Hello, I'm currently setting up a temperature monitor and I can't figure out how to get labview to send certain commands to it. I already have it connected to labview, and I can read its temperature in Labview. I can also send certain strings that will reset the monitor, disable a built in alarm, change the reading from C to F (and vise-versa), etc.. However, these strings are limited and sometimes have no noticable effect or simply don't work.
The monitor is one of
these, and it connects to the RS232 (serial) port. I downloaded the correct labview drivers for the monitor and, after tweaking a few things, was able to get a
successful temperature reading (in labview). It was at this point that I also became able to send a few commands to the monitor that had noticable effects.
What I need to do now is get labview to send an e-mail out if the monitor reads below or above a certain temperature. I am very new to labview, so I don't know if what I want to do is even possible, although I have a few ideas that could work. For instance, if I could get labview to run, say, a batch file whenever the monitor reads a certain temp then that might work. I don't know how I could get labview to do that, though (or even if I could).
Any ideas, questions, or comments will be helpful; and detailed explanations are greatly welcomed.
