Brian,
I've done a bit of testing with a modified
version of the idea in the VI you posted. Basically what I am trying to
do is to load the names withing a ring control with the channel names
for the task to select the plot to change the color of.
I have it working but there is one thing I would like to know how to improve:
The
way I have the plot property nodes connected to the ring and color
control makes the color update timing dependant on the data acquisition
rate of my task meaning that if new data is acquired every 10s then the
color change on a plot will not take effect until that 10s is up.
I've
noticed that in your example, your property settings and controls were
in a while loop with a wait command. One thing I am unsure about in
implementing this in my program is that I am already running data
acqusition in the main while loop.
This leads me to
believe that I would need to put the controls and property nodes in a
parallel while loop. At this point, I'm curious how I can communicate
the channel name data between the two loops.
I have
attached my code so that you can see the program as a whole and maybe
give me some ideas for implementation. In the attachment, the controls
and property nodes are in the main while loop which is why there is the
10s delay for updates. I also have two mixed signal graphs in this VI
but the plot color change functionality is only implemented on Plot B
at the moment.
