change the way physical channels are selected

[TomR2800]

Aug 1

Group:

I am using NI-9213 to collect thermocouple data and Labview 2014.  On the front panel the user uses a drop down to select the number of thermocouples to include in the test.  For example, if the user wanted to use the first 5 thermocouples, the user would select "Dev1/ai0:4"

Is there a way to change this to "thermocouple 1 - 5"

thanks for your help

Tom

[mikeporter]

Not exactly. You could try defining virtual channel names, or create a pull down menu of your own that says whatever you want.

Mike...

[Matthew_Kelton]

Instead of making the user work in NI terminology, you do it in the background.  Allow the user to select a starting and stopping thermocouple or have a listbox to allow them to select what they want to measure and you build the string to pass into DAQ.