September 2019
This file contains important information about the InsightCM software, including system recommendations, network requirements, a partial list of bugs fixed for InsightCM 3.6, and known issues.
Product Security and Critical Updates
Upgrading from a Previous Version
Getting Started and Accessing the Help
InsightCM is a software solution for online monitoring to be used with NI monitoring hardware. In the InsightCM web application, you can configure and manage NI monitoring devices, set alarm rules, view acquired data, determine how InsightCM stores data, and more. InsightCM supports the following optional toolkits:
The following sections describe the recommended specifications for the InsightCM Server.
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Refer to ni.com for instructions and a list of network communication ports that InsightCM Server requires you to open.
NI recommends you use the following browsers and screen resolution to access the InsightCM web application:
Refer to Installing InsightCM.
Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.
Refer to the NI InsightCM Upgrade Process.
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 InsightCM.
You can access a list of IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in InsightCM on the NI website. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of InsightCM. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.
For setup tasks required to connect NI Monitoring Devices to InsightCM and start acquiring and viewing data, refer to Setting up Equipment Assets.
For information about the InsightCM system, refer to the InsightCM Manual by clicking the Help button in the top-right corner of the InsightCM web application.
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