Sending Information in a Cluster to Another Computer by TCP/IP Using LabVIEW

[Arturo_M._Gomez]

Overview

This VI shows how to send information to another PC using TCP/IP Protocol

Description

Internet Protocol (IP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) are the basic tools for network communication. The name TCP/IP comes from two of the best-known protocols of the internet protocol suite, the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol. With TCP/IP you can communicate over single networks or interconnected networks (Internet). TCP/IP communication provides a simple user interface that conceals the complexities of ensuring reliable network communication. With most I/O communication, the processor is always the client that initiates a connection to the disk drive server, the external instrument server, or the DAQ board server. With TCP/IP connections, a computer can function either as the client or the server.

This a very simple VI used to show how to send information, like a cluster for example, to another PC using TCP/IP. You can run the TCP_Server.vi in one computer and the TCP_Client.vi in another. The two VI’s implements the client and the server.

Requirements

LabVIEW 2012 (or compatible)

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

Client Instructions: 

1. Input the address of the PC where is running the TCP_Server.vi
2. Run this VI

Server Instructions: 

1. Open the TCP_Client.vi
2. Run this VI first
3. Change the controls in the cluster to see them in the client

Additional Information or References

Client VI Block Diagram

Server VI Block Diagram

 **This document has been updated to meet the current required format for the NI Code Exchange. **

[Todd S.]

Thanks for posting.  Could you please rename your attachments to include the LabVIEW version?  "_lvXX.vi" would be fine.

[haidang]

hi my name's dang,

I want to control a device in a far local by use internet and labview 2009, I used tcp/ip vi but it only active on Lan not internet, please introduce me the way, I thank so much please help me.