Adding and Configuring NI-VCOM in LabVIEW
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Use NI-VCOM in LabView through the NI-VCOM API.
NI-VCOM API
The NI-VCOM API provides a signals single-point mode. Using this mode, the signals update with every call of the Write VI. The signals then continue maintaining the cycle time specified in the database or TX_cycletime channel. Event triggered signals send with every value change or by toggling the TX_kickout channel from 0 to 1. To get a message on the wire, you must set all TX_enable channels from the desired node up its hierarchy () to 1. You must use either the Write VI or the Enable VI.
RBSConfig and the Configuration Tool
Two legacy tools are installed with the NI-VCOM Toolkit API:
Related Information
- Configuration Tool
Use the Configuration Tool to configure a variety of function modules through an XML file.
- Using RBSConfig
Generate the restbus simulation (RBS) descriptor XML file using the RBSConfig tool. This way, the RBS can send messages on a CAN or a LIN channel.