tutorial

[Jeffaero]

I am using the tutorial I was directed to by a customer support person, http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5243 and I cannot find the "Tone measurement express vi"
Is this because I am using version version 8.5?
help

[Dennis_Knutson]

You need to have at least the full version of LabVIEW to use that VI. It does not come with the base version.

[Jeffaero]

Does anyone suggest a different tutorial that I could use?

[Dennis_Knutson]

A different tutorial for what? It would help a lot if you would explain what you need to do.

[Ray.R]

Did you do a search in this forum for Tone Measurement?

[Ray.R]

This is not a tutorial, but does discuss the subject:  http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=301471

Here they discuss measuring a tone and there are some VI's posted.  Maybe they can give you ideas on how to proceed:

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=260114

I don't know if they use Express VI's, but you can check..

Here they discuss FFT to extract info on a tone measurement: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=209525

The best one to read is here: http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&view=by_date_descending&message.id=291603#M291603

And there's more if you do a search.

RayR

[Jeffaero]

Right now I am doing environmental testing. I have 16 thermocouples I use and I am having difficulty saving the data in excel format. I vi was sent to me by customer service and it only records 100 data points per thermocouple.

[Dennis_Knutson]

I don't know what the tone measurement example has to do with saving to a file. If you want some help debugging a VI, you should post the VI or at the very least, an image of the block diagram.

[Ray.R]

OK... so the issue is not really how to do Tone Measurements, it is how to expand from the VI that you received.

The easiest solution would be for you to post that particular VI or at least an image of it (especially since I don't have LV installed on this PC).

Let's tackle the number of samples first.

There must be a FOR or WHILE Loop that has a value of 100 wired to the number of iterations.  If it is a control, then you can change it to a larger value from the Front Panel.  If it is a constant (unlikely - I hope) then right click on it and select "Change to Control" and then you can change it's value easily from the Front Panel.  You may simply change the contant to a value better suited for your application.

Can you describe the Excel problem that you are having?

RayR