Desktop PC as LabVIEW Real-Time Target and DAQ ISA card

[Protsenko SI]

I want to use LabVIEW Real-Time (Desktop PC + OS Pharlap ETS) for operation with DAQ ISA card.
Pharlap ETS supports operation from Windows dll and can supports Third Party Device PCI.
Whether there is a possibility to work with ISA card in Pharlap ETS?
I want to work for example with card PC20TR from BMC Messsysteme GmbH.
Does anyone have tricks for using ISA card in Pharlap ETS?

[Christian Mergl]

Hey,

Seems to be a very old PC if you have to use ISA cards.

Just keep in mind the other constraints described here: https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/08/requirements-for-desktop-pcs-as-phar-lap...

BR, Christian

[Protsenko SI]

Hi,

I have the new industrial PC of Pentium of 4 3.0 GHz (from company Advantech). This PC has many PCI/ISA slots. And for me it is a lot of ISA/PCI cards which I use in the projects... Whether But I do not know it is possible to use ISA cards in Desktop PC as LabVIEW Real-Time Target

[Eric A.]

Hi,
If you have reviewed the requirements for a Real-Time target and verified that your computer is compliant you might want to check out this article.  The main issue that people encounter when using PC's as RT targets is have the correct network card.  Make sure the card you have is on the supported devices list on the webpage that Christian posted.  You should be able to develop a driver using low level VISA commands but it is not an easy task.  Read over the developer zone article to learn more about it.