any technique to use two instruments vi together

[josan]

hi,

i am using labview to control arc monochromator and photon counter. i want to know is there any technique that i can use in lv 8, so that i dont have to control this two instrument with two differrent set of vi. That mean there should be one vi to control all the setting of this  two instrument and this all process works in synchronization.

if it possible how can i do that?

josan

[josan]

i have 5 vi's for arc and 4 for photon counter ,to control all processes.

can there be one program to control all this process ( as i was doing the same task in vc++ ,using one program).

that mean if i have to take spectrum,i dont have to open many vi's.

there should be one program to do all task.

thanks

[Dennis_Knutson]

Of course. You just have to put the VIs you're using now into a top level main VI and create controls/indicators for the subVIs. Any VI can be a subVI to another VI.

There are hundreds of shipping examples that have subVIs in them. You might want to take a LabVIEW basics course. Go to http://www.ni.com/devzone/lvzone/fundamentals.htm and check into the various options including official training classes, books, and on-line tutorials.