How to acess USB port of a PC in another PC connected in network

[Ganesh Kumar]

I want to acess a USB port of one PC from another PC to state whether the port is busy/used one or in free state , the PC's are connected in the network. Is there any solution?.

[srikrishnaNF]

hi ganesh kumar,

  If you have a provision to check whether an USB port is busy or not in your local PC,then you can share that particular status information(may be the data type will be a boolean) using TCP/ip vis...That means you can monitor that particular variable from other pc using tcp/ip vis where that variable will give the status information of the USB port..

Thanks and regards,

srikrishnaNF

[Ganesh Kumar]

I want to get the information through labVIEW, and atleast to get the hardware name connected to the USB , then I can use TCP/IP client server model to acess it i hope.

[srikrishnaNF]

hi ganesh kumar,

   JUst answer my question,say your hardware is connectd  to your PC,can you get the details of the hardware using labview including hardware name?

   If your answer is yes...then you can access those details from other pc using TCP/ip vis..

Thanks and regards,

srikrishnaNF

[Ganesh Kumar]

Hi,

I have no idea how to access the USB device through labVIEW. Itries to use VISA functions but I can't.

[srikrishnaNF]

hi ganesh,

  Try this link...http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4478

  Do your device/hardware has any SDK?

T hanks and regards,

srikrishnaNF

[srikrishnaNF]

hi ganesh,

  You can know whether a usb device is connected or not using some .net interfacing...Have a look at this code..

Thanks and regards,

srikrishnaNF