LabVIEW PDA

[software enigineer]

Hi!
I have to develope an application for PDA in LabVIEW. Can someone tell
me how and where to start....the customer has its own hardware which
will be interfaced and then there are some parameters to be acquired
and data to be displayed.
I am not sure if it is a palm or pocket pc. How will the devvelopment
of the LabVIEW differ and do I develop the program using LV express
just as it is done on a normal windows or do I need LV PDA toolkit for
just the development?
And if once i have deployed the program on the PDA, can I run it in
debug mode and can I delete the program from the PDA or not?

If there are link which I could go through or progran\ms to be taken
as the starting point...will be appreciated.
Thnaks!!

[Enrique]

It seems that all you need to know is how to program in LabVIEW! It only takes 4 step. At least, that is what suggest the latest NI Newsletter.

You need the LabVIEW PDA module along with LabVIEW to develop you PDA application.

I remember last year for NIWeek, you can get a small program developed with LabVIEW/PDA module from NI Week. All you needed to do is to copy the program to your PDA/Pocket PC. If you want to remove it, you just delete it. (My guess is that you can only debug in the PC, not in the PDA.) Unfortunatelly, I am not finding that program in NI website. I think I have it somewhere, so i
f you are interested I can look around to see if I still have it and post it here.

About the customer having its own hardware... that's another story. You are more likely to obtain answers to your questions in the LabVIEW Targets forum.

Regards;
Enrique

[software enigineer]

Enrique wrote in message news:<506500000005000000C96E0100-1079395200000@exchange.ni.com>...
> It seems that all you need to know is how to program in LabVIEW! It
> only takes 4 step. At least, that is what suggest
> href="http://digital.ni.com/worldwide/bwcontent.nsf/web/all/2C2CE61C7080735F86256E2A004F2FD3">the
>....
>
> You need the LabVIEW
> PDA module  along with LabVIEW to develop you PDA application.
>
> I remember last year for NIWeek, you can get a small program developed
> with LabVIEW/PDA module from NI Week. All you needed to do is to copy
> the program to your PDA/Pocket PC. If you want to remove it, you just
> delete it. (My guess is that you can only debug in the PC, not in the
> PDA.) Unfortunatelly, I am not finding that program in NI website. I
> think I have it somewhere, so if you are interested I can look around
> to see if I still have it and post it here.
>
> About the customer having its own hardware... that's another story.
> You are more likely to obtain answers to your questions in the
> href="http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=8&RFORMNUMBER=3&RHIDETAG=T...
forum.
>
> Regards;
> Enrique


Hi! Enrique,
Thanks for the links and help you had suggested. It was helpful. I
could even find a manual on PDA�here is the link just in case anyone
else needs it. http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/948645EDBFA39E1786256D2C0066B381?OpenDocument&node=132100_US

After reading the manual I have few more questions which are as
follows:
1. I could not be very clear as to what execution target should I use
when I have to develop a VI for Palm PDA. Do I use Execution target
for windows(this si for host PC) or do I develop my application using
execution target for Palm Os devices.
2. In my application I have a parameter using which I have to plot
waveform graph�.now the manual says that the Digital waveform graphs
are not supported on PDA as well as its related VIs and functions. And
on Palm OS data acquisition and Instrument I/O features are also not
supported. Is there any workaround which can be used for this?
Another point I wanted to clarify was if the toolkit is compatible wit
LV6 version or is it compatible with only LV Express?

Thanks once again for all your help.
- AK

[cous]

Hi AK,
Here are the answers to your questions:

1. The execution target you choose depends on where you want the VI's to run. If you want them to execute on your computer, then choose Windows as your target, and if you want the VI's to execute on the PDA, then chose that as the target. More informtion about this is available in chapter 4: "Building PDA VIs" in the manual that you found and linked to this post.

2. There is no workaround for these VI's. They are not supported by LV PDA mostly due to the hardware limitations of processing on a PDA.

3. LabVIEW PDA is only compatible with LV Express, version 7.0 and higher.

Thanks for contacting NI!

Marcus G.
National Instruments

[software enigineer]

Thanks Marcus for your help.

[software enigineer]

Hi! Enrique,
Could you please send me or post the VI you have mentioned(the one from the NI Week).

Thanks,
AK

[nag123]

hi , i made an application on pc , this same application can run on pda or not? .when deploy the pc application into pda using Lab view pda it is run or not? or i made another for pda application? please clarify my duobt .

[LabViewGuruWannabe]

You definitely need the PDA Development Kit.

There are differences and limitations in what will work on a PDA vs a PC. For the most part, you application's front panel will be smaller (to fit the smaller screen).

[CarlaU]

Hi jabili,

You can run LabVIEW applications on a PDA. However, you will need the PDA module to do this. Also, you might want to take a look at the software requirements and supported devices. Also, not all the LabVIEW functions can work on the PDA. I would recommend taking a look at the known issues for PDAs. Some other great resources would be the PDA User Manual and the examples in the NI Example Finder. You just need to type PDA in the example finder search and it should populate a lot of PDA results. A good one to start with would be PDA Tutorial-Pocket PC.lvproj. I hope this helps!

Carla

[nag123]

thank u for responding, in my application different options can select using ring controls and enum controls ,these data  can transmit to the

modbus serial communication , it is possiable through Pda. for my application which pda model is best?. plese tell me