Chapter 4
LabVIEW RT Programming
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National Instruments Corporation
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cFP-20xx and cFP-BP-x User Manual
Targeting LabVIEW RT to the Host PC
When you target LabVIEW RT to the host PC, you can use LabVIEW RT
as you would use LabVIEW for Windows.
Complete the following steps to target LabVIEW RT to the host PC:
1.
Complete steps 1 through 4 of the
section.
2.
Select
Host PC (LabVIEW for Windows)
.
3.
Click
OK
.
Note
Applications running on the host PC communicate with FieldPoint I/O channels.
However, serial communication is routed to the host PC serial port rather than to the
cFP-20
xx
serial port. VIs that use the serial port communicate using the host PC serial port.
Also, when an application runs on the host, deadbands apply to FieldPoint I/O channels.
RT Target Options
When you target LabVIEW RT to a networked cFP-20
xx
, select
Tools»
Options
to access LabVIEW options. The options in the
Options
menu
apply only to the RT Development System running on the host PC.
You also can set options for the RT Engine on the cFP-20
xx
when you
target LabVIEW RT to the controller. With LabVIEW RT targeted to the
cFP-20
xx
, select
Tools»RT Target Options
to access RT Engine options.
RT Engine options apply to LabVIEW RT applications running on the
cFP-20
xx
. The
VI Server
and
Web Server
option dialog boxes are
identical to the normal LabVIEW option dialog boxes. However, the
settings are applied to the cFP-20
xx
. Refer to the
LabVIEW Help
for more
information about the
VI Server
and
Web Server
options.
You also can use the following two additional groups of options for
LabVIEW RT applications on networked cFP-20
xx
modules:
RT Target: Access
and
RT Target: Miscellaneous
.
