Softmotion axis configuration and troubleshooting from outside of LabVIEW project

[Omar_Mussa]

I'm getting closer to deploying a system with 9505 Softmotion axes on an RT target running in hybrid mode and am trying to plan around how to do field service support for our control systems.  In the past, we used FlexMotion and our field service engineers could use MAX to do on-site axis configuration and troubleshooting.  Currently, while we're in development mode, we have access to the "Axis Configuration", "Interactive Test Panel" and "Gain Tuning Panel" via the lvproj file.

Is it possible to call these dialogs from outside the project environment from a host PC?  Where are they located?  If not, how do I easily enable field service support for my softmotion axes?

Thanks in advance!

[Karl-G]

The easiest solution would be to equip your field engineers to navigate the projects to the direct tools in the project, just as they previously used MAX. The Axis Configuration, Interactive Test Panel, and Gain Tuning Panel can all be easily launched from the project if they need to make tweaks to the settings. The other alternative would be to create your own configuration VIs to affect the configuration files or SoftMotion settings. This would be a bit redundant, but it would limit user access to other parts of the project.