End of memory. Labview + Real time module + Compact Field Point 2120

My name is Michele Ciampichetti, I'm writing from Italy.
Frist of all, excuse for my english.
This is my first experience with Labview, and the application is not so easy. We use Labview 8.2.1
Our system is costituited by two different parts: there is a Compact Field Point 2120 as remote target whit some I/O card, and a PC used to releave data and memorize them (host).
The comunication between the two targets is performed by ethernet lan with Shared Variables not bufferized and not real-time fifo.
The problem is this: the sistem requires a big number of Vis and Variables (about 20 Vis per target and 50 variables localizated in 5 different librarys all in the remote target), and it should store data, acquisited by the FieldPoint, on a database (SQL Server 2005), one time per minute. This storage is made by Labview Database Connectivity Toolkit, and it work correctly. The problem is an excessive consumption of RAM on the PC.
The question is this: The use of many shared variables or vis, bring the memory to always grow? I try to explain myself. When we start our application, after the first minute and registration on the database, the memory grow of approximately 1,3 Megabytes. This is repeated every minute, and after approximately two ours, Labview break down and display "Not enought memory".
We look the on-line help for one solution, and we have found that the variables (local and shared), the concatenate funcion, the array and Vi indicators copy in memory their older value when updated. Is possible that this is the cause of our problem? There is a method to avoid it? How labview uses memory? It is possible set it up for not maintain older value in memory?
We need to run the application up to 4 days for complete its work, is a long test for a climatic room.
We're looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards
Michele

centerbolt is correct, you can't load a .exe or even run a program on the fieldPoint controller unless you have the Real Time module. However, that does not mean you can't use your FieldPoint bank without the Real Time module.
From LabVIEW for windows you can make calls to the fieldpoint IO using the fieldpoint read/write functions.
This program runs on the PC not the FieldPoint controller. If you loose network connection to the fieldpoint, your program will loose connection to the IO. For many data logging applications this type of arrangement can work just fine. However, if this is the only type of application you are ever going to run, then you may as well not buy the Real Time controller for your fieldpoint but the network controller only.
If your application requires more reliability, and/or greater determinism than can be achieved by running a program on windows, then you should use the LabVIEW Real Time module and develop a program that can run down on the FieldPoint controller independent of windows.
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