Difference between deploy and run on CRIO

[joshtombs]

I am using a CRIO-9073, I have it added to my project and executing code. I want to know what the difference is between hitting deploy and hitting the run button on the front panel? I know that when I hit the run button it updates the front panel and runs the VI as I would expect.

Is there a way to run the VI without that front panel being open? I assumed that's what the deploy option actually does. Am I correct with that assumption? If not, what is the difference?

[smoot · Accepted solution]

Josh,

The cRIO Dev Guide is a generally a good resource for these types of questions, in particular Chapter 11 covers the differences.

You are definitely on the right track; in order to run your code headless, you'll have to build a real-time application and Deploy it as a startup executable, which is all covered in the first few pages of that chapter.