Skyline examples

[RaulPerez]

Hello,

I have been looking for how to create tags on Labview but I don't seem to find more documentation on how to do so.

I only found this http://www.ni.com/documentation/en/systemlink/latest/manual/skyline-data-services/  which has no examples and those would help a lot.

I see some on this forum have access to one example but I have not been able to find it.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

[JoshuaP · Accepted solution]

We ship a couple of examples that you can find using the LabVIEW Example Finder.

[viScience]

Heard about a Skyline DAQ Logger reference design.  Does anyone know where to find it?

[JoshuaP]

I don't know if I would call it a reference design.  It's just a little project I created for testing and demos, but you are more than welcome to use it as a starting point.

https://github.com/joshuaprewitt/skyline-crio-logger

[viScience]

Interesting example, is NI planning on extending this concept?  I am thinking about something that provides cRIO scan engine IOV binding to skyline tags and evolving the DSM and hypertrend to work with tags instead of NSV's.  From what I understand this may become a reality when historical data services are released in Q2, any comment?

[JoshuaP]

I'm not exactly sure what you are looking for, but I don't have any immediate plans to build that example into something official.  We are however, working on adding a tag historian and alarm service to SystemLink.

I haven't had a chance to play with it, but NI also has a DCAF module for Skyline Tags and I may try to incorporate it into that example.

https://github.com/LabVIEW-DCAF/SystemLinkTagModule

[RasmusVistisen]

Which installer are the Skyline VI's and examples part of? I installed LabVIEW 2017, NXG 2.0, System Link server and client, Embedded control and monitoring software suite, but they don't show up.

[JoshuaP]

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Which installer are the Skyline VI's and examples part of? I installed LabVIEW 2017, NXG 2.0, System Link server and client, Embedded control and monitoring software suite, but they don't show up.

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Installation order matters in some of these cases.  Try rerunning the SystemLink Client installer.  They install with it.

[RasmusVistisen]

that worked, thanks

[JoeySpinella]

viScience - I'd recommend checking out www.ni.com/flexlogger 

It's a configuration based datalogger that has a preview feature to broadcast all its channels as Skyline tags.