Manually Configuring Simulation Functions (Control Design and Simulation Module)

You can configure most Simulation functions using the configuration dialog box of that function. After you place a Simulation function on the simulation diagram, double-click that function to launch its configuration dialog box. You also can launch this dialog box by right-clicking the Simulation function and selecting Configuration from the shortcut menu. For example, the following image shows the configuration dialog box for the Sine Signal function.

The Parameters section lists all the parameters that you can configure for the Sine Signal function. When you select a parameter from the Parameters section, the Parameter Information section displays a control you can use to set the value of that parameter.

Use the Parameter source control to specify the source of the parameter value. If you select Configuration Dialog Box, LabVIEW removes that input from the simulation diagram. You then must set the value for this parameter in the configuration dialog box or through one of the methods described in the following section. If you select Terminal, LabVIEW displays an input terminal for that parameter on the simulation diagram, and you can wire values to this input to configure the Simulation function.

Alternative Methods for Configuring Parameters

Manually configuring Simulation functions requires you to open the configuration dialog box for each function at edit time. Instead, you can programmatically configure parameters of multiple functions and subsystems with values from the front panel or block diagram.