export Existing Labview RT VI to Linux.

[Jetsoftdev]

We have a existing Labview RT VI that we would like to export to a real time linux.

We see three ways of doing this:
1. Export the VI to C code to Embedded Linux using the Microprocessor SDK.
2. Buy Labview for Linux if the project would convert.
3. recode the VI's from scratch in C.


We would rather not do 3. Does anyone have any opinion or experience on the viability of #1 or #2.

Glen

[Kevin_S]

Hi Jetsoftdev,

1) Yes, you can use the LabVIEWMicroprocessor SDK module to port a project over to Linux.  (If you're doing this, investigate the target titled "Unix Console".)

2) A VI in itself is platform independent.  Therefore, if you created a VI in Windows or with a MAC, you could easily open the VI on a Linux computer.  Executables and DLLs are not platform independent though.

3) Of course, you can reprogram your code in C.  That is an option - even though it's a last resort.

I hope this helps,

Kevin S.

Applications Engineer

National Instruments