how to pass a cluster from Labview to Teststand?

[Valen Li]

Hello TestStand Experts,

I am trying to develop maintainable TestStand sequences by using custom data types.  I have created a type.def in Labview includes all the variables that will be used in the test sequence to determine which subsequence to run.  The type.def created is a cluster with both numeric and Enum data types, and possibly strings in the future.  The idea I have is to set the values of this cluster in a Teststand setup step, and save the data into a local variable in Teststand, and call the corresponding variable in each test step by unbundling the cluster by name.  But I don't seem to see any cluster data type for Local variables in Teststand, any idea on other alternatives to achieve the same goal?

Attached pls find the type.def that I created. 

Best Regards,

Valen

[Dennis_Knutson]

In TestStand, they're called containers. TestStand will even create it for you. You should read the shipping document called "Using LabVIEW with TestStand". From the help menu, select Search the TestStand Bookshelf.

p.s. While there are some TestStand users that frequent the LabVIEW forum, your best chance of getting an answer like this is to post to the TestStand forum.