continuous run vs cycle time running (Boolean controlled)

[Sevy]

From the front panel I would like a boolean switch to decide between continuous run and a 55 minutes on (true) and a 5 minutes off (false) This logic will be within a compressor on/off boolean which is fed to the daqassist dig out.  Im having trouble creating the logic for this timing sequence.  I was able to do x on and y off using a shift register in a while loop, but I cannot send that data out of the while loop. back to the compressor on/off structure.   I would like to know for the the 55 minutes on it will read in data, and for the 5 minutes off, the main boolean will be off (compressor off).  And when i switch to continuous mode, I will be able to output to the main loop.  Does labview offer a timing structure like this that is easily implemented.

[altenbach]

It's hard to tell what you're doing without seeing some code.

Why does the data need to exit the running while loop? Maybe you can place the compressor structure inside a case structure inside the loop.

(LabVIEW can do anything you want, once you know what you want. ;))

[Sevy]

Found a new solution to this problem using the functionality from the  Elapsed Time and some conditionals.

So no need to reply to the original post.