LV PRoject...Novice help

[DiPS]

hey every1,
i am new 2 this forum and 2 LV... thanx In advance for any help u can offer..
i'm a final year Mech. engg. student currently involved in project work..
My project basically involves acquiring data from a rotating machinery using a vibration accelerometer.. getting the rms..peak2peak..values of vibration... storing on a dB... Allowing a user on a remote terminal to view this database by use of html browser(via lan)

b4 getting started on the proj i'd like the following answered

1.Is all this possible with LV?
2.i'm not sure about the make of the accelerometer but am fairly sure the daq card is from dactron... is it possible to interface this with lv?
3.is it possible to store the data from lv to a dB without having to purchase any additional modules?
4.for an absolute novice how long would it take to go about these?

hope these questions don't sound too dumb..
ne help and suggestions will be much appreciated.

ps:i plan to use lv 8.20

[TCPlomp]

Hi Dips,

good you start with LabVIEW, it looks like your project is rather complex (some thing I haven't done) but they are all posible with LabVIEW:

1.Is all this possible with LV?
As mentioned Yes
2.i'm not sure about the make of the accelerometer but am fairly sure the daq card is from dactron... is it possible to interface this with lv?
If the dactron has a dll (for Windows), .net/ActiveX yes, but I'd suggest to contact NI and get a card from them
3.is it possible to store the data from lv to a dB without having to purchase any additional modules?
Yes, you could write your own DB interface or have a look at the ADO toolkit by i2dx
4.for an absolute novice how long would it take to go about these?
oef, that's a hard one, something between 1 and 6 months.
Be sure to plan ahead, design in modules, do some proper software engineering and testing

Additional you can look at these:
You can also try searching this site and google for LabVIEW tutorials. Here, here, here, here and here are a few you can start with and here are some tutorial videos. You can also contact your local NI office and join one of their courses.
In addition, I suggest you read the LabVIEW style guide and the LabVIEW user manual (Help>>Search the LabVIEW Bookshelf). (thanks tst)

Ton

[Midlothian]

Hi

You could also look at the Sound & Vibration toolkit.
Many of the examlpes would be relevant to your project.

The USB DAQ NI 9162 with a NI 9233 takes up to four
accelerometer BNC connectors for monitoring 4 channels
at 50,000 samples per second. This may be simpler than
struggling with a third party card.

Good luck

[DiPS]

Hey.... the one on top was my first post on this board... since then i've succesfully managed to finish my  project..wit a lot of help from this forum... So I'd Just like to thank every1 on the forum 4 the incredible help and support... thanx 4 answering all those incredibly ignorant questions!