TS 4.2 and TestStandLVRTS 6.0.2

[j_dodek]

Hi,

I followed the instruction on

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/5CD8196D39880CDF86257450000B7C44

to install the LVRTS 6.0.2 on a Development TS4.2 maschine.

We need this to modificate and maintain Sequencefiles for some TS2.0/LVRTE6.0.2 Production maschines.

(and we dont want to install TS2 and switch with the version selector !!)

4.2 Editing and backward saving to TS 2.0 works well. But Executing not!

It seems that TS4.2 no longer supports the old stuff from LV 6.0.2

Why ??

Or is there a simple workaround ?

Regards

Juergen

[RayFarmer]

I dont believe labview 6.X is compatibile with TestStand 4.X or Vista

Also you will have problems with running your TS2 stuff in TS4.x, especially if you have custom step types.

Regards

RayF

[j_dodek]

Hi Ray,

There are just simple SequenceFiles which are using only 3 built in StepTyes (Statement,Action,NumericLimitMeasurement).

I do not want to use the LabView's Editor at all. I only like to use the Run -Time-Engine.

For doing this in TS for the old projects i switch the TS4.2 LabView Adapter configuration from LV-RTE 2009

to TestStandLVRTS

As you see in the attached shoot the correct runtime server will called and executed.

But i think a TS/LV version flag will prohibit me to consume it.

Regards

Juergen 

[j_dodek]

 -- Just to push this thread to the head of TS broad's list again--

The issue is still open.

Regards

Juergen

[RayFarmer]

do you have any express VI's in your code module VI's?

[j_dodek]

Hi Ray,

No.

All Vi's are done in LV6.02

TS consumes the vi via llb

Juergen

[Manooch_H]

Juergen -

As Ray mentioned, TestStand 4.2 does not support LabVIEW 6.x. Unfortunately, unless you mass compile to LabVIEW 7.1.1 or later, you will not be able to call these VIs.

[j_dodek]

Hi Manooch,

Thanks for your answer.

The TS Messagebox pointed that there is no support.

I am really, really disappointed about that. I assumed with the LVRTS you have backward compatibilty.

But not for LV 6, 5(assumed). When i am looking 8 years back when i have started using Teststand on 2.0

There where CVI6, VS6 and LV 5,6. Now in 2010 there is Teststand 4.2 and my old stuff from the beginning in

CVI or VS is running in the latest TS version without !any! modifications. Especally CVI: created with CVI6

i is just running with the lasted CVI runtime engine. Good work! The guys from LV shout visit the few guys at CVI

and take a look how they did backward compatibility.

Now for our maintainance stuff we have the old version selctor and switch back to 2001 to test if modifications

are running.

For me this is one case of  not creating  my codemodules in LV. Will create my stuff in future as in the past in

VC and CVI, because i have the power of Microsoft and National Instruments AND near 10 years of backward compatibiliy

Regards

Juergen