Programmatically Probing for Network Controllers

[Jason Stallard]

I am writing an application to assist field users configuring a Compact Field Point controller. I would like to probe the network for available RT devices. I did find a llb for lv 6.1, however it was locked and I could not see the source. Does anyone know how to do this ?

[Matthew_Williams]

LV 7 RT has 'RT Ping Network Controllers.vi' which will return an array of IP, MAC, network module type, etc. for each unit it finds on the network. Note that the help indicates it will also return the serial number, which is incorrect.

We've looked at doing it in 6.1 and as far as I can tell the only way is to sniff the protocol and duplicate the UDP sequence.

Matt

[Jason Stallard]

Found it...thanx for the help. It looks like the same implementation as the LV6.1 llb, and it still password protects the block diagram. Would have been nice to see what goes on behind the scenes.

-Jason