I have a basic but yet not so basic architecture question. I have a program that right now has three parallel loops running each has a state machine inside. Two of the loops are pretty much just taking measurements with very little decision making. The third loop is a semicomplex test program that runs units through a series of functional tests. What I have run into is the block diagram has become rather large and I can't help but think that there must be a better way to do this. The biggest problem I am having is I am using a tab control and I need the current operating conditions "tab" to be constantly updated while other tests are being run and their output is charted on other tabs. I am a fan of functional global and have been using them a lot lately. I use them in this program extensively I attached a very simplified example of what my program architecture looks like

LabVIEW

Parallel loops or other architecture?

Much faster/cheaper/better to use TestStand if you want to do anything complex. That's not an easy task. I often don't want to use TestStand, but I do.

Jim
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