How to create a timer?

[OnlyOne]

Hello,

is there something in teststand to measure the time between two steps?

So that en testplan looks like this

Mainsequence:

step: "Timer start"

step: execute a teststep

step: execute a teststep

step: execute a teststep

step: execute a teststep

step: "Time elapsed" (<-- returns time since the "timer start"

is there already something in TS or do i have to create new steps in LV to do this?

Thanks

[~jiggawax~ · Accepted solution]

Attached is an example.  Just use a local variable and set it equal to Seconds() (you can read about that function in the help). 

OR

If you need to watch the timer then you can spawn a new thread by calling a sequence with a VI that pops up and shows the timer.

Good Luck!