Running Compact FieldPoint without LabView RT

[fuel cells 229]

In using Compact FieldPoint, how necessary is it to run
LabView RT instead of just LabView?

[Ben]

I believe it depends on what you are trying to do.

If you want to monitor your tags from a Windows based LV app, you should be fine.

If you intend to target your RT app at the Compact FP unit, you will need RT.

What are you trying to do with your Compact FP?

Ben

[Aaron_G]

Currently, the only available controllers for Compact FieldPoint are the cFP-20XX series LabVIEW RT Controllers. If you do not use LabVIEW RT, you do not take advantage of their full capabilities. However, the controllers publish all of their data items over the network just like the FieldPoint Ethernet Network Modules (FP-160X series) do. So you can use them as regular ethernet network modules and access them without LabVIEW RT, but you do not get to take
advantage of their serial ports or embedded control abilities.

Regards,
Aaron