After you have finished implementing your application design, use interactive execution and benchmarking tools to test the determinism of your application and then deploy the application to a real-time controller.
You must have a working real-time application before you can test and deploy a real-time application. Refer to
Implementing a Real-Time Application Design
for help writing a real-time application.
Complete the following steps to test and deploy your real-time application.
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Connect to a real-time controller—You must establish a network connection to your real-time system so that SystemDesigner can detect it and provide a visual representation of your hardware.
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Test a real-time VI using interactive execution—When you run a VI that is targeted to a real-time controller, SystemDesigner deploys the VI, and the VI runs interactively on the controller. You can modify inputs and view output data to make sure your design executes as expected.
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Benchmark the performance and determinism of your real-time application—Real-time VIs offer unique benchmarking tools to test the determinism of your application. Use these benchmarking tools to verify that your application meets your timing requirements.
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Deploy and run code on a real-time controller—After testing your design to make sure it executes and generates data as expected, use SystemDesigner to build a real-time application, deploy it to a real-time controller, and run the application on your real-time system.