Labview Video Tutorial? Dashboard

[Chris_Elston]

Is there a Labview Video Tutorial?

I don't know anything about Labview, however felt compelled to check it out and maybe make a simple HMI (human machine interface) panel from it to our OI (Operator Interface).

I've looked at this Labview briefly, and I am lost. Maybe it's simplier than it looks. Can anyone give me the beginners explaination?

Speficily, the Dashboard application.

We are using EasyC this year, so none of the default OI information is being sent to the controller, unless we create those varibles. But I can't tell by looking at the block diagram view how the "varibles" are called or accessed in Labview. I see the LEDs panel that was created in Dashboard (labview) version, but I can't find that in the block diagram, nor make a relationship of if that graphic is assigned to a varible which is updated by a packet or protocol stream somehow.

My back ground is PLCs (programmable logic controllers) I use GE, Allen Bradley PLCs. These brands support their HMIs, PanelView, and Total Control products which our HMI touch screens. When a graphic is created in those HMIs, you can double click them and assign a varible or memory location in the PLC at which you want to poll this address, and display your PLC value in the place of your graphic you made in your HMI.

Is this how this Labview is suppose to work? It appears that we have to create the driver first, then what...sort it out? Confused....