Incompatible VI server protocol

[Ion Beam]

Does anyone know if there is a incompatible issue between labVIEW 5.0
and 6i when using the VI server?

I've configured my server on a machine running labVIEW 5.0 and get
the following error when opening an application reference on a machine
with 6i

Error code 1037 incompatible VI server protocol version.

Thanks,

Mike

[Labviewguru]

Mike,

Though I don't know for sure because I didn't develop LabVIEW, it only makes sense to me that VI Server can only work with the version of LabVIEW VIs for which it was written. I recommend upgrading your older machine, or at least, recompiling all of your VIs in the newer version of LabVIEW.

Basically, to answer your question: Yes, there is a compatability issue between the two versions. I'm not sure what you are trying to do. If you could provide a more detailed explanation, perhaps someone can stir you in the right direction to solve your problem.

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> Does anyone know if there is a incompatible issue between labVIEW 5.0
> and 6i when using the VI server?
>
> I've configured my server on a machine running labVIEW 5.0 and get
> the following error when opening an application reference on a machine
> with 6i
>
> Error code 1037 incompatible VI server protocol version.
>


That is exactly what the error means. Major efforts are made to keep
the protocol compatible, but the initial protocol had a few problems and
so later versions of LV are compatible with one another, but are not
compatible with the older one. I'm not positive, but I believe there
are only two version of the protocol.

Greg McKaskle

[Ion Beam]

Greg,
Thank you for your reply,

Is there any alternatives? I try to explain what I want to do and
maybe you can offer a suggestion

I'm running labVIEW 5.0 on an old P133 machine with very specialized
hardware. It's been running for 3 years and I don't want to upgrade. I
also have a new P4 1.5Ghz machine that runs labVIEW 6i and all the
user interface screen for a test bed. Basically, I want to control my
specialized hardware on the machine running 5.0 with my new machine
running 6i.

It would be very unfortunate if I could do something as simple as
transferring data from one machine to an other.

Thanks Again,

Mike


Greg McKaskle wrote in message news:<3C8EC55E.70307@austin.rr.com>...
> > Does anyone know if there is a i
ncompatible issue between labVIEW 5.0
> > and 6i when using the VI server?
> >
> > I've configured my server on a machine running labVIEW 5.0 and get
> > the following error when opening an application reference on a machine
> > with 6i
> >
> > Error code 1037 incompatible VI server protocol version.
> >
>
>
> That is exactly what the error means. Major efforts are made to keep
> the protocol compatible, but the initial protocol had a few problems and
> so later versions of LV are compatible with one another, but are not
> compatible with the older one. I'm not positive, but I believe there
> are only two version of the protocol.
>
> Greg McKaskle

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> Is there any alternatives? I try to explain what I want to do and
> maybe you can offer a suggestion
>
> I'm running labVIEW 5.0 on an old P133 machine with very specialized
> hardware. It's been running for 3 years and I don't want to upgrade. I
> also have a new P4 1.5Ghz machine that runs labVIEW 6i and all the
> user interface screen for a test bed. Basically, I want to control my
> specialized hardware on the machine running 5.0 with my new machine
> running 6i.
>
> It would be very unfortunate if I could do something as simple as
> transferring data from one machine to an other.
>


The protocol only affects the VI server, not the rest of the networking
tools. If the data you want to transfer is relatively simple, you can
flatten
it into a packet, and write them on the one computer and read on
the other.

Greg McKaskle