New Features and Changes

Learn about updates—including new features and behavior changes—introduced in each version of the Hardware Configuration Utility below.

Note If you cannot find new features and changes for your version, it might not include user-facing updates. However, your version might include non-visible changes such as bug fixes and compatibility updates.

2025 Q3

  • Support for all sbRIO and USB R-Series Modules which have not reached product end of life. Basic configuration pane properties appear & function as expected.
  • Support for a subset of FlexRIO PXI/e devices. Basic configuration pane properties appear & function as expected.

2025 Q2

  • Support for importing and exporting RT target configuration on both Windows and Linux.
  • Support for adding a network device to an RT system in Hardware Configuration Utility (instead of localhost).

2024 Q4

October 2024

  • Use the Hardware Discovery Wizard to troubleshoot hardware connectivity.
  • A field for the required user name input has been added to the Add Hardware dialog for network devices like network RT and network cDAQ.
  • The Force safe mode option is no longer available for devices that do not support this run mode.

2024 Q3

July 2024

  • Quickly import a saved system configuration by opening a hardware configuration file (.nihwcfg) in your file browser.

2024 Q2

April 2024

  • Added support for remote real-time (RT) systems. Refer to Managing System Software and Managing System Hardware for more information.
  • Added hardware support for cRIO and sbRIO devices.
  • View installed software and local and remote systems. Refer to Managing System Software for more information.
  • Buttons for importing and exporting configurations are no longer available in the Configuration pane. Select Import... or Export... in the File menu to carry out these actions. Refer to Managing System Configurations for more information.

2023 Q4

October 2023

  • Apply configurations to your system using a Hardware Configuration Utility system configuration file (.nihwcfg). Refer to Managing System Configurations for more information.
  • Create a Hardware Configuration Utility system configuration file (.nihwcfg). Refer to Managing System Configurations for more information.