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    Extending LabVIEW To The Web Using "LabSockets"

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    1. The document discusses a system called "LabSocket" that uses WebSockets to allow monitoring and controlling of LabVIEW applications from a web browser without plugins. 2. LabSocket works by having the LabVIEW application communicate with a WebSocket gateway and message broker via TCP/IP sockets to replicate the LabVIEW front panel interface in a web browser. 3. A demonstration of LabSocket shows a simple LabVIEW front panel for controlling an LED replicated in real-time in a Chrome browser.

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    Extending LabVIEW To The Web Using "LabSockets"

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    1. The document discusses a system called "LabSocket" that uses WebSockets to allow monitoring and controlling of LabVIEW applications from a web browser without plugins. 2. LabSocket works by having the LabVIEW application communicate with a WebSocket gateway and message broker via TCP/IP sockets to replicate the LabVIEW front panel interface in a web browser. 3. A demonstration of LabSocket shows a simple LabVIEW front panel for controlling an LED replicated in real-time in a Chrome browser.

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    1. The document discusses a system called "LabSocket" that uses WebSockets to allow monitoring and controlling of LabVIEW applications from a web browser without plugins. 2. LabSocket works by having the LabVIEW application communicate with a WebSocket gateway and message broker via TCP/IP sockets to replicate the LabVIEW front panel interface in a web browser. 3. A demonstration of LabSocket shows a simple LabVIEW front panel for controlling an LED replicated in real-time in a Chrome browser.

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    Extending LabVIEW To The Web Using "LabSockets"

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    Jose Juan Cuevas Diaz
    1. The document discusses a system called "LabSocket" that uses WebSockets to allow monitoring and controlling of LabVIEW applications from a web browser without plugins. 2. LabSocket works by having the LabVIEW application communicate with a WebSocket gateway and message broker via TCP/IP sockets to replicate the LabVIEW front panel interface in a web browser. 3. A demonstration of LabSocket shows a simple LabVIEW front panel for controlling an LED replicated in real-time in a Chrome browser.

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    Extending LabVIEW to

    the Web using the


    LabSocket System
    J ohn Bergmans
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    www.bergmans.com
    National Instruments LabVIEW User Group Meeting
    Santa Ana, CA
    Nov 17 2010
    1616 Bedford Lane, Unit A Phone: 714-474-8956
    Newport Beach, CA 92660 Fax: 949-646-1429
    B er g man s Mec h at r o n i c s L L C
    Goal: monitor and control a LabVIEW application using a plug-in-free browser
    Potential Use-Cases
    Monitor and control a LabVIEW-controlled lab test from the desktop in office
    or on the road using a mobile device
    Monitor large-scale LabVIEW application by crews in the field ie oil rig
    equipment monitoring
    For low-cost embedded systems eliminate physical UI by using browser to
    interface to device
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Remote Access to LabVIEW Application
    LabVIEW
    Application
    Browser on
    Laptop,
    Desktop or
    Mobile Device
    Desktop /
    Embedded Device
    1. Native Client App
    Use TCP/IP sockets, LabVIEW shared variables, or .NET, to transmit
    data between client and LabVIEW
    Requires custom client development and modifications to LabVIEW app
    2. LabVIEW Remote Panels
    Requires LabVIEW Run-Time Engine (RTE) and browser plug-in
    3. LabVIEW Web Services
    Data transferred between application and client using the HTTP request-
    response model (REpresentative State Transfer (REST) architecture)
    Requires development of client software using Web languages
    eg. HTML/J avaScript
    4. LabVIEW Web UI Builder (http://www.ni.com/uibuilder/)
    Build and run apps in browser using reduced-capabiliy LabVIEW
    Requires Silverlight plug-in (runs on Windows and Mac OS X)
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Current Approaches
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Browser/Back-End Communications
    Traditional interface between browser and web server
    Desktop
    Server
    1) Data Request
    2) Reply
    Back-End
    Application
    Browser
    Web Server
    Software
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Traditional interface between browser and web server
    Desktop
    Server
    1) Data Request
    2) Reply
    Back-End
    Application
    Browser
    Web Server
    Software
    Continuous bi-directional communication between browser
    and server using WebSocket
    Desktop
    Server
    WebSocket
    Server
    Back-End
    Application
    WebSocket
    Browser
    Data to Back-End App
    Data from Back-End App
    Browser/Back-End Communications
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    WebSocket
    Enables continuous, bidirectional communications between browser
    and server
    Originally part of new HTML5 specification, now a stand-alone spec
    (W3C API, IETF protocol)
    Simple browser and back-end implementation
    Substantially reduced header info size
    (request and response: ~900 bytes vs WebSocket: 4 bytes)
    Multiple organizations developing WebSocket servers
    Kaazing Corp., Mountain View, CA (www.kaazing.com)
    Developer of commercial WebSocket gateway
    Emulation for legacy and mobile browsers
    Contributor to HTML5 spec
    Disclosure: BML has referral agreement with Kaazing
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Sample BML Demo Applications using WebSocket
    Interface to MySQL
    http://http://www.bergmans.com/lab/ws_sql.html
    EarthControl Multiplayer Facebook game
    http://apps.facebook.com/earthcontrol
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    LabSocket = LabVIEW + WebSocket
    LabSocket system uses WebSockets to enable automatic replication of LabVIEW
    front panel in a browser without plug-ins
    Data transfer
    via
    WebSocket
    Data transfer
    via
    TCP/IP Socket
    LabVIEW
    Application
    WebSocket
    Gateway
    Message
    Broker
    LabSocket
    Interface
    Browser on
    Desktop or
    Mobile Device
    Desktop /
    Embedded Device
    Server
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    LabSocket = LabVIEW + WebSocket
    LabSocket system uses WebSockets to enable automatic replication of LabVIEW
    front panel in a browser without plug-ins
    Data transfer
    via
    WebSocket
    Data transfer
    via
    TCP/IP Socket
    LabVIEW
    Application
    WebSocket
    Gateway
    Message
    Broker
    LabSocket
    Interface
    Browser on
    Desktop or
    Mobile Device
    Desktop /
    Embedded Device
    LabSocket Interface
    Startup
    - Establish TCP/IP socket connection to message broker
    - LabVIEW Front Panel Screen Scrape, send J avaScript code to web server
    Steady-state
    - Transmit updates in LabVIEW front panel to browser
    - Update LabVIEW front panel based on events generated in browser
    Server
    Asynchronous Messaging
    Protocol
    Data transfer via
    WebSocket
    Data transfer via
    TCP/IP Socket
    LabVIEW
    Application
    Cloud
    Server WebSocket
    Gateway
    Message Broker
    LabSocket
    Interface
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    LabSocket Cloud Service Configuration
    Browser on
    Desktop or
    Mobile Device
    Desktop /
    Embedded Device
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Demo
    http://www.bergmans.com/lab/LabSocket.html
    LabVIEW Front Panel Chrome Browser
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Screenscrape SubVI
    Label for one LED
    Bergmans Mechatronics LLC
    Future Work
    Perform demo / proof-of-concept testing
    Complete cloud service
    Allow LabVIEW developers to automatically set up applications
    Subscription set up
    Improved GUI element support
    Additional GUI elements
    Additional GUI element properties (color, font type, etc)

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