Run time distribution of Labview tests for TestStand Demo

[Scott Trosper]

I am attempting to create a demo using a CVI operator interface and a sequence file that calls Labview Test VIs. I would like to configure this so that it can be ran using the TestStand Demo CD but I am running into issues with the LabView revision. It looks like my TestStand 2.0 eval CD supports Labview 5.1.1 and 6.0.2. I have Labview 6.1 as my development platform. This gives me the option of compiling in 6.0 but the errors I get in the TestStand demo refer to the 5.1.1 run time engine. Is there a good way of setting up a demo using Labview that will work with the TestStand demo CD? How can I determine the run time engine revision number of the TestStandLVRTS in the Components\NI .. directory and is there a
way of including a later revision as part of my demo code?

[Shannon R]

Scott,

When using the LabVIEW RunTime Server, all of your VIs and the RunTime Server need to be built in the same version of LabVIEW. In order for your demo to be run using the TestStand Evaluation cd, your LabVIEW VIs and the LabVIEW RunTime Server need to either all be built in LabVIEW 6.0.2 or LabVIEW 5.1.1.

Since you have LabVIEW 6.1, I would recommend keeping everything in LabVIEW 6.0.2. LabVIEW provides a feature to save for a previous version. From LabVIEW, if you go to File>>Save with Options you can choose "Save for a Previous Version" and select LabVIEW 6.0. Then you need to use the LabVIEW Application Builder to load the TestStand LabVIEW RunTime Server Build script and rebuild the RunTime Server in LabVIEW 6.0. If you do not have LabVIEW 6.0 or
the Application Builder, please contact us for more help. For more information on rebuilding the LabVIEW RunTime Server, see the last section of Chapter 17, Customizing and Distributing a LabVIEW RunTime Server. TestStand User Manual

The other option is to rebuild the LabVIEW RunTime Server in LabVIEW 6.1. Using this method, you can save your VIs in LabVIEW 6.1 as you normally would. Then your users would have to have the LabVIEW 6.1 RunTime Engine which is available for free download from the web. Drivers and Updates

Hope this helps!
Regards,
Shannon Rariden
Applications Engineer
National Instruments