Running a Test Stand Sequence and another LabVIEW VI concurrently

[ggoatman]

I am using a NI cDAQ-9172 with 2 NI9211 Thermocouple unit.  I am monitoring 8 different stations by running one sequence in parallel mode in Test Stand.  What my question is, is there a way to run a VI seperate of the Test Stand sequence that can access the NI cDAQ-9172 at the same time as the Test Stand sequence.  I am assuming no, but it would make my life easier 🙂

When i tested this idea, I started the seperate VI before I started the sequence and I think the NI cDAQ-9172 gave priority to the VI and did not let the sequence talk to the NI 9211 until the VI had been turned off (the VI is just a big while loop that monitors the Thermocouples continuously).

Any help and/or ideas is appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

[EadieU]

Are you trying to have the two VIs talk to different 9211s in the same cDAQ 9172 chassis or have each VI talk to the same 9211?  If you're trying to have the VI and the TestStand sequence access the same 9211 at the same time, this is not possible.  What you could do is have one of them communicate with the cDAQ 9172 and saves the data to a file or parameters/shared variables that the TestStand sequence could then read.