Accessing cDAQ-modules from 2 different computers ??

[MartinP]

I am maybe asking a hopeless stupid question here, but working from the thesis that there is no such thing, here goes;

If I have a NI cDAQ-9188XT with a NI-9401 DIO module, where I use 4 lines for digital output and 4 lines for digital input,

is it possible in any was to access these 8 lines from 2 different computers more or less simultaneously ?

[natasftw]

Yes, but not directly.

Set up one computer to directly talk to the cDAQ.  From that computer, either update deployed shared variables for other PCs to read or setup a network with another form of communication such as network streams or TCP/IP.  The first method doesn't require the second computer but is lossy (it won't check to see if other applications read the updated variable).