Remote Control of MEasurement and automation explorer doesn't work

[jrojfer]

Hi all,

I am trying to use the Remote Systems feature of the measurement and automation explorer, to control the machines of my LAN and the devices plugged to them. Till the moment, i cannot see the other systems and I don't know why, this is the scenario:

LAN:
    - machines with IP: 1.1.2.*
    - subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

O.S: Windows XP SP2 (firewall disabled)

One machine with PCI-6221 and USB-6501
Others machines with USB-6501
Same driver in all of them
I can reach the other machines by means of ping.

I cannot add manually the host clicking on "create new" and specifying the IP address. Any idea what is happening? I just want to see on my machine the different machines on the LAN with the NI plugged devices. Is this possible or i am wrong?

[AitziberH]

Hi,

from Remote Systems in MAX you only can see the remote National Instruments targets not other networked Windows PCs.

If you want to see from MAX the DAQ devices installed in remote PCs is possible, but only if you are working with Traditional DAQ, cause this driver installs a component called RDA (Remote Device Access) that makes this possible. Here you have a link explaining this:

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/5CC9792C6CD4A34C862565BC0072D5DF?OpenDocument

This component is not in DAQmx, and your DAQ boards are only supported in DAQmx, so I'm afraid that the only way for you to do this is programmatically using TCP/IP or Datasocket communication for example.

Best regards.

[jrojfer]

Hi Aitziberh,

Thank you for your detailed reply, so it is not possible with the program itself (M&A Explorer).


Agur