Channel Wires and Sub-vi

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Q: Is there a simpler way to make a sub vi executable when the sub-vi has a channel wire input?

Currently, when I try and execute a sub-vi stand-alone that has a chanel wire input, I get the error message "This VI contains an unwired channel terminal..." and the vi promptly stops.
My current work around is to put a diagram disable around the terminal plus put a channel wire in a hard coded false case. This is not a very good work-around since you have to remember to remove the diagram disable before releasing the code.
Another work around would be to create a wrapper vi for my sub-vi, but that just seems wrong. However, it is probably "safer" than the first option.
Am I missing something?
(I just started using LV2016 at my new job, previously was using 2013.)

[Bob_Schor · Accepted solution]

Channel Wires need to be "fed".  You can pass a Channel into a sub-VI (I do it all the time, pass them out, as well), but you can't have a "naked" Reader or Writer, which means you cannot call a sub-VI with a Channel as an input or an output -- as they say in Pittsburgh, "This Vi Needs Wired".

For testing purposes, make a Dummy Top Level VI, put your sub-VI inside it, and Connect Those Channel Wires!

Bob "Channel" Schor

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That is too bad. I was looking forward to  using channel wires but it is just not  good fit for this particular project.

Well, there is always next time.