How to use settings with a state machine?

I have a "classic" data acquisition program that acquires voltages from different sensors. Each DAQ read subvi has some settings for the scale, range of voltage etc.; additionally I have set a certain buffer size, sampling rate etc.
I would like to show on the front panel only the start, stop type of buttons, file name and charts, and 'hide' the settings in a subvi. I already built the subvi but now the problem is how to hide it and how to call it through a "settings" button whenever I want to change something. I tried this using New events handler (using events in a while loop); the problem is when I start the program, the settings in the application do not take the settings in the subvi, they all go to 0 (I used shift registers). I started to wonder if this is a good approach or what could I do to make the settings available right from the start.
Did anybody have the same problems and could give me some suggestions and an example?
Thank you. 

Hello,
Attached is an example to help you get started.  The popup VI in the event structure is called and shows it's front panel when called because of the subVI node setup (right click to check this) - the instance of the subVI outside the loop, which initializes the shift register, does not pop up because it's subVI node setup is not set that way. 
If you run the example and study the code, you'll find comments in the code to help you understand the behavior.
I hope this helps!
Best Regards,
JLS
Best,
JLS
Sixclear
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