How does Labview select which channel it uses?

[skrapttocs]

I have about 20 channels in MAX that I want to use in a LabVIEW program. I am using the CAN Get Names.vi to get my channels which then go to CAN Init start.vi. Right now, I am just using two of the channels because I am still in a testing phase. How does LabVIEW decide which of those channels to use? If I list the channels explicitly in LabVIEW, does it use the corresponding channel for the corresponding array value? (First channel for first array value, second channel for second array value, etc.)

[biker2000]

Hi skrapttocs

You are right in your assumption that LabVIEW uses the same index for the channel list and the actual values. So, if you initialize the following channels:
Channel_1
Channel_2
Channel_3
Channel_4
Using CAN Initialize or CAN Init Start, you will find the corresponding values for reading and writing at the same index, so Channel_1 would be the first array element, Channel_4 the fourth.
I hope, I understood your question correctly.

-B2k