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FPGA targets might be located in other systems on the network, which are known as remote systems. The FPGA Module uses the NI-VISA communication protocol to locate FPGA targets in remote systems, which are known as remote FPGA targets. NI Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) detects remote FPGA targets as VISA resources and displays them in the Devices and Interfaces category under the remote system to which they are connected. To make remote FPGA targets accessible to other computers on the network, you run the NI-VISA Server on the remote system. The NI-VISA Server runs automatically on RT targets after you install VISA and reboot the RT target.

The NI-VISA Server is a tool that enables users on a network to access VISA resources on the computer on which the NI-VISA Server is running. The NI-VISA Server can run on networked RT targets, located both on and off the local subnet, and Windows computers.

After you install and start the NI-VISA Server on the remote system, you must grant access permissions to the remote system in MAX. When the FPGA target appears in MAX, verify that you can access the FPGA target. If you cannot verify access to the remote FPGA target using MAX or if you receive an error message when attempting to add the remote FPGA target to the Project Explorer window in LabVIEW, verify that you correctly set access permissions. You then can add the remote system to the Project Explorer window in LabVIEW.

Note  Some functionality and some FPGA targets might not allow remote access.