ISCO pump .dll on cRIO-9067 with NI 9870 card

[pallen]

ISCO has supplied VIs and dll files for this pump, but I am concerned that these .dll files will not load on Linux based cRIO platform. 

I have found a few links regarding external code on RT targets, but I am still a little confused.  Some documents seem to indicate it is indeed impossible to run any .dll on a Linux based cRIO.  Only an .so file would work.  Is this true?

If so, what might my options be? 

Is it possible to "convert" a .dll to a .so file? 

Has anyone worked with an ISCO pump on a Linux RT platform?

Any info greatly appreciated!

[CaseyGj · Accepted solution]

You are correct that it is not possible to run a .dll on a Linux based cRIO. If you had a cRIO running PharLap then it would work, but that is the only cRIO type that is compatible with .dll.

You can see that information on the following page.

Can I Use External Code on My Real-Time System?

Unfortunately, it is not possible to convert a .dll to a .so since it has already been compiled. You would have to have the source code and compile that into a .so.

I would suggest reaching out to ISCO and seeing if they would be willing to recompile the source code into a .so for you.

If anybody has firsthand experience with working with ISCO on a similar problem, feel free to chime in.

[pallen]

Thanks for your reply Casey,

The solution in this case wasn't so bad.  Only the CRC was being done in the .dll and I managed to track down a working LabVIEW implementation.