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I have to run a program on a remote workstation. At this date, I do it manually by opening a telnet session from my PC. Is it possible to launch this remote execution with LabView ?
Yes, it's possible. Use "Open Application Reference" - as LV help states, this function returns a reference to a VI Server application running on the specified computer. It will attempt to establish a TCP connection with a remote VI Server on that machine on the specified port. You can use this VI to get references to global VIs and custom controls.
Don't forget to enable the VI Server on target machine.
Let me know if you need details or your application cannot fit this scenario
If you need to launch an executable on a remote system, you can use VI Server to run a VI that contains the System Exec VI (on Communication Palette in LabVIEW), which can launch any executable (see LabVIEW Help).
Also, LabVIEW 6.1 introduces remote front panels via its built-in Web Server, which you can use to view or control a VI in any Web browser. With DataSocket you can write to and read from specific front panel objects.
Bryan Dickey Applications Engineer National Instruments http://www.ni.com/support
