how do I write and test a labview vi on a laptop for a PCI-6704 on a desktop?

[tomcus]

I have Labview developer on a laptop.  I am running evaluation copy on a desktop with a PCI-6704 card.

Can I connect to the desktop hardware thru Labview on the laptop?

Does the evaluation Labview include Digital I/O functions? 

[Seth_B.]

In order to program for this device, you will need the NI-DAQmx driver installed.  This driver works with both the evaluation version of LabVIEW and the full version.  If you are using LabVIEW 8.2 or later, you can use the latest NI-DAQmx version: 9.0.2.  You will not be able to directly control the hardware in the desktop using your laptop.  If you would like to develop on your laptop, you can use Measurement and Automation Explorer (installed with NI-DAQmx) to simulate a PCI-6704.  This will allow you to run your code to ensure that you don't receive errors.

You might also post in the LabVIEW forum to see if anyone has recommendations for controlling VIs on another machine, either through VI server or direct TCP/IP commands.

Regards,