stimulate a testing system

[krispiekream]

i am just wondering if this is possible.
i am working with labview 7.0
if my system that i use labviewo 7.0 hooked up with a dell computer; along with a pxi chassis with about 6 pci cards.
on the dell computer, i have 2 serial ports.
my question is...
if i run labview 7.0 on my labtop: which are not connected to the test system itself. it has no way of connecting to all the hardware.
can i stimulate something to create a dummy pci card so that i can see how my software is running?
in another, is it easier to modify codes on the systems that i have the hardware hooked with the software?
or can i modify with the software still on a notebook and stimulate pci functions..
i have asked a couple of my co-worker, ex-co-worker and one told me that you cannot, while another say you can.

the one that say yes asked me to look into it.
can someone tell me?

[Ray.R · Accepted solution]

You can simulate tests by creating models of what you would normally connect to.  The model would be a software representation of whatever you are simulating.

You can however "test" your serial communication especially if you have two ports available on the laptop.  Your model would respond with the appropriate responses that the real system would do.

As a matter of fact, you can simulate DAQmx boards using MAX.  Whatever you simulate for DAQmx devices you can also call within Labview.. 

Hummm.... you have LV7.0...  That didn't exist back then, but the simulations can still be created.

RayR

[krispiekream]

sounds like its out of my capability...


i'll try to look more into it
thank you for your reply

[Ray.R]

It's actually not as complicated as it sounds. 

Start by defining the simulated system (what responses to given command/instructions, etc).  Describe it as a state machine. 

The above is probably the harder part.  Once that is done, you can code it and experiment.

🙂