compact field point deployment

[maitai]

Greetings..I'm looking for the optimal way to deploy a LV RT application to a compact field point (CFP) controller. My situation is as follows:

- the application code (project, source files, etc) are developed and maintained by a small software development team

- the application code is "vaulted" in a software configuration management system

- deployment to CFP is done at our production facility by another group of people

- ideally, would like the deployment team to deal with a single "image" file rather than having to build the application in LV and deploy through MAX

We're using LV 8.2 RT and a cFP-2120 target.

I looked through various whitepapers but didn't locate much info about this. Any ideas or assistance will be approeciated.

[Riconquistiamola]

maitai,

The Real-Time Target System Replication Toolkit sounds like the tool you're looking for. This LabVIEW API allows users to Set IPs, create images of configured targets, and deploy system images to targets on a local or remote subnet.

You could create an imaging sequence in LV using this API, compile the code into an LV EXE, and provide it to the production faciility for mass replication. For them it would be as simple as providing the image directory and the target IP.

Feel free to provide any feedback on your experience with this toolkit. Cheers.

Message Edited by Riconquistiamola on 03-28-2008 04:20 PM

[maitai]

Michael K:

I am looking at the info at the link that you provided. It seems like a 'right tool' for the job, however it assumes someone has already setup the IP in the target via MAX; this may not be a big deal, but I've got a little more deployment investigating to do.

Thanks for the response.

-John B

[Riconquistiamola]

John B,

I am glad to hear this is going to help your process. Please review the Replication Examples included with the System Replication Toolkit (\SystemReplication\Replication Examples). I believe Apply Image to Unconfigured Target.vi is what you're looking for.

Please recognize this is a simple example program created to show the System Replication APIs capabilities and it may need some tweaking to get it working for your specific use-case.

Cheers.