setting the fixed-point type

[johnmountney]

How is the fixed-point type set on the "To Fixed-point Function" without manually opening the output configuration? There is input to this function, but LabVIEW Help does not indicate what value/s or format of the value/s to wire to this terminal to get a specific data type as the output. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even a simple example would be wonderful. Thank you.

[GerdW]

Hi John,

well, the help mentions 2 inputs and one output of that function. Use the upper input to set the FXP type...

[johnmountney]

I understand that the upper input is used to define the output data type. My problem is that the Help section does not indicate how to define the parameters of this input to get a particular output.

[Don_Phillips]

Not too much to understand.  The output type is determined from the fixed-point type connection and the value from the number connection.

input     FXP output

U8        U8

I16        I16

U32      U32

etc

Or, if you prefer, you can set the same settings from the properties right click menu.