Is there a way to use real time hardware (Field Point 2000 for instance ) with CVI ?

[Meunier]

Hi,
Does somebody know if there is a way to program real time NI hardware ( FP 2000 ) within labwindows CVI, the way Labview does ?
Thanks for your help.

[Chris Matthews]

We do not have a real-time version of CVI, such as LabVIEW RT. Not yet anyway. CVI can build DLLs that LabVIEW RT can use, but to use our RT hardware in embedded mode on a RT OS, you must have LabVIEW RT.

Best Regards,

Chris Matthews
National Instruments

[Meunier]

Thank you Chris for your perfectly clear answer.
I think there is a real need for CVI developers to use RT stuff as we are supposed to work close ( closer than Labview programmers?? ) to the system and hardware. I understand from your answer that there could be something in the works. It would be great to have it included in version 7.

[Wendy L]

Hello everyone,

In an attempt to try to catch everyone who might have a LabWindows/CVI and Linux or Real-Time interest, I'm going to repost this information in this thread as well. I know this thread has been going on for a few years now, but I wanted to update whoever is interested in the latest LabWindows/CVI modules that we've released to try to address your multiplatform support needs:

So we now have a Real-Time Module, which allows you to develop LabWindows/CVI apps on a Windows machine and run on a real-time PXI or PC target.

Also, to partly address the main subject of this thread, in August, we release the Run-Time Module for Linux, which similarly allows you to develop on a Windows machine as you always have with CVI, and then run your application on multiple Linux distributions.

That's a brief overview of the latest modules, but if you want more information on what hardware is supported and also a more in-depth discussion on the module, take a look at the following resources:

Real-Time Module: www.ni.com/lwcvi/realtime

Run-Time Module for Linux: Introduction to the Run-Time Module for Linux Whitepaper

Thanks.