Serial resourse name drop down menu problem in built versions of software.

[Wardo]

Hi,

I have developed Labview programs to test new PCBs as they come off the production line, by stimulating the PCBs via RS232 serial.  These programs work well on my development PC, and have been built as appilcations with installer ready to be transferred to the test PC, so our production department can use them.  The problem is that when I install the built applications onto the production PC, the serial resource name selection drop down menu is grayed out and disabled.  This stops anyone from being able to select the correct serial port.

I am using Labview 6.1, Windows XP.

Regards,

Wardo.

[Conseils]

My first guess is that you have not installed VISA on the target machine.

See the link below: -
http://search.ni.com/nisearch/nisearchservlet?nistype=default&ddown=2&filter=%2Btaxonomy:%22Drivers+And+Updates%22&q=visa+windows

My second is that there is no serial port.

[Steve.Briggs]

Check in Control Panel > Add/Remove Hardware to make sure the serial ports are even there.