LABVIEW BASICS I
(please read ‘LabVIEW for Everyone’, Chapters 3-5)
Front Panel
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Block Diagrams
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Control Palette
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Function Palette
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Control |
Control terminal-Entry (thick borders) |
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Indicator |
Indicator terminal-Exit (thin borders) |
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Node |
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Tools Palette: E: Operating; Positioning;
Labeling; Wiring; Color; Pop-up; Scroll; D: Breakpoint; Probe
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E: Wire (color code: Floating-point; Integer; Boolean; String) |
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E: Positioning tool: select one/group; move;resize; delete |
E: Positioning tool: select one/group; move; resize; delete |
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E: Operating tool: set inputs |
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The Toolbar
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Run/ Broken Run (D) ; Continuous Run; Abort; Pause;
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Run/Broken
Run (D); Continuous
Run; Abort; Pause;
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D: Steps In/Over/Out
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D: Execution Highlighting
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E: Alignment;
Distribution
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E: Alignment;
Distribution
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Pop-Up Menus (right mouse click)
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D: Find Terminal
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D: Find Control/Indicator
(C/I)
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E: Show
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E: Show/Hide
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E: Data Operation
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E: Data Operation
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Online
Help
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E: Representation
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E: Representation
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E: Data Range
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E: Format &
Precision
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(Pictures are from Wells) E: an editing tool D: a debugging tool
ACTIONS
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Debugging tools |
Broken Run Button: click for error list |
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Warnings |
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Most Common Mistakes: unwired, bad wire, broken SubVI |
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Single-stepping: Pause; Step In/Over/Out |
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Execution Highlighting |
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Probe Tool |
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Breakpoint Tool |
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Creating a subVI
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Designing the Icon: the Icon Editor (double-clicking on Icon) |
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Assigning the Connector: pop up Show Connector, click a terminal, click assigned control indicator |
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Documenting objects, VI’s, subVI’s |
Data Operation (pop-up menu), Description Show VI Info (Windows pull-down menu) |
Save your files |
Make a copy before you exit LabVIEW 4.0 demo version |