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Installation Notes ... week1

 * download starting point
 * create an NI account consisting of email and password, make up something for graduation dates, it accepted my old 1979 graduation dates while appearing to be asking for future dates
 * Looks like everyone gets the same 6 month serial number M77x73886
 * visa503full is the actual labview software
 * 2013LV-WinEng is collection of hardware drivers that install
 * lots of updates, many reboots of the computer .... several hour process
 * enter the six month serial number after logging into LabView ... will have two places to enter the serial number
 * appears to make up to license keys and capture one number (probably hard disk serial number) and uses them to make the license keys .. can see this in an email message after finish the 6 month license
 * This is the starting point, enter LabView as the application name to start it
 * same userid and password has been used to register two different computers

Training Material ... week2
Our training material has been converted to PDF and uploaded to the generic google drive because the author doesn't want it released to the public domain. We are to address all comments to the author. So build up a list of comments in your weekly report and we will summarize them in four weeks.
 * intro
 * exercise 1-3
 * exercise 4-6

Shooting Video ... week3
Slowing down to record my learning curve.

Lab View User Interface
Could not figure out how to switch between the front panel (where controls are) to the block diagram (where functions are) in the youtube video "Writing Your first LabView Program" so I shot a video after I figured it out.

In/Out Constant/Indicator
Had another problem with the Youtube video "Writing Your first LabView Program". Received error message:

''You have connected a constant to a Control. Change the constant to an indicator.''

''A wire must be connected to one and only one data source, such as a control's terminal or a function output. This wire is connected to two such sources. You must remove a source, perhaps by changing a control to an indicator.''

This video shows the solution. At first, I tried to move the triangle or terminal rather than choosing different control. A control is something the user enters text into. This flows into the program. A string constant function is a string that originates in the block diagram rather than with the user. They can not be connected together. Instead the goal was to connect the string that originates in the block diagram to a string indicator (something the user reads .. but can not change) ... which informs the user as to what is happening inside the block diagram ...