create schedule program on weekly basis

[time program]

i was wondering wether i could use labview for switching on and off a device based on time on a weekly schedule

[falkpl]

Yes not too hard, I would use a state machine.

Run until error:

    Check schedule vs current system time

        if scheduled time >= current time do event (ie, turn on/off device)

   depending on the accuracy and jitter allowe you can implement this different ways.

[RDR]

If you're developing an application to run in Windows, I've made use of the Scheduled Tasks feature in Windows to launch LabVIEW applications at a certain date/time...

The following walk-through from LifeHacker describes setting up a scheduled task for running Defrag, but similar steps can be followed to run any executable using the task scheduler:

http://lifehacker.com/153089/hack-attack-using-windows-scheduled-tasks

-Bob

Message Edited by B O B on 01-19-2010 01:10 PM

[tst]

You may also wish to look at this example.