Any experience with LabView on Linux?

[David]

Hi folks,

is anybody out there with experience with LabView on Linux? Or is
there a FAQ? My concern is mostly assigned to "talking to
hardware" vie serial ports under Linux. With GPIB card drivers
for Linux I don't anticipate too many problems...

Thanks in advance - David.

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> is anybody out there with experience with LabView on Linux? Or is
> there a FAQ? My concern is mostly assigned to "talking to
> hardware" vie serial ports under Linux. With GPIB card drivers
> for Linux I don't anticipate too many problems...
>

You may want to visit www.natinst.com/linux. It has links to the FAQ as
well as downloads.

Greg McKaskle

[Rob O'Connell]

Im using labview on linux - but Imrstrictiung it to a network
client - there isnt enough device support for linux yet - so we
are using an NT box as a server and linux as client (well, Linux,
nt or mac...) so when users come in with different computers -
they dont have to change anything just connect to the server.

its runs the same and probably multitasks better.
there is hardware support for networking and serial/gpib i think,
but not the full range of DACs and ADCs

Rob

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[Craig Dobis]

Just wondering:
What would be the advantage of running LabVIEW under Linux? Would Linux run
my LabVIEW apps faster? Would it be a more stable combination? Is LabVIEW
comparatively graphical running under Linux as it is under Windows or NT?
Thanks,
Craig

Rob O'Connell wrote:

> Im using labview on linux - but Imrstrictiung it to a network
> client - there isnt enough device support for linux yet - so we
> are using an NT box as a server and linux as client (well, Linux,
> nt or mac...) so when users come in with different computers -
> they dont have to change anything just connect to the server.
>
> its runs the same and probably multitasks better.
> there is hardware support for networking and serial/gpib i think,
> but not the full range of DACs
and ADCs
>
> Rob
>
> --
> Rob O'Connell - "Work is the curse of the drinking class" - Oscar Wilde
> lab#: (608) 2659467 mob#: (608) 3473838 home#: (608) 2519918
> Work address: Plasma Physics, 1150 University Ave., Madison WI 53706
> mailto:roconnell@facstaff.wisc.edu http://aida.physics.wisc.edu/~oconnell

[Rob O'Connell]

Craig Dobis wrote:

> Just wondering:
> What would be the advantage of running LabVIEW under Linux? Would Linux run
> my LabVIEW apps faster? Would it be a more stable combination? Is LabVIEW
> comparatively graphical running under Linux as it is under Windows or NT?

I believe that it will be more stable - but its too early for me to say for
certain. In terms of performance I'm afraid I can for sure either. I haven't
seen a huge difference between them from my first look, though I have crashed
labview a few times from NT and not yet once from Linux, but that's with
different VI's so not a fair comparison. Other advantages of Linux I think
are the ease of connectivity - I can log in from home and deal with problems
more easily also, for
the future for my project, but I'd imagine its easier to
setup an imbedded system with linux....

I'll post to the group if I find any majer difference!

Rob



>
> Thanks,
> Craig
>
> Rob O'Connell wrote: