State Machines and Robot Framework

[aksharma]

We have been trying to create a kicking mechanism in LabVIEW using multiple limit switches, and to do this we need a state machine. We have been trying to learn how to do this by watching the videos on LV Mastery, but they mention a Type Def called RobotData.ctl. We do not have this Type Def in our framework. We think it is in the Advanced Framework, but the main problem is that we do not have an option of using the Basic or Advanced Framework when we try to create a robot project. We have updated LabVIEW already, so we aren't really sure what is going on.

Is there a way to either create the state machine as described in the video without the Type Def or a way to get the option to have an advanced or basic framework?

[Ziaholic]

That TypeDef is created by the Mastery Narrator in one of the TipJar videos. It is simply a bunch of different datatypes, in a cluster, converted to a typedef. It's a simple way to keep important data in one place, with the same names/labels/whatever.

Creating a typedef is not very difficult, but I don't have LV on my work PC and don't want to get one of the steps wrong. You basically right-click a cluster, go to its advanced properties page, and use a pull-down to change it into a TypeDef. Hopefully somebody else will reply with the detailed steps, or I can post again later when I get home.

Basic/Advanced doesn't apply this year ... it's all just the Framework.

[aksharma]

Thanks, that explanation helped us. We were able to figure it out.