teststand operator interface command line

[Goncalo]

Hi,

I was wondering what is the command line to launch a sequence file in teststand operator interface and where the operator doesn't see the step and any variables (locals, station global, etc).

The only thing he sees it`s the parallel interface from the parallel process model.

Thnaks

[Lars_L]

Hey Goncalo,

What exactly do you mean when you say that they don't see the "step and any variables"? Are you referring to the difference between launching the shipping User Interfaces in either Editor Mode or Operator Mode? Although the Variables pane will still be visible in both modes, this does remove the Step and Template panes. To see this in action, go to Start>>All Programs>>National Instruments>>TestStand>>User Interfaces>>LabVIEW and then try opening both Editor Mode and Operator Mode to view the differences.

Also, instead of opening and closing and using the other link, you can actually switch between these two modes by using a special key code. To do this, just hit Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Insert all at the same time and you'll see that it switches to between the two modes and hides the Step and Template panes.

Lastly, both of these links are actually launching the same user interface but with different command line modifiers that tell the UI to open in one mode or the other. To open in operator interface mode, just launch TestExec.exe with /operatorInterface afterward, and for Editor mode, do the same but with /editor afterward. Here's a screenshot of the properties pages for those two links to clarify what I'm describing:

If this isn't what you're referring to, please provide some more details on what you're looking for and I'll see what I can do. Have a good one!

Lars L

NI Applications Engineer

[Goncalo]

Hi,

What I mean is when you enter in the operator mode with TestExe.exe, the operator can see the values of the variables (see picture #1).  I can't allow that.  The only thing I want the operator to see is the Parallel GUI (the one with the parallel process model see picture #2).

Is it possible?

[Dennis_Knutson]

If you don't want a variables view control in your operator interface, delete it. No idea which operator interface you are using (LabVIEW, CVI, etc) but the source is available for all of them.