NI VeriStand FPGA-Based I/O Interface Tools Discussion

[StephenB]

Reinstalling labview will not fix it. The error indicates you are running the install VI from inside the zip archive without extracting the files first.

Try saving the download (zip file) to disk. Then right click and extract. Finally, browse to the extracted location and run the VI

--Stephen Barrett (mobile)

[ni_2012]

If I extract the files, it asks me for a password. I am using VeriStand 2011.

When I tried to open the zip file and copy it to my desktop, I get the following error

The system cannot find the file specified

Thanks

[StephenB]

I'm sorry to hear all the troubles. The zip file posted has no password and I was able to download and extract it to my desktop no problem as you saw in the video. I recommend working with your IT department or a colleague to resolve this, as there is nothing I can do here.

[plist]

Hey Stephen,

I'm trying to create a custom device with very similiar functionality to the custom FPGA. The problem is that I want to add some additional custimization options on the VeriStand Channel options pages. (I.e. Have an enum front-end that I can translate to a number, basically making it more accessible to a user.) Is there anyway to gain access to the way the FPGA device is handled within VeriStand? Or will have to create an antirely new custom device, and just use DMA reads/writes to access data from the FPGA?

Any help in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul

[plist]

To answer to others' questions about the passworded zip file:

I had the same issue extracting the file using Microsoft's built-in unzip utility. But as soon as I tried it with 7-zip it worked fine. You might try to use another utility to get around the issue.

(I just did some troubleshooting and it seems as though MS's unzipper has a file name length limitation. Reducing the FPGA Tools name to something shorter remedied the issue. Stephen it might be helpful to restructure the files in the zip, or make them a self extracting archive)

EDIT: Typos

[StephenB]

Yes you can simultaneously access the FPGA from a custom device. You will need to use the LabVIEW FPGA Advanced Interface Tools to do so. There are several examples of doing this already and a good one to start with is the Sensor Simulation Custom Device

[plist]

Thanks Stephen, I'll dig into them.

[Seiya_Tu]

I got the problem that i cannot see the "New CRIO FPGA Project" Wizard after installing the toolkit, as shown in the picture above. Is anyone exprencing the same problem?

I got LabVIEW 2011 SP1 and WIN7

[StephenB]

Do you have the same problem if you select new FPGA project? (not veristand project)

I think you're missing the NI-RIO drivers you need installed. also make sure LV FPGA and LV Real Time are installed

[Seiya_Tu]

Hey Stephen,

Thanks for your quick response. I do have LV FPGA and LV RT installed and I don't have the problem while creating projects using FPGA or RT wizard.