Hi all,
I'm developing a PC controlled fatigue based test system with cRIO 9024. The expectation of this system is to work 40-45 days. There are some variables like force, displacement and these are wanted to be recorded. During the test user should pause the test, read the values from the chart which are desired (as Force vs displacement, etc.) and then continue the test. Because of the test duration is so long (40-45 days), logging data makes me thinking a lot. My first question is that which type of data (TDMS, LVM, etc.) should I use while logging these variables?
My second question is about controlling the waveform actions (Choosing desired variables, showing variables in graphics, etc. automatically). I've completed the tutorial http://www.ni.com/white-paper/11198/en but TDMS file is opened manually. How can I call the variables which reside in RT target? I can get the TDMS file from cRIO using ftp but I don't know how to get it automatically to host. I need to handle those variables in order to use them in graphics.
I developed some applications like this in MATLAB before but hereafter I decided to use LabVIEW for these machine applications. After searching on web, I saw that working with NI products is more powerful and easy. MATLAB needs a lot of code to be written. But there is a small problem, you can consider me as a newbie to LabVIEW. 🙂 I'm still reading and applying those RT and FPGA Getting Started tutorials.
Anyway, any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Best regards,
Emre
