Newbie needs help on Quad encoder for cRIO 9421

Hi,
When using PCI 4451/4452, we can use the GPCTR0_UP_DOWN Signal and input this signal on the DIO6 pin; this general-purpose counter 0 counts down when the pin is at a logic low and counts up when it is at a logic high.
If we are now using cRIO 9421, how do we achieve both the count up and count down capability which can be easily done using DAQmx?
Thanks thanks!
-Mr Bing

Mr. Bing,
You can do the UP/DOWN counting programatically. You can modify the examples in this folder for your application C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.1\examples\FPGA\Counters\Event Counters. To count UP you can increament as you get the events and to count DOWN you can intialize a numeric control and decreament the value as you get the events.
Ame G.
National Instruments

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> 1) Does the “Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously” option
enhance general editing performance (applying filters, scrubbing through
the timeline, reverting history states)? Or does it ONLY help speed up
RAM previews and final output? Does it reduce the length of RAM
previews?
It only increases rendering speed for RAM previews and rendering for final output. In After Effects CS5, it doesn't decrease the length of RAM previews. (In CS4, it does.)
1b) Is this option even necessary to enable on 64bit
systems? (As far as I understand it was used to solve a problem where
32bit systems/software would only recognize 4GB of RAM per instance of
AE).
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> 1c) If I turn this option on to help with RAM previews,
would I be hindering general editing performance in any way? Or does
this option have basically zero drawbacks?
It takes a small but nonzero time for the background processes to start up when they need to be used and shut down when they're done. And as they sit waiting, they take up a little bit of memory. So, it's not exactly correct to say that there are no downsides to leaving it on. But it's close. I leave it on.
> 2) How come “Actual CPUs that will be used” will read 0 even
if the sum total of RAM assigned to the CPUs plus the RAM reserved for
other applications is less than the total available system RAM (on a
64bit system)? For example, I currently have 4GB RAM and 2 installed
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> 3.) Considering the fact that I am more concerned with
smooth performance while editing rather than final output speeds, would
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                         inputCorrect = true;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                         System.out.println("\nYou did not enter a valid number: " + "\""+ num1 + "\" is not a number!!");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    return num1;
     public String calculatorChoice() throws IOException {
          System.out.println("Please select an option of what you would like to do with this number from the menu below and hit <ENTER>: ");
          System.out.println("\n*********************************************");
          System.out.println("---------------------------------------------");
          System.out.println("Please select an option from the list below: ");
          System.out.println("---------------------------------------------");
          System.out.println("1 - Add");
          System.out.println("2 - Subtract");
          System.out.println("3 - Multiply");
          System.out.println("4 - Divide (remainder included)");
          System.out.println("5 - Maximum and minimum value of two numbers");
          System.out.println("6 - Squareroot");
          System.out.println("7 - Absolute value of numbers");
          System.out.println("8 - Octal and Hexadecimal equivalent of numbers");
          System.out.println("9 - Round numbers");
          System.out.println("0 - Exit program");
          System.out.println("**********************************************");
          boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                    try {
                         BufferedReader inStream = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                         System.out.print("Please enter your option and hit <ENTER>: ");
                         choice1 = inStream.readLine();
                         int c1 = Integer.parseInt(choice1);
                         System.out.println("\nYou have entered choice number: " + c1);
                         inputCorrect = true;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                         System.out.println("You did not enter a valid choice number: " + "\""+ choice1 + "\" is not in the list!!");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    return choice1;
     public String inputNumber2() throws IOException {
          boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                    try {
                         BufferedReader br2 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                         System.out.print("\nPlease enter another number you want to do the calculation with and hit <ENTER>: ");
                         num2 = br2.readLine();
                         double n2 = Double.parseDouble(num2);
                         System.out.println("\nThe second number you have entered is: " + n2);
                         System.out.println("\nYour numbers are: " + num1 + " and " + num2);
                         inputCorrect = true;
                    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                         System.out.println("You did not enter a valid number: " + "\""+ num2 + "\" is not a number!!");
                         inputCorrect = false;
                    return num2;
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          int choice2 = (int) Double.parseDouble(choice1);
          switch (choice2) {
                    case 1 :
                         Add();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " + " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 2 :
                         Subtract();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " - " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 3 :
                         Multiply();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " * " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 4 :
                         Divide();
                         System.out.print("The answer of " + num1 + " / " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Modulus();
                         System.out.print(" and the remainder is " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 5 :
                         maximumValue();
                         System.out.println("The maximum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         minimumValue();
                         System.out.println("The minimum number between the numbers " + num1 + " and " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 6 :
                         Squareroot1();
                         System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Squareroot2();
                         System.out.println("The squareroot of value " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 7 :
                         absoluteNumber1();
                         System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         absoluteNumber2();
                         System.out.println("The absolute number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 8 :
                         octalEquivalent1();
                         System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + octalEquivalent1());
                         octalEquivalent2();
                         System.out.println("The octal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + octalEquivalent2());
                         hexadecimalEquivalent1();
                         System.out.println("\nThe hexadecimal equivalent of " + num1 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent1());
                         hexadecimalEquivalent2();
                         System.out.println("The hexadecimal equivalent of " + num2 + " is: " + hexadecimalEquivalent2());
                         break;
                    case 9 :
                         Round1();
                         System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num1 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         Round2();
                         System.out.println("The rounded number of " + num2 + " is: " + decimals.format(answer));
                         break;
                    case 0 :
                         if (choice2 == 0) {
                              System.exit(1);
                         break;
               return choice2;
          public String anotherCalculation() throws IOException {
               boolean inputCorrect = false;
               while (inputCorrect == false) {
                         try {
                              BufferedReader br3 = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                              System.out.print("\nWould you like to do another calculation? Y/N ");
                              more = br3.readLine();
                              String s1 = "y";
                              String s2 = "Y";
                              if (more.equals(s1) || more.equals(s2)) {
                                   inputCorrect = true;
                                   while (inputCorrect = true){
                                        inputNumber1();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        calculatorChoice();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        inputNumber2();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        Calculator();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        anotherCalculation();
                                        System.out.println("");
                                        inputCorrect = true;
                              } else {
                                   System.out.println("\n" + nameSurname + " thank you for using this program, you have used this program for: " + decimals.format(programRuntime()) + " seconds");
                                   System.out.println("the program will now exit, Goodbye.");
                                   System.exit(0);
                         } catch (IOException ex){
                              System.out.println("You did not enter a valid answer: " + "\""+ more + "\" is not in the list!!");
                              inputCorrect = false;
          return more;
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          System.out.println("");
          p1.inputNumber1();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.calculatorChoice();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.inputNumber2();
          System.out.println("");
          p1.Calculator();
               System.out.println("");
               p1.anotherCalculation();
               System.out.println("");
{code}
*Can you please run my code for yourself and have a look at how this program is constructed*
*and give me ANY feedback on how I can better this code(program) or if I've done anything wrong from your point of view.*
Your help will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Smirre wrote:
Now my question is this: How can I restrict the user to only enter 'letters' (and spaces of course) but allow NO numbers for his/her surname??You cannot restrict the user. It is a sad fact in programming that the worst bug always sits in front of the Computer.
What you could do is checking the input string for numbers. If it contains numbers, just reprompt for the Name.
AND you might want to ask yourself why the heck a calculator needs to know the users Name.

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FORM MOVE_DATA.
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ENDLOOP.
ENDFORM.                    "MOVE_DATA
Reward points if helpful.
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Sankar..

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BANNER
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
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TNS for Linux: Version 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
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