Thermocouple optimization - all settings on front pannel

[EngineerOneDay]

I want to create a database in LabVIEW that will contain data about thermocouples (name and calibration coefficients). This would simplify the process since I would only need to connect the sensor to the measurement card upon entering LabVIEW and then check which sensors are connected in the program before starting the measurement. This way, I wouldn't have to recalibrate the thermocouples every time. The thermocouples I will include in the database are already calibrated, meaning I already know the coefficients (y = kx). So long story short, I want to create program, where I simply plug in thermocouples, set up all settings on frontpannel with selection boxes, combo boxes...(which thermocouples im using, types, coefficients etc.) and starting measuring process. That way I would optimise and accelerate whole process for general measuring.
How can I set this up?
Thanks for any help or ideas 😄

[altenbach]

It would only be polite to give a link to the original discussion.

[Bob_Schor]

Did you try any of the suggestions you got on Reddit?  Did the code work?  If it didn't, post the code and also post the data file you generated so we can look at it and help you learn to do your own LabVIEW programming.

Bob Schor

[EngineerOneDay]

Hi, thank you for your question Bob.

I am very beginner in this software but managed to create program that reads multiple channels. Right now I have problems with displaying temperature values (values are changing randomly with random frequency) and seperating the signals, so I could calibrate them ( "+" and "x" function) individually. I am attaching block diagram and file.
Thanks for any advices.

[Bob_Schor]

Unfortunately, the VI didn't make it.  If you try to save it again (please do!), please "Save for Previous Version" and specify LabVIEW 2019 or 2021 (@GerdW and I both use these, and most long-time LabVIEW developers will be able to open VIs saved in these versions).

I would think you could programmatically (using DAQmx functions) "build" a multi-channnel Task that you could configure with, say, a FOR loop to get 16 channels configured.  Much neater and easier to understand and read than doing them one-at-a-time as you have diagrammed.

Bob Schor