Reading teststand variables with labview??

I'm trying to create a vi that will read the uut serial number from teststand and compare it to a second scan from the operator. Is there a function I can put on the block diagram to read the teststand variable? I've read the using teststand with labview but it's still unclear how to do this. Could I just pull the serial number from the UUT dialog that the user starts the test with instead? The other problem is this is a 4 uut test panel so I need to make sure I compare the correct uut serial number info. Any ideas?

The name of the variable is RunState.Root.Locals.UUT.SerialNumber. When you create your VI, have a string control that you pass this in. This is done when do the Specify Module as shown below. Here's an example sequence and VI as well. You can also make it a bit more complicated by using the sequence context and the TestStand Get Property Value function.
Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 05-01-2007 04:16 PM
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Specify Module.PNG ‏29 KB
TestStand Example.zip ‏9 KB

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