Moving a cRIO 9067 between multiple labview projects

[pamelahg]

Hello, I'm quite new to using labview, and I've only been working on one project this whole time. I am now trying to start a new labview project, and I know that the cRIO can only be connected to one project at a time. But I would like to be able to switch the cRIO back and forth between the different projects. Is this possible? If so how would I go about doing that? I'm scared to connect my cRIO to the new project right now because I'm afraid that I won't be able to get it back on my old project. 

Thank you so much in advance! 

[ZYOng]

You can switch between multiple projects or even PC, provided you disconnect the cRIO from the existing project first. An error will be thrown if you try to access a cRIO which has been connected and accessed by an existing project.

[pamelahg]

Thank you for ur reply! Just a followup - what if my new project is just an exact copy of my old one (but I change the project name)? Would I still need to disconnected it on the existing project first? What if I don't change the name?

[rolfk]

Of course. The project tries to open a connection but having two projects have a connection open at the same time could potentially cause pretty bad problems. What if you download a VI from one project but another one from the other project at the same time? Who should win? Rather than trying to solve such unsolvable problems it is simply easier to only allow one connection at the same time. Which the project provider does.