remote control of a RS-232 device on client side

[GabrielaK]

Hello,
I just started to play around with LabVIEW 7.1 's remote control options. I was able to control a VI, which runs on the server PC and communicates to a RS-232 device connected to the com port of the server, from a client PC by simply calling the appropriate www address (obtained by LabVIEWs web publishing tool) in IE running on the client.
What I actually would like to do is the opposite. I would like to control a RS-232 device which is connected to a com port of the CLIENT by running a VI on the server PC without the need to have LabVIEW installed on the client. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance,
best regards,
Gabs

[Dennis_Knutson]

One option is to install VISA on the client and use NI-VISA Server. What this does is allow other computers to access VISA resources on a PC through a network connection. I've only done a little with this so I'm not sure about the performance. Go to MAX>Tools>NI-VISA>VISA Options and select VISA Server to configure it and the Security selection underneath that to set which systems are allowd remote access.