:28 PM
1. Unzip the Files to <TestStand Folder>/Components/User/StepTypes/GPIB
2. Copy the NI_GPIBTypes.ini
from <TestStand Folder>/Components/User/StepTypes/GPIB
to <TestStand Folder>/Cfg/TypePalettes
3. Copy the GPIB.ico
from <TestStand Folder>/Components/User/StepTypes/GPIB
to <TestStand Folder>/Components/User/Icons
I followed the above instructions and found that it does NOT work. I do not understand why in step 2 the NI_GPIBTypes.INI file is copied to the Cfg/TypePalettes folder? Does anyone know the purpose of this? I attempted to restart TestStand thinking it would find this in the CFG directory and install the custom step types but that did not happen.
When I copied the NI_GPIBTypes.INI file directly to my <TestStand>/Components/User/TypePalettes/ and restarted TestStand, the step types appeared. Hence, is the above README instructions wrong, or not applicable to TestStand 3.5?
Thanks,
Paul Holzrichter
Software Engineer
Astronautics Corporation of America
10-11-2006 12:57 AM
Hi,
This example was first produced for TestStand version 2.0 and the cfg\typepalettes was the only folder you could store the ini files.
Now with the later versions of TestStand you have to place the ini files in another location, and the default is the NI/TypePalettes. Custom and modified versions are placed in the User folder.
For legacy steptypes the ini file still exists in cfg/typepalettes.
Maybe NI should review their examples on the web site and provide additional notes (code, sequencefiles) for the later versions. (if different)
Regards
Ray Farmer