08-08-2007 02:44 AM
08-08-2007 08:39 AM
The instrument address and in the case of IVI, which driver to use, is all handled by MAX. There is nothing included in TestStand to do the rest of the things you mention but you could write a small program and call it from the Tools menu.
Have you selected the Station Options and looked at what options are there?
08-08-2007 09:28 AM
Hi,
Thnx for the reply....
So you mean to say we can develop a small configuration tool and integrate it to the TestStand?? Can you throw some more light on this?? Can i invoke a custom UI thru some way in TestStand??..a UI which would take all the test station configuration paramters and generate a config file..
Actually i didn't use the "station options" menu...but as per the parameters in that menu..i understood, thats its not related to the test station configuration...i guess its related to the TestStand configuration for a specific test sequence...let me know ur view on this..
one more thing, should NI MAX be used only with IVI drivers (specific or class drivers)?? What about the non-IVI drivers? Can we not configure them using NI MAX?
Kindly reply for the above queries..
thanks,
Priya.
08-08-2007 11:03 AM
There are several ways to call your own UI program. It could be a step in a sequence. As I mentioned, it could be available in the Tools menu. When you select Tools, you will see the option 'Customize'. Wth the Customize Tools Menu dialog, you can add Commands (i.e. exe files), sequences, or sequence files. More information is on the on-line help. Search for Custom Tools Menu.
The station options menu is for TestStand options for the pc where you are running. Not for a specific sequence but for all sequences.
I don't know what type of drivers require any configuration besides IVI. What exactly do you want to do? You might also want to mention how you are planning to use the drivers. For example, are you planning on creating custom steps or embedding calls to drivers inside steps you write with one of the supported code modules? What programming language are you going to use for step creation?
08-09-2007 02:34 AM
Hi,
thnx for the immediate reply..
yes, i have understood that we can invoke an external applic thru teststand and do the configurations ther...so that means Teststand as such doesn't have a UI "in it" to configure the test station...rite?
coming to NI MAX, yes we need to configure non-IVI drivers also..say for eg. ARINC 429 by MAX technologies...how to configure them thru NI MAX?? any idea, if the NI MAX would detect them??...our idea is something like this..we would write a wrapper in C or C# over the APIs provided for ARINC-cards...now we would like to configure them thru NI MAX...can u explain me if this is possible?? if so, how to go about it??...the basic question is "How to configure ARINC cards thru NI MAX??" 🙂
your reply would be awaited!!
Thanks,
Priya.
08-09-2007 10:44 AM
Again, no. TestStand has no UI except for the sequence editor and the operator interfaces written in various programming languages. TestStand is not a programming language.
For the ARINC, are talking about plug-in cards for the pc or GPIB instruments? If it's a PCI card, then no, MAX cannot configure or detect non-NI cards.
08-10-2007 09:18 AM
08-10-2007 10:14 AM
08-13-2007 02:33 PM
08-14-2007 06:03 AM
Hi,
I am afraid the 3rd party (ARINC cards by MAX technologies) in PXI cards doesn't use NI-VISA internally...So, NI-MAX cannot detect it?? Please confirm the same.
Thanks,
Priya.