Send Emergency Stop VI
- Updated2025-07-30
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(Filename: Actor Framework.lvlib:Stop Msg.lvclass:Send Emergency Stop.vi)
Sends an Emergency Stop message to an actor, triggering the actor to shut down as quickly as possible. This message has critical priority, meaning it will be processed before all messages that are already in the queue.

Inputs/Outputs
Message Enqueuer
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Message Enqueuer specifies the reference needed to send messages to the actor.
error in (no error)
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error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality.
error out
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error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality. |
The message this VI sends is one of only two critical-priority messages in the Actor Framework, the other being Last Ack. National Instruments does not provide a way to send any other message with critical priority.
Message Enqueuer
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error in (no error)
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error out
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