Labview footswitch control

Hi I am new to this forum and wanted to ask how to take digital input from external switches I am making a project which needs to control different sections of a labview project design file via a footswitch ,the switches i will be using are momentary switches ,also do i send the signals from the switches via the rs-232 port or is there an alternative to this I have hit a brick wall at this point in time and any help at all would be very much appreciated,cheers.

Hi PodgeRambo,
Thank you for contacting National Instruments. You will not be able to read the Digital signals straight into a serial port. This is mainly due to the RS-232 port being a communication port and as such, you need to translate the Digital input into a signal that a Serial port could understand.
I have made a short list of the options that are available to you:
1. Construct an RS-232 interface device that can talk to your PC and relay the states of the switches through to your code on your PC. You will then need to modify your code so that you can read the RS-232 port. I would strongly discourage this idea, it will be very time consuming and will cause you no end of grief.
2. Buy a Multifunction DAQ device to read the state of the Digital signal. National Instruments produces a huge variety of different Multifunction devices and if all you need to do is read a digital line then something like a 6008 or 6009 will do the job. The other great advantage with this approach is that it is very easy to integrate this with your existing LabVIEW application and will reduce your development time.
I would recommend phoning the UK office on 01635 523 545 to speak to one of the Inside Sales Engineers about your application.
I hope this helps,
Thanks,
Andrew McLennan
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

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