Trouble with Real Time System Manager

[eaolson]

I've upgraded from 7.1.1 to 8.0 (and soon to 8.2 when the disks come in at the end of this month), and am starting to get used to projects. I'm having trouble figuring out the changes to the Real Time System Manager. Whenever I try to monitor my real-time target, I get: Can not connect to <IP address>. Please ensure that VI Server is enabled and this machine is allowed to connect." According to this Knowledgebase document, that suggests the VI Server settings for my target are incorrect. OK, fine. But with the addition of LabVIEW projects, I can no long do as it says, namely target the system with LV and use Tools:RT Options to change the VI Server settings. There is no longer an Operate:Switch Execution Target option.

I have one project for my VI that contains a RT target. If I right-click that, and select Properties, I get a window that suggests I'm setting properties of the RT target. I've made sure that VI Server is enabled, using TCP/IP, on port 3363, and both machines allowed to access and exportable VI's are set to "*". I still get the same error as above when using the RTSM. Do I have to add the RTSM to my project somehow?

If I create a brand new Real-Time project, with the same RT target as above and go to its properties screen, it looks like TCP/IP for VI Server is now disabled. So I'm not sure I'm configuring VI Server on the target properly.

Any suggestions?

[Greg G.]

There is a big difference between how you interact with your RT target in 7.1 vs 8.x.  In 7.1, when you went to RT Options, you were connected to your target and doing online configuration.  In 8.x in the project, all changes you make to your project are considered offline changes.  So after you go to the properties page for your target and enable VI server, you must right-click on the target and "deploy".  This will move your change from offline to online. 

When you create a new project, it always starts with the default offline settings; it does not examine the actual target to see what options it had selected.  That is why whenever you create a new project or add a new target, it always ends up back in the disabled state.