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Labview: Access denied: Another process is using this target


I have a Labview 2013 project that makes use of a NI RT controller. Upon the start of the main VI everything is deployed on the target system (the RT controller). Therefore an ethernet connection is used.

Problem:

When loosing the connection to the target RT controller, I'm unable to later redeploy my project. Labview reports unresolved conflicts:

Access denied: Another project is using this target. You must disconnect the existing project from the target or restart the target before establishing a new connection. Note: The existing project may be running on a different host computer.

The same error message appears, when I try to re-connect to the target system from Project Explorer.

When right-clicking on the target in Labview Project Explorer the Disconnect context menu item is disabled. Thus it's not possible to disconnect the project from the target. Since restarting (=rebooting) the target RT controller is quite time consuming, I'd like to know if there's another solution to undeploy or disconnect an old project from/reset the target RT controller?

Thanks!


Solution

  • The Compare Project & System dialog can be used to resolve conflicts and to redeploy a modified project on the target system. This dialog can be accessed through Project Explorer from the Utilites submenu of the target devices context menu.

    Compare Project & System dialog