how to get status of target system battery level

[NewtoLV]

Hi,

I want to get the current battery percentage on the target system with labview.  Does anyone have DLL that I can use, or can someone please help me.  The target system connected to the Host system running labVIEW via TCP/IP.

thanks,

John

[RavensFan]

Calculating the System Power Source and Battery Information in LabVIEW

[NewtoLV]

Dear RavensFan,

Thanks for the link, it is a good starts for me, could you show me how I access the windows library kernel32.dll on the target system that connected via TCP/IP from "Call library function node" in labview.

thank you so much.

Jonh

[RavensFan]

I'm not clear on what is the target system you are referring to.

The VI reads the battery level for whatever PC the VI is running on.

[Freelance_LV]

Hi

you will have to run the vi on the target (RT) and then get the values from RT to your PC via TCP/IP.

[Norbert_B]

The DLL is Windows only though....

What target are we talking about? Is it a RT Desktop? A Windows Laptop?

Norbert

[Freelance_LV]

oh yes! the dll is for Windows.

for RT, i remember there were some vis on the RT which gave the memory used and memory free. not remember exactly which one that was.

[NewtoLV]

I'm sorry to confuse everyone here, I'm completely new to the programming.

To make it clear, I have a host system running a LabVIEW and measures the temperature on the target system (laptop).  The question I have, I want to use the LabVIEW to reads the battery percentages on the target system not on the host system, any suggestion/pointer/advice are greately appreciated.

thank you,

John

[RavensFan]

You need to have the battery check VI run on the laptop.  Then you can pass the information to your host system by way of network shared variables.

[RavensFan]

You need to have the battery check VI run on the laptop.  Then you can pass the information to your host system by way of network shared variables.