Configuring a Simulation on a Real-Time Target (Simulation Interface Toolkit)

The LabVIEW Simulation Interface Toolkit supports hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing using supported National Instruments RT Series hardware. You must install the LabVIEW Real-Time Module in order to execute a simulation on an RT target. Refer to the KnowledgeBase for information about configuring hardware devices for use with the Simulation Interface Toolkit.

Note  You also can execute a model DLL on a Windows computer. For example, you can install a National Instruments DAQ device in a Windows computer and execute a simulation using that device.

Configuring a simulation on a real-time (RT) target involves the following steps:

1. Build a model.

   Note  In order to communicate with RT Series hardware, the model must have at least one input port and one output port.

2. Create a host VI with controls and indicators.
3. Convert the model to a model DLL.
4. Specify the model, model DLL, and execution host.
5. Create a driver VI.
6. Run the simulation. When you run the simulation, the Simulation Interface Toolkit downloads the necessary files to the RT target.