LabVIEW 2021 VI Analyzer Toolkit Readme

July 2021

This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit.

You can find more release information on ni.com.

  • Release Notes: Known issues, bugs fixed since the last release, and other notes about this release
  • Manuals: New features, behavior changes, and other documentation

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Installation Instructions

Product Security and Critical Updates

Using the VI Analyzer Toolkit

Using Spell Check Word List

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

VI Analyzer Enthusiasts Community Group

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Unsupported Windows Operating Systems

Legal Information


System Requirements

In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, the VI Analyzer Toolkit has the following requirements:

  • LabVIEW 2021 Base, Full, or Professional Development System
  • At least 50 MB of disk space

Note  The LabVIEW 2021 Professional Development System license activates the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit.

Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW.

Supported Operating Systems

The VI Analyzer Toolkit supports the following operating systems:

Windows Windows 10 (version 20H2)
macOS macOS 10.14 or 10.15
Linux openSUSE LEAP 15.0
openSUSE LEAP 15.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop + Workstation 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop + Workstation 8
CentOS 7
CentOS 8

Note  The LabVIEW 2021 VI Analyzer Toolkit for Linux requires a 64-bit distribution and does not support 32-bit applications.

Installation Instructions

(Windows)

NI installs the VI Analyzer Toolkit using NI Package Manager. If you do not already have NI software installed, the VI Analyzer Toolkit installs NI Package Manager to handle the installation of your NI software. Visit ni.com/r/NIPMDownload to download NI Package Manager. Refer to the NI Package Manager Manual for more information about installing, removing, and upgrading NI software using NI Package Manager.

You can also install LabVIEW and the VI Analyzer Toolkit using the LabVIEW Platform media. To request additional LabVIEW Platform media, refer to the NI website.

Note  If you purchased this product with an NI Software Suite or NI Product Bundle, use the installation media that shipped with your purchase to install this product.

(macOS, Linux)

The VI Analyzer Toolkit installs with the LabVIEW Professional Development System. Refer to the LabVIEW Media Readme for macOS/Linux for instructions on how to install the LabVIEW Professional Development System.

If you use the LabVIEW Full Development System, complete the following steps to install the VI Analyzer Toolkit.

(macOS)

  1. Insert the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit media for macOS/Linux and open NI LabVIEW 2021 VI Analyzer Toolkit 64-bit.pkg located under the macOS subdirectory.
  2. Select Continue to run a program to determine if the VI Analyzer Toolkit can be installed on your system.
  3. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen and continue to the Installation Type screen.
  4. In the Installation Type screen, select Change Install Location to select the location where a compatible version of LabVIEW is installed. Otherwise, the installation will not complete.
  5. After you select the installation location, continue to follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

(Linux)

  1. Log into the system as root.
  2. Insert the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit media for macOS/Linux and mount the installation media. On some systems, the media mounts automatically.
  3. On the mounted media, find the VI Analyzer Toolkit installer in the Linux directory.
  4. To run the installation script, enter the following command:

    sh ./INSTALL

    To uninstall the VI Analyzer Toolkit on Linux, enter the following command:

    sh ./UNINSTALL

Product Security and Critical Updates

Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. Visit ni.com/r/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.

Using the VI Analyzer Toolkit

After you install the VI Analyzer Toolkit, select Tools»VI Analyzer»Analyze VIs in LabVIEW to run the VI Analyzer. You also can use the VI Analyzer VIs, located on the Functions palette. Refer to the LabVIEW Help and the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit User Guide for more information about using the VI Analyzer Toolkit.

Using Spell Check Word List

For a list of the copyrights, conditions, and disclaimers regarding the word list used in the automatically generated inflection database, refer to the AGID_4.0_notice.pdf and AGID_4.0_license.pdf files in the Licenses directory on the VI Analyzer Toolkit installation media.

Accessing the Help

Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about the VI Analyzer Toolkit.

Finding Examples

Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for the VI Analyzer Toolkit are located in the labview\examples\VI Analyzer Toolkit directory. 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.

VI Analyzer Enthusiasts Community Group

Visit ni.com/r/ex8j59 to discuss the VI Analyzer Toolkit with other users.

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 Automating an Installer in the NI Package Manager manual.

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, refer to NI Product Compatibility for Microsoft Windows 10.

Unsupported Windows Operating Systems

LabVIEW 2021 VI Analyzer Toolkit 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 https://www.ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.


Legal Information

Copyright

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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices

You can find end-user license agreements (EULAs) and third-party legal notices in the following locations after installation:

  • Notices are located in the <National Instruments>\_Legal Information and <National Instruments> directories.
  • EULAs are located in the <National Instruments>\Shared\MDF\Legal\license directory.
  • Review <National Instruments>\_Legal Information.txt for information on including legal information in installers built with NI products.

U.S. Government Restricted Rights

If you are an agency, department, or other entity of the United States Government ("Government"), the use, duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure or transfer of the technical data included in this manual is governed by the Restricted Rights provisions under Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.227-14 for civilian agencies and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Section 252.227-7014 and 252.227-7015 for military agencies.

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Patents

For patents covering the NI products/technology, refer to the appropriate location: Help»Patents in your software, the patents.txt file on your media, or the NI Patent Notice at ni.com/patents.

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