FP-2000 labview rt engine failed to load vi

[saj]

selecting tools and switch to rt engine labview initiates correctly and finds the fp-2000, but when it downloads the s/w either to or from the fp-2000 i keep getting errors part way through the download process for example "Failed to Load Chris Server.vi", or "Failed to Load FP (Close).vi" etc... Any reasons why this could be?

i have got a funny feeling i may need to rename the files to 8.3 format ??? Replys Much Appreciated!

Thanks

Sajjad Hussain
Software Engineer
Vertec Ltd
www.vertec.com

[JeffBoettcher]

Long VI names should not be a problem when downloading through the "Operate -> Download Application" or the "Run" button in the LabVIEW development system. It is only the file system on the controller that does not support long filenames, where the above processes download the VI to RAM, not to the disk.

The most likely causes for these errors on a FP-2000 would be:

1. Mismatched firmware and FieldPoint Explorer versions. If your FP-2000 has LabVIEW 6.1.1 on it, you must install the upgrade to FieldPoint Explorer 3.0.2. Conversely, if your FP-2000 has LabVIEW 6.1.0 on it and you have FieldPoint Explorer 3.0.2 installed on your Windows computer, you must upgrade the FP-2000 to LabVIEW 6.1.1. Note that the 6.1.1 version number only applies to the firmware
on the FP-2000 module. Your LabVIEW development system will always remain at version 6.1.

2. If your VI is particularly large, your FP-2000 may be running out of RAM during the download process. An easy way to test this would be, write down the name of one of the VIs that fails to download. "FP (Close).vi" for example. Power cycle your FP-2000, then target it and open that VI by itself. Attempt to download this VI. If you get the same error, then likely this small VI is not encountering a memory problem, but you are in fact running into the issue mentioned in #1.