NI-DMM 17.5 Readme

January 2018


This file contains important information about NI-DMM, including installation instructions, new features, a partial list of bugs fixed, and known issues.


If you plan to use LabVIEW NXG, refer to LabVIEW NXG Support and Considerations.



Overview

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Application Software Support

Product Security and Critical Updates

New Features

Supported Hardware

Behavior Changes

Known Issues

Bug Fixes

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

LabVIEW NXG Support and Considerations

IVI Compliance Package Functionality

Automating the Installation of NI Products

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10

Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1

Legal Information


Overview

NI-DMM is an NI instrument driver that communicates with all NI programmable digital multimeters (DMMs). NI-DMM is an interchangeable virtual instrument (IVI)–compliant instrument driver, and it features a set of operations and properties that exercise the functionality of the DMM and includes an interactive soft front panel and examples.


System Requirements

NI-DMM 17.5 has the following requirements:


Minimum System Requirements

  • Processor—2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor or equivalent
  • RAM—1 GB, 800 MHz DDR2 RAM
  • A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768

Recommended System

  • Processor—2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 or equivalent
  • RAM—4 GB, dual-channel 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM

Supported Operating Systems

NI-DMM 17.5 supports the following operating systems:


  • Windows 10/8.11/7 SP12
  • Windows Server 2012 R21
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP12

Note  In 2016 NI-DMM dropped support for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and installations of Windows 7 without any service packs. NI-DMM 17.5 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI-DMM 17.5 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI-DMM 17.5, 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?.


Note  Support for Windows 32-bit operating systems may require disabling physical address extension (PAE). To learn how this might affect your system and what actions you might need to take, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code PAESupport.


1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.2. 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.


Application Software Support

NI-DMM 17.5 supports the following application software versions, including service packs. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.


Application SoftwareVersions Supported by NI-DMM
LabVIEW 2014 SP1, 2015 SP1, 2016, 2017
LabVIEW Real-Time Module 2014 SP1, 2015, 2016, 2017
LabVIEW NXG 2.0
LabWindows™/CVI™ 2013 and later
LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module 2013 and later

Microsoft Visual Studio Support

If you are using the NI-DMM .NET Class Library, the .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The NI-DMM .NET Class Library can be used with the Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET programming languages in any Visual Studio version that can target the .NET Framework 4.0 or the .NET Framework 4.5.


To use the .NET API, you must install the .NET class libraries or the .NET wrapper in addition to the NI device driver. For information about versions of the .NET Framework and the drivers each supports, as well as the download location of the installer files, refer to the National Instruments .NET Driver Support document at ni.com/info and enter Info Code NETAPIdriversupport.


Product Security and Critical Updates

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.


New Features

  • NI-DMM 17.5 adds support for LabVIEW NXG 2.0.

Supported Hardware

The following list details the hardware models supported in NI-DMM 17.5.


PXI Amplifier Module


  • PXI-4022

PXI Digital Multimeter


  • PXIe-4080
  • PXIe-4081
  • PXIe-4082
  • PXI-4072
  • PXI-4071
  • PXI-4070
  • PXI-4065

Digital Multimeter Device


  • PCI-4070
  • PCIe-4065
  • PCI-4065
  • USB-4065

Behavior Changes

The following items are changes in behavior for NI-DMM 15.2.


  • Express VIs are not supported with PXIe-408x hardware. For more information on differences between PXI-407x hardware and PXIe-408x hardware, visit ni.com/info and enter Info Code exbgsi.
  • The following triggers have been renamed in NI-DMM 15.2.

NI-DMM C/CVI/VB Trigger Naming Changes

Former name New name
NIDMM_VAL_TTL0 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG0
NIDMM_VAL_TTL1 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG1
NIDMM_VAL_TTL2 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG2
NIDMM_VAL_TTL3 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG3
NIDMM_VAL_TTL4 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG4
NIDMM_VAL_TTL5 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG5
NIDMM_VAL_TLL6 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG6
NIDMM_VAL_TTL7 NIDMM_VAL_PXI_TRIG7
NIDMM_VAL_LBR_TRIG_0 NIDMM_VAL_LBR_TRIG0
NIDMM_VAL_LBR_TRIG_1 NIDMM_VAL_LBR_TRIG1
NIDMM_VAL_AUX_TRIG_1 NIDMM_VAL_AUX_TRIG1

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 NI-DMM 17.5.


Bug Fixes

The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in NI-DMM. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of NI-DMM. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.


The following items are changes in NI-DMM 15.2 from NI-DMM 14.0.


ID Fixed Issue
507445 Fixed an issue in NI-DMM 14.0 where the Capacitance, Susceptance, Resistance, and Reactance attributes had incorrect IDs and wrote to the incorrect attributes in the NI-DMM property node. The attributes have been fixed with the correct IDs and now write to the correct attribute. The Susceptance and Resistance attributes were incorrectly set as integer types, producing an IVI_ERROR_TYPES_DO_NOT_MATCH error. The attributes have been fixed to doubles.

Accessing the Help

Refer to the NI Digital Multimeters Help, accessible from Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DMM»NI-DMM Documentation, for information about NI-DMM.


Finding Examples

You can access all the installed NI-DMM examples at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DMM»NI-DMM Examples and online at ni.com/examples.


Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for NI-DMM are located in the LabVIEW XXXX\examples\instr\niDMM 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.


The NI Example Finder offers two ways to access all installed LabVIEW example VIs and their descriptions:


  • Click the Browse tab to locate modulation examples by task at Hardware Input and Output»Modular Instruments»NI–DMM or by directory structure at instr»niDMM.
  • Click the Search tab to search all installed examples by keyword. For example, search for "DMM" to locate all NI-DMM examples.

LabVIEW NXG Support and Considerations

The following sections detail considerations for using LabVIEW NXG with NI-DMM.


LabVIEW NXG Operating Systems and System Requirements

Software support for LabVIEW NXG differs in the following ways:


  • System requirements—Only 64-bit (x64) processors are supported.
  • Operating system—Only 64-bit operating systems are supported. Refer to the Supported Operating Systems section for more information.

LabVIEW NXG Hardware Support

407x, 406x, and 4050 DMMs


  • PCI-4065
  • PCI-4070
  • PCIe-4065
  • PXI-4065
  • PXI-4070
  • PXI-4071
  • PXI-4072
  • USB-4065

408x DMMs


  • PXIe-4080
  • PXIe-4081
  • PXIe-4082

LabVIEW NXG Help

View context help in LabVIEW by pressing <Ctrl-H> and hovering over an object.


Search for items using the search bar in the upper right corner of the LabVIEW window. You can also view context help for the search results.


Additional documentation is available online at ni.com/manuals.


LabVIEW NXG Examples

Launch LabVIEW and click the Learning tab.


LabVIEW lessons are located in the Lessons tab, and LabVIEW Examples are located in the Examples tab. Follow the instructions in the lessons and examples.


IVI Compliance Package Functionality

NI-DMM no longer installs IVI Compliance Package. NI-DMM supports IVI configuration and runtime, but no longer supports the following features:


  • LabVIEW and CVI IVI class driver APIs for developing IVI interchangeable applications
  • IVI Class Simulation drivers
  • IVI-COM Adapters

If you want to use the above features, you must install IVI Compliance Package separately, either from ni.com/downloads or from the NI Device Drivers 2017 DVD.


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 4.0, 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:


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.


Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1

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.



Legal Information

Copyright


© 2007–2018 National Instruments. All rights reserved.


Under the copyright laws, this publication may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, storing in an information retrieval system, or translating, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of National Instruments Corporation.


NI respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. NI software is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Where NI software may be used to reproduce software or other materials belonging to others, you may use NI software only to reproduce materials that you may reproduce in accordance with the terms of any applicable license or other legal restriction.


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.


IVI Foundation Copyright Notice


Content from the IVI specifications reproduced with permission from the IVI Foundation.


The IVI Foundation and its member companies make no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The IVI Foundation and its member companies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.


Trademarks


Refer to the NI Trademarks and Logo Guidelines at ni.com/trademarks for information on NI trademarks. Other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.


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.


376310E-01