Changing Labels

[Engineering Intern]

I have taken on a summer internship with a manufacturing company that has a data aquisition system that operates with labview.  The person/people who knew how the system works are no longer with us so I have no one to go to.  There is a shortcut on the desktop of the computer that runs the system that open a window in which you can see amplitude versus time for force applied on a hydraulic press.  Our facility was reorganized with a new layout, and they simply left the wires out there and hooked them up to whichever press was nearby.  Because of this the different labels in the drop down that is on the labview window no longer match up because of this.  How do I change them? 

[GovBob]

We need some more information to help you on this.

A. What version of LabView Development are you using?

B. Does the application immediately start when you open it or do you have to click the white run arrow?

C. Is this on a PC?

D. Could you post a screenshot of the control in question?

[Engineering Intern]

A. 7.0
B. Yes, it starts immediately
C. Yes it is on a PC
D.  It is on a different network than the rest of our computers but I could get a screenshot if necessary but I will try to describe it.

As I said before, a plot of force vs. time.  Control limits are specified for both time and force, as long as the reading falls within this window, the part passes, otherwise an alarm is triggered.  Also on the display is an indicator to let you know whether or not it is running, the control limits are displayed, and the process being measured is displayed.  There is a button entitled "configure" that when pressed opens a window in which control limits can be specified, offsets can be adjusted, and scaling factors as well.  However, it only refers to each process by number, not name.  When you click where the name of the process is displayed, a dropdown menu is displayed with all of the processes and you can choose which you wish to see.  These are what I wish to change as the titles currently do not match up with the processes that the readings are being measured for.  I would think this would be very simply but I cannot figure it out and there is not an engineer here that has a clue.  Thanks.

[Dennis_Knutson]

Seeing an image of the actual control would help to determine the type of control and what's needed to modify it. In any case, the first thing you will have to do is stop the VI so that it is in edit mode. Hopefully, there is a stop button on the front panel. When you click that, does the main VI stay visible or does the whole thing disappear? If it stays visible, then you have to go to the block diagram (CTL+E) and find the subVI that is displaying this pull down menu. If you can find that and the control that you click on for the menu, see if you can right click on it and select 'Edit Items'. If this is a very simple menu control, you will have a list of items that you can edit and then save.

You should know, however, that there are many ways to populate a pull-down menu and the above procedure may not work. You may have to spend quite a bit of time learning a lot about LabVIEW or post the entire program here and let someone else look at it.

[Engineering Intern]

Here is the screenshot, maybe this will help.  I have found all of the files used to create it and still cannot figure out where these titles come from.  I don't know if the files will be needed, if so I can provide, but there are about 25 of them.

[Engineering Intern]

Attached that wrong I think. Here it is.

[Dennis_Knutson]

The control is either a Text Ring or Enum. They both look the same on a front panel. The basic editing procedure of them is the same - right click and select 'Edit Items'. However, as I mentioned, you can create the list in different ways. For example, you can dynamically create the list from an external file. You won't know until you start to edit the code. Zip everything together or create an application distribution (File>Save with Options) and post that.

[Engineering Intern]

Here is everything I have.

[Dennis_Knutson]

If the list of items that you want to change is the one that start with '*1* Pulley To Shaft(2072-14)', then all you have to do is right click on it and select 'Edit Items'. When the dialog window appears, you will have a list of labels that you can change to anything you want.

[Engineering Intern]

When I right click all I get is this.