I have used State machine for a solution to a LTR challenge. http://www.ltrpub.com/challenge/challenge_v10n1/challenge_v10n1.htm
-Sam > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Serlin > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:18 PM > To: Info LabVIEW (E-mail) > Subject: RE: State machine diagram editor > > > Thanks for the info. I was hoping for a faster way to add > and modify states to the state machine. Also, does anyone > have any state machine tips that they can share? I typically > use a string driven state machine. I then call out each > state from other states. I also use a "nextstate" local > variable so that I can reuse particular states in the machine > over and over again and not have to replicate the state > throughout the machine. Let me and the email list know your > tips. Thanks. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Info LabVIEW (E-mail); 'John' > Subject: Re: State machine diagram editor > > > > > > > Rolf K. wrote: > > I have looked at the State Machine Toolkit and believe that > it is fine > for > > the standard state machines a lot of users usually encounter but my > state > > machines usually always tend to be just a tiny little bit more > involved > so > > that I would have to hand edit the generated state machine > afterwards > > anyhow and once modified manually you can't seem to go back to > continue > > with the State Diagram Editor. > > The inability to go back to the editor after you manually > edit is true of most computer-aided wizards. The fundamental > problem is that the wizard knows how to maintain a state > machine under certain conditions and how to modify various > pieces when you change something in the editor. Once you > introduce a non-standard component, the wizard has no idea > how to handle that component as the system changes. The > once-you-manually-edit-you-can't-go-back-to-automatic problem > covers the State Machine, Express VIs, and a lot of tools > built by just about every piece of helpful software ever > written on this planet. It requires either a sophisticated AI > to recognize all the components that can be introduced into a > system by a user or a very restricted set of things the user > can introduce. Notice how HTML editors handle non-standard tags. > > Pojundery, > Stephen R. Mercer > -= LabVIEW R&D =- > "I do not believe that Hell is a physical place. I believe > that Hell is an hour of the morning." -- Jan 16, 2004 >
