Unix Window inside Windows Labview front panel

[Jasson]

I have a tab control with multiple tabs.  The first tab I use to access my hardware using the USB interface.  I would like the second tab to be a unix terminal or DOS prompt where I can telnet into a unix box.  This terminal would access the hardware using the UNIX box.  I used the Telnet Client VI but it does not give you access to all the unix commands (history, tab, etc..).   You also have to send the command which is confusign to the user.  The system VI does not open the DOS prompt in the LabVIEW front panel.  I need to know when the user is using the UNIX or USB which is why I want the UNIX terminal in the Labview front panel. 

Anyone get a unix terminal in a Labview front panel?  Maybe invoking nodes?

Thanks,

Jasson

[Ipshita_C]

Hi Jasson,

Have you tried using the System Exec.vi function that lets you use Linux commands in a terminal shell? It is found in the Functions Palette in Connectivity>>Libraries and Executables. Hope this helps!

Ipshita C.

[amaglio]

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Ipshita_C wrote:

Hi Jasson,

Have you tried using the System Exec.vi function that lets you use Linux commands in a terminal shell? It is found in the Functions Palette in Connectivity>>Libraries and Executables. Hope this helps!

Ipshita C.

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I am having the same issues as Jasson. I am trying to send unix commands to a unix machine. I have no trouble at all doing this using the command prompt in windows but I cannot do it using System Exec.vi

 I have tried multiple ways to do it and none were successful. The first way was I opened the used System Exec.vi to open the cmd.exe program, and then start telnet from there, but it seems that this launches a new application telnet so the System Exec.vi has no connection with the new telnet application because it was launched from cmd.exe.

The other way that I tried was directly opening telnet.exe from the System Exec.vi but this does not work. I am not sure how to work around this. Any ideas 

[Ipshita_C]

Hi Amaglio,

I see what you are saying--I also tried the SystemExec.vi with the same results. You can perhaps have a look at this forum post.It appears they use Exceed to open Unix.

Ipshita C.

[Coq_Rouge]

Hi this is a activeX telnet tool with GUI. Perhaps it will help you. It comes with 30 day trail.

http://www.weonlydo.com/index.asp?showform=TelnetDLX