How do I use the 9870 to simply retrieve ASCII data from a Laser Range Finder?

[RomeBoy]

I am working on an autonamous vechicle utalizing a LRF (Laser Range Finder). After using Hyperterminal, I read distance values in ASCII format, and now I need to know how to set this up in a VI in labview FPGA. Thanks for any help.

P.S. Is it possible to run a RT VI and an FPGA VI at the same time?

[PaulRB]

Hi,

You might find a good place to start is the NI Example Finder. You can get to this from LabVIEW by click on Help » Find Examples. If you search "9870", you should see the example "NI-987x Serial Loopback.lvproj." This example won't do exactly what you want, but it will be a good place to start.

Thanks,

[PaulRB]

Also, to answer your other question, it is certainly possible to run an RT VI and an FPGA VI at the same time. In fact, almost every cRIO application will do this.