Setting locals from labview

Hi,
I have asetup module in labview operator interface. Iam getting the type of UUT in the setup. I want to update this type value into a locals variable in teststand from labview. How to perform this?
I want to update a locals variable from labview programmatically.
Regards
Gopal

Hi Gopal,
The following KnowledgeBase article explains this:
AE KB 2PPEJF6E: How Can I Programmatically Change the Default Value of a TestStand Local Variable?
Cheers,
David Goldberg
National Instruments
Software R&D

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