continuous scan and recording

[Gregory]

Oh yes, anything "unwired" has to be fixed before running. Your outer shift register must be wired. Also, make sure help is showing (ctrl + h) and mouse over a function. Any inputs in bold must be wired.

[Gregory]

Some things to notice,

You want to increment the image number. If you increment N you will just 20 + 1 every time, and most images will have the same name. Make sure to wire the format specifier for Array to Spreadsheet String. You have wired 1000ms to the timeout, meaning the program will take images, wait 1 second, take images again. I'm not sure this is what you want.

[petmar]

Hello Gregoryj,

I have taken note of your suggestions and have also "array to spreadsheet string". I no longer have the broken arrow. Can you check for me if all the wiring is right? Thanks.

Petmar.

[Gregory]

Hi Petmar,

It's close, but you wired the Image Name to the Format String, this is not what you want. Format string is like a placeholder for whatever you are turning into a string. If using an integer (which you are) you can use "%d" (create the string constant). If you had an array of doubles, you could use %f. If you already had an array of strings, you would use %s. You can get fancy and define padding, scientific notation, and other stuff with the format string, but for now just try %d.

[petmar]

Hello Gregoryj,

I think I got what you were said. Have a look if I got it right. Thanks.

Petmar.

[petmar]

Hello gregoryj,

I have posted the latest version after effecting the changes you suggested. Please have a look at it for me. Thank you.

Petmar.

[Gregory]

Hi Petmar, it looks good! You may have to debug a little when you play with your instrument, but that is what I had in mind.

[petmar]

Thanks so much Gregoryj. I have been having problems getting labview to "read" the device so I have not tested the script yet. I reading about it and will get in touch whenever I need your help. Thanks so much.

[JÞB]

Petmar.

I usually don't reply to PM   and, this looks like "homework". You have already marked Greg's response as a "solution". I will unmark for you.  

[petmar]

Hi Jeff,

I am ok now. Greg has helped me out. Thanks.

Petmar.