user edit list of diagrams to run

[Zac_Acal]

Hi Guys,

              i'm trying to write an application that will allow users to add set tests and delays to a list in any order and then exicute the relevent diagram for each test in order.

i have had a play with statemachine arcitecture but can't get it working.

Any suggestions as to how i can go about this?

I want it to consit of a list box to which items can be added.

Thanks Zac

[MikeS81]

Hi Zac,

sounds like this could be interesting for you:

http://www.ni.com/teststand/d/

Mike

[jcarmody · Accepted solution]

Take a look at the JKI State Machine; it's a string-based queued state machine.  I've used it successfully for a while and one of the things I've done during development was to put a text box on the Front Panel to allow me to create sequences on-the-fly.  It requires a bit of work to learn, but it's well worth the effort.

All you need to do is type in the sequence of states you want to run interactively.

PS - you'll need the JKI VI Package Manager installed to use my attached example.  Don't have it?  Why???

Message Edited by jcarmody on 06-25-2009 08:15 AM

[Zac_Acal]

I don't want to use test stand as im controling a lot of i/o and reasonably complex functions.

J, that state machine sounds perfect, i will have a look

Thanks Zac

[Norbert_B]

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Zac_Acal wrote:

I don't want to use test stand as im controling a lot of i/o and reasonably complex functions.

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That's one of the most uncommon reason for a decision against TestStand i ever heared of. TestStand in fact is a test sequencer, no programming language; so doing stuff like you described in your initial post is what TestStand does......

Norbert 

[Zac_Acal]

How do i install the jki package manager ?

thanks

[jcarmody]

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@Zac_Acal wrote:

How do i install the jki package manager ?

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http://forums.jkisoft.com/index.php?showtopic=233

[Zac_Acal]

Thanks J, that example does exactly the type of thing i want to do.  (i just need to get to grips with it now)

Norbert, i don't have much (any) experiance with test stand (so am not really in a position to exclude it) (but im going to anyway  ) I want this "sequencing" part of my program to be built into the rest of it, in a single stand alone .exe which will do the reading setpoint files, control, data logging etc... and sequence tests. I want a single .exe that i can distribute round a few test rigs, i don't want to have to install extra software on all machines.

Mebby test stand would satisfy this criteria but i don't know and unfortunatley i dont have time to learn about it , however i do know that it is possible in labview (allthough i wasnt sure how to achive it.)

Thanks All, Zac

[jcarmody]

I'm fine with TestStand, but he doesn't like me...