LabVIEW 2021 and IPv6

[HKPhysicist]

Dear LabVIEW Experts,

If I create a program (VI) which requires accessing internet node with IPv6, do you think whether LavVIEW 2021 Community can work this way?  What extra VI package is required to support this?  🤔

[rolfk · Accepted solution]

LabVIEW itself has no IPv6 support.

This Toolkit however does provide compatible TCP/IP VIs that support also IPv6. 

[HKPhysicist]

ROLFK,

You are a true Knight of NI! You know so much about it!  😀

It is a good news to hear about such a great VI but also a bad news about its price!

I aim to monitor remote sensor nodes with IPv6 from within LabVIEW.  Bi-directional communication may be required.  🤔

[rolfk]

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@HKPhysicist wrote:

ROLFK,

You are a true Knight of NI! You know so much about it!  😀

It is a good news to hear about such a great VI but also a bad news about its price!

I aim to monitor remote sensor nodes with IPv6 from within LabVIEW.  Bi-directional communication may be required.  🤔

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You could always resort to calling external Power Shell scripts through System Exec for instance. Feels like an awful solution to me but it would be free. 😁

One question comes up here however, Community Edition is only for non-commercial use, IPv6 sensors sounds not like a cheap house and kitchen hobby hardware. Does that match?

[HKPhysicist]

It is an idea only.

If some rich guys like it and I become rich, I will upgrade it to a commercial plan!  😃

[HKPhysicist]

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@rolfk wrote:

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You could always resort to calling external Power Shell scripts through System Exec for instance.

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From where can I call this Icon within Labview? 🤔

[rolfk]

In the Function Palette window Settings make sure you have set the visibility of all palettes to be visible. Then go to Connectivity->Libraries & Executables.

Alternatively click the magnifier glass in that Palette and then enter the text “System” and you should see the function listed and can click on it!