This document contains the Switch Executive 2020 known issues that were discovered before and since the release of Switch Executive 2020. Known issues are performance issues or technical bugs that NI has acknowledged exist within this version of the product.
Not every issue known to NI appears on this list; it is intended to show the most severe and common issues that you may encounter and provide workarounds when possible. Other technical issues that you may encounter could occur through normal product use or system compatibility issues. You may find more information on these issues in NI’s Product Documentation, Knowledgebase, or Community.
Bug Number |
Legacy ID |
Description |
Details |
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394186 | 529703 |
Windows sleep/standby/hibernate can interrupt operationsThese modes terminate any NI Switch Executive operation in progress. Notice that in Windows 7/Vista or on a laptop computer, the default power management settings are likely to enable sleep mode. Workaround: NI recommends that you disable Windows power management modes, such as sleep, standby, and hibernate, when using this product. |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 2.1.1 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: Apr 30, 2007 |
394183 | 529701 |
Installing in silent mode from the command lineWhen you run setup.exe to install the software, you are prompted to choose whether you want to always trust software from National Instruments. If you do not select this option, your installation may be interrupted by one or more Microsoft Windows security dialog boxes. However, if you run the installer in silent mode from the command line, you will not receive this prompt, and the installer will automatically install NI's Software Publisher Certificate to your Windows Trusted Publisher Store. Workaround: If you do not want to make this change to your Windows Trusted Publisher Store, do not install in silent mode from the command line. |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 2.1.1 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: Apr 30, 2007 |
394180 | 529700 |
Hardwiring excluded channels/excluding hardwired channelsNI Switch Executive uses channel exclusions to prevent connections between certain channels. If you associate excluded channels with the same hardwire or if you create an exclusion between two already hardwired channels, NI Switch Executive will not report an exclusion conflict. If your system is indeed wired in this manner, you have created an innate exclusion conflict electrically that NI Switch Executive cannot resolve. Workaround: To prevent innate exclusion conflicts, never wire excluded channels together. |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 2.1.0 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: Oct 5, 2005 |
394178 | 529699 |
Making changes to NI Switch Executive virtual devices via the configuration APINI Switch Executive provides support for programmatic editing of NI Switch Executive virtual devices. However, if another process, such as Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), has opened the same NI Switch Executive virtual device configuration, the changes you make with the configuration API may not propagate to the other applications accessing the same virtual device. Workaround: To avoid any data inconsistency issues, do not access the virtual device while it is being modified in another process. |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 2.1.0 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: Oct 5, 2005 |
394176 | 529696 |
Changing IVI configurations after creating an NI Switch Executive virtual deviceThe IVI configuration of an IVI switch is read at the time that the switch is added to the NI Switch Executive virtual device. If changes are made to the IVI configuration, such as creating virtual channels, changing default setup to make some channels come up as source or configuration channels, or changing the topology, those changes are not automatically reflected in NI Switch Executive. Workaround: For NI Switch Executive to recognize the change, you must remove the IVI switch from the NI Switch Executive virtual device and then add it again. The preferred manner for modifying source and configuration channel attributes is by using the Channels/Exclusions tab of NI Switch Executive in Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX). Using the Channels/Exclusions tab instead of altering the IVI configuration helps you avoid removing and adding an IVI switch to reflect your changes. |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 1.0.0 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: Feb 28, 2002 |
394172 | 529695 |
NI Switch Executive & NI SCXI-1127If you are using the NI SCXI-1127 in multiplexer mode configured under Traditional NI-DAQ Devices in MAX, there are a few anomalies exposed by NI Switch Executive. Workaround: Use only 2-wire mode and refer to the NI Switches Help for appropriate channel names. |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 1.0.0 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: Feb 28, 2002 |
394168 | 529694 |
"DLL Not Found" - Microsoft Visual BasicWhen using Microsoft Visual Basic, you may get a "DLL Not Found" error when trying to run your program in the IDE. This problem only occurs in the Visual Basic IDE and when another process, such as Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), has loaded nise.dll. Workaround: Workaround 1: Close any other processes that are using nise.dll. This is most commonly MAX. |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 1.0.0 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: Feb 28, 2002 |
394163 | 529692 |
Reverting to NI Switch Executive 1.0 after installing NI Switch Executive 2015This downgrade is not recommended. Dependencies on subcomponents, such as the IVI Compliance Package (ICP), fail if you downgrade to 1.0. Workaround: If the downgrade to 1.0 is unavoidable, you must uninstall NI Switch Executive 2015 first and then uninstall the ICP. Refer to Uninstalling/Modifying NI Switch Executive in the NI Switch Executive Readme to uninstall NI Switch Executive 2015, and then complete the following steps to remove the ICP: |
Reported Version: NI Switch Executive 1.0.1 Resolved Version: NI Switch Executive: Future Release Added: May 19, 2003 |
993779 |
Error -4503 Running LabVIEW NXG Executable with NI Switch Executive GVIsApplications built and distributed using LabVIEW NXG 5.0 with NI Switch Executive GVIs can return "Application Load Failure" error -4503 when running the executable. The error states "Some of the Application's GLLs were not built at the same time as the application. Please rebuild the application." Workaround:
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Reported Version: Switch Executive 2020 Resolved Version: N/A Added: Apr 9, 2020 |
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