09-14-2017 06:27 PM
I am using RAD 2016 for a new project (LV 2016) with a PXI RT controller. I have used the RAD utility successfully a few times so far. I am retrieving the controller image to my development PC. Then, as a test, I can wipe the controller drive and deploy the saved image to the controller. Everything works. However, I noticed that the image file (*.lvappimg) is also stored on the controller under C:\ when I deploy the image. Then when I make code changes and retrieve a new image, of course the old image is stored within the new image. You see where this is going. I can't find an option within RAD to prevent the image file from being stored to the target when deploying. I also cannot use a wildcard in my blacklist to prevent retrieving or deploying *.lvappimg files. I know I can manually delete the image files before retrieving a new image, but it seems like the purpose of RAD is to not have to do those sort of tasks. Is there an option I am missing?
09-15-2017 02:55 PM
Hello,
Do you notice this all the time? I just tried doing it with a cRIO and didn't notice that .lvappimg saved to C:\ (would have to try with a PXI to be sure). However, the RAD Utility is open source, so you could theoretically take a look at the source code and include a call to delete the image from that folder at the end:
GitHub
https://github.com/ni/rad