Viewing a Front Panel Remotely Using a Browser

To view a front panel remotely using a Web browser, you must first configure the server. Complete the following steps to configure the server so a client computer can view a front panel remotely using a browser.

  1. Enable the Web Server on the server computer where the VI you want to view is located.
  2. Configure the browser access list so the client computer can connect to the server.
  3. Make sure you load the top-level VI for the client to download into memory.
  4. Create an HTML file and embed the <OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags in the HTML document. Refer to syntax examples for more information about the types of tags you can embed. You can use the Web Publishing Tool to create an HTML file, or you can use an HTML editor.
  5. Place this HTML file in the labview\www directory.
  6. Change the LVFPPVINAME parameter of the <OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags to the name of the top-level VI you loaded into memory.

You also can change the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters of the <OBJECT> and <EMBED> tags to customize the front panel appearance in the client's browser.

Complete the following steps if you are on a client computer and do not have LabVIEW installed but want to view a front panel remotely using a browser.

  1. Install the LabVIEW Run-Time Engine.
  2. Launch your default browser.
  3. In the URL of the browser, type the IP address or computer name of the server followed by the name of the HTML file. For example, http://ipaddress/filename.html.

To completely close your connection to the Web Server running on the server computer, click the close glyph on the browser window border.

You now can request control of the remote panel.

Note  The server computer managing remote front panels must have the LabVIEW Full or Professional Development System or must build the front panels into a stand-alone application. Clients can use any LabVIEW development system to view and control those front panels remotely.