Can I run LabVIEW DSC on Fieldpoint real time processor?

[Baldy]

I want to use the Fieldpoint real-time processor as an OPC server on the network. Can I run DSC runtime on the Fieldpoint processor?

[Aaron_G]

There are two separate questions here. One, can a FieldPoint Real-Time Controller act as an OPC Server, and two, can the DSC Run-time engine be downloaded into the FP-20XX controller. The answer to both questions is no.

The FieldPoint RT modules are running a Real-Time OS, they are not running any version of Microsoft Windows. The OPC Specification is based upon Microsoft's DCOM model which is built into Microsoft Operating Systems. This does not exist in the built-in OS and thus the FieldPoint unit can not be an OPC Server. However, a host PC running Windows can have an OPC Server on it that in turn publishes all of the data from the FP-20XX module.

Can the DSC run-time be loaded into a FP-20XX? No, it was never designed for it and would not fit in the mod
ule.

Regards,
Aaron