Micro switch in a SolidWorks to LabView through SoftMotion

Hi..
I´m working on a virtual prototype i a SolidWorks assembly and i´ll like to control it with LabView. To monitor where my pars are during simulation i´ll like to place micro switches' on my assembly just like I´ll do on a physical prototype. Can this be done in SolidWorks and can the value of these micro switches' be send to LabView through SoftMotion as booleans, or maybe as an other data format?

One other thing regarding rings and ENUMs. You can typedef an ENUM which means that all instances of it will be updated when the typedef is modified. You cannot do the same with a ring. You will need to programmatically initialize it and you will have to manually maintain all case structures that use it. If you change the strings in the ring the case structures are not automatically updated like an ENUM typedef. The ring will allow you to use non-sequential values but it does come with a cost of ease of maintenance.
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