labview on unix systems ?

[jean-luc]

I have an existing project on PC

can labview run on unix system

or linux if I buy
labview for unix ?


jean-Luc

[Helmut Hullen]

Hallo, jean-luc,

Du meintest am 31.05.00 zum Thema labview on unix systems ?:

> I have an existing project on PC
>
> can labview run on unix system or linux if I buy labview for unix ?

You can get "LabView for Linux". Maybe not all drivers which run under
Windows do also run under Linux.

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut

[Johannes Niess]

"jean-luc" writes:

> I have an existing project on PC
>
> can labview run on unix system
>
> or linux if I buy
> labview for unix ?
>
>
> jean-Luc

Jean,

I've tested Labview for Linux. Its running fine, but DAQ and Image
Acquisition are missing. The "extended online help" (clicking into the
help window with the current icon in it) needs some external programs.

Johannes Nieß

[tvancura@n-o-s-p-a-m.solid.phys.ethz.ch]

Hello Johannes, hello Jean Luc,

I am also playing around with LabView for Linux, but I am having serious
problems using my GPIB card. LabView itself runs fine, the applications
generate are (besides some font problems) truly platform independant, but
as soon as I want to talk to some instruments using VISA over GPIB or
direct GPIB the machine sooner or later crashes (i.e. usually within less
than an hour) such that the only thing to do is to hit the reset button
(yes, the machine is really dead, doesn't accept telnet, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
or Ctrl-Alt-Del)

I used version 0.5.1 of the nigpib kernel module, there is v 0.6 out by
now, but I have not yet gotten to test it.

What is your experience on this topic?

Schoenes Wochenende,

T
obias

Johannes Niess wrote:
: "jean-luc" writes:

: Jean,

: I've tested Labview for Linux. Its running fine, but DAQ and Image
: Acquisition are missing. The "extended online help" (clicking into the
: help window with the current icon in it) needs some external programs.

: Johannes Niess

[Kevin_work]

jean-luc wrote:

> I have an existing project on PC
>
> can labview run on unix system
>
> or linux if I buy
> labview for unix ?
>
> jean-Luc

Yes, labview will run on HP-UX, as well as SunOS and Solaris, there is also
a version for Linux.
As far as porting the project from the PC, it should work fine with the
following caveats (there are always some !!)

1. DLLs - these are specific to the platform, if the Labview code uses them
you have a few choices.
A. Remove them and replace with "Pure G" labview code.
B. If you have the source code you could port that to the other platform
(maybe) and recompile.
2. CINs - these are also platform specific, but if you have the code you
should be able to recompile
for the new platform.
3. Active X, OLE, DDE, etc - The
se are all PC specific and can not be
ported, although there MAY
be some workarounds.
4. Hardware - if you have DAQ or other hardware on the PC it may or may not
be available on the other platform.

If the project is all labview and does not use the platform specific
functions (ActiveX, etc) there
should be little trouble porting it.

Good Luck
Kevin Kent