LabVIEW 2009 SP1 Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Readme

Version 9.0.1

December 2009

This file contains important information about the LabVIEW 2009 SP1 Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module, including installation issues and changes from the DSC Module 8.6.1. Refer to the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Release and Upgrade Notes, which are available in your DSC Module software kit, for upgrade and compatibility issues of the DSC Module.

Supported Operating Systems

Installation Instructions

DSC Module 2009 Features and Changes

Known Issues

Additions to the DSC Module Help

Bug Fixes

Supported Operating Systems

The DSC Module supports the following operating systems:

• Windows 7
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
• Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

The DSC Module does not support Windows NT/Me/98/95 or the Windows Server non-R2 editions. Refer to the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Release and Upgrade Notes for a complete list of system requirements.

Note: National Instruments is committed to maintaining compatibility with Microsoft Windows technology changes. However, NI has become aware of a number of issues of potential significance regarding Microsoft Windows 7. To learn how Windows 7 affects your use of NI products, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code windows7.

Installation Instructions

You can install all of your LabVIEW products—including the DSC Module—using the LabVIEW 2009 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Platform DVDs. You can find installation instructions for the DSC Module along with activation instructions in the following locations:

• LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Release and Upgrade Notes, which are available in your DSC Module software kit.
• LabVIEW Release Notes, which are available in your LabVIEW software kit.
• LabVIEW 2009 Service Pack 1 Readme for Windows, which is available on the top-level of LabVIEW Platform DVD 1.

To request additional LabVIEW 2009 SP1 Platform DVDs, refer to the National Instruments Web site.

DSC Module 2009 Features and Changes

The following list contains the new features and changes of the DSC Module. Refer to the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Release and Upgrade Notes for a complete list of the new features and changes.

• Use the Create Shared Variable VI to create variables of waveform, array, integer, variant, timestamp, fixed point, and custom data types.
• Use the Get Shared Variable Type VI to return the data type of a shared variable.
• You can create EPICS Server I/O servers in the DSC Module to publish local and remote shared variables and I/O data to an EPICS network.
• Use the navigation controls located on the System and Modern palettes to navigate through multiple front panels in an application. Navigation controls include the Previous Button, Next Button, and Jump Button controls.
• The DSC Module includes enhancements to the NI Distributed System Manager. You can use the System Manager to monitor historical trends for shared variables, register remote computers, and enable logging for processes.
• The DSC Module includes enhancements to custom I/O servers. When you build an application that includes custom I/O servers, LabVIEW detects and copies all dependent custom I/O servers to the build. When you deploy the built application to the target computer, LabVIEW distributes and upgrades the custom I/O servers to the target computer automatically. You can use the System Manager to monitor and debug custom I/O servers.
• The DSC Module provides Run-Time System support for Touch Panel devices. You can distribute a built application to a Touch Panel target by installing the DSC Module Run-Time System on the Touch Panel device.
• The DSC Module includes a list of new VIs.
• The DSC Module includes the following new examples:
  • Citadel Web Services—This example demonstrates how to export the DSC Module database functionality into Web services and request historical data from remote computers. Refer to the readme.html file in the labview\examples\lvdsc\Applications\Citadel Web Service\Citadel Web Services.lvproj for information about using this example.
  • Navigation Controls—This example demonstrates how to use the navigation controls and integrate the navigation controls into DSC Module applications. Access this example by double-clicking the Main VI in the labview\examples\TouchPanel\Navigation Controls\Navigation Controls.lvproj.

Known Issues

You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the National Instruments Web site for an up-to-date list of known issues in the DSC Module.

Additions to the DSC Module Help

Use the DSC Settings: Process page of the Project Library Properties dialog box to save the states of shared variables in a process periodically.

This page includes the following components:

• Save State Periodically—Specifies whether the Shared Variable Engine (SVE) saves the states of shared variables periodically.
• Period—Specifies the time interval, in seconds, that the SVE uses to save the states of shared variables.

Bug Fixes

The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in the DSC Module. If you have a bug ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of the DSC Module.

Important Information

Copyright

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Patents

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