Technical data
32 Agilent VEE - Practical Graphical Programming
1 The VEE Pro 8 Fundamentals
12 Select Menu Bar => Flow => Do; place it below For Count. Connect For
Count sequence output (bottom) pin to the Do sequence input (top) pin.
Applying the Collector object and accessing its Help
explanation
1 Select Menu Bar => Data => Collector; place it below random(0,10);
connect its Data (input) pin to the random(0,10) output (Result) pin.
Using the Logging AlphaNumeric object to display and retain
data
1 Select Menu Bar => Display => Logging AlphaNumeric; change its Title
to Random Numbers via its Properties window; connect its input to the
Collector Output (Array).
2 Select Menu Bar => Device => Formula; change its input terminal A to
Count; place it below the second Do object and to the left of Collector;
change the formula to Count +1.
3 Connect the output pin of For Count to the Formula input.
NOTE
The Collector object is used because it allows each chosen random number to be
displayed in the AlphaNumeric object as an n+1 dimensional array. The Collector
continues to collect the input data until the XEQ pin is triggered.
NOTE
Use the mouse right click to access, among other things, the Help menu. Click on the
Help word to see more information regarding the Collector object. A specific Help can
be accessed via any object.