help with serial read/write

[dingram]

I am working on a project to interface labview with a basic stamp microcontroller bs2px.  Currently I have Labview sending 4 bytes

1. enable/disable

2. channel select

3 data for channel A

4. data for channel B

the data is going out correctly, but when I try to read in a different set of data I am getting framing errors and inconsistent readings.  The data seems to be getting read continuously.  I am very new to labview and need to get this project done for a senior design course.  Any guidance/direction will be greatly appreciated.  Is my code too bulky?  It seems very complex even though I'm trying to do something very simple. 

Ultimately I need to 3 -4 reads/writes for several small data sets to display in my GUI.  I need to trigger the micro to send out pulses, receive pulses, and read a voltage.  all of these items will be coming from the microcontroller.

Message Edited by dingram on 10-07-2006 11:16 PM

Message Edited by dingram on 10-07-2006 11:16 PM

[Robert M]

Your code is bulky and overly complex.  I would try to rewrite it without any local variables or sequence structures.  You don't need them and they make things hard to read/debug.  The local variable for the VISA resource name is probably what's causing the framing errors.  Make sure you use the VISA resource name coming out of the VISA config.