Creating EPICS Server I/O Servers Interactively

Complete the following steps to create an EPICS Server I/O server interactively.
  1. In the Project Explorer window, right-click a target, such as the My Computer target, and select New»I/O Server from the shortcut menu.
  2. In the Create New I/O Server dialog box, select EPICS Server and click the Continue button.
  3. In the Configure EPICS Server I/O Server dialog box, click the Add/Remove Variables button to display the Add/Remove Variables dialog box.
    Note Use the Configure EPICS Server I/O Server dialog box to configure new and existing EPICS Server I/O servers. You can launch this dialog box by right-clicking an EPICS Server I/O server and selecting Properties from the shortcut menu.
  4. In the Access type pull-down menu, specify the access type for the shared variables that you want to add.
  5. In the Add/Remove Variables dialog box, select the shared variables that you want to publish and click the Add button to add these shared variables to the Added Variables list.
    Press the Ctrl key to select multiple shared variables.
    Note Select a target and click the Add All button to add all supported shared variables under this target. You can select a shared variable from the Added variables list and click the Remove button to remove the shared variable from this list. You also can click the Remove All button to remove all shared variables from this list.
  6. Click the OK button to add the shared variables to the Configure EPICS Server I/O Server dialog box.
  7. Optional: Triple-click a cell in the PV field to customize PV names for the added shared variables.
    Note Do not use spaces in the customized PV names. Otherwise, LabVIEW reports these PV names as invalid PV names.
  8. Optional: Click a cell in the Access type fields to customize access types for the added shared variables.
  9. Click the OK button to create the EPICS Server I/O server.