Quick and dirty digital waveform file viewing

[Kaspar]

Hello,

  I am looking for a quick nd dirty way to view a digital waveform file. I am using the "Read Waveform from File" vi to get the waveform files (Files with a hws extension) and tried sending it to a digital waveform graph and got errors about the source and sink not lining up. Any ideas on how I can fix this? All I want to do it to view the contents of the waveform files.

Regards,

Kaspar

[JaredW]

The "read waveform from file" VI in the waveforms palette only supports the reading of analog waveforms out of a LabVIEW binary file. The only way to get data from an HWS file is using the NI-HWS File API.

This API can be found on the LabVIEW Driver CD. If you already have it installed, you can find the LV palette under

Instrument I/O -> Instrument Drivers -> NI Hierarchical Waveform Storage

[Kaspar]

Hello,

   Thanks for the great response. I found the VI you mentioned above. I was able to send the output of the digital waveform and send it to a diigtal waveform graph so that I can view it. The response you gave me was (and always will be awesome) and so are you!  The next step in this adventure is to understand how the waveform file are used to control the PXI-2596 signal to control the hardware I am working with. So more questions will come soon.

Regards,

Kaspar.

P.S. I very quickly rate responses high if they help me solve my problems!