DMC is excited to host this quarter’s ALARM LabVIEW User Group meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2025! The ALARM (Advanced LabVIEW Architects of the Rocky Mountains) group brings together LabVIEW enthusiasts to discuss programming techniques, design strategies, updates and share experiences.

This event offers a fantastic opportunity to learn, receive updates on NI and NI Software, network with professionals in the Denver area, and have fun! Food and drinks will be provided, and after the presentations, you’ll have a chance to relax on DMC’s rooftop deck or play a game of pool with the team! If you’re interested in attending, please register here.​

Agenda:

1. Meet and Greet (DMC Food & Beverages Provided)
2. Presentation 1 (Welcome and DMC Overview, Time Permitting: EtherCAT for NI)
3. Presentation 2 (Pickering PXI Demo with Dan R.)
4. Presentation 3 (Time Synchronization with Josh R.)
5. Presentation 4 (Community Sourced)
6. Closeout and socialization time.

Event Logistics:

• Location: DMC Denver, 2601 Blake St., Suite 301, Denver, CO 80205​
• Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025​
• Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
• Parking: The entrance to DMC’s parking lot is located on Blake St. Please refer to the image below.
  • The main entrance of the office building is outlined in blue.
  • Guest parking is in the red area.
  • If those are taken, it is fine to park in the outlined green area in the image below.
  • Street parking near the office is also readily available and free!

We’re looking forward to a great evening with the Denver LabVIEW community. This event is a chance to connect, share ideas, and learn more about how others are using NI tools in real-world applications. Whether you’re presenting or just joining the conversation, we’re glad to have you be a part of it. 

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DMC is proud to host this quarter’s Chicago LabVIEW User Group (CLUG) meeting on June 26, 2024! The CLUG is a group of LabVIEW users that meet quarterly to discuss new programming techniques, design choices, updates, and share stories about programming experiences or lessons learned. Due to the pandemic, the meetings have been hosted online for the past few years, but we are kicking off the summer season with a long-awaited in person meeting hosted at DMC Chicago! Back in 2019, DMC hosted a CLUG meeting, and we are so excited to invite everyone to this event again.  

This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn, get updates regarding NI and NI Software, network with other professionals in the Chicago area and have fun! Food and drink will be provided, and after the presentations you will have a chance to relax on the DMC rooftop deck.

This quarter’s user group will consist of some exciting presentations and discussions!

Agenda:

• 3:00-3:30 Arrive and settle in
• 3:30-5:30 Welcome & Presentations
  • Inspirations from NI Connect – Kevin Shirey, LabVIEW Champion and DMC Project Engineer
  • NI Software Roadmap – Eli Kerry, NI Software Director
  • Little LabVIEW Stories – Jeff DeBuhr, Staff Engineer at Chamberlain Group
  • Challenge of Champions – Eli Kerry
• 5:30-6:00 Networking and roof time

Event Logistics:

Location: DMC Chicago – 2222 N Elston Ave Ste 200 Chicago, IL 60614

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 26 from 3:30-5:30pm

Arrival: Please try to arrive and get settled in before 3:30pm so we can start on time

Parking: There is a parking lot adjacent to the north side of our building for DMC visitors. If it is full, there’s free street parking in the surrounding area on Elston, Honore, Lister, and Webster.

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Enrollment is open to anyone on the National Instruments website. 

October 22, 2019
1 – 5 p.m.
2222 N. Elston Ave, Ste. 200
Chicago, IL 60614

Learn more about DMC's partnership with National Instruments. 

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This meeting began with Pizza and networking between DMCers and LabVIEW users from the Chicagoland area.

We kicked off the user group meeting by highlighting some of the most exciting features that were released at NI week this year.

NI Week 2019 Overview

DMC Presentations on LabVIEW Programming

Systems Engineer Ryan Yu presented an overview of NI Package Manager, with content initially developed by National Instruments and presented by Allen Hsu.  Yu showed LabVIEW users the workflow for installing, upgrading, and managing NI software.  He then highlighted the workflow of both NI Package Manager and SystemLink, when used in conjunction with LabVIEW. Users exchanged ideas with Yu and asked questions on use cases, versioning, and SystemLink feeds.

NI Package Manager

Systems Engineer Kyle Mitchell demonstrated JKI’s VI Package Manager, a reasonably popular tool among the user group. Mitchell gave a walkthrough on how to build and deploy packages within LabVIEW, and users shared their experiences and tips about VIPM.

VI package manager

Sharing LabVIEW Stories

This section of the meeting is devoted to short topics (max of 10 minutes) talking about a neat project, cool tool, or challenging problem users need help solving. 

Users shared stories about creating a custom VI to update UI elements through property nodes more effectively, warned about big arrays affecting the search feature, and one user shared a story about how to do LabVIEW translations effectively.

There was also a shoutout to the LabVIEW wiki that the community is currently constructing.

Thanks to our friends in the LabVIEW user group who made it to the event!

Learn more about DMC's partnership with National Instruments.

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One particularly interesting use case of SystemLink is the ability to monitor, update, and manage fleets of NI devices in far-away, remote locations.

Imagine the following scenario. There is a large fleet of NI Compact RIOs performing data acquisition tasks hundreds of miles away at a wind farm in the middle of Texas. Suddenly you get a call that something is wrong. Normally, troubleshooting and deploying software updates to that many remote, real-time devices would be a significant task. More than likely, you would be booking a flight to Texas to resolve the issue. However, with SystemLink, you would be able to look at live analytics from your connected devices to diagnose the issue, make any necessary software changes, and push the patched software to your entire fleet of NI Compact RIOs without leaving the comfort of your desk!

In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to connect a remote NI device to a SystemLink server as a managed device to enable the monitoring and software management tools that it provides!

Requirements

• Your device must have a valid internet connection
• Your device must have a firmware version of 4.0 or higher (for cRIOs)
• Your device must have enough memory. NI recommends devices with 512MB or more of RAM
• Your device must have the NI SystemLink Client software installed
  • Supported Clients
    • NI PXI: Windows 7+
    • NI CompactRIO: NI Linux RT 2017
    • Windows PC: Windows 7+
• You must have a SystemLink server setup
  • Supported Servers
    • Windows Server: 2012 R2, 2016
    • Windows PC: Windows 7+

Instructions

1. Open NI Max and find your device
2. Ensure that the device’s firmware version is 4.0 or higher under system settings
   • Follow these instructions to update the firmware if necessary
   • cRIO-9067 (4.0 confirmed to work)
   • cRIO-9068 (6.0 confirmed to work)

3. Install the NI SystemLink Client software on your device

a. Install the NI SystemLink software onto your development computer

b. Under your device in NI Max, right click on the “Software” dropdown and click “Add/Remove Software”

c. Select the “Custom software installation (currently installed)” option and click “Next”

d. Find and select the latest version of the “NI SystemLink Client” software for installation and then click “Next”

e. Follow instructions and complete the installation process

f. Confirm in NI Max under the software dropdown of your device that the “NI SystemLink Client” software is installed

4. Point your device to your SystemLink server

a. Navigate to your device in NI Max and select the “System Settings” tab for viewing

b. On this tab, find the “SystemLink Settings”

• If you do not see these settings, refer to step 3) and make sure that your device has the “NI SystemLink Client” software installed

c. Enter your SystemLink server URL into the “Server” field and click save at the top
d. The “Status” field will show as “Not Approved” or “Connected” if the device can successfully reach the server

• If the “Status” field shows as “Disconnected,” check to make sure:
  • Your device is connected to the internet
  • Your device has the proper firmware version
  • If all else fails, make sure your SystemLink server has the required ports open
  • Also, make sure that the Skyline service is running on the SystemLink server
    • Check that this service is running using the NI Systemlink Server Configuration program
    • The status of this service cannot be seen through the web interface. You must use the server console.

5. Browse to your SystemLink server and login
6. Select “Systems Manager” 

7. Select “Pending Systems”

a. If your device has a valid connection to the SystemLink server, you should see your device under “Pending Systems”

• If you do not see your device under pending, check to see if it is in “Active Jobs” or already in “Managed Systems”
• If you do not find your device anywhere, refer to step 4) and check to see if your device has a valid connection to SystemLink

8. Approve your pending device 

9. Navigate back to the “Systems Dashboard” and select “Managed Systems” to confirm that your device has been successfully connected

a. After approving your device, it may spend some time in the “Active Jobs” queue. Wait for the default SystemLink installations to occur and check “Managed Systems” after the installations are complete.

b. If your device gets stuck during a setup/configuration process on the SystemLink server:

• It might be a sign that your device does not have enough memory
• Make sure your SystemLink server has the required ports open
• Also, make sure that the Skyline service is running on the SystemLink server
  • Check that this service is running using the NI Systemlink Server Configuration program
  • The status of this service cannot be seen through the web interface. You must use the server console.

10. Have fun exploring all of SystemLink’s device monitoring and software management features!

a. Learn more about SystemLink’s capabilities

b. Look out for more SystemLink tutorials from DMC!

Conclusion

NI’s SystemLink software provides powerful tools and features for monitoring and managing remote devices. As a SystemLink Specialty Partner, DMC helps our customers follow best practices to spin up SystemLink solutions quickly and efficiently.

If you are interested in applying SystemLink to your project, need help with setting up a SystemLink server, or have questions about any of these tutorial steps, please reach out to DMC today! DMC will also be leading three presentations at NIWeek 2019, one of which focuses on SystemLink’s features and use cases. If you are attending, please feel free to come to say hi or ask us any questions!

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