led management

[LV_Pro]

If you have an idea of the ultimate size of the array you can create a case statement that has an initialization case that only executes once to init your array. There are usually many ways to get around almost everything in LabVIEW, although with each new version there is less "getting around" and more just doing it!

P.M.

[tbob]

Here is the 7.0 version of my vi, for what it is worth.  It shows how to use a queue to write to the LED array, and how to read the queue to update the display.

[tbob]

Here is an example of how to initialize or not initialize a shift register.