Using Switch Excequtive with NI TestStand

Hello
I am beginner in NI teststand & NI switch excequtive.
I have NI SCXI-1001 Chassis with NI SCXI-1130 switching slots.
I need a quick help on how to use switching in NI TestStand. What I am going to do is: generating a signal by a RIGOL Function Generator and switch this signal to excite some piezoelectric sensors and reading the response signals by a Tektronix oscilloscope.
I have read these documents:
NI TestStand 4.0 Quick Start Guide
Getting Started with TestStand
GETTING STARTED GUIDE NI Switch Executive
and so on
But still, I can not switch the signals with my hardware.
Is there any Tutorial to help me in doing my work?
Is there any VI code, NI TestStand Sequence or Example which can help me?
Please help me asap
Thanks in advance,
Mohammad

Hi Mohammad,
The following are a few documents that outline various ways (including with the Switch Executive) to incorporate switches into your TestStand sequence:
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370404G-01/nise/teststand/
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/10092/en/
Let us know if those are helpful and keep us updated on your progress!
Regards,
David R
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

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*Q1. How do I set up Time Machine to back up to my Time Capsule?*
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*Q4. My Time Capsule is too small to back-up my Mac(s). Now what?*
*Q5. Should I delete backups? If so, how?*
*Q6. How do I back-up my Time Capsule and/or USB drive(s) connected to it?*
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PROBLEMS
*P1. The Backup disk image could not be created.*
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_*Q1. How do I set up Time Machine to back up to my Time Capsule?*_
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_*The Time Machine Icons in your Menubar and/or Dock*_
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_*Q2. How do I set up Time Machine to back up to a USB drive connected to my Time Capsule?*_
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Mostly the way you set it up to use the Time Capsule's internal HD.
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_*Q3. Can I use my Time Capsule for Time Machine backups and other data?*_
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k. Click the Create button. The larger the image size, the longer this will take.
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When complete, the new disk image will be automatically mounted on your Mac's desktop, ready to receive the files you want to move into it. (When you first open a disk image, there may not be a sidebar and/or toolbar; if so, select +View > Show Toolbar+ from the Finder menubar.)
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_*Q4. My Time Capsule is too small to back-up my Mac(s). Now what?*_
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_*Q5. Should I delete backups? If so, how?*_
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It depends on exactly what you want to do, and why.
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But if you do need to delete backups, here's how:
To delete individual backups, or all backups of selected item(s), see #12 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of the +Time Machine+ forum.
To delete everything on the Time Capsule's internal HD, use +*Airport Utility.+* Select +*Base Station > Manual Set-Up+* from the Menubar, then Disks in the tool Bar, then Erase.
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_*Q6. How do I back-up my Time Capsule and/or attached USB drive(s)?*_
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That depends to some extent on what you want to back up, and where it is.
It's generally not a good idea to try to back-up your Time Machine backups. If there's a problem with them, it will be copied to (and perhaps magnified on) the copy.
A better solution is probably to use either Time Machine or a different application to make separate, independent backups of your Mac, to a different destination. A portable external hard drive is great for this; you can periodically connect it to your Mac, make a backup, then take it to a secure off-site location, so you're protected against fire, flood, theft, direct lightning strike on your power lines, etc. If you use Time Machine for this, you'll have to use the disk selection process each time you want to switch, via +Time Machine Preferences.+
Many folks use the CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper! apps to make "bootable clones" of their internal HD to an external HD. While these usually don't have "archived" copies of previous versions of things you've changed or deleted, you can boot and run your Mac from them if your internal HD fails. Your Mac may run a bit slower, but it will be usable. Both are easily found via Google.
Since Time Machine cannot back up your Time Capsule's internal hard drive, or a USB drive connected to it, if you have other data there, you'll need a different method to back up that other data.
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There is a procedure that will let you "archive" the TC's internal disk to a USB drive connected to it.
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Turn Time Machine "Off" via +Time Machine Preferences.+ Stop all processes that may be accessing the Time Capsule's disk. If possible, connect your Mac to the Time Capsule with an Ethernet cable -- it will still be slow, but faster than WIFI.
Then follow this Apple procedure: Using AirPort Utility 5.3.1 or later to make a copy of the Time Capsule disk.
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PROBLEMS
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_*P1. The Backup disk image could not be created.*_
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Oddly enough, Time Machine can be rather picky about the way certain things are named.
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_*P2. Time Machine could not complete the backup .. sparsebundle could not be accessed. (Error 109).*_
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Q2: added info about RAID sets attached to a TC
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Dear Oracle experts,
I have a problem concerning using a stored procedure with Delphi.
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Best regards,
Daniel Wetzler
P.S. :
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Sproc1.Parameters.CreateParameter ('StartTime',ftString,pdinput,50,0);
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Sproc1.CursorType := ctKeyset;
Sproc1.ExecuteOptions:=[];
Sproc1.Open;
Sproc1.Connection := nil;
FactsTempDS.Recordset:= sproc1.Recordset;
if FactsTempDS.RecordCount=0
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I have my entity manager setup in a singleton.
I'm finding it's costly to generate the emf, but if I don't close the em (enitity manager) and emf (entity manager factory) my open cursor count climbs until I exceed the max number of open cursors on the database (11g RAC)
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Is this the best practice for this approach ? Is there a better method ? Can I load data into Teststand first and hold the data in Teststand while testing a bunch of UUTs. I do not want load this file at the beginning of every Test, just once when opening Teststand.
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Ayman

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I disagree with the idea of creating a separate sequence for each product, this solution is not scalable.
Message Edited by skof on 12-24-2009 09:37 PM
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