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How to run two vi's simultaneously?

I am relatively new to labview, so I am not expert enough to figure this
out,... yet. I am running a test setup using several pieces of test
equipment. Therefore, the screen is pretty busy as it is. At certain
points in the test, I want to click on a button that calls up a spectrum
analyzer, which takes a snapshot of the data, then close. The problem is
that when I "click" the call spectrum analyzer button, the other test
equipment stops taking data. I then pretty much have to restart the whole
shebang. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks in advance,
eric
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Use VI server and set the caller not to wait for the called VI to finish.
Look at VI server examples.

"llertnac cire" wrote in message
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>
> I am relatively new to labview, so I am not expert enough to figure this
> out,... yet. I am running a test setup using several pieces of test
> equipment. Therefore, the screen is pretty busy as it is. At certain
> points in the test, I want to click on a button that calls up a spectrum
> analyzer, which takes a snapshot of the data, then close. The problem is
> that when I "click" the call spectrum analyzer button, the other test
> equipment stops taking data. I then pretty much have to restart the whole
> shebang. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> thanks in ad
vance,
> eric
>




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I've done something similar in the past and used the following
available vi's Get Instrument State.vi with Preload Instrument.vi, Run
Instrument.vi, Open Panel.vi and finally Close Panel.vi

Its been awhile so I don't remeber exactly how I set them up.


In article <8g0rpe$5do$1@hammer.msfc.nasa.gov>,
aec@drum.msfc.nasa.gov (llertnac cire) wrote:
>
> I am relatively new to labview, so I am not expert enough to figure
this
> out,... yet. I am running a test setup using several pieces of test
> equipment. Therefore, the screen is pretty busy as it is. At certain
> points in the test, I want to click on a button that calls up a
spectrum
> analyzer, which takes a snapshot of the data, then close. The
problem is
> that when I "click" the call spectrum analyzer button, the o
ther test
> equipment stops taking data. I then pretty much have to restart the
whole
> shebang. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> thanks in advance,
> eric
>
>


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