Can I communicate with CompactDAQ hardware using Indusoft Web Studio v7?

[MikeKuz]

I have a situation where I would like to use existing CompactDAQ hardware (digital, voltage and thermocouple input modules in a 9188 Ethernet chassis) with an application developed using Indusoft Web Studio. I want to do this for standardization purposes (I'd rather not have some equipment in the plant running LabVIEW and some running Indusoft). Is this possible? What are my options? If Indusoft can't communicate directly, is there a way for LabVIEW to pass the data through? Although I would prefer to do this without changing or adding any hardware, I am open to hardware modifications if that is the only option. 

[Ryan-C]

Hi Mike,

Based on a quick look at the Indusoft website, it looks like it uses VBScript, is that correct?

Unfortunately, VBSCript is not directly supported by the DAQmx driver.  We have DAQmx API’s for LabWindows/CVI, C, C++, Visual Basic 6.0, VB.NET and C#.  So, one option will be to write data to file or to a database using LabVIEW or one of these languages if possible, and then use the Indusoft environment to grab the data from the file or database.

Best,