Distributed Timebase (DTB)

[Doug_S]

Post your questions or comments on the Distributed Timebase (DTB) component here.

[Imaginatics]

Hi,  just downloaded and installed using all the defaults. When I went to open the two example VIs they could not find the DTB VIs.  I had to manually point them to the correct path. They leave out the \LabVIEW 8.2\ portion of the path. 

Here's the warning:

C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\examples\DTB\IO_Node_example.vi
    - The VI expected to be at "C:\Program Files\National Instruments\user.lib\DTB\DTB Abort Timebase.vi" was loaded from "C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 8.2\user.lib\DTB\DTB Abort Timebase.vi".

By the way, the Components are very timely for our current realtime project.   I was just talking last week with another senior guy about our need to code up a timing & sync library and then I found the DTB when I got home Friday night.  Keep up the good work!

Mike Ashe

[Doug_S]

Thanks for the feedback.

There was a minor problem with the installer that has been fixed in the 1.0.5 distribution.

Doug

[Mobile Robotics]

We're using DTB to synchronise a couple of systems, PC and CompactRIO. I just noticed a problem on the PC.

When I build my VI into a .exe file DTB won't work. The program runs but I get a time back in 1904. Running the same VI from within LabView works fine.

Any idea what the problem is, is this a known problem or?

[Doug_S]

What version of LV are you using?

[Mobile Robotics]

Labview 8.6  on Windows XP

[Mobile Robotics]

I found a solution to my problem, indicating
it probably is not a problem with DTB, but rather with Labview.

While debugging I found that if I set the source file settings for Timebase and Time reference in the build properties to NOT remove the front panel, then it works. But with the default settings
it dont - and no warning.