Using the LV9000 Toolkit

Using the LV9000 Toolkit

The LV9000 toolkit consists of a set of documentation templates and style standards. In this section, we?ll step through the entire LabVIEW development process from planning to delivery with the toolkit providing help along the way.

It?s impossible to provide a set of magic documents that cover every conceivable need. Instead, LV9000 supplies some generic documents and checklists that you should modify to suit your particular project. You should create stationery documents in a word processor, especially for the test procedures since there are likely to be a large number of them. Design a format that you are happy with. Include ?boilerplate? paragraphs where appropriate. Put in instructions or reminders to the document editor. For instance, if you always forget to update the footer or header, insert some big, bold text that says, ? Update the header, dummy. ?

What?s on the CD-ROM

Here is a list of the items you will find in the LV9000 directory on the CD-ROM:

Delivery Letter Document

Development Proposal Document

Driver VI Test Procedure Document

Get VI Info and History.vi

Software QA Plan Document

Software Requirements Document

Software Test Plan Document

Standard VI Template (Standard VI.vit)

Style Guide Document

User Interface VI Test Procedure Document

VI Inspection Checklist Document

VI Standards Document

File Formats

Regarding files in the LV9000 directory on the CD-ROM, Microsoft Word binary version 6 format is used for all documents and LabVIEW 4.1 for VIs. Word is fairly universal, so no other format is supplied. If...

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