LabVIEW compatibility with different OSes and HW

[MutazAG]

hi,

i have 13 remote PCs running Windows XPE (this might change to winXP or Win2k) that are used to collect data from measurment devices.

on the central server, we need to run LabVIEW on a UNIX (or LINUX). proposed OSes for the cetral server are:
1. IBM AIX on pSeries 610 server
2. Linux on the IBM pSeries 610 server (thats not a Pentium based machine)
3. RedHat 7.1 on an Intel Based server machine (most propably an IBM xSeries machine).

i've learned from the NI website that AIX unix is not supported, and from the discussion forums that NI doesnot officially support the XPE.

my Questions:

* can RedHat 7.1 on a non-Pentium machine run LabVIEW?
* does winXP support LabVIEW as win2k already do?

appr
eciate ur reponses.
mutazag

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> 3. RedHat 7.1 on an Intel Based server machine (most propably an IBM
> xSeries machine).
>


LabVIEW will run on #3, on Windows XP, and I don't know all the details
about XPE, but I would expect it to run on XPE, but it will run in the
realtime section, but in the application section of the OS.

Greg McKaskle

[Labviewguru]

Switch all of your machines from XPE to W2kP, or better yet, make the whole lot Linux. Its cheaper and better...

I don't know if LabVIEW will run on the 610. I know that LabVIEW for linux runs on RedHat, but I have no clue about processor compatability. You can try to run it, but you may have problems. Contact NI and find out. Also, check out ni.com/linux, you just might find something there.

Windows XP has been reported to have some issues, and I don't believe that all of them are known. Windows 2000 is based on NT, and LabVIEW probably runs best on this platform (among Windows platforms.)

Good luck. Sounds like fun.

[Greg_McKaskle2]

The linux versions supported are intel based. No other processors are
currently supported in combination with the linux OS.

Also XP professional is also based on NT codebase just as 2000 is.

Greg McKaskle