triggered sequence

[antony_sc]

Hello everyone. In my optoelectronic acquisition program, I have a nested sequence of three steps. The first sets the volt to the component, the second acquires the spectrum from a photodetector, the third increases the voltage. All is inside a loop where which scans the voltage in the interested range.

The problem is that the photodetector might take 10ms to 10min to get the data, but fortunately it raises a flag when the acquisition is complete. Now, how can I set the sequence so that the third step is done only when I get this flag up? One solution is to include a loop inside the sequence second step, controlled by this flag. However, I think it is not the nicest solution. Is there anything better?

I am using Labview 8.

Thanks

[Neos]

how you have made seqence using state machine or something different

[antony_sc]

I am new to State Machine; what I used is the basic Stacked Sequence Structure

[Neos · Accepted solution]

If you are new that is the best opportunity to learn to do things in right way.

Try not to use stacked sequences until absolutly necessary, maybe never ( search in forum and learn where you should pay attention while using them )

Learn state machine start with one while loop, type def enum using states and case structure.

Enough things for you to exploer