Add example of dynamic RTM entries with Timing section

[Karl-G1]

• [x] This contribution adheres to CONTRIBUTING.md.

What does this Pull Request accomplish?

• Extend the mechanism for wrapping RTM population logic to include dynamically disabled entries
• Add ability for RTMs to contain line separators
• Add an example of dynamic RTM contents with an "Add Timing Channels" button
• Adds placeholder GUID, page, scripting APIs, etc. for Timing section
• Update User Guide documentation with more specific instructions for modifying RTMs

Why should this Pull Request be merged?

I was looking for a way to implement Dynamic menu items like you can specify in the Custom Device XML. Because the RTM Wrapper is already building a custom menu item, I extended the wrapper VIs to allow programmatic disabling of menu items. From there, two things were needed: 1) the ability to call scripting VIs in the Dispatcher class and 2) remove the 'first call' logic to dynamically rebuild the menu items each time the page is loaded.

As an example of these changes, I started implementing support for the "timing channels" recently added to the ARINC 429 Custom Devices. These were implemented with 4x RTM VIs (2 in support, 2 in CD) and a new section in the CD XML. This approach lets the CD Project and CD XML stay relatively uncoupled with the RTM implementation.

What testing has been done?

Manually test the RTM items in System Explorer.

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Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--Add Timing Channels RTM.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Menu Item VI.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Menu Items.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Owning Custom Device Ref.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Page VI.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--Timing.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Interfaces.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Menu Items.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Parse Menu Items.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--RunTimeMenu Custom Population.vi.png


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Communication Bus Template Scripting.lvlib--Add Timing Section.vi.png


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Communication Bus Template Scripting.lvlib--Get Frame Port Reference.vi.png


Communication Bus Template Scripting.lvlib--Get Timing Section Reference.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--Add Timing Channels RTM.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Menu Item VI.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Menu Items.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Owning Custom Device Ref.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Page VI.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Implementation.lvlib--Timing.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Interfaces.lvlib--System Explorer Dispatcher.lvclass--Get Menu Items.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--Parse Menu Items.vi.png


Communication Bus Template System Explorer.lvlib--RunTimeMenu Custom Population.vi.png


[rtzoeller]

• [x] Not sure how I feel about the highlight parameter on Add Timing Section.vi. Do we have precedent for this elsewhere?

[Karl-G1]

• [ ] Not sure how I feel about the highlight parameter on Add Timing Section.vi. Do we have precedent for this elsewhere?

I was staying consistent with other VIs in the scripting API like Add Ports Section.vi and Add Databases Section. However, I haven't seen them implemented with a highlight input on the actual CDs we branched from the template.

[rtzoeller]

That's fine then.