CVI for linux

[taco]

I read that CVI 6.0 will have support for linux, but unfortunately only Labview is supporting this OS now. Can you give an indication when CVI will be ported to linux? We have stopped all development with cvi because of the numerous problems with windows and its bad realtime behaviour. For programmers linux is a much better platform and has much more stability, especially for critical applications. (therefore it's strange that labview is ported first and not cvi....) We have to use now the Tk library with gcc and the (fortunately) linux libraries for the NI cards, which is ok, but a cvi version would be very welcome.

[Chris Matthews]

We have not made any announcement about CVI support for linux. We are monitoring demand but do not currently have any plan on porting CVI to the linux platform.

Best Regards,

Chris Matthews
National Instruments

[davidx]

I also would REALLY be grateful for CVI Linux.

thanks NI, david.

[albeedoobee]

CVI is an absolutely fantastic product.
The ONLY THING WRONG WITH IT IS THE OS!!!
If I could use it to develop code under LINUX, I could RULE THE WORLD!! OK, mabe not, but I cannot imagine much of anything that couldn't be done with it. I mean, real machine control, HMI, analysis, database ....on and on.
Don't EVEN BREATHE A WORD ABOUT LabView!!
If I wanted to draw programs, I could use a PLC!!!

[Wendy L]

Hello everyone,

In an attempt to try to catch everyone who might have a LabWindows/CVI and Linux or Real-Time interest, I'm going to repost this information in this thread as well. I know this thread has been going on for a few years now, but I wanted to update whoever is interested in the latest LabWindows/CVI modules that we've released to try to address your multiplatform support needs:

So we now have a Real-Time Module, which allows you to develop LabWindows/CVI apps on a Windows machine and run on a real-time PXI or PC target.

Also, to partly address the main subject of this thread, in August, we release the Run-Time Module for Linux, which similarly allows you to develop on a Windows machine as you always have with CVI, and then run your application on multiple Linux distributions.

That's a brief overview of the latest modules, but if you want more information on what hardware is supported and also a more in-depth discussion on the module, take a look at the following resources:

Real-Time Module: www.ni.com/lwcvi/realtime

Run-Time Module for Linux: Introduction to the Run-Time Module for Linux Whitepaper

Thanks.