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problems with tagsrv.exe

I have multiple PCs and a PXI System networked together.  The PXI System runs LV-RT and only one of the PCs has LV 2011 running on it.  That is my development machine.  The other computers run unique LV applications.  When the applications are installed, the installer includes the LV run-time engine, and Variable Engine.  Also, using Windows file sharing, some folders on each PC are made sharable across the network.  The PXI hosts a library which contains Shared Variables (SV).  All the PCs access a SV or two in the library, but not the same ones. 

 

I added another PC (PC A) to the network with its own unique LV application.  I also made a few folders sharable across the network.  An SV was added to the SV library on the PXI for this application, therefore the SV library had to be redeployed on the PXI.  BTW the application running on the PXI starts at powerup.

 

Next I created a link, using Windows file sharing, between PC B and PC A.  I had an application running on PC B that had been running perfectly for the last 6 weeks.  However, after all the noted additions and modifications, when I tried to run the application I got the multiple error messages that prevented my application for launching (let alone running) properly.  I had to install and then re-install the application to make it operational again.

 

The first of the series of errors said "Instruction at 0x02b0b0d8 ... reference memory at 0x00321000 ... memory could not be 'read'. - tagsrv.exe application error"

 

Can anyone explain to my how the application on PC B broke and why unistall and reinstall fixed it?

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Hello faustina,

 

According to the link below, this error may occur if there is a process that is attempting to log data to a database that does not exist or that Citadel cannot access. The root cause of this can be anything from a firewall, a corrupt process in the Distributed System Manager, or possibly the result of deleting different databases through Windows Explorer rather than using Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) (which doesn't seem to apply here). I've also included a customer forum below regarding this same error in which stopping all processes except for "System" and restarting the computer has solved this issue. Most likely, if you are no longer experiencing this issue and all that has changed was the installation of your software, it may have been corruption within the DSM. 

 

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/27A007940341705B8625716500723B97?OpenDocument (Runtime Error With Tagsrv.exe When Shutting Down Or Turning On PC)

 

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/NI-Variable-Engine-tagsrv-exe-Runtime-Error-Dialog-Upon-Restart/m-p/...  (NI Variable Engine (tagsrv.exe) Runtime Error Dialog Upon Restart -- Resolved)

 

 

Wes W
Application Engineering
National Instruments
www.ni.com/support
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