Change VeriStand System Channel type

[B2.718]

Hi,

I've been developing a VeriStand Project and I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I can change the system channel types from doubles to uint32 or uint64. I see that there is a .net object  NationalInstruments.VeriStand.Data which has the classes that I want, but I'm not very familiar with the .net api or how to create system definitions for VeriStand in LabView.

I was thinking that I could create a project, import my models and then use the .Net API to get the system channels and change their type. The problem is that using the GetSystemChannels doesn't give a method to allow this.

I got the VI from somewhere on NI, but I can't remember where.

Thanks in advance,

Brent

[PackersFan · Accepted solution]

Why do you need the system channels as different types?  Where are you using them?

You cannot change the type of the system channels in VeriStand.  In VeriStand everything is a double.  Period.  No exceptions.

However, in LabVIEW you can easily convert a doulbe to a U32 or I32, or almost any other data type for that matter.  Simply use the converstion VIs from the Numeric pallete.

[B2.718]

Ok, I didn't think it was possible from everything I read, but then I saw the class constructor. It would really only be useful if I could use U64's since then I wouldn't have to split them into 2 double channels or do something slick to convert a U64 to a double.

Thanks anyway.

Realized the VI above doesn't work... here are the sub-VIs