Does LabVIEW have ComCalbacks like LabWindows CVI?l

[mocha]

I have a program written in CVI that uses three ComCallbacks and it works nicely.  Now we want to write a similar program under LInux, but CVI doesn't run under Linux.  I looked into LabVIEW, but the serial VIs don't seem very sophisticated.  The new program may have eight serial inputs and I can't be expected to poll them. 

Maybe I'll just go back to CVI.  C code is tricky, but I have never gotten stuck on a project.  I thought that LabVIEW could do everything??  Help!

Ian

[chrisger]

hi there

the serial VIs are just for backwards compatibility. to do more sophisticated stuff like events you have to use the VISA functions (VISA is a standard for serial interfaces like COM, GPIB etc.). see Instrument I/O -> VISA -> Advanced -> Event from the functions menu palette.

attached is a simplified VI from the LabVIEW examples that waits for a single character on the specified COM-Port. you can specify different events.

please read the online help of the functions for more information.