I am stuck and I need some help

[csfragu]

I need to create a labview program which puts a random number(of people) into a fill tank at a certain time span(say once every 5s) and then every 6 seconds 4 people are removed from the tank and every 12 seconds 6 people are removed from the tank.  I'm really lost, and an indepth answer(i dont expect coding, but that'd be nice :] ) would be greatly appreciated. 

p.s I am using labview 8.0 so I can only open vi's from this program. And I've figured out how to input a random number of people at certain times, i just cant remove them @ different times...

Message Edited by csfragu on 12-14-2006 04:56 PM

[csfragu]

Message Edited by csfragu on 12-14-2006 04:57 PM

[csfragu]

please help me...(i'm desperate)

[altenbach]

(I just hope this is only a simulation and you're not trying to put real people into any tank... ;))

It sounds to me this is some kind of homework for a course, or similar. I won't give you a run-ready solution, but here are a few hints to get you started.

A "tank" is just an indicator, so you need something to hold the current tank level. I would suggest a shift register in a while loop. Feed it across a few case structures where you either increment or decrement the level, depending on elapsed time.

See how far you get.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Not too far according to duplicated post

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=219942&view=by_date_ascending&page=1