November 2019
This file contains important information about NI SystemLink, including system requirements and known issues.
Product Security and Critical Updates
Licensing Information for SystemLink Clients
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
Use NI SystemLink to discover and manage systems on a server. Create and deploy packages to all your managed systems. Leverage SystemLink data services to visualize data, trigger alarms, monitor tests, manage assets, and transfer files to a server. SystemLink TDM is a Big Analog Data™ solution for automated preparation and analysis of large amounts of data in various formats and structures from different geographic locations.
NI SystemLink has the following minimum system requirements:
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| Windows, less than 50 nodes | Windows, 50+ nodes, SystemLink TDM |
| OS | Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)1 Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit) or higher | Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)1 Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit) or higher |
| Processor | 4-core recommended or higher | 8-core recommended or higher |
| RAM | 6 GB minimum 16+ GB recommended | 16 GB minimum 32+ GB recommended |
| Disk | 6 GB minimum 8+ GB recommended | 16+ GB recommended |
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.
Note SystemLink TDM does not support server versions from the Microsoft Semi-Annual Channel. In addition, SystemLink TDM does not support Windows Server Core mode.
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| NI PXI (Windows) or Windows PC | NI CompactRIO |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit) or higher Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit) or higher | NI Linux Real-Time 2019 |
| Processor | Pentium 4 G1 (or equivalent) or later | All Intel and ARM models supported |
| RAM | 2 GB minimum 4 GB recommended | 512 MB minimum 1+ GB recommended Note: NI SystemLink does not support targets with less than 512 MB of RAM. |
| Disk | 1 GB minimum 2+ GB recommended | 512 MB |
Note: VxWorks and Phar Lap OS are not supported.
Note: NI SystemLink 19.5.1 web applications do not support Internet Explorer.
NI SystemLink 19.5.1 supports the following LabVIEW versions:
SystemLink TDM supports the following DIAdem versions as clients:
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.
SystemLink uses Volume License Manager to license server modules and add-ons as well as clients. Download NI Volume License Manager from ni.com and refer to the NI Volume License Manager help for more information on licensing.
If you evaluate NI SystemLink Server before activating, any clients you connect will initially appear as Not Activated in Systems Manager. Use NI SystemLink Web Application to activate the client after you activate the server.
The following items are the IDs and titles of a subset of issues fixed in SystemLink. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of SystemLink 19.5.1. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed.
| ID | Fixed Issue |
|---|---|
| 591185 | Compare availability does not work for assets that have a period, underscore, or hyphen in their ID |
| 591511 | Asset Management service does not store utilization entries for systems with times set ahead of the server's set time |
| 591525 | Cannot install software on NI Linux RT 18.x targets using SystemLink Server 19.5 |
| 591578 | Groups migration does not work correctly when upgrading from 19.0 to 19.5 |
| 591660 | Cannot post jobs to a target when sysapi.get_props information returns a large amount of data |
| 591741 | Jobs History UI crashes if migrated jobs do not contain configuration information or metadata |
| 591844 | SystemLink client fails to reconnect to the server after installing a state |
| 591883 | Cannot update a step due to exception "not a valid 24 digit hex string" |
| 591909 | Update Results VI creates a new result instead of updating an existing result |
Refer to the NI SystemLink Manual, accessible from ni.com, for more information about NI SystemLink and the services and APIs it offers.
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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