LabVIEW sequencing DAQmx, setting outputs on input triggers

[NI_Joel]

I am still learning labVIEW.  I am an engineer in a mechanical test lab and I am currently working on a test.

The test needs to run through a sequence controlling a stepper motor, sensing when a touch screen is activated, and write load cell DAQ to a file.  This needs to repeat as much as 1,000,000 times.  It is a cycle test.

I have been working on learning labVIEW for the past month and it has gotten me pretty far but I am having trouble with tying together my first VI for an actual test to be performed in the lab.

My biggest constraint is:

• I don't understand how to set an ouput to a level (HIGH/LOW) at the condition of a rising/falling edge of a input.  This pertains to how the stepper motor and touch screen works.  I want to set an output to high to extend the motor and wait until it activates the screen which will send a digital high input.  I want to collect DAQ at this point then set a second output to hight that will retract the motor to a 'home' position.

I have attached photos of my setup, a diagram of how it is wired (hand drawn), and two VI files.  Both VI files don't work since I don't know how to 'tie' everything together and control an output when an input edge is triggered.

Load Cell VI_V2 uses DAQ Assistants to sequence through.

000_Touch_Screen.vi uses DAQmx which are seperated into operations that I want to sequence.

Any thoughts on best method for a newbie?

Thank you in advance for any help!

[KateB]

Your application should be written using state machine as discuss in http://www.ni.com/white-paper/3024/en. One of a very good example could be found in https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-8596.

[NI_Joel]

Thank you for the reference.