Network Datastreams and FIFO Shared Variables

[craige]

Does someone know why one would use a Network Datastream as opposed to a network published shared variable with FIFO enabled? Seems like they would be identical except that the Shared variable could potentially have multiple listeners.

Thanks,

Craig

[Eric_LV]

Hey Craige

You are correct that a major difference between Network Steams and Network Published Shared Variables with RT FIFO enabled is that the Shared Variable can publish to many computers at once.  There are a few other differences that are outlined in the comparison table in this article  

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview-real-time-module/page/network-the-user-interface-real-t...

There's another good comparison with some more information in the last paragraph of this article. 

https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/streaming-data-and-sending-commands-between-applic...