September 2016
Thank you for using NI mmWave. This file contains important information about NI mmWave and is organized into the following sections:
Installed Software, Documentation, and Examples
Finding Examples and Sample Projects
Product Security and Critical Updates
Uninstalling/Modifying NI mmWave
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
NI mmWave 15.1 includes the following new features:
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.
Note NI mmWave 15.1 and later does not support Windows Server non-R2 editions.
NI recommends that you have the most recent service pack for your operating system installed.
Note You should install ADEs, such as NI LabVIEW, before installing NI mmWave. To add support for ADEs installed after installing NI mmWave, modify your NI mmWave installation or launch the NI mmWave installer again.
| Item | ADE | Installed Location |
|---|---|---|
| NI mmWave Examples | NI LabVIEW 2015 | <NIDIR>\LabVIEW 2015\examples\instr.lib\niMmWave\ |
Documentation for NI mmWave is composed of the following documents.
| Document | Format | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Started Guide for your device | Printed and PDF | Contains software and hardware installation, signal connection, and information on how to get started with application development for your device. | Available at ni.com/manuals |
| Specifications for your device | Lists technical specifications for your device. | Available at ni.com/manuals | |
| NI mmWave Readme | HTML (this document) | Contains information about supported hardware and operating systems, new features, fixed issues, and legal notices. | Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI mmWave»Documentation |
For the most recent revisions of documentation and for newly released documentation, visit ni.com/manuals.
Note To view PDFs, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. You can install the viewer from www.adobe.com/reader.
To access the LabVIEW sample projects and templates from the New Project dialog, select Sample Projects in the left pane and navigate to the project that best matches your application requirements.
NI mmWave palette VIs are available from the Functions»Instrument I/O»Instrument Drivers»NI mmWave palette.
NI mmWave includes several example applications for LabVIEW. You can access the installed NI mmWave examples from the Start menu at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI mmWave»Examples.
Note The NI Example Finder does not include NI mmWave examples.
Note Installed examples are not sample projects. You must copy the example to a new location before modifying any files. Otherwise, your changes may be overwritten.
Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about National Instruments products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from National Instruments.
For Windows 7, complete the following steps:
For Windows 8.1, complete the following steps:
As part of the NI mmWave 15.1 installation, the following software is installed. To completely remove the NI mmWave 15.1 installation from your system, you must also remove all of the following packages:
Caution Several of the software packages listed above are shared with other NI software packages. If you attempt to remove a piece of software that something else is dependent on, a message launches to warn you about the software dependencies. You can choose to either uninstall all of the software or to leave the shared software installed. If you choose to uninstall the shared software, some of your other NI software may no longer function correctly.
Note Do not attempt to uninstall by manually deleting files.
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the NI mmWave 15.1 Known Issues at ni.com/info and enter the Info Code ex4aqa for an up-to-date list of known issues in NI mmWave 15.1.
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:
When you install National Instruments 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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