Screen Save Waveform Chart

I have a Labview DAQ VI with some controls and a couple of waveform charts.
I would like to print just the waveform charts but not the whole panel at
times using a screen dump or print screen to include as pictures in a MS
Word report. Can this be done?

Actually, the whole process is rather simple. Attached is a snippet of code taken from LV's report generation tools. Using a reference to a front panel control, it extracts the appropriate data and writes a BMP file.
The vi is inside a quick demo that show how it can build a BMP of a graph. Run the demo and then check your temp directory. There should be a new file there that with a name like CT********.bmp.
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How to log waveform chart data in any file at specific interval

i am using labview 7.0. i want to save waveform chart data in the file at specific interval given by user. Please give me solution for that.
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Open the example finder (Help>>Find Examples) and look at the Write Datalog File example. You can also convert your data to text to save a simple text file. Also, the tutorials in the following links probably cover something similar.
To learn more about LabVIEW, I suggest you try searching this site and google for LabVIEW tutorials. Here, here, here, here and here are a few you can start with and here are some tutorial videos. You can also contact your local NI office and join one of their courses.
In addition, I suggest you read the LabVIEW style guide and the LabVIEW user manual (Help>>Search the LabVIEW Bookshelf).
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How do I get my chart to redraw after the onitor comes out of screen saver mode.

My program runs 24/7 monitoring an exhaust stream. The program usually nruns in the background. When the chart display is called up the display is not correct. this also happens when the screen saver has been on. How can I get the display to redraw the chart to diaplay correctly.

> My program runs 24/7 monitoring an exhaust stream. The program
> usually nruns in the background. When the chart display is called up
> the display is not correct. this also happens when the screen saver
> has been on. How can I get the display to redraw the chart to diaplay
> correctly.
This usually happens when the popup panel is not in memory and doesn't
know that it will ever need to be used. At compile time, LV optimizes
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Open panel on call, LV may optimize out the chart's buffer accumulation.
Then when the window opens, the buffer data is empty or old.
If you place a property node on the diagram for the popup panel, even
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How to save data from a waveform chart to a file?

Hi! I have a question:how to save a real time data from a waveform chart? attachement is a example,how can i do to save the data from 0 second to 25 seconds to a file ?thanks!
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example.vi ‏23 KB

You can use a property node to get the chart history as a array. Then you can write that data to the file. The data in the array in you example can also be writen to a file. If you only wnat a portion of the data to be saved, use the Array Subset function to get the part you want.
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Save a waveform chart

Hello!
I am trying to save a Waveform chart into a file usin the Save waveform to a file.
I have been doing test with ramdom numbers in little programs and I was able to save then in waveforms, but I can not do the same in the program that recieves the serial data.
I have attachet my program.
I well be be gratefull if someone could help me. I am sure is a little thing what is wrong but I can not find it.
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cliente_grava.vi ‏112 KB

And unless you only want only the very last acquisition recorded, you're going to have to change your VI. When the while loop stops, all it passes to the write waveform is the very last 1D array captured. If you want all data saved, put the write inside the while so that with every iteration you append to the same file. Or, turn on indixing where the 1D array exits the while loop. This will create a 2D array of all data acquired. Also, using Write Waveforms to file is probably not the best function unless you are actually creating a waveform datatype with timing info. Write to Spreadsheet will write a 2D array of DBLs or create a waveform datatype inside the while loop

Open waveform chart in other screen.

Hello to all!
I have a front panel with two indicators, the value of those two indicators goes to waveform chart.
My problem is that I need to call from run_time_menu to waveform chart and that it is opened in a screen different, appearing only waveform chart with titlebar.
I have proved with a property node_visible of waveform char, but waveform is in front panel and not in one second screen. Another problem is that if I use a subvi to have another screen, the values of waveform are not updated.
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There are lots of ways to achieve this.
One of the approaches is as shown in the attached VI.
Go through teh block Diagram of Main VI. Here you will see that a sine pattern is written to a chart.
Observe that I have placed a sub VI inside the "sub VI" event of the main VI.
Click on the sub VI icon. In its drop down menu,go to 'sub Vi node set up'. Here you will see that i have selected select 'show front panel when called' and 'close afterwards if originally opened'
This link will teach you how to pass values to a sub VI by using Connector Pane: http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361A-01/lvhowto/selecting_a_connector_pane/
Run the main VI, and click on "show sub VI" to dispay the graph shown in mainVI on the SUB VI's graph
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Message Edited by devchander on 03-29-2006 06:31 AM
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How to save X and Y vaue from a Waveform Chart

Hello Everyone!
I'm implementing an adquisition systems that send data to a waveform Chart through VISA. All run properly, but I would like to save the data adquired to an excel file. I saw examples to how to save it, but only save the Y value.
I would like getting the X and Y values in 2 columns different in the excel file.
¿Is it possible?
¿Can someone tell me how I can do it?
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I meant uploading the actual VI, not a picture of it. You need to fix your code.
You should not be initializing the serial port in each iteration of the loop. Initialize outside, read in the loop, and close when the loop is done.
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How to save the waveform chart information

I am attaching a VI which recordes the power and wavelength from a ILX lightwave power meter. I had added waveform chart to the program to record the values of quatities with respect to time. Please kindly help me to read the quantities on time with saving the values from initial time to final time. I I use shift registers with a built array in the while loop , will it retains the past values?

I had added waveform chart to the program to record the values of quatities with respect to time.
Wrong. Charts don't display values with respect to time!
Hey Gerd,
I don't quite understand. If I wire a waveforme to a waveform chart it stores an processes data as waveform i.e. t0,dt and [y]. This, to me is in respect ot time.
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Slow response LV7.0 and waveform charts

I have noticed a couple of issues with a waveform chart (when actually plotting a waveform).
1. Sometimes when I right-click on the chart to format a axes it may take up to 5 minutes to display the window with the chart format controls. During this time task manager says the application is not responding.
2. When plotting anything with size (I am trying to plot 5 minutes of data at 512 samples/sec) the program slows to a crawl. If I plot a double data (take the Y data from the waveform) it works great. Why is there so much overhead with a waveform chart? Anyway to fix this?
3. Unrelated to a waveform chart but related to item 1. Sometimes when I try to save my VI (~470 kb) it goes into limbo and may take minutes
. Again the task manager says it is "not responding". This seems to be a theme with LV 7.0. Has anyone else run into this problem?

> 1. Sometimes when I right-click on the chart to format a axes it may
> take up to 5 minutes to display the window with the chart format
> controls. During this time task manager says the application is not
> responding.
>
> 2. When plotting anything with size (I am trying to plot 5 minutes of
> data at 512 samples/sec) the program slows to a crawl. If I plot a
> double data (take the Y data from the waveform) it works great. Why
> is there so much overhead with a waveform chart? Anyway to fix this?
>
> 3. Unrelated to a waveform chart but related to item 1. Sometimes
> when I try to save my VI (~470 kb) it goes into limbo and may take
> minutes. Again the task manager says it is "not responding". This
> seems to be a theme with LV 7.0. Has
anyone else run into this
> problem?
Without looking at the waveform chart, it is hard to say. Things like
autoscale will slow teh chart down a bit as it then needs to traverse
more data looking for min/max. And when the scales do need to change a
bit, all the data needs to be replotted, not just the new stuff.
Other things that slow down a chart are to make its background
transparent, and to make it overlapped. Finally, full screen updates on
a big monitor mean lots of data needs to be moved around to draw lines
and rectangles, and that either comes down to the CPU or video card.
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Saving array data from a waveform chart

I am using a CRIO 9004 and a 9237 bridge module to measure some strains from strain gauges. I've got one timed loop that reads the DMA FIFO and puts the arrays of values (16 data points, 4 per channel) into a queue. In the consumer timed loop a For loop scales the binary data, auto indexes it into arrays, then the arrays are merged into a 2D array for the four channels displayed on a waveform chart . Everytime the consumer loop runs it indexes 4 data points (per channel) yet the waveform chart plots them in a consecutive manner and doesn't overwrite the previous four. If I convert the arrays to waveform arrays I don't see anything on the waveform chart.
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I've attached my host vi and front panel screenshot.

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Basic DMA (Host).vi ‏444 KB
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Write data from waveform chart to excel

Hi,
I am trying to create a button that save de real time values recieved in a waveform chart. I don't know how to save it alls, because I don't know if is needed a buffer to save all or how can I do it.
It wil be faboulous if someone give me ideas!
Thanks so much for your support!
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Hi mlop,
You can go through the attached VI. You will get some idea of how to do it..
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Waveform chart. Send data to Excel

I am monitoring the output voltage from a electronic circuit using LabView 7.1 and a DAQ card.
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Please see the program attached below.
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Attempt 3.vi ‏26 KB

You can build a 1D array as your loop runs. Where your data exits the while loop, right click on the border and select 'Enable Index'.
If you want to save data continously, you need to move your 'Write to spreadsheet file' vi inside your while loop. As it is, only the last data point will be saved when you stop your loop.
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Also, you may want to insert a wait period in your loop to allow other processes to run.Message Edited by DavidT on 04-27-2005 09:16 AM

Waveform chart data to file

dear sir,
iam getting eight different plots on waveform chart with system date and time. Now i want to store this eight values with system date and time in excel file as per specified time interval. it shoould be online because i don't want to stop my vi to save that data in file. Is it possible? If yes please help me.
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Falgandha,
this can be done with ActiveX or just saving the data as spreadsheet file and then importing it to Excel.
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Thanks, but, still confused. I already have a data source wired to the Waveform graph. I cannot wire two things to the Waveform graph...so...can you offer more information? See the vi below....Waveform graph allows only one thing to be wired into it....
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Capture Wave Form from Waveform chart

Hello,
I am trying to capture the waveform from the waveform chart save it as an image.
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Here's an easy way to save an image of the chart.
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