Use my VI from HTML page

[Vincenzo Palomba]

Hi,
I need to use my VI remotly, I have a webserver but don't know how to send
commands to my VI from a asp,cgi, html page...
Can anyone help me?
Has anyone some easy examples so I can learn studying them?
Thanks
Vincenzo

[Dennis_Knutson]

What version of LabVIEW are you using? With 6.1 or newer, it's easy. There's a built in LabVIEW web server and you use a Web publishing tool. Any browser can control the VI with the installation of the LabVIEW run-time engine. With earlier versions, it gets a little trickier. The best resource for information on Internet control is the book "Internet Applications in LabVIEW" by Jeffrey Travis. His web site is here. The book is also available from Amazon.com. NI sells an Internet Toolkit that includes CGI functions if you need those.

[BiG-C]

Hi Vincenzo,

As Dennis mentioned there is the LabVIEW built in Web Server for basic [static] http web serving. If you want to incorporate cgi [dynamic] functionality I strongly recommend you get the LabVIEW Internet Toolkit. It includes a webserver that can process cgi requests. For your interest, I have an online demo using this web server, you can control and view a VI through a web browser without having the LabVIEW Run Time Engine.

View here.

If you need any further information, you can contact me at charles@madry.com.au


Charles ElBayeh
Applications Engineer
Madry Technologies, NI Alliance Member
Sydney, Australia
www.madry.com.au

[BiG-C]

After I submitted my answer I noticed that Dennis made a mention of the Internet Toolkit in the last sentence of his answer. Sorry, didnt mean to repeat.

Cheers.