LabView dashboard/live telemetry

[smcmahon]

We've been able to download VI's to our cRIO wirelessly and run them. We've used the "Tank Drive Example" and have been able to move our 2008 chassis around with no issues.

The issue we're having right now is the Dashboard. You know, the screen with all the analog/digital gauges, live camera feed, battery meter, etc? I realize that loads on the PC and runs from the PC. I just don't understand how to run it while LabView any VI's are running on the cRIO. Let me try to explain in steps:

1) Open Tank Drive example and double-click it
2) VI downloads wi-fi to the cRIO and starts to run
3) robot moved as advertised

Now, how do I get the dashboard going? If I close the Tank Drive example, apparently this causes the cRIO to unload the VI and stop running it... thus making the robot unresponsive. If I just go hunt down the Dashboard VI in the folder on the C: drive and run it, LabView maxes out my CPU and crashes altogether.

So, TLDR version: when/how do I start the Dashboard to get the live telemetry WHILE a VI is running/in use on the cRIO?

Thank you all kindly. As it is for most, LabView is new to us and we're doing our best to cope, learn, and understand. Thanks again.