LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite Readme

June 2016


This file contains important information about the LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite, including system requirements, installation instructions, and new features.


Overview

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Installation Instructions

NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows 8.0, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003

Product Security and Critical Updates

New Features

Known Issues

Bug Fixes

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1

Legal Information


Overview

The LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite provides VIs that you can use to create applications that measure, analyze, monitor, and record electrical power data and phenomena. Use the Power Measurement VIs to measure electrical power parameters and to perform harmonic analysis on the CompactRIO platform, the CompactDAQ system, and the NI PXI platform. Use the Power Quality VIs to perform power quality measurement on the CompactRIO platform, the CompactDAQ system, and the NI PXI platform. Use the Synchrophasor VIs to perform synchrophasor measurement and use the Protection VIs to implement protection devices on the CompactRIO platform.


The Electrical Power Suite complies with the following standards:


  • IEC 61000-4-7:2009, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-7: Testing and Measurement Techniques - General Guide on Harmonics and Interharmonics Measurements and Instrumentation, for Power Supply Systems and Equipment Connected Thereto
  • IEC 61000-4-15:2010, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-15: Testing and Measurement Techniques - Flickermeter - Functional and Design Specifications
  • IEC 61000-4-30:2008, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-30: Testing and Measurement Techniques - Power Quality Measurement Methods
  • IEEE Std C37.111-1999, IEEE Standard Common Format for Transient Data Exchange (COMTRADE) for Power Systems
  • IEEE Std C37.118.1-2011, IEEE Standard for Synchrophasor Measurements for Power Systems
  • IEEE Std C37.118.1a-2014, IEEE Standard for Synchrophasor Measurements for Power Systems
    Amendment 1: Modification of Selected Performance Requirements
  • IEEE Std C37.118.2-2011, IEEE Standard for Synchrophasor Data Transfer for Power Systems
  • EN 50160:2007, Voltage Characteristics of Electricity Supplied by Public Distribution Networks
  • NEMA MG 1-2014, Motors and Generators

System Requirements

In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite has the following requirements:


  • LabVIEW 2016 Full or Professional Development System (32-bit)
  • LabVIEW 2016 FPGA Module
  • LabVIEW 2016 Real-Time Module
  • NI CompactRIO Device Drivers August 2016
  • NI-DAQmx 16.0 (required only if you use NI DAQ devices with the Electrical Power Suite)
  • At least 200 MB of disk space

Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW 2016.


Supported Operating Systems

LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite supports the following operating systems:


  • Windows 10/8.11/7 SP12
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)2

1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.1. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 require Microsoft updates to support these items. Refer to Microsoft KB2919442 and KB2919355 for more information about how to install these updates.

2 NI software is signed with a SHA-256 certificate. Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 require Microsoft updates to support SHA-256. Refer to Microsoft KB3033929 for more information about how to install this security update.

Installation Instructions

Double-click the setup.exe file in the root directory of the Electrical Power Suite installer and follow the instructions on the screen to install the Electrical Power Suite.


LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite Drops Support for Microsoft Windows 8.0, Windows 7 RTM, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003

With this release, the LabVIEW Electrical Power Suite drops support for Microsoft Windows 8.0, Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack), Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite and later will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite, you cannot use any installers built on this computer with any version of LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI™, NI TestStand™, or Measurement Studio on an unsupported OS.


For more information about the changes to our OS support for 2016, refer to KB 79UC78LS, Why Does my LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, or TestStand Built Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Server 2003?.


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

LabVIEW 2016 Electrical Power Suite adds support for the following software:


  • LabVIEW 2016 (32-bit)
  • LabVIEW 2016 FPGA Module
  • LabVIEW 2016 Real-Time Module
  • NI CompactRIO Device Drivers August 2016
  • NI-DAQmx 16.0

Known Issues

You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI website for an up-to-date list of known issues in the Electrical Power Suite.


Bug Fixes

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


IDFixed Issue
538527Parse Command Frame VI did not function normally in error handling and could not parse certain user-defined command set

Accessing the Help

Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible from Help»LabVIEW Help in LabVIEW, for information about the Electrical Power Suite.


Finding Examples

Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. Navigate to the Toolkits and Modules»Electrical Power folder to access the examples. You can modify an example VI to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into a VI that you create.


You also can find the examples for the Electrical Power Suite in the labview\examples\Electrical Power directory.


Automating the Installation of NI Products

You can automate the installation of most NI products using command-line arguments to suppress some or all of the installer user interface and dialog boxes. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.


If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, the .NET installer may run before any NI software installs and may require a reboot before the installation of NI software begins. To avoid a .NET reboot, install .NET 4.0 separately before you install NI software.


For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:


Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 10 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. Windows 10 introduces several new capabilities and also combines features from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. For more information about NI support for Windows 10, visit ni.com/windows10.


Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1

When you install NI software on Microsoft Windows 8.1, you will notice a few additional tiles in the Apps view, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, NI Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), and NI Launcher. For more information about NI support for Windows 8.1, visit ni.com/windows8.



Legal Information

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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices


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