Session Manager - Is it here to stay?

[Mr._Jim]

Hi all,

I'm in the process of improving some TestStand architecture here. One of the items in particular that I'm working on is the manner by which we pass VISA sessions between parallel / batch sockets.

I understand there are myriad ways of doing this (okay, maybe a dozen or so), each with pros and cons.

I like the idea of the Session Manager because it decouples dependencies between various code modules.  However, the Session Manager's been around for quite some time and there isn't much information on it.

1. Are any of you out there using it?
2. Can anyone from NI comment on what the future is for this application?  Will it be sunsetted or superseded and is it still supported?
3. Is there any reason not to use it in our architecture henceforth?

Thanks as always,

Mr. Jim

[WireWeaver]

Session manager is here to stay and will be supported for the foreseeable future. It's already supported for 64-bit TestStand.

The only major known issue that i'm aware of is that the Session Manager VI cannot obtain a reference to a TCP/IP device unless it is already defined in MAX. This was fixed in TestStand 2016 SP1. 

I can't speak to specific use cases, but there are customers out there using this as part of their architecture.

Hope this helps!

Trent

National Instruments 

[Mr._Jim]

Thanks WireWeaver - your input is much appreciated!