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April 2021
This document contains the following important information about NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7:
Installing NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7
Product Security and Critical Updates
What's New in NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7
Supported Hardware and Software
Preserving Device Aliases when Upgrading Software
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Unsupported Windows Operating Systems
NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7 supports the following operating systems:
Note Refer to Unsupported Windows Operating Systems for more information about support for Microsoft Windows OSes.
1When migrating to NI Linux® Real-Time, refer to ni.com/r/RTOShardwaresupport to verify PXI hardware support and ensure you install the correct driver version.
Note In 2016, NI R Series Multifunction RIO dropped support for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and installations of Windows 7 without any service packs. NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7, you cannot use any installers built on this computer with any version of LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI™, NI TestStand™, or Measurement Studio on an unsupported OS.
For more information about the changes to our OS support for 2016, refer to Why Does My NI ADE Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Windows Server 2003?.
Complete the following steps to install NI R Series Multifunction RIO 20.7 for use with LabVIEW. Refer to the Supported Hardware and Software section to confirm which software versions support your specific hardware devices.
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.
Added support for LabVIEW 2020.
Refer to the Software Support for CompactRIO, CompactDAQ, Single-Board RIO, R Series, FlexRIO, and EtherCAT support document on ni.com for a complete list of the hardware and LabVIEW software versions supported by each version of NI R Series Multifunction RIO.
Visit ni.com/rseries for additional NI R Series Multifunction RIO product support and information.
Ensure that you back up any aliases for local RIO devices before you upgrade the software on your system, or ensure that the devices remain connected to the system during the upgrade. Any local aliases that are not associated with a connected device might be removed during the upgrade.
Refer to the List of Known Issues and Bug Fixes for NI-RIO Device Drivers on ni.com for a list of bug fixes in this release.
Refer to the List of Known Issues and Bug Fixes for NI-RIO Device Drivers on ni.com for a current list of all known issues in this release.
In the LabVIEW Help, click the Contents tab and select NI R Series Multifunction RIO to access the software help for your NI R Series Multifunction RIO device.
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.
NI R Series Multifunction 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.
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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices
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