load cell calibration

[kingsgambit1943]

I have a new 5lb load cell, which I want to replace the old one with.  The old load cell had been previously calibrated for the program and was located in the drop down menu, as well as several other cells.  So far all I have done is went to edit items in the ring properties menu and add in the Load cell name- I have done this in every reference in the program.  There are several references to the Load cell throughout the program but most importantly are an event case "loadcell scale" which passes the loadcell scale to the global variable- loadcell scale and a loadcell scale for initialization.  I have attached a manual for the program I am working with(loadcell for initialization is not shown).    I have never calibrated a load cell before and do not know the proper steps, so any advice will be appreciated.  Do I have to do anything in MAX? 

as a side question what are and when do you use the stringsand values property nodes. 

Thanks

[OliviaC · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The following are two links on calibration with our software. It's usually done through MAX and step by step instructions are given in the links.

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/D22B70F72C3FB23286256F15005C2575?OpenDocument

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4845

As for when to use property nodes, they are used whenever you want to programmatically set certain properties or attributes. For example, if you want programmatically change the color of the text in a string indicator or control based on what is displayed or resize the control or indicator.