Avoiding really long wires?

[chuggins143]

Ok, guys/gals,

I just did a search for "state engine" at NI online and in Help... both came up with nothing... IIRC, someone mentioned this in another thread, but I'm not seeing any other reference to it.  Is this on the Functions pallet?   ...or is this just a reference to the case structure inside the while loop that was shown?  Maybe I'm making this more complicated than it needs to be... ??  The help is much appreciated!

C

[RavensFan]

Try "state machine" that is what 99.9% of the users on this forum actually call it.

I have no idea what "IIRC" means so I googled it and got http://www.internetslang.com/IIRC.asp

[chuggins143]

Ah, gotcha!  Thank you! 

C

IIRC = If I Remember Correctly

[chuggins143]

Ok, one and all... I searched for "state machine" and the first thing that comes up is the "JKI State Machine" plug-in?  Is this what you guys are talking about?  The only reason I ask is because to install it they say I need to have their VI Package Manager installed... which is $1K.   

[Mark_Yedinak]

The JKI state machine is one template for implementing a state machine architecture. It is not required to implement a state machine. (It is a very good way to start though.) You do need the package manager but you can use the free community version. You do not need to buy the professional version.

[RavensFan]

Look at New .... under the File menu.  There is a framework called Standard State machine that provides a template to get you started.

And keep looking through all the posts you find when you search for state machine and not just the first few.  There will be a lot of commentary about state machines, and hopefully some of them give you some examples on them.

[smercurio_fc]

The State Machine is discussed along with other design patterns here:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5218

[chuggins143]

It looks like I have some reading and rethinking my program to do.

Thank you one and all!

C