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LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolset User Manual
About This Manual
This manual provides information about the LabVIEW Order Analysis
Toolset, including system requirements, installation, and suggestions
for getting started with order analysis and the toolset. The manual also
provides a brief discussion of the order analysis process and the algorithm
used by the LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolset.
How to Use This Manual
If you are just beginning to gain experience with order analysis, read
Chapter 2,
, of this manual and experiment with the
Order Analysis Start-Up Kit. Refer to Chapter 1,
LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolset
, for information about the Order
Analysis Start-Up Kit.
If you have experience with order analysis, use the example VIs to
learn about how to use the LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolset. Refer
to Chapter 1,
Introduction to the LabVIEW Order Analysis Toolset
,
for information about the example VIs.
If you want to learn more about the algorithm used in the LabVIEW
Order Analysis Toolset, refer to Chapter 3,
Resampling-Based Order Analysis
.
For information about individual VIs, refer to the
Order Analysis Toolset
Help
, available in LabVIEW 6.1 by selecting
Help»Order Analysis
.
In LabVIEW 7.0 and later,
Order Analysis Toolset Help
is part of the
LabVIEW Help
, which is available by selecting
Help»VI, Function,
& How-To Help
.
Conventions
The following conventions appear in this manual:
»
The
»
symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options
to a final action. The sequence
File»Page Setup»Options
directs you to
pull down the
File
menu, select the
Page Setup
item, and select
Options
from the last dialog box.
This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.