National Instruments Product Compatibility for Microsoft Windows Vista
The following document outlines National Instruments Product Support for Windows Vista, The table lists the minimum version required to operate on the specific operating system: XP......

Accessing Citadel 5 Data from Other Software
This document describes Structured Query Language (SQL), Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), and how to access Citadel data using both SQL and ODBC. There are separate documents tha......

Advanced SCADA Using Lookout
Learn how to develop advanced SCADA applications by configuring and without any programming. This session is a technical look at how to log data and monitor alarms and events to an......

.ini settings in Lookout
You can modify the following settings in the lookout.ini file. Please note that some of these are modified by Lookout directly, so if you modify them in the .ini file and change th......

Connecting ServerExplorer to Lookout
1. Make sure Lookout is running the process that you want to connect to from ServerExplorer. 2. Start ServerExplorer. Right-click on LookoutOPCServer , then select Wizard . 3. The ......

Connection Designs in Client/Server Architecture
The following document will help you in development of your client/server process. It will help you with some important programming concepts which you should keep in mind while dev......

Considerations for Choosing an HMI Package
National Instruments offers a choice in industrial automation software, because we know our users have very different needs. Both Lookout and the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisor......

Controlling Programmable Logic Controllers with the ASCII Object in Lookout
Custom devices without established protocols: There may be times where Lookout is communicating with a piece of hardware that does not conform to the common protocols for PLCs. Whe......

Converting FieldPoint Objects to OPCFieldPoint in Lookout
Lookout offers several methods for connecting to a FieldPoint device: FieldPoint object, OPCFieldPoint object, and Logos protocol (Ethernet modules only). There is a serious limita......

Deploying a Lookout Application
There are two distinct cases where you may need to move a Lookout application from one computer to another. In the first case, you would move the application from the computer wher......