Some custom device features are only available on the NI-VCOM Toolkit for VeriStand.

Exporting and Importing Your Configuration

You can deploy some projects on more than one test system. To facilitate the project deployment, an Export/Import function is available in the toolkit.

Configure your project.
  1. Right-click VCOM in your system tree and select Export Config.
    A new window appears.
  2. Enter a name and a file path for the ZIP file you want to create.
  3. Click Export to create the file.
  4. Import the file into a new project by right-clicking VCOM and selecting Import Config.
  5. Enter the file path.
  6. Click Import.
  7. Save your project.

Comparing Database Files

Complete the following steps to compare the differences between two database files set one after the other one on the same project.

  1. Update the Network Descriptor parameter in the NI-VCOM Configuration Tool to match the second database file name.
  2. Save the configuration.
    A new window is displayed that shows which channels must be updated. While importing the signals into the corresponding channels, the tool displays the following four different states for each signal:
    • Same: This signal represents no difference between the previous and new database file.
    • New: This signal was not present in the previous database file and is new to the configuration.
    • Different: This signal has been updated in the new database file.
    • Missing: This signal has been removed from the new database file and will be removed from the configuration.
  3. Review the signal states tally displayed at the bottom of the Add/Update Channel Selection window.
    Note If you do not see the Add/Update Channel Selection window, select Import Manually in the Add/Update Sections window.
  4. Select the desired signals for your project.
  5. (Optional) Click Export Report to export this information in a text file.
  6. Click Done to apply the changes.