October 2016
This file contains important information about the NI Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit, including installation instructions, recommended hardware, activating instructions, and known issues.
NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
Product Security and Critical Updates
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
The Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit is an add-on for both the LabVIEW platform and NI VeriStand. This toolkit provides LabVIEW VIs and sample projects to help you control and simulate an electric motor by writing your own applications. This toolkit also extends the functionality of VeriStand by providing a series of custom devices for you to design and implement a real-time motor simulation application. This toolkit uses field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology and integrates the finite element analysis (FEA) method to provide high-speed and high-fidelity electric motor simulation.
This toolkit provides built-in examples of JMAG RTT files and ANSYS motor model files for motor simulation. You can use the RTT files or the ANSYS motor model files with the examples, sample projects, or custom devices. To configure the controller and simulator and use the built-in RTT files or ANSYS motor model files, refer to the NI website for more information.
In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, the Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit has the following requirements for LabVIEW support:
Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW 2016.
For VeriStand support, the Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit has the following requirements:
Refer to the NI VeriStand Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for VeriStand 2016.
Double-click the setup.exe file in the root directory of the Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit installer and follow the instructions on the screen to install this product.
With this release, NI Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit drops support for Microsoft Windows 7 RTM (with no service pack), Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. NI Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit 2016 and later will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit 2016 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit 2016, 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 KB 79UC78LS, Why Does my LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, or TestStand Built Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Server 2003?.
The Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit supports the following operating systems:
1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.1. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 require Microsoft updates to support these items. Refer to Microsoft KB2919442 and KB2919355 for more information about how to install these updates.
2 NI software is signed with a SHA-256 certificate. Windows 7 SP1, Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 require Microsoft updates to support SHA-256. Refer to Microsoft KB3033929 for more information about how to install this security update.
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.
For LabVIEW support, you evaluate and activate the Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit the same as activating LabVIEW. Refer to the LabVIEW Help for more information about activating your software.
For VeriStand support, complete the following steps to activate the Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit:
NI recommends the following hardware for you to use with this toolkit.
| Model | Simulating on RT | Simulating on FPGA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACIM Constant Parameter Model | NI PXIe-8135 RT | NI PXI-7854R | |
| PMSM Constant Parameter Model | NI PXIe-8135 RT | NI PXI-7854R | |
| PMSM Variable Parameter Model | NI PXIe-8135 RT | NI PXI-7854R | |
| PMSM FEA Model | NI PXIe-8135 RT | NI PXIe-7966R + HKS-9609 by Keisokugiken Corporation (KGC)
| |
| SRM Linear Model | NI PXIe-8135 RT | NI PXI-7854R | |
| SRM FEA Model | NI PXIe-8135 RT | NI PXIe-7965R/7966R + HKS-9609 by Keisokugiken Corporation (KGC) |
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 Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit.
Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about the Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit. You can find help information about this toolkit in the Toolkits»Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit book on the Contents tab.
Refer to the NI VeriStand Help, accessible by selecting Help»Search the NI VeriStand Help from VeriStand, for information about the Electric Motor Simulation custom devices.
Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. Navigate to the Toolkits and Modules»Electric Motor Simulation folder to access the examples. You can modify an example VI to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into a VI that you create.
You also can find examples for the Electric Motor Simulation Toolkit in the labview\examples\Electric Motor Simulation directory.
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. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.
If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, 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 4.0 separately before you install NI software.
For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
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.
When you install NI software on Microsoft Windows 8.1, you will notice a few additional tiles in the Apps view, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, Measurement & Automation Explorer (NI MAX), and NI Launcher. For more information about NI support for Windows 8.1, visit ni.com/windows8.
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