Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology (HIAST)

Control Department - Mechatronics – 5th year

Developing Modular
Applications

Prepared by: Eng. Al-Kayal Khaldoun

Kaldoun.kayal@hiast.edu.sy
Damascus 2013
Getting Started with LabView
Getting Started with LabView
Icon / Connector Pane
 Creating Sub VIs
After you build a VI and create its icon and connector pane, you can use it in
another VI. A VI within another VI is called a subVI. A subVI corresponds
to a subroutine in text-based programming languages.
 Creating Sub VIs

Front Panel Window:

Block Diagram Window:

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After building a VI, create its icon and connector pane, than it could be
used as a SUB-VI in another VI.

Step I:

Right-click in the icon and select Edit Icon, and draw a new desired Icon.
 Step II: Creating the connector

Right-click in the icon and select Show Connector, and select a suitable connector
acording to the number of inputs and outputs.
Step III: Assign the connector terminals
Step IV: Save the file like C2Fconverter.vi

Then ,the newly created Sub-VI could be used as LIB-function by selecting

“Select a VI” in function palate in Block Diagram Window.