mrbean
2008-02-14 15:40:16 UTC
Since I haven't ordered this yet, I wanted to get a little clearer picture of the inner workings ...
I plan to order NI TestStand Base Deployment Engine License for our target system that we'll ship in a few months. Right now, it has LabVIEW 8.5, TestStand 4.0, and DIAdem 10.2 on it, as we're also using it for development. When we ship, we don't want the user to be able to create/edit sequence files, or to open up VIs and make modifications. DIAdem, however, they will use as their post-test data mining tool, so it must remain fully functional.
(1) Would I use the NI License Manager and (a) deactivate TestStand and LabVIEW, then (b) activate them with the activation code I receive with the NI TestStand Base Deployment Engine License?
(2) Would this disable the user's edit capability for BOTH TestStand AND LabVIEW, but leave DIAdem unchanged?
(3) To protect our intellectual property, would I still need to either (a) place our VI's in a DLL, (b) lock them, (c) disable their block diagrams (while using the deployment/distribution tools).
I plan to order NI TestStand Base Deployment Engine License for our target system that we'll ship in a few months. Right now, it has LabVIEW 8.5, TestStand 4.0, and DIAdem 10.2 on it, as we're also using it for development. When we ship, we don't want the user to be able to create/edit sequence files, or to open up VIs and make modifications. DIAdem, however, they will use as their post-test data mining tool, so it must remain fully functional.
(1) Would I use the NI License Manager and (a) deactivate TestStand and LabVIEW, then (b) activate them with the activation code I receive with the NI TestStand Base Deployment Engine License?
(2) Would this disable the user's edit capability for BOTH TestStand AND LabVIEW, but leave DIAdem unchanged?
(3) To protect our intellectual property, would I still need to either (a) place our VI's in a DLL, (b) lock them, (c) disable their block diagrams (while using the deployment/distribution tools).