NI 5431 Composite Video Generator
Examples

You can access the examples in this help file by selecting Functions»Video Generation»Generator Examples from the LabVIEW palette.

You can also access the Composite Video Generator Examples.llb in the <LabVIEW>\Examples\NI-Video directory, or the NI 5431 High Level Driver.llb and the NI-VideoDataGen.llb in the <LabVIEW>\Vi.lib\ni-video\generator directory.

Using these examples, you can generate composite video signals using an NI PXI/PCI-5431 arbitrary video generator. If you want to see the effect of the composite video signal generation, connect the output signal to a video monitor or a television with video input. You can also use most examples as subVIs directly in your own application.

Note  When using the following LabVIEW examples, NTSC, PAL, and SECAM users should select the bitmap image files depending upon the video format they want to generate.

The main file path for all bitmap files is <x:>\Program Files\National Instruments\NI-video\Generator\BMPs\. The appropriate directories for the three different user types are as follows:

• NTSC users—Select any bitmap image file found in the \640x480 or \1044x480 directories. The recommended file is the NTSC_test_pattern_01_1044x480.bmp, located in the \1044x480 directory.
• PAL users—Select any bitmap image file found in the \768x576 or \1040x480 directories. The recommended file is the B-PAL_test_pattern_01_1040X576.bmp, located in the \768x576 or \1040x576 directories.
• SECAM users—Select any bitmap image file found in the \768x576 or \1040x576 directories. The recommended file is the SECAM_test_pattern_01_1040x576.bmp, located in the \1040x576 directory.