This is a variation made into a VI that I often use. A typical application is in a loop with a long delay between iterations. I often don't want to w..a..i..t..... for the loop to exit when an error occurs.
I've long preferred wait functions that I can interrupt. Here are my attempts to produce an interruptible timed wait.
Then you have the Stop Timed Wait.vi here:
I've written my own merge errors VI, so you might have to replace that with the built-in LabVIEW primitive (which I don't like because it causes superfluous wire bends) in order to be able to run it.
Adrian C. Keister, Ph.D.
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B.S. in Applied Physics/Computer Hardware and Software Systems, Mathematics, 2001, Grove City College. M.S. in Mathematical Physics, 2004, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics, 2007, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
For an interuptable wait, it's pretty simple to just use the Wait On Notifier or Wait On Occurence. The Wait On Notifier has the error in/error out connections.
For applications such as this, it would be handy to have a pair of pass-through terminals that would accept ANY type of data (numeric, cluster, array, etc.) on the input and pass it through to the output.
Seems like a good idea - I end up framing it in sequences which looks cluttered. I like the ideas of passing out the ms timer value and (usually!) skipping on errors too.
