Run Program

NI-Motion VI

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Run Program

Runs a previously stored program.

Device Compatibility

Device	Compatibility
7330	N
7340	Y
7344	Y
7350	Y
7390	N
NI SoftMotion Controller for CANopen—Accelnet	N
NI SoftMotion Controller for CANopen—Xenus	N

Board ID is a unique number assigned by Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) used to send and receive commands and data to or from a specific NI motion controller.

Program (1) is the onboard program to read the status of.

error in (no error) describes error conditions that occur before this VI runs. The default input of this cluster is no error. If an error already occurred, this VI returns the value of error in in error out. The VI runs normally only if no incoming error exists. Otherwise, the VI passes the error in value to error out. The error in cluster contains the following parameters:

	status is TRUE if an error occurred before this VI was called, or FALSE if not. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code.
	code is a number identifying an error or warning. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. Use the error handler VIs to look up the meaning of this code and display the corresponding error message.
	source is a string that indicates the origin of the error, if any. Typically, source is the name of the VI in which the error occurred.

Bd ID Out is provided for flow control. You can string together NI-Motion VIs by wiring the Bd ID Out terminal of one VI to the Board ID terminal of the next VI.

Resource Out is the Axis, Vector Space, ADC, or Encoder you wired into the VI. Use Resource Output to pass the resource to another VI and/or to display information about the device.

error out contains error information. If error in indicates an error, error out contains the same error information. Otherwise, it describes the error status that this VI produces.

	status is TRUE if an error occurred, or FALSE if not. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code.
	code is a number identifying an error or warning. If status is TRUE, code is a nonzero error code. If status is FALSE, code is zero or a warning code. Use the error handler VIs to look up the meaning of this code and display the corresponding error message.
	source is a string that indicates the origin of the error, if any. Typically, source is the name of the VI in which the error occurred.

Using This VI

The Run Program VI initiates execution of the VIs stored in the selected program. You can run programs out of either RAM or ROM. You can run up to ten (10) programs simultaneously.

A program can run another program but you cannot have a program run itself. Attempting to store a recursive Run Program VI in a program generates an error and does not store the VI.

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