Reading a file at remote location through ethernet.

[Angelantoni]

Hai

I have a requirement to read a file from a server running on windows 2000 from a PXI which is running on RTOS. Is this possible or should i use FTP to trasnfer the file locally and then read.

Thanx for any suggestions

Arun

[Christian_L]

Option 1 (easiest and probably best)
- Download the file from the Windows system to the RT PXI controller using FTP.
- Read the file locally on the RT system.

Option 2 (more flexible for your application, but more work to implement)
- Write a small communication VI that will run on your Windows machine that will accept a request over Ethernet to send a file to the RT system. This VI will read the file on the Windows machine and send its content using TCP/IP functions to a VI on the RT system, which will store the contents back into a file on the PXI harddrive.

Christian L