Im using Labview 2012 to communicate with a realtime industrial device using tcp/ip. Its part of a bigger project which also uses a second network connection to a micro epsilon laser scanner using their libs. I developed both parts on their own and before marrying them I wanted to run both vis next to each other. Now theres the problem: When I start the vi and the corresponding device everything works fine. As soon as I focus another vi the communication stops - I guess because the device stops because of late packages. Its okay to focus other non labview windows.
Next I tried the opposite and started the vi containing micro epsilon. Their libs use their dll and no labview tcp/ip. Consequently the communication never stopped no matter what I klicked. Sadly I wasnt able to start the first vi when the second was running, I even tried using a second network card and an independent network. Same thing happend, tcp/ip stopped (probably in the industrial device first).
Long story short: What happens when the running vi loses focus to another vi? Is there a way to get this to work together without using a realtime system (at least during development)?
Next week I will try to make the industrial device ignore late packages to see if this is really the problem although this is no option later...
