Patent ID: 7512931
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer accessible memory medium which stores program instructions executable by a processor to: store a graphical program, wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes that visually represent functionality of the graphical program, wherein the graphical program is executable to perform a measurement task using a task state model, and wherein the task state model comprises a sequence of task states, each task state corresponding to a status of the measurement task; wherein said storing the graphical program comprises storing a node which is executable in the graphical program to perform a measurement task operation, wherein the operation requires the measurement task to be in a first task state; execute the graphical program, wherein when the node executes during execution of the graphical program the measurement task is in a current task state, wherein the current task state is different from the first task state, and wherein when the node executes, the node: