IVI and RT

[AlanH]

Is there a procedure for installing the IVI engine onto a LabViewRT target?

I have managed to get my (3rd party) IVI driver working in RT by ftp'ing my dll and several IVI dll's from the development system.   What I have done works, but lacks elegance; I have transfered several dll's without really knowing if they are necessary, or if I may have missed one that will prove essential later.

I am left feeling there must be an 'official' method to install the ICP package to the RT target, despite several searches I can find no reference to this.  Does anyone know where such information may be found?

[ThomasC]

Hi Alan,

The procedure varies depending on the RT target you are using.  If you could give me a little more information about your hardware that would be great.

Regards,

Thomas Clark

[AlanH]

I have a PXI-8186 controller with LVRT 8.51, but I've also tried this on a Desktop PC configured for RT.

Thanks,

Alan

[Riconquistiamola]

Hi AlanH,

Can you provide a MAX report (File»Create Report) of software installed on your host system? With this I can suggest a driver that installs IVI as a dependency. However, you'll still have to FTP your DLL manually.

This isn't ideal behaviour, so I've filed CAR. This was reported to R&D (# 137445) for further investigation.

Cheers.

[AlanH]

Thanks for the help, attached is the requested  report.

Alan

[Riconquistiamola]

Hi Alan,

Well, none of your drivers have IVI dependencies, so my suggestion will not work unless you're willing to install something that does. How many targets are you installing to? This can help my troubleshooting decisions moving forward.

Cheers.

[AlanH]

Sorry about that, my IVI Configuration Server was down and I hadn't noticed, attached is a new report with the IVI dependent devices shown.

Alan

[Riconquistiamola]

Hi Alan,

No problem. Any modular instruments driver will install the IVI Compliance Package as a dependency, so installing something like NI-SCOPE will take care of your needs.

If you're looking to deploy a custom install to multiple targets, I recommend the System Replication Toolkit. This saves you from manually FTP'ing your DLL every time.

Cheers.