1. Launching the Control Design Assistant

You can use the LabVIEW Control Design Assistant to develop mathematical models that describe a physical system, analyze the models to learn about their dynamic characteristics, and create controllers to achieve desired dynamic characteristics. In the following exercises, you will load and analyze a model and create a controller that improves the stability of the closed-loop system.

Complete the following steps to launch the Control Design Assistant in the default configuration if you have not done so already.

1. Launch the Control Design Assistant by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»LabVIEW Control Design Assistant»LabVIEW Control Design Assistant. The Control Design Assistant launches within the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment.
   
   To launch the Control Design Assistant from LabVIEW, select Tools»Control Design and Simulation»Launch Control Design Assistant.
2. The LabVIEW SignalExpress environment opens in the default configuration. The Project View is the blank white rectangle on the left side of the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment. The Data View is the green coordinate grid on the black background in the middle of the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment. The context help window is the window on the right side of the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment that displays the How do I get help? and Context Help topics.
3. If the graph does not appear in the Data View, select View»Data View to display the Data View.
4. If the context help window does not appear, select Help»Context Help to display the context help window.