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LabVIEW 2019 Service Pack 1 Readme for macOS

September 2019


This file contains important information about LabVIEW 2019 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for macOS, including system requirements, installation instructions, known issues, and a partial list of bugs fixed. LabVIEW 2019 SP1 for macOS is available only in 64-bit.


Refer to the NI website for the latest information about LabVIEW.


Refer to the labview/readme directory for readme files about LabVIEW add-ons, such as modules and toolkits.


System Requirements


Installation Instructions


Patch Details


Product Security and Critical Updates


Supported Modules and Toolkits


Supported Drivers


Known Issues


Bug Fixes


Accessing the Help


Legal Information



System Requirements

LabVIEW 2019 SP1 for macOS has the following requirements:


macOS Run-Time Engine Development Environment
Processor Intel-based processor Intel-based processor
RAM 256 MB 2 GB
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels 1024 x 768 pixels
Operating System macOS 10.13 or 10.14 macOS 10.13 or 10.14
Disk Space 257 MB 1.4 GB for the complete installation
Temporary Files Directory N/A LabVIEW uses a directory for storing temporary files. NI recommends that you have several megabytes of disk space available for this temporary directory.
File System Case-insensitive Case-insensitive
Note
  • LabVIEW 2019 SP1 for macOS is available only in 64-bit.
  • LabVIEW and LabVIEW Run-Time Engine require 64-bit processors that support SSE2 instructions.

Installation Instructions

Complete the following steps to install and activate LabVIEW for macOS.


Are you installing LabVIEW for the first time?

Insert the LabVIEW installation media and follow the onscreen instructions to install LabVIEW. To omit some of these files, click Customize on the Installation Type page.


To install LabVIEW modules and toolkits, refer to the readme of each product for installation instructions. The LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit installs with the LabVIEW Professional Development System for macOS.


You can install NI device drivers from ni.com/macdrivers.


Are you upgrading from a previous version of LabVIEW?

Refer to the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes for information about protecting existing VIs and projects before installing a new version of LabVIEW, as well as upgrade and compatibility issues and a complete list of new features in LabVIEW 2019.


Note  If you purchased this product with an NI Software Suite or NI Product Bundle, use the installation media that shipped with your purchase to install this product.


Are you installing LabVIEW patches?

Complete the following steps to install a patch on computers with LabVIEW 2019 SP1. Replace f# with the specific patch you are installing.


  1. Close all NI software.
  2. Mount LabVIEW2019SP1f#.dmg and run LabVIEW 2019 SP1 f# Patch.
  3. Verify that the patch installs correctly. Select Help»About LabVIEW and look for 19.0.1f# on the right portion of the window.
  4. Repeat these steps for all development systems where you want to install the patch.

Patch Details

You can access a list of issues fixed for LabVIEW 2019 SP1 on the LabVIEW 2019 SP1 Patch Details page.


Product Security and Critical Updates

Visit ni.com/security for security information about NI products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.


Supported Modules and Toolkits

LabVIEW 2019 SP1 for macOS supports the following modules and toolkits.


  • Control Design and Simulation Module1
  • MathScript Module2
  • VI Analyzer Toolkit3
  • Application Builder3

1 The Control Design and Simulation Module does not support the System Identification VIs, System Identification Assistant, and Control Design Assistant.


2 The MathScript Module does not support the libraries class of MathScript Module functions.


3 The VI Analyzer Toolkit and Application Builder install with the LabVIEW Professional Development System. For the LabVIEW Full Development System, you can purchase and install the VI Analyzer Toolkit and Application Builder with their own separate media.


Refer to the readme of each product for more information about system requirements, installation instructions, and activation.


Supported Drivers

LabVIEW 2019 SP1 for macOS supports the following drivers. To use hardware with LabVIEW 2019 SP1, install the latest version of the driver for the device.


  • NI-488.2
  • NI-DAQmx Base
  • NI-VISA

Refer to the readme of each driver for more information about system requirements and installation instructions.


Known Issues

You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code lv2019ki for an up-to-date list of known issues in LabVIEW 2019 and LabVIEW 2019 SP1.


Bug Fixes

The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in LabVIEW 2019 SP1. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of LabVIEW. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.


ID Fixed Issue
742093 Maps containing classes cause LabVIEW to crash while probing.
741834 The Compare VI Hierarchies will delete folder named C:\\temp when saving a Microsoft Word report.
741225 LabVIEW crashes when trying to autoindex a Map.
740616 LabVIEW hangs when double-clicking a recursive dynamic dispatch VI in the Choose Implementation diagram preview.
739464 Prompt User for Input Express VI only shows the message to display option.
739174 Error Case structures only designed to handle Error 1 incorrectly handle all errors in error case.
738672 Change To Array and Change To Scalar do not work for elements inside a set or map constant.
738587 Source distribution that would previously fail because of missing commented-out dependencies will now succeed with warnings.
736445 The select function always gives outputs false if nothing is in a While Loop.
735521 Implicit Value (Signaling) Property node does not change type definitions correctly.
733737 CPU Load raises 20% when a front panel with custom style element is shown.
727397 Replacing nodes with Malleable VIs connects wires to unused terminals.
726223 Build Errors when building Malleable VIs into an EXE.
723686 Disabled structures within VIMs are not included in PPL builds, as expected, but the files within these structures are referenced in debugging mode.
686080 Replacing ActorFramework.lvlib with a packed project library causes LabVIEW crash.
678300 Shared/preallocated subVI clones can become locked when called from another VI at the same time.
603576 Channels carrying typedefs/classes create crosslinks when users duplicate projects.
245148 Class Properties dialog sometimes throws timeout error 123 when opening and must be restarted.

Accessing the Help

Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about LabVIEW 2019 SP1.



Legal Information

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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices


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