how does exactly data socket work?

[danielk 135]

i know that it doesn't guarantee data delivery and is's based on tcp/ip. i'd like to know exact differences between communication with tcp/ip and datasocket.

[altenbach]

Datasocket uses TCP/IP, but is (especially on recent LabVIEW versions) much more easy and intuitive to use. You don't have to worry about connection opening/closing, ports, and all the other details of a raw TCP/IP communications. NI has already done all the hard work.

Have a look at some of the examples included with LabVIEW.

[Jon]

DataSocket will lose your data. TCP/IP won't. Stick to TCP, trust me.

Jon

"danielk" wrote in message
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> i know that it doesn't guarantee data delivery and is's based on
> tcp/ip. i'd like to know exact differences between communication with
> tcp/ip and datasocket.

[altenbach]

LabVIEW 7 Express includes now datasocket buffering, so this is less of a problem.

[danielk 135]

i thought i'll get more specific inforamtions. i'd like to know differencies between transmission with tcp and datasocket in particular layers (application, transport, network)

daniel