A Protocol for Automatic Generation of Web-Based Interfaces for LabVIEW Applications Using the Remote Interoperability Protocol.

Abstract

Remote experimental platforms enable local simulation models or physical devices to be accessed over a network, but conventional Web front ends typically require a separate page, control layout, and data communication logic for each experiment, which increases development costs. This work validates an established workflow for automatically generating a Web user interface (UI) from LabVIEW virtual instruments (VIs) using the remote interoperability protocol (RIP) and provides a reproducible protocol for implementing it. The workflow constructs LabVIEW VIs that define input controls and output indicators on the Front Panel, registers each VI in RIP Server Configuration, reads the resulting variable metadata, and generates the corresponding Web controls and output displays. Caddy is used as a reverse proxy to unify the front-end static-file path and RIP application programming interface (API) request path. The workflow is evaluated with two distinct systems: a fan speed model and a direct current (DC) motor proportional-integral-derivative (PID) position-control model. In both cases, the Web page identifies the exposed variables, writes user inputs to the LabVIEW back end, reads model outputs, and generates the interface from RIP metadata. These results validate the same automatic UI-generation process across two different dynamic systems and document the steps required to reproduce it.