Creating Custom Probes

Use a custom probe to specify which indicator you use to view the probed data. For example, if you are viewing numeric data, you can choose to see that data in a chart within the probe.

Complete the following steps to create a custom probe.

  1. Right-click a wire and select Custom Probe from the shortcut menu to display the Controls palette.
  2. Select a control from the Controls palette. You can choose Select a Control from the Controls palette and use the File dialog box to select any custom control or type definition saved in the file system. Type definitions are treated as custom controls when used to probe data.

The control you select must match the data type of the wire. Otherwise, LabVIEW signals this mismatch with a beep and does not create the probe.

You can add your own palettes to the Custom Probe palette just as you add them to the Controls palette.