I want to make a arrow picture blink when The Load cell is travelling down

[JDesRosier]

Dear Skegsy-

You will not be able to use the "customize control" function to modify the indicator's disabled state. Because you're, in effect, changing the image display of a Boolean indicator, there is no 'disabled' state for the indicator. A 'true' or 'false' value is always being passed to the indicator, so it can only have two displays.

One thing you may want to try is using a property node. Within the function block, [right-click] on the icon for your indicator and select [Create]>>[Property Node]. Now, [right-click] on the button and select [Change all to write]. Finally, [left-click] on the lower half of the property node and select "Visible" from the pull down menu.

With this property node, you can make the indicator visible or
non-visible based on a Boolean input. If you wire a Boolean into the node, a true value will cause the indicator to appear and a false value will cause it to disappear. If you put this property node inside your function loop with a boolean test respective to your desired action, you can effectively control the appearance of your arrow indicator.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if you need anything else.

Kind Regards,

Joe Des Rosier
National Instruments

[JDesRosier]

Skegsy,

Hello again. I'm a bit confused as to what you mean by "my load indicator doesn't truly clear itself."

I noticed that you use a case structure that is designed to clear the peak-load indicator. Once you press the 'clear peak load' button on the front panel, your indicator will temporarily clear itself. However, the indicator will continue to display data once this 'clear' button is depressed until the outermost FOR loop stops iterating.

If you're looking to temporarily halt the display of the peak load once the 'clear peak load' button is depressed, you will need to modify the mechanical action of the button. To do this, simply [right-click] on the button within the front panel, choose [Mechanical Action], and test various conf
igurations until you find the one that best suits your needs.

Are you looking to clear the array history of all previous 'peak load' data once the button is depressed? -or are you just wanting to clear the indicator?

Please provide a detailed description of your problem, and I will do my best to help you reach a solution. Have a great day!

Kind Regards,

Joe Des Rosier
National Instruments