NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 21.0 Readme

July 2021

This file contains important information about NI-Embedded CAN for RIO, including software requirements, new features, supported hardware, and known issues.

Overview

Software Requirements

Product Security and Critical Updates

New Features

Supported Hardware

Behavior Changes

Known Issues

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Unsupported Windows Operating Systems

Legal Information


Overview

The NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software provides support for the embedded CAN ports on RIO to transmit and receive CAN frames.

Software Requirements

The NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software supports the following development environments:

  • LabVIEW 2021 (32-bit) and LabVIEW 2021 Real-Time Module
  • LabVIEW 2020 (32-bit) and LabVIEW 2020 Real-Time Module
  • LabVIEW 2019 (32-bit) and LabVIEW 2019 Real-Time Module
  • LabVIEW 2018 (32-bit) and LabVIEW 2018 Real-Time Module

Product Security and Critical Updates

Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. For information about critical updates from NI, refer to Available Critical and Security Updates for NI Software.

New Features

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 21.0

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2021 (32-bit).
  • Added hardware support for roboRIO 2.0.

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 20.0

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2020 (32-bit).

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 19.0

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2019 (32-bit).

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 18.0

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2018 (32-bit).

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 17.0

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2017 (32-bit).

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 16.0

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2016 (32-bit).

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 15.0

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2015 (32-bit).
  • Added support for sbRIO-9607/9627/9637.

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO 14.0

  • Changed the software name from NI-Embedded CAN for sbRIO to NI-Embedded CAN for RIO.
  • Added support for LabVIEW 2014 (32-bit).
  • Added support for sbRIO-9651 System on Module (SOM) Development Kit and roboRIO.
  • Added the CAN Set Filter Mode VI and the CAN Set Filter Value VI. Use these VIs to create Acceptance Filters to reduce the frame storage burden in the NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software.

NI-Embedded CAN for sbRIO 1.0.2

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2013 (32-bit).

NI-Embedded CAN for sbRIO 1.0.1

  • Added support for LabVIEW 2012 (32-bit).
  • Added support for sbRIO-9623/9626/9633/9636.

NI-Embedded CAN for sbRIO 1.0

  • First release to provide VIs to support CAN ports on sbRIO-9605/9606.

Supported Hardware

Refer to Supported Hardware for NI-Embedded CAN for RIO for the latest information about the hardware that each version of the NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software supports.

Behavior Changes

If you use the single-board RIO hardware, the CAN Stop VI stops communication and discards CAN frames in the transmit and receive queues. If you use the CompactRIO with the built-in CAN port hardware, the CAN Stop VI stops communication and saves the CAN frames. After you restart communication by using the CAN Start VI, the NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software sends or receives the CAN frames in the transmit and receive queues.

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 NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software.

Accessing the Help

Refer to the NI-Embedded CAN for RIO Help, accessible by selecting Help»NI-Embedded CAN for RIO Help from LabVIEW, for information about the NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software.

Finding Examples

Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for the NI-Embedded CAN for RIO software are in the labview\examples\NI-Embedded CAN for RIO folder. You can modify an example VI to fit an application or copy an example and paste the example to a VI you create.

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.

If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.6.2, 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 4.6.2 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.

Unsupported Windows Operating Systems

NI-Embedded CAN for RIO no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.x, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2021, may not install or execute correctly on these operating systems. For detailed information about NI operating system support, visit http://www.ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.


Legal Information

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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices

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  • Notices are located in the <National Instruments>\_Legal Information and <National Instruments> directories.
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Patents

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