Installing a Startup Application

Installing a Startup Application

You can generate a component definition file (CDF) for applications you build using the LabVIEW Real-Time module. A component definition file defines the software dependencies for your startup application. To generate a component definition file, navigate to the Component Definition page of the Real-Time Application Properties dialog box and place a checkmark in the Create a component definition file (.cdf) and specify dependencies checkbox. Refer to the LabVIEW Help for more information about creating a component definition file for your application.

Note  You also can deploy a startup application to a remote target programmatically using the Install Startup VI in LabVIEW 2011 or later.

Complete the following steps to install a startup application to the target using the LabVIEW Real-Time Software Wizard:

1. Expand Remote Systems in the configuration tree and then expand your RT target.
2. Select Software. Click the Add/Remove Software icon on the toolbar to launch the LabVIEW Real-Time Software Wizard. The LabVIEW Real-Time Software Wizard displays the Startup Application page. You must build a CDF to view this page. Refer to the Deploying from outside of the LabVIEW Development Environment section of the Building and Deploying a Stand-Alone Real-Time Application topic in the LabVIEW Help.
3. Select Install the following startup application and select the startup application you want to install from the application list. MAX populates this list with all startup applications available on the host.
   
   If the startup application you want to install does not appear in the list of applications, ensure you created a CDF for the application, and that you created the application for the targeted system.
4. Select the version you want to install from the Available version(s) on the host drop-down list.
5. Click Next.
6. Verify your selection on the confirmation page. This page lists all the changes that are to be made to the remote target.

   Note  If you previously installed a startup application to the target, MAX automatically uninstalls the application.

7. Click Next to begin installation. During installation, a progress bar tracks the removal of old files and the installation of new files, with the current file listed above the progress bar. When installation completes, the wizard reboots your remote target.
8. Click Finish to close the wizard.

You can expand Software in the configuration tree to view a list of the software installed on the remote target. The icon denotes the startup application on the target.