Open/Close state switch

[KowdTek]

I'm using mech. switch and I want to stop my VI once it's triggered. I can also put this application to a sequence stracture and will move to the next frame till the switch is triggered. Do I need to do this in digital or analog? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advanced!

[RavensFan]

While you could do this in analog, you are better off using a digital input.  Generally a +5V signal on the input means true, and a 0V input means false.

You'll have to provide details on what type of DAQ hardware you're using if you need more help.

[KowdTek]

I have the following hardware:

PCI-6024E

SCXI-1000 / SCXI-1180 / SCXI-1302

Thanks!

[tnek]

Hi FlipTek,

A good place to start will be checking out the examples in LabVIEW. You can get to them by navigating in LabVIEW to the Help menu » Find Examples. This will bring up the Example Finder. A few good examples to look at for your application will be the digital measurement examples. They can be found when browsing by task under Hardware Input and Output » DAQmx » Digital Measurements.



Here is an example I modified which will stop a loop when the value changes from a high state to a low state.



I hope this helps!

Regards,
Kent
Applications Engineer


Message Edited by tnek on 03-11-2008 06:07 PM