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Is it possible to use a CompactDAQ and NI-DAQmx in the TPC-2212 with Windows 7 Embedded System?

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Hi,

 

I would like to develop a application with the TPC-2212 (Touch panel computer)  and a CompactDaq System (NI9237 - 4-Channel, ±25 mV/V, 24-Bit Simultaneous Bridge Module).

Is it possible or I should use a panel pc?

 

 

Thanks.

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Hello!

Sure, it's possible!

 

The TCP-2212 has 2x USB 2.0, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, 1x RS232, 1x RS422/RS485, that allow you to comunicate it with many devices, like the NI 9237:

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You can find more information at: http://sine.ni.com/ds/app/doc/p/id/ds-325/lang/en

The NI 9237 also has USB, Ethernet, and 802.11 Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing the communication. More information at:
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209891

 

If you have any doubt let us know!

Regards!

 

Barbara Pracek
Engenharia de Aplicações
National Instruments Brasil

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My main doubt is whether the access is made by DAQmx or DAQmx BASE?

 

I would like to use in my project just the Labview (Not Labview Touch Panel) and DAQmx. 

 

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Hello!

To work with Touch Panel you'll have to use the DAQmx BASE.

To develop your application you'll need a host computer, where the development will really happen. To touch panel applications you have to use the touch panel module, wich has the appropriate functions.
(http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/0FD6F56096A40AA9862578D3002EA41C)

The touch panel will be show like another hardware in Measumerent and Automation (MAX), as a target.

After you finish your application in LabVIEW you can deploy it to your panel, but it has to have the LabVIEW Touch Panel, to run your program.

I hope it can help you! Doubts, contact us!

Regards!

 

Barbara Pracek
Engenharia de Aplicações
National Instruments Brasil

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This thread is a bit old, but I thought it would be worth while responding (as I was wondering the same thing a day ago).

 

The answer to the OP's concern(s) is YES, you can install DAQmx on your Windows 7 embedded TPC-2212 touch panel device while connecting to your cDAQ hardware.  YES, it will function (depending on your memory constraints).  DAQmx BASE is NOT a requirement (which, to me, seems very ambiguous if you're referring to NI's documentation for the LabVIEW Touch Panel Module).

 

My confusion began when it seemed using the Touch Panel Module for the 2212 was a requirement, not an option.  If one proceeds with this assumption, then referring to the TPM documentation:

 

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/371940d.pdf

 

NOTE: this link above is to an older version, but the content itself (also installed locally with the TPM in \\manuals\TPC_Getting_Started.pdf) remains relatively unchanged.

 

Section "Installing Additional Tools" clearly states "You must install additional tools on the target depending on the functionality you need."  Immediately following is the installation procedures for DAQmx Base.  You'll see the same statement in the LabVIEW help files that get installed with the TPM on your development machine.  Nowhere does it state, for Windows Embedded, that it's possible to use DAQmx itself.

 

Because DAQmx is a bit of a heavy weight, you'll probably want to go with the Runtime (with MAX) as I did:

 

Search for 'NI DAQmx Run-Time Engine - Configuration with MAX'.  I would have posted a link, but NI's site was down for maintenance at the time of this post.

 

Connect to your 2212 over a network connection (I just used a cross over cable and connected directly).  Create a shared directory and copy the downloaded installer on over - install.  You could, of course, download direct if your 2212 is already networked with web access.

 

I have my test station application running beautifully with an attached (USB) cDAQ chassis loaded with a variety of modules.

 

I hope this post is as useful for somebody else as it would have been for me. 

 

-Chris

 

Kod Integrations, LLC

 

Sr Software and Automation Engineer
Certified LabVIEW Architect
Kod Integrations, LLC
http://www.kodintegrations.com
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