Changes

The temperature regulation section serves to keep the box at a prescribed temperature. Here the code is centered around a user defined VI named GoUnlessTooHot2, which reads the user indicated target temperature and turns the hotplate on if the highest measured temperature is more than one degree fahrenheit below that value and turns it off if the highest measured temperature is more than one degree higher than that value. GoUnlessTooHot2 also checks if the amount of consecutive zero and NaN values reported from the variable Highest temperature is too high and if the box temperature exceeds 190 degrees Fahrenheit. If either of these conditions are met the VI will shut the box off for the remainder of the run with the use of the VI HP 1 Outlet 1 OFF. GoUnlessTooHot2 is contained in the true state of a case structure that is in a false state until a connected timer indicates that ten seconds have passed. The timer value resets after every ten second cycle; the result is that GoUnlessTooHot2 only reads values from the variable Highest Temperature every ten seconds. Therefore, the hotplate state can only change at a maximum frequency of once every ten seconds. Having both a time constraint and a temperature range is redundant so the time dependence of the case structure should be removed, but the case structure itself should be left in tact as it has another function as explained in the stop conditions section.<br/><br/>

The temperature regulation section serves to keep the box at a prescribed temperature. Here the code is centered around a user defined VI named GoUnlessTooHot2, which reads the user indicated target temperature and turns the hotplate on if the highest measured temperature is more than one degree fahrenheit below that value and turns it off if the highest measured temperature is more than one degree higher than that value. GoUnlessTooHot2 also checks if the amount of consecutive zero and NaN values reported from the variable Highest temperature is too high and if the box temperature exceeds 190 degrees Fahrenheit. If either of these conditions are met the VI will shut the box off for the remainder of the run with the use of the VI HP 1 Outlet 1 OFF. GoUnlessTooHot2 is contained in the true state of a case structure that is in a false state until a connected timer indicates that ten seconds have passed. The timer value resets after every ten second cycle; the result is that GoUnlessTooHot2 only reads values from the variable Highest Temperature every ten seconds. Therefore, the hotplate state can only change at a maximum frequency of once every ten seconds. Having both a time constraint and a temperature range is redundant so the time dependence of the case structure should be removed, but the case structure itself should be left in tact as it has another function as explained in the stop conditions section.<br/><br/>

The stop condition section is not as localized as the the other sections because the three ways to manually stop the hotplate are independent of each other. The first method of stopping the hot plate is the STOP button, which is the stop condition for the overarching while loop in the first frame; this terminates the while loop and ends the first frame of the sequence structure. The second frame of the sequence structure will then begin and shut off the hotplate and the program will end. The second method is in the manual controls [FINISH DESCRIPTION]. The final method is a timed stop. The timer is an "elapsed time" block in the true state of a case structure, which is controlled by a boolean button. When the button is pressed the case structure is set to a true state and the timer runs until a user indicated amount of time passes. At this point the VI HP 1 Outlet 1 OFF is run and the temperature regulation section subverted to turn off the hotplate for the rest of the run.

The stop condition section is not as localized as the the other sections because the three ways to manually stop the hotplate are independent of each other. The first method of stopping the hot plate is the STOP button, which is the stop condition for the overarching while loop in the first frame; this terminates the while loop and ends the first frame of the sequence structure. The second frame of the sequence structure will then begin and shut off the hotplate and the program will end. The second method is in the manual controls. These controls determine the state of a case structure in the VI GoUnlessTooHot2, which can automatically regulate the temperature, turn the hotplate on, or turn the hotplate off all without ending the program.  The final method is a timed stop. The timer is an "elapsed time" block in the true state of a case structure, which is controlled by a boolean button. When the button is pressed the case structure is set to a true state and the timer runs until a user indicated amount of time passes. At this point the VI HP 1 Outlet 1 OFF is run and the temperature regulation section subverted to turn off the hotplate for the rest of the run.