LabVIEW 2010 FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit Readme

Version 10.0

June 2010

This file contains information to introduce you to the LabVIEW FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit and provides you with help resources you can use. This file contains the following information that you need to understand:

Overview

System Requirements

Installation and Activation Instructions

Getting Started

Known Issues


Overview

With the FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit you can compile multiple FPGA VIs simultaneously as well as monitor and manage the compilation queue remotely. You also can install compile workers on different computers and let the FPGA compile server manage all available compile workers on the network and load balance compilation requests. The compile server can reschedule the compilation job to a different compile worker if a compile worker becomes inoperable during a compilation.

System Requirements

When you install the FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit, you install the FPGA Compile Farm Console and the FPGA compile server. The FPGA Compile Farm Console is a web-based application that you use to monitor and manage compilation jobs. The compile server is a system service that runs in the background of the OS. The computer on which you install the FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit must meet the following minimum system requirements to run this add-on:

Installation and Activation Instructions

You can install all of your LabVIEW products—including the FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit—using the LabVIEW 2010 Platform DVDs. You can find installation instructions for the FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit along with activation instructions in the following locations:

To request additional LabVIEW 2010 Platform DVDs, refer to the National Instruments Web site at ni.com.

Note: If you purchased this product with an NI Software Suite or NI Product Bundle, use the installation media that shipped with your purchase to install this product.

Known Issues

You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the National Instruments Web site at ni.com for an up-to-date list of known issues in the FPGA Compile Farm Toolkit.

Getting Started

Refer to the Getting Started with the FPGA Compile Farm document, available by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»FPGA»Getting Started with the FPGA Compile Farm, for information about setting up and using the FPGA compile farm.


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