LabVIEW for Linux and hardware registers

[Shane Broadbent]

Hi all,

I'm considering using LabVIEW for Linux in an upcoming project based around
PC/104. As the only way to communicate to the PC/104 module inputs is via
hardware addressing, I need to know whether it is possible to directly
address hardware in LabVIEW for Linux. If not can you suggest a way of doing
this? Also does LabVIEW for Linux and say RedHat make for a more stable
system than LabVIEW for Windows and Windows 2000/XP?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Shane Broadbent
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[jonny e]

Hi Shane.
I know that you can address hardware in Labview for Linux: I do it with an NI6071e,k 6602 and 6503. I don't know specifically about the PC/104, but I imagine it can also be done.
Generally you can talk to the hardware registers using code interface nodes (CINs) in Labview. In the CIN you just use a 'write()' command. I don't think there's anything more to it than that. Creating the CINs is no trouble at all.
Don't know about stability of Labview with Linux compared to windows, all though others tell me stability is pretty much the same.
hope this helps and good luck!