LabVIEW Instrument Driver Documentation
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1. Breakpoint Elsys TraMET Palette p MET Palette Control Replace i Indicator Open Front Panel Property for Elsys TransPC Devices TransPCSystem Class P ClusterlsUpdated Size To Text Method for Elsys TransPC Devices TransPCSystem Class P Devices oe Oe HasEachClusterANewBlock Properties e Send Timeout Status Make sure to always close all NET objects with the Close Reference VI after the object is no longer needed The Close Reference VI can be found in the Connectivity NET palette Connectivity Control Design amp Simulation I Connectivity SignalExpress i NET Express i i Addons i EM ae Libraries amp E User Libraries Lad ai active 4 NET a MET Close Reference Change Visible Palettes a aoa eee Constructor Property No Invoke Node el mel E Elsys AG 9 LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manaul 1 0 5 Examples The Elsys TraNET LabVIEW Instrument Driver comes with several examples showing how to make measurements with the different recording modes All examples have comments added to the block diagram explaining the details of the programming The examples can be found under instr lib Elsys TraNET Examples The TraNET In strument Driver folder in the start menu holds an entry opening this folder By default the example connect to the local system TraNET on IP 127 0 0 1 To run these examples with a2. 5 Elsys hardware that is connected to a host computer requires the TpcServer to be in stalled on the host as well 1 2 Automatic installation By running the Elsys TraNET Instrument Driver Setup the driver is installed into the Lab VIEW instr dir directory In addition this driver data file is stored as a zip file in the pro gram files directory including further documentation If the setup cannot find the location of the LabVIEW instr dir automatically a special page is shown in which the location of the instr dir can be selected by the user To check if the driver was installed correctly start LabVIEW and go to Tools Instru mentation Find Instrument Drivers The Elsys TraNET driver should be listed under installed Instrument Drivers If this is not the case refer to the next chapter how to install the driver manually 1 3 Manual installation If for any reason the driver was not installed automatically the installation can also simply be made by hand The setup also installs the driver compressed as a zip file In the start menu go to Elsys LabVIEW Instrument Driver Driver Unzip the zip file contained in this directory to the LabVIEW instr dir directory After that the driver should appear in the Installed In strument Drivers list as described above For further information refer to the Plug and Play Instrument Driver Installation In structions http www n
3. Returns all eight input objects for a given board Get Waveform Converts a RecordedBlock object into a LabVIEW wave form Get Marker Returns two digital waveforms representing the marker bits of a RecordedBlock Elsys AG LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manual 1 0 TraHET RESET T TraHET TraHET ERROR 21 TraHET SERVER ERSIOH 3 2 4 TraHET SCOFE TraHET TraHET TraHET TraHET UPDATE TraHET RO HEW MM 3 2 6 TraHET EL CE se ll TraHET FO ELE M PLL MM TraHET COUNT TiM Iu TUL Reset Resets the device configuration Autocalibrate Performs an autocalibration on the given device Device Error Returns detailed device status and error information Revision Returns the server version running on the given device Scope Mode Init Scope Mode Configures a scope mode measurement for the given device Read Data Reads the last recorded data of the given input Read Data 4 Inputs Reads the last recorded data of the first four inputs of the given board Read Data 8 Inputs Reads the last recorded data of all eight inputs of the given board Continuous Mode Init Continuous Mode Configures a continuous mode measurement for the given device Update Waveform Appends the newly recorded samples of an input to the already read out samples Read New Waveform Reads the newly recorded samples since the last call of
4. Elsys TraNET LabVIEW Instrument Driver TraHET TraHET OFEM DEVICE Connect TraNET 127 0 0 1 10010 ES Connect with the device and initialize the ECR single channel mode Deactivate all inputs of the device User manual Elsys AG Mellingerstrasse 12 41 56 496 01 55 CH 5443 Niederrohrdorf www elsys instruments com Elsys LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manual 1 0 Table of contents Instalado ide 3 ISE Requirements ini ada 3 LZ Automatic Installation dead 3 ES AVIA alll Mstalla ON rain 3 2 DD FIV OT ALCL ct aa AA 4 3 Paleta Aida 5 Del AEXPLOSS Vi eee E AN an 5 3 2 Pals 6 Sl TON lisa 6 32 2 CONTPUTacON canaria 6 Bil os e e o UP o E a 6 ILA SCOPE MOB naa 7 3253 CONTINUOUS ModE os 7 3207 M t BICK MOSS aa 7 3237 ECR MOOC a A eer ee oer er 8 4 NET AINA VIE VV aa a 9 EX PIES ee ene nee eee See 10 Elsys AG 1 LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manaul 1 0 Introduction This manual describes the use of Elsys powerful hardware in LabVIEW with the Elsys TraNET LabVIEW Instrument Driver This LabVIEW Plug and Play project style instru ment driver allows you to make use of all features and modes of the Elsys hardware The Elsys TraNET LabVIEW Instrument Driver can be used with TraNET devices as well as with TPCX TPCE modules 2 Elsys AG LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manual 1 0 1 Installation 1 1 Requirements e LabVIEW 2010 or newer e Microsoft NET Framework 3
5. TraNET with another IP address change the Device IP accord ingly on the Front Panel before running the VI File Edit View Project Operate Tools Window a 15pt Application Font 10 Elsys AG LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manual 1 0 Document information Filename LabVIEW Instrument Driver_1 0_ 130625 EN docx Version 1 0 Status Released Last modification Date 25 06 2013 Author Simon Geisseler Elsys AG 11
6. aMET 1 s Customize TraHET TraHET TraHET DEVICE CLOZE YE lt a Connect Get First Devi Disconnect VI Tree TraHET TraHET TraHET TraHET gt TOF TATE TRG ited ht 231 Start Measur Stop Measur Recording St Software Tri C Es Utilities m F g i i welll 57 SCOFE COHT BLOGK ECR Scope Mode Continuous Multi Block ECR Mode The upper part of the palette holds the most important functions as connecting to the device and starting measurements The two sub palettes Configuration and Utilities hold functions to configure the input settings and to have an easier access to certain hardware features Finally at the bottom each of the four different recording modes has a sub palette on his own Each sub palette contains a VI to configure the corresponding mode and VIs to read out the data recorded by this mode 3 1 Express VIs To simplify the huge amount of configuration possibilities of the Elsys hardware the Elsys TraNET LabVIEW Instrument driver makes use of Express VIs Express Vis are showed as icons surrounded by a blue field Express Vis can be configured in the configuration dialog This configuration dialog is opened by double clicking on the VI in the block diagram The settings made in this dialog are saved and the hardware is configured according to them If parameters have to be configured at runtime they can be wired to the Express VIs as done with normal Vis Those values wired
7. i com devzone idnet inetinst htm Elsys AG 3 LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manaul 1 0 2 Driver Architecture The Elsys TraNET LabVIEW Instrument Driver is based on a NET DLL the TransPCSys temLV dll This DLL was specially written for LabVIEW The Vis Virtual Instruments on the Elsys TraNET palette cover only the general and most often used features of the Elsys hardware More specific features have to be ac cessed directly over the TransPCSystemLV dll The documentation of this DLL can be found in the start menu at Elsys LabView Instrument Driver API documentation The TransPCSystemLV dll itself is based on the TPCAccess dll and TPCAccess64 dll for LabVIEW 64bit which are C DLLs The TransPCSystemLV DLL is actually a wrapper which makes all the features of the TPCAccess dll available in LabVIEW in an easy to use and convenient manner When distributing your LabVIEW application make sure to al ways include the TransPCSystemLV dll together with the TPCAccess dll and TPCAc cess64 dll in the same directory i LabVIEW automatically detects the dependency on the TransPCSystemLV dll but the dependency on the TPCAccess dll and TPCAccess64 dll has to be added manually 4 Elsys AG LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manual 1 0 3 Palette Set The Elsys TraNET palette can be found in the Block Diagram Palette under nstrument 1 0 Instr Drivers Elsys TraNET Elsys Tr
8. this function Multi Block Mode Init Mulit Block Mode Configures a multi block mode measurement for the given device Read Block Reads the specified block of the given input Count Blocks Returns the number of recorded blocks of the given input Elsys AG LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manaul 1 0 3 2 7 ECR Mode TrahET Init ECR Mode Configures an ECR single or multi channel measurement with or without dual mode for the given device Associate Channels Associates the given input with other inputs for the ECR single channel mode i To read out data in the ECR mode use the functions from the multi block and the continuous mode Elsys AG LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manual 1 0 4 NET and LabVIEW As the underlying DLL for the Elsys TraNET LabVIEW Instrument Driver is a NET DLL all complex hardware parts such as devices boards input recorded blocks and so on are represented as NET objects These objects often offer much more functionality than covered by the Vis from the driver To use these functionalities right click on a NET object input or output Go to Create Property for or Method for The opening submenus list all possible methods and functions available in conjunction with the object A description for every function and property can be found in the API documentation TraHET OFEH Visible Items p b Connect 5 Description and Tip
9. to the Vis have precedence over the values set in the configura tion dialog For further information about Express Vis refer to the LabVIEW Help http zone ni com reference en XxX help 371361J 01 lvconcepts expressVIs Elsys AG 5 LabVIEW Instrument Driver User manaul 1 0 3 2 Palettes 3 2 1 Top Level U TraHET OFPEH ml ua TraHET DEVICE Ele F l Pa rr l l hi t TraHET START Lv E Hz jf SE E F m m ne Y ja m j 7 z 4 E 4 513 i A dia 2 2 RIGGER TraHET E Wu TraHET Connect Opens the connection with a TraNET Get First Device Returns the NET Object of the first device in the TransPCSystem Disconnect Closes the connection with a TransPCSystem Start Measurement Starts a new measurement Stop Measurement Stops the current measurement Recording State Returns the current recording state of the TransPCSys tem Software Trigger Provokes a trigger event from the software VI Tree Gives a schematic overview over all Vis contained in this driver Configuration Amplifer Settings Configures the amplifier settings such as input range input offset filter settings and so on for the given input Trigger Settings Configures the trigger mode levels and flags for the given input Utilities Get all 4 Inputs Returns the first four input objects for a given board Get all 8 Inputs
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