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[Rammer]

Hi All.  Very new to labVIEW.  I'm trying to write a program that when a start button is pressed a water tank decreases from max to zero.  I can get it to fill but not empty.  When the tank hits 30% its supposed to get filled by another tank.  But i'm stuck on the first tank.  Any help much appreciated.  Thanks.

[RavensFan]

1.  Give a more descriptive subject title for your message.

2.  Search the forums.  Questions about tank filling problems have coming up dozens of times before.

3.  If you want help, at least attach a VI showing what you've tried so far.  We can't help you starting at nothing.

[Rammer]

Hi how do I upload my VI?    Ive serched the forums and nothing coming up that suits.  I have a flat case structure with a while loop and start button in first frame. Tank in second frame.  Ive seen on some of the forums that the tank is an indicator in some programs, how do you change that?

[crossrulz]

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@Rammer wrote:

Hi how do I upload my VI?

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There is an attachment option when you type up your post.  You may have to put your VI into a zip file to get it to properly post.

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@Rammer wrote:

Ive serched the forums and nothing coming up that suits.

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Keep searching.  I'm certain I recently solved one of these issues.

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@Rammer wrote:

I have a flat case structure with a while loop and start button in first frame. Tank in second frame.  Ive seen on some of the forums that the tank is an indicator in some programs, how do you change that?

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You should not need a sequence structure.  If you are asking how to make a tank indicator, you really need to take some of the tutorials.

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[Dennis_Knutson]

Surely you see the Attachments section right under the message body. There's a button to browse for a file.

A flat sequence structure is hardly ever a good choice and a tank is almost always an indicator. If you made it a control, a right click will allow you to change it.

Have you taken any of the free tutorials? Have you looked at state machines?

[RavensFan]

Below the editor is a line that says attachments.  Browse to your VI.

I searched for "tank" and got 200 hits.  I searched for "tank fill" and got 40 hits that pretty much all seemed relevant.

The way you describe your VI doesn't make sense to me.  And saying "sequence structure" pretty much means you are starting on the wrong foot.

You can right on an indicator and change it to a control.  But a tank control is kind of hard to manipulate on the front panel.  And I'm not sure how it helps you in your problem.