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cRIO-9951 Module Development Kit 2.1 Readme

September 2017


This file contains important information about the cRIO-9951 Module Development Kit 2.1, including product support and new features for RIO 17.6.



Overview

Application Software Support

Product Security and Critical Updates

New Features

Behavior Changes

Product Support

Finding Examples

Legal Information


Overview

The CompactRIO Module Development Kit 2.1 (MDK 2.1) consists of two main software components. The first component is the C Series Communication Core that communicates with the C Series module hardware. The second component gives third party module developers the ability to script their own Module Support VIs beneath I/O, method, and property nodes.


Application Software Support

The MDK 2.1 supports the following application software versions, including service packs.


Application SoftwareVersions Supported by Product
LabVIEW 2017 SP1
LabVIEW Real-Time Module 2017
LabVIEW FPGA Module 2017
CompactRIO Device Drivers 17.6

Product Security and Critical Updates

Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.


New Features

You can find a description of new changes for MDK 2.1 in the cRIO-9951 User Manual on ni.com/manuals.


Behavior Changes

You can find a description of behavior changes for MDK 2.1 in the cRIO-9951 User Manual on ni.com/manuals.


Product Support

Registered users can find product support, including known issues and best practices, at the cRIO Module Developers Kit board at forums.ni.com.


Finding Examples

Navigate to C:/Users/Public/National Instruments/CompactRIO/CompactRIO MDK 2.1/Examples to find LabVIEW examples for the MDK 2.1. You can modify an example to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into Module Support.


Legal Information

Copyright


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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices


You can find end-user license agreements (EULAs) and third-party legal notices in the following locations after installation:


  • Notices are located in the <National Instruments>\_Legal Information and <National Instruments> directories.
  • EULAs are located in the <National Instruments>\Shared\MDF\Legal\license directory.
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Patents


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