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| Feature | Operative System | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Linux | OS X | NI Linux Real-Time | NI-ETS (Phar Lap*) | LVRT VxWorks* | |
| GPIB | ||||||
| VXI | ||||||
| RS-232 | ||||||
| RS-485 | ||||||
| PCI | ||||||
| PXI | ||||||
| TCP/IP | ||||||
| LXI Discovery | ||||||
| Remote Client | ||||||
| Remote Server | ||||||
| ENET Serial | ||||||
| USB | ||||||
| Compatible Version |
* NI will remove support for Phar Lap for cRIO in the NI 2020 Software Release and for PXI in the NI 2022 Software Release. For more information, please see the Phar Lap RT OS EOL Road Map.
Supported Windows Operating Systems: Windows 7/8 (32/64-bit), Vista/XP (32-bit ONLY) Supported Linux Operating Systems: OpenSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Scientific Linux Note: VISA TCP/IP resources cannot be added under VxWorks or NI Linux RT targets in MAX, they must be referenced programmatically in LabVIEW.
Note: The utilities provided by NI-VISA are 32-bit only.