visa resource name function

[wintd]

HI Good day to everyone!

I am beginner at LabVIEW, and currently i am testing on one project.

Data from device will store in STS series server ( which has 16 com ports).

But I actually need to use 7 com ports from STS series server. I need to read those data from 7 com ports and save into a file.

Each com port has different function ( such as data reading or display).

My question is,

1) How VISA resource name function works for 7 com ports at the same time in one VI?

2) How can I choose different com ports to do different functions?

Regards,

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

The VISA I/O resource control will show you all of the com ports you have available on your computer.

So you just need to make 7 copies of that control and set each one to a different com port and use that for each VISA write and read series of functions that you do.  (Have you looked in the Example Finder for serial port examples?)

[wintd]

Hi Ravens,

Thanks for the reply and I will try look more into it.