Consumer producer event control button top VI

I am trying to control the main.vi example that create the “create project wizard” called “Continuous Measurement and logging” from a top lever VI.
The problem I have is that, I will not start the main.vi unless it’s done by an event created by an operator. How can I control programmatically those buttons from another VI?
I am attaching the block diagram picture from the wizard and the simple top_level VI to control that VI. Thanks
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mainVI.png ‏62 KB
top_level_VI.png ‏16 KB

That main VI is meant to act as a top level VI. It is recommended you add on to that VI if you need more capability.
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