PVAccess for LabVIEW

An EPICS PVAccess library for LabVIEW.

⚠️ This software is in the alpha stage of development and does not have a stable interface.

Requirements

The VIPM package is compatible with LabVIEW 2020 or above.

Real-time targets running NI Linux RT 2023 Q1 or above should be compatible.

Installation

LabVIEW library (VIPM)

Download the latest .vip file from releases and open it with VIPM.

NI Linux Real-Time

SSH into the target and run this command, replace x.x.xwith the version of the VIP file you have installed.

opkg install https://github.com/ISISNeutronMuon/pvaccess-labview/releases/download/vx.x.x/pvalv_x.x.x_x64.ipk

Development

• Clone EPICS Base to ./epics-base and build it

  git clone https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base.git
  make -C epics-base

• Clone PVXS to ./pvxs and build it

  git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/epics-base/pvxs.git
  echo 'EPICS_BASE=$(TOP)/../epics-base' > ./pvxs/configure/RELEASE.local
  make -C pvxs/bundle libevent
  make -C pvxs

  See the PVXS docs for more details

• Build this library

  • Windows

    cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -B .\build\windows-x64\
    cmake --build .\build\windows-x64\ --config Release
    

  • Linux

    cmake -B build/linux-x86_64/
    cmake --build build/linux-x86_64/ \
    && mkdir -p labview/libraries/linux-x86_64/ \
    && cp build/linux-x86_64/libpva_labview.so "$_"