I have one Lookout scada program developed in lookout version 6.0.2 build , now i want that program to convert into lower version lookoutdirect 4.0

[Mantosh]

Hello Everybody,

I have one Lookout scada program developed in lookout version 6.0.2 build , now i want that program to convert into lower version lookoutdirect 4.0. i want to know if this possible to convert that into lower version of Lookoutdirect.

I have also tried to open that program with lookoutDirect but it give an error that

LookoutDirect Process File Compiler Version 4.5.1 (build 19)
Copyright National Instruments 1992-2000  All rights reserved.

C:\DirectSOFT4\Projects\Examples\LookoutDirect\continuous2.lks
C:\DirectSOFT4\Projects\Examples\LookoutDirect\continuous2.lks(17): error: Invalid directive: #dbasename
C:\DirectSOFT4\Projects\Examples\LookoutDirect\continuous2.lks(17): fatal error: #exportall must be followed by an expression which evaluates to true or false

after that compiled fail message.

I have checked that incase of Lookout 6.0.2 default database is c_programfiles_nationalinstruments_Lookout_database & incase of LookOutDirect database is c\directsoft4\bin\database.

Please suggest me what can i do now we

Thanks

Mantosh

[Ryan.S]

Comparing the source file of 4 and 6, I find something different.
Make a backup for your program first.

Open the Lookout 6 .lks file in notepad, delete following three lines which cause the error.

#dbasename "<default>"
#dbaselifespan "365.000000"

#exportall "true"

After that, you may open the .lks file in Lookout4. If not, there are still something to be changed. For example, in Lookut 6 lks file, a knob's name is PotX.displayX.knob, but in 4, the name is PotX.knob.
You need to change many things manually.