transfer labview data to web server for mobile application

[Barak.BGU]

Greetings LabView community!

I have what I think is a simple question:

How can one transfer (in real time) and store acquired data (such as time, temperature and so on..) from a labview VI to a server via the internet so it can be used for a mobile app.

Thanks in advance!

[Sam_Sharp · Accepted solution]

You'll need to push your data from your LabVIEW application to a server:

- HTTP Client VIs

- TCP/IP

- WebSockets

Server could have a LV application on it, or you could use a web server with a scripting language (e.g. PHP/ASP/Node.js).

You'll need to write something on the server to listen to your LabVIEW application and hold the data:

- Database

- File

- Memory

You'll need to write some interface/API for pushing/retrieving the data - e.g. JSON/POST/XML - take a look at 'RESTful APIs'.

The choice of which of these to go for depends on how 'real-time' you are talking - how often do you want to update the data, the latency etc.

If you don't want to do all of this yourself, there are 3rd party providers that can store this sort of data for you - there's a free (but limited) one run by SparkFun - https://data.sparkfun.com/ but I'm sure there are other services.

[Barak.BGU]

Thanks a million!

Your answer was very articulate and helpful and I know how to proceed now 🙂

[Dennis_Knutson]

And for simple apps, don't forget about Data Dashboard - http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Web-UI-Builder-and-Data/Announcing-Data-Dashboard-for-LabVIEW/td-p/1...

[Barak.BGU]

Thanks!

This also looks like it would be very helpful for my purposes.

[MilanR]

The NI Cloud Dashboard may also be helpful