Start and Stop of TestStandLVRTS

[Sunny]

Hi,

if TestStandLVRTS is configured to be used as LabVIEW adapter there is actually the following problem:

TestStand isn't able to distinguish if this server was started by loading the first steptype using this adapter

or if this server was already loaded outside (e.g. in Autostart group).

If you start this server first and afterwards you run TestStand (seqedit.exe or using the TestStand API from LabVIEW)

this server is closed in any case if you had loaded a sequence built with steps using the LabVIEW adapter.

This is a great time consuming problem for each new execution of a sequence, if you are using the TestStand API

to run sequences from LabVIEW.

How can the shutdown of the TestStandLVRTS initiated by TestStand be avoided?

Regards,

Sunny

[D. Ackermann]

Hello,

which version of Teststand are you using? In version 3.1 the shutdown of the LVRTS is removed.
See link:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/FF3497EF1709C6D886256F5B00544D5F?OpenDocument

Best regards

[Sunny]

My application runs with TestStand 3.0.

Could renaming the 'Stop-Button' to 'Close-Button' be a workaround?

Regards,

Sunny

[D. Ackermann]

Yes, you could modify the name of the Stop button in the LVRTS found in C:\Program Files\National Instruments\TestStand 3.0\Components\NI\RuntimeServers directory (Servers.llb). Than recompile the TestStandLVRTS.exe.

Make sure you back everything up in the RuntimeServers directory before attempting this, just to be safe.

Best regards