National Instruments 373873C-01 Working with Projects

Working with Projects

You can use LabVIEW SignalExpress to define measurement procedures

by adding and configuring steps in an interactive measurement

environment. A step is a configurable function that acquires, generates,

analyzes, loads, or stores signals. Most steps process input signals and

produce output signals. You can configure the operation of a step by

specifying values in a configuration view. A saved sequence of configured

steps is a LabVIEW SignalExpress project.

This chapter teaches you how to load and run existing projects and how to

configure steps in these projects.

Complete the following steps to load a sample project in LabVIEW

SignalExpress.

1. Launch LabVIEW SignalExpress.

Notice that LabVIEW SignalExpress is split into three main views: the

Project View on the left, the Data View in the middle, and the help on

the right. Within the Data View, you should see the Data View tab, the

Logging Options tab, and the Project Documentation tab.

2. If LabVIEW SignalExpress does not open in the factory-default

configuration, select View»Data View to display the Data View.

3. Select File»Open Project, navigate to the SignalExpress\

Examples\Tutorial directory, and double-click the First

Project.seproj LabVIEW SignalExpress project.

4. Examine the window that appears, as shown in Figure 3-1 with the

help hidden, to learn about different components of LabVIEW

SignalExpress.