Add the NI Device Drivers DVD to your volume license installer to eliminate disk prompts in your network-based volume license installers.

Bundling the Device Drivers

Before you can add the NI Device Drivers DVD to your Volume License Installer, you must first confirm whether you have a software suite such as NI Developer Suite, LabVIEW Platform or Academic Site License. To do this, navigate to the folder containing your software. If you are working with a suite, there will be a document labeled nisuite.xml. If you are working with a distribution, there will be a document labeled nidist.id.

After determining your software type, complete the following steps to bundle the NI Device Drivers DVD with your Volume License Installer (VLI):

Note To bundle the NI Device Drivers DVD with the VLI, you need to copy the entire DVD. The NI Device Drivers DVD is quite large.
  1. If you are working with a suite, determine whether the suite already includes NI Device Drivers.
    1. Navigate to the <VLI Location> and open the nisuite.xml file.
    2. Locate the tag with one of the following names: <distribution id="DRIVERS"> or <distribution id="DRIVERSDIST">.
    3. Read the contents of the <inputRoot> tag.
      • If the tag contains a value, the suite already includes device drivers. For example, <inputRoot suiteVolume="5">Distributions\Device Drivers</inputRoot>. You do not need to complete any additional steps.
      • If the tag is empty, proceed with the following steps.
  2. Insert the NI Device Drivers DVD.
  3. Navigate to the <VLI Location>.
  4. Open the _Src folder.
  5. Create a folder called DriverDVD.
  6. Copy the contents of the NI Device Drivers DVD, specifically the contents of the folder labeled DVD-MonthYear-Volume into your newly created DriverDVD folder. You can disregard the contents of the meta-data folder.
  7. For distributions, complete the following steps:
    1. Navigate to the <VLI Location>\_Src folder and open the setup.ini file.
    2. Scroll to the bottom of the file and add Path=.\DriverDVD to the [Drivers] section.
  8. For suites, complete the following steps:
    1. Navigate to the <VLI Location> and open the nisuite.xml file.
    2. Locate the <distribution id="DRIVERS"> tag and change <inputRoot suiteVolume="5"/> to <inputRoot suiteVolume="5">_Src\DriverDVD</inputRoot>. The resulting section should be similar to the following:
      <distribution id="DRIVERS">
          <distId GUID="{D6FB44F4-CD59-4d6b-856F-66A3D06BCE94}" languages="9,7,12,17,18,2052" version="2012.08.0.0"/>
          <inputRoot suiteVolume="5"/>_Src\DriverDVD</inputRoot>
          <installOrder>49999</installOrder>
          <EULAId>None</EULAId>
          <distributionType>Driver</distributionType>
          <displayFolderId>DeveloperSuiteCore</displayFolderId>
          <name language="0009">NI Device Drivers - August 2012</name>

Installing the Volume License Installer

To install the software on a client machine using the Volume License Installer, complete the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the Volume License Installer and run the installer executable.
  2. In the Installation Wizard, ensure that you have Device Drivers set to install.
  3. As you proceed with the installation, you should see that the installation switches from the software installation to the device drivers installation without prompting you to insert the driver disc.
    Note The Installation Wizard will still prompt you to choose which features of the device drivers to install.