01-19-2010 12:28 PM
01-19-2010 01:03 PM
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.
01-19-2010 01:09 PM - edited 01-19-2010 01:10 PM
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
01-19-2010 02:14 PM