How to set time on TPC touch panel?

[dbtestcon]

It would be cool if all 15 of my touch panels displayed the same time.  And yes, they do drift off that badly....

Other than running around weekly to set the time through the toolbar, can it be done proramatically?  NI Touch Panel Module does not support setting the date and time, so it's not a case of click and pick.

[Jared_B · Accepted solution]

dbtestcon,

You are correct that the LabVIEW Touch Panel Module does not support the setting of date and time, but it is theoretically possible.

It looks like the function you are wanting to use is in the 'CoreDll.dll' in the Windows directory of the Touch Panel.  The function is titled 'SetSystemTime'.

With this function you will probably want to use a 'Stub' or 'Wrapper' DLL created in Windows to address this DLL.  You might want to look here and here for some possible options for getting started.

This would be a great product suggestion.