Deployment of TestStand 5-7 hours?

I tried to deploy my TestStand system for the better part of a week, and I'm losing patience.  I sent a few systems in recent years, but it has been difficult.  I'm deploying the sequence and the engine and the drivers separately.  The deployment of the motor/drivers built quickly, so no problem.  The construction of the sequence takes 5 to 7 hours to build with most of the time "update links to files...". "I have confirmed that all call sequences specify path .  My main sequence has 47 subsequences (sequence of calls), and my total number of steps is 699.  When built, there are 69 support screw I do not use an ExpressVIs.

I've done previous is based on another system with similar tests, but builds one sequence has been< 1="">

I'm looking for suggestions on how to reduce construction time.  Maybe I'm on to something that would cause the build deployment ot so slowly.

Thank you

Hey, TBone,.

A few thoughts.

You use the source code control?  If yes I've seen questions similar to yours because of the search directories.  The link took forever because he seemed to be finding screws through the network path and the drive that has been mapped.  It seemed like it was getting confused and kept rebinding the VI even over and over.  Because he has seen them in different paths.  A bit like in a semi-infini loop.  It was weird.  I refined my search directories to point to specific folders (pain), but he went much more quickly.

Check your search directories and make sure that they are configured correctly.  If you have a directory with tons and tons of kids, and you have selected to search subdirectories so it could take forever.  Also if you have directories of research pointing to similar records just in different ways (i.e. through a mapped drive or a machine name) then you could see the questions connects weird.

If you use no dependencies on a network, then disconnect your ethernet cable and try to generate again.  See what happens then.

Also, I highly recommend you remove all older deployments.  Because TestStand is no matter what Pack into the binary (i.e. just copy screws above) then what you have is the deployment of the VI to find at the original location, but also a deployment that you created previously.  This would flip out and go into this loop connects weird semi-infini.  If you don't want to delete and then make sure that your search directories are not pointing to the old versions.

As a general rule - never build in a folder where you have any dependencies or source code.  Always generate a folder of the user who is not in your search directories.

See you soon,.

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