Serial port and Arduino

[DavePW]

Hi - A question for the group..

I currently have a pretty basic voltage monitoring vi setup using an Arduino with LIFA.

Would it be possible to have the vi monitor a further serial port aswell? So I basically want to indicate on the front panel the results of the arduino voltage monitoring and any incoming serial data on the serial port. Is that possible ?

cheers

Dave

[Gleichman]

Are you wanting additional data over serial from the Arduino or a second serial device? If it is a second device, is it connected to the Arduino or directly to your computer?

LabVIEW can easily connect to multiple serial devices on a single computer. Just open a new VISA session configured for the appropriate port.

[DavePW]

Hi - Thanks for the reply.

No the idea was for Labview to monitor a seperate serial port. While the Arduino is connected via USB..

d

[Gleichman]

Take a look at the "Continuous Serial Write and Read" example.

C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2013\examples\Instrument IO\Serial\Continuous Serial Write and Read.vi