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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Geoffrey C. Schmit, Naperville, IL (US);
Geoffrey C. Schmit, Naperville, IL (US);
National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Graphical program node using a state model, e.g., a task state model, to perform measurement tasks. The node is executable in a graphical program to perform a task operation requiring measurement resources and/or the task to be in a first state. The node is executable to determine state transitions for the resources and/or task from a current state to the first state, perform the determined state transitions to put the resources and/or task in the first state, transitioning through zero or more intermediate states, and perform the operation. The node may be a control node, receiving input specifying a transition, then performing the transition; start node, transitioning the resources and/or task to an Executing state; read node, reading data from a DAQ device; write node, writing data to a signal-generating device, then transitioning the resources and/or task to the Executing state; or stop node, terminating an operation and transitioning the resources and/or task to a specified state.