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Labview for laser control

Hello,

We have a Thorlabs MCLS1 laser source.

We need a program that runs for 50 days, starting and stopping every 12 hours.

Measuring The sequence where it is on takes 3 minutes. (LabVIEW starts MCLS1 every 12 hours and stops it after 3 minutes)

 

Can LabVIEW do that for us?

We have a student trial version of the program to test it out.
So, we were wondering if there were any limitations on the trial software.

 

 

Sequence:

 

Start

Measure for 3 minutes

Stop

 

Rest for 12 hours

 

Start up again

Measure for 3 minutes

Stop

 

Rest for 12 hours

Repeat.

 

It would be appreciated if you could get some tips to achieve this.

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Hi pynttari,

 


@pynttari wrote:

We need a program that runs for 50 days, …

 

We have a student trial version of the program to test it out.


Does the trial period even last for those 50 days?

When you want to automate your testbench you should use a valid license…

 


@pynttari wrote:

We need a program that runs for 50 days, starting and stopping every 12 hours.

Measuring The sequence where it is on takes 3 minutes. (LabVIEW starts MCLS1 every 12 hours and stops it after 3 minutes)

 

Can LabVIEW do that for us?


Well, LabVIEW can do that…

 

What about creating a program to run for just those 3 minutes and have it exit then? Use Windows capabilities to start that program each 12 hours!

Best regards,
GerdW


using LV2016/2019/2021 on Win10/11+cRIO, TestStand2016/2019
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@pynttari wrote:

 

Can LabVIEW do that for us?

We have a student trial version of the program to test it out.
So, we were wondering if there were any limitations on the trial software.

 


LabVIEW is a very rich programming Language and (with sufficient programming skills) a LabVIEW program can do anything you want it to do, no matter how complicated!

 

I am not sure what a "student trial version" is. can you explain. Any LabVIEW version type is available as trial and will stop working once the trial period ends. What LabVIEW version do you have? A long time ago, there was a free LabVIEW student version (to be used for personal studies) for students that could be renewed as long as you are a student. AFAIK, this is now replaced by the community edition.

 

Unless this is a K-12 school (you did not say!), be aware that if your programming is used for academic research or as requirement for your study, you cannot use the community edition and your campus should give you the required license (details).

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