Copying and Renaming an Existing Target (Microprocessor SDK)
Complete the following steps to create a new embedded target by copying and renaming an existing embedded target. You also can create a new embedded target from scratch if none of the example targets are appropriate.
- Create a folder in the labview\Targets directory.
Note National Instruments recommends using your company name, or some variation of your company name, when you create a new folder. For example, National Instruments targets are located in the labview\Targets\NI directory. - Create an Embedded subfolder. LabVIEW does not recognize any targets not in an Embedded folder.
- Create a subfolder with your target name.
- Launch LabVIEW.
- Select Tools»Microprocessor SDK»Target Editor from the Getting Started window, the Project Explorer window, or a blank VI to open the Target Editor.
- Select File»Open in the Target Editor and select the TgtSupp.xml file for the example target you are copying. TgtSupp.xml files are located in the target directory. For example, the TgtSupp.xml file for the Unix Console example target is located in the labview\Targets\NI\Embedded\unix directory.
- In the Target Editor, right-click the target you selected in the previous step, select Rename from the shortcut menu, and enter your target name.
- Select File»Save As and navigate to the directory you created in step 3 to open the Save Target As dialog box.
- (Optional) LabVIEW prepends prefixes to the plug-in directory and VIs themselves. Edit the prefix for your target in the Replace with text boxes.
- Click the OK button. LabVIEW copies, renames, and relinks the files for your new target. The copying, renaming, and linking can take a few minutes. Click the OK button to close the dialog box.
After you create your target, you can configure the target properties and build specification type properties.