how to set up a shift register to unsigned 16?

[Rhayes]

How do you set a shift register to an unsigned 16?
It defaults to double but I want it a U16.

Ron

[Chienwei]

Hi Ron,

You'll need to insert a "To Unsign Word Integer" VI to convert the line to U16. You can find it in the function palette under Numeric/Conversion. Once you insert that VI anywhere in that double wire, you'll see the shift register change to U16.

Dan

[EdDickens]

You'll either need to initialize the shift register by connecting a U16 constant to the left register outside the loop, or place a U16 Convert function from the Numeric>Conversion palette after the Increment function.

The default numeric data type is Double, so unless you specify what you want, that is what the Increment function will produce.

Ed