labview data collection and storage?

[ssteel]

for a complete labview beginner, what is the best way to collect data from hardware connected by rs-422 serial port?

[parthabe]

Not with hands.

[Norbert_B]

If you have NI VISA installed, you should have the Instrument IO Assistant. This is a configurative tool for communication with VISA instruments. RS 422 is a serial interface and therefor can be accessed by VISA.

Please read more about this starting with this webpage. 

hope this helps,
Norbert

[muks]

For a complete beginer I will suggest trying the communication with hyper terminal.

[J POWER]

Hi,

here are some links to the serial loopback within LabVIEW.

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3450#toc2

What technics have you tried of attempted to use?

are you sure it is a RS-422 connection?

what information have you already gather on the topic?

Regards

[ssteel]

I have tried to use the I/O assistant, and I think it is able to read. What is the easiest way to plot this input against time it was read on a graph or in a table if that is easier?

Cheers 

[muks]

See this nugget

[ssteel]

does anyone know if u can write to a csv file on labVIEW? basically want to a produce a spreadsheet with serial input values and time?

[muks]

See here

But start a new thread...........................

[ssteel]

At the moment i've set up the attached but I can only get it to input one set of values. how can I get it to continuosly output the files? Secondly I would rather out put them to a spreadsheet format, with the five different numbers (three from I/O assistant and two from Date/Time String) in diferent columns? Im trying to use the write spreadsheet VI but it needs an orange connection?

Cheers