LabView Dashboard Problems

[mfwit]

Originally Posted by brummer_13

But how do i write to the source code? And how do i also get labview to show me the PWM values and the things already relaed to the driver?

Click Window>Show Block Diagram

Fool around in the block diagram and you will get it.

[brummer_13]

can u give me alittle more than that, the block diagram is very confusing right now

[mfwit]

Originally Posted by brummer_13

can u give me alittle more than that, the block diagram is very confusing right now

if you look at the block diagram, the 4 selector sorta thing down, is the byte that is coming in from your OI. They are all labeled based upon what they are (pwm2, pwm3, etc.). If your looking at one of the pwm bytes that is included with the template, you can copy with what you see on the diagram inside that byte and paste it into a different pwm byte.

Hope that helps,
Matt

[Chris_Elston]

Ah...ok...I get it now. We aren't using the default IFI Code and MPLAB, we are using EasyC. In EasyC, the user bytes aren't being sent because there is no code written to do so (default template in EasyC). If we had installed the default IFI Code, these user bytes are already included in the default code, I believe.

Thanks guys for helping one of my programmers. He is a freshman and doing very well.

I'll see if I can give him a hand now that I understand what is going on myself. (newbie to Labview)....

[brummer_13]

alright now that i know what to do, how do i do it. i cant find anywhere how to change the user byte assignments

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by brummer_13

alright now that i know what to do, how do i do it. i cant find anywhere how to change the user byte assignments

In user_routines.c you’ll see this example line close to the end:

User_Mode_byte = backup_voltage*10; /* so that decimal doesn't get truncated. */

You can also set the following variables anywhere before a putdata()

• User_Byte1
• User_Byte2
• User_Byte3
• User_Byte4
• User_Byte5
• User_Byte6

So for example: User_Byte1 = 123;

[brummer_13]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

In user_routines.c you’ll see this example line close to the end:

User_Mode_byte = backup_voltage*10; /* so that decimal doesn't get truncated. */

You can also set the following variables anywhere before a putdata()

• User_Byte1
• User_Byte2
• User_Byte3
• User_Byte4
• User_Byte5
• User_Byte6

So for example: User_Byte1 = 123;

where is user_routines.c though, i found the file on my comp but i cant open it with wnything. is that what u ment or is it a part of easyc or something