can i do Consecutive tests with labview like im testend

[edwad]

hey

Is it possible to perform continuous testing with labview like in tested?

what is the most Popular and Easy to use, ateasy or labview/tested?

Best regards

 eddy

[crossrulz]

I've never heard of Testend.  Do you mean TestStand?

TestStand is really easy to figure out if you are doing simple tests.  It can also get super complicated, depending on what you are trying to do.  And it can to a continuous testing.  So if you are looking for a good test sequencer, TestStand is the way to go.

If you already have a test developed in LabVIEW that you just want to repeat, put a While loop around it.

[edwad]

hey

i meen to testand, thank's

I want to perform a number of tests (like curent , voltage and pwm)  sequentially course connected to the pxi or gpib 

and to change some setup to detectors with rs485 communication 

[Sam_Sharp]

Yes - LabVIEW is a programming language so you can do just about anything with it!

The advantage of using TestStand is that it handles the reporting & sequencing of your tests automatically whereas if you use LabVIEW you would have to program that yourself.

Generally, the actual test steps (e.g. setup, perform test [pwm, current, voltage], cleanup) in TestStand are written in LabVIEW (or C or another language) anyway. The LabVIEW VIs you call as part of your test sequence return a result (either pass/fail boolean, numeric value etc.) which is then evaluate by teststand to see if the device passes or fails.

If you want something simple, you could probably use LabVIEW - but for a fully featured, extensible, modular way of carrying out tests then you should consider using TestStand but you may want to consider some training as it can be quite intimidating for a new user without it.