Host MAX custom scales on LAN

[Broken_Arrow]

Is there a way to host Custom Scales on a LAN, so that when you change/add a scale, all the computers on the LAN will also be updated?

[ColeTrain]

Hello Broken Arrow, 

Unfortunately that is not a feature that we have right now.  I think it would be a great feature and so I have gone ahead and created a product suggestion for this and I encourage you to do so too.  You can find the link here. (So I'm guessing that you are using source control for your code and you have a shared piece of hardware you're all using?)  

In the mean time, you can put a piece of code in like the screen shot below.  I have attached the VI that this came from.  You can specify a location on your network to export your updated scales to.  Once this is on a network location, this piece of code will take about 5 seconds to run and will allow you to import the new scales on each computer.

 

Message Edited by ColeTrain on 04-23-2009 04:45 PM

[Broken_Arrow]

Thanks so much for replying Cole.

Regarding your guesses, no formal source control. I just want to be able to carry around (for example) a Pressure Transducer from one setup to another without worrying that I have to update the custom scale for that transducer if I have changed it at some point in time.

That VI will do the trick for now. I am writing a VI that will tell the user to update the MAX cfg each time they start a new test/project, and the suggestion you have made will keep the user from having to go to MAX, which intimidates some users.

Thanks again!

Message Edited by Broken Arrow on 04-24-2009 11:06 AM