USB TC01 - Remote Connection

[Amy_a]

Hi,

Is it possible to use the NI USB-TC01 on a remote desktop connection? I'm using the Citrix Client to connect virtually to LabVIEW on a remote desktop and would like to take Thermocouple measurements on the virtual system.

Thanks!

[JBizzle]

There's no reason this shouldn't be possible.  It sounds like you're running LV on the computer connected to the TC01 so when you remote desktop in, it's exactly as if you were sitting in front of that computer's monitor.

If you're running LV on your current computer and want to take measurements on a remote computer and report those back without a remote desktop application, that takes a little extra.

-Jim

[Amy_a]

Yes, that is correct. I'm using LabVIEW only on the remote system. So when I plug in the USB TC-01 into my computer, the software is detected on my local system, but not on the remote desktop. 

[ijustlovemath]

The way your post read initially, you had the hardware connected to the remote computer. Citrix has the functionality to forward COM ports, but I don't know if your system administrator would have allowed that functionality or not. See here: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX137939

[JÞB]

Let me get this straight.

You have a remote computer with LabVIEW

My Computer (Local) has a TC-01 connected to it but no LabVIEW

You want to command the Remote Computer to take control of the local hardware and get readings off the TC-01

If, I understood that correctly. you will need some utility on the local machine to act as a server for a Network Published Shared Variable and read the NPSV on the remote client.

[Chantastic!]

I don't know much specifically about Citrix, but VM software tends to be weird with hardware. Should be fine with a USB device, but I don't think NI would guarantee 100% the functionality when using VM ware. I know for certain that PCI cards don't play nicely with VM ware.