Hi guys, I'm kinda new to the NI instruments, and I need to figure out how to read data from a PXI-1042Q, which has a PXI-8187 as an embedded controller, and an array of PXI-4472. I need to read the data from an external computer via one of the serial ports of the PXI-8187 using a home-made program in python. I've found something on how to send and retrieve data from a serial port using pyVisa, still I don't know how to communicate with the PXI-8187 and how to select the proper input from the PXI-4472. Do I need to create a custom VI on the PXI-8187 to make it listen for inputs via serial and to send the output data to the same port? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!