LabVIEW 2014 Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Readme

Version 14.0.0


June 2014


This file contains important information about the LabVIEW 2014 Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module, including installation instructions, new features, known issues, and a partial list of bugs fixed for the LabVIEW 2014 DSC Module.


Overview

System Requirements

Installation Instructions

Product Security and Critical Updates

New Features

Known Issues

Bug Fixes

Upgrade and Compatibility Issues

Accessing the Help

Finding Examples

Automating the Installation of NI Products

How to Use NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.x

NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003

Legal Information


Overview

The LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) Module extends the LabVIEW graphical development environment with additional functionality for the rapid development of distributed measurement, control, and high-channel-count monitoring applications. The DSC Module enhances the LabVIEW shared variable, supports logging data to the Citadel and relational databases, enhances the Historical Data Viewer and the NI Distributed System Manager, and provides tools for graphing historical or real-time trends, enhancing the security of front panels, and writing custom I/O servers.


System Requirements

In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, the DSC Module has the following requirements:


  • LabVIEW 2014 Base, Full, or Professional Development System (32-bit)
  • At least 2.5 GB of disk space
  • 512 MB of RAM. National Instruments recommends 1 GB of RAM.
  • Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 or later
  • One of the following operating systems for application development:
    • Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
    • Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
    • Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
    • Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
    • Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)
    • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

    Note:


    • The DSC Module does not support Windows NT/Me/2000/98/95 or the Windows Server non-R2 editions.
    • Support for Windows Server 2003 R2 may require disabling physical address extensions (PAE). To learn how this might affect your use of Windows Server 2003 and what actions you might have to take, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code PAESupport.

Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW 2014.


Installation Instructions

You can install all of your LabVIEW products—including the DSC Module—using the LabVIEW 2014 Platform media. Refer to the LabVIEW Installation Guide on the LabVIEW Platform media for installation instructions and system requirements.


To request additional LabVIEW Platform media, refer to the National Instruments 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.
  • The DSC Module requires the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. This component is installed by default when you install the DSC Module. Refer to How Do I Configure the Microsoft SQL Server? at ni.com/kb for information about how to configure the Microsoft SQL Server.

Licensing

The DSC Module relies on licensing activation. When the evaluation period expires, you must activate a valid DSC Module license to continue using the DSC Module.


The NI OPC Servers application installed with the DSC Module provides a temporary license for a two-hour evaluation period. You must activate a valid license to continue using the NI OPC Servers application after the evaluation period expires.


Product Security and Critical Updates

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.


New Features

The LabVIEW 2014 DSC Module includes the Modbus VIs for you to establish Modbus communication in LabVIEW.


The new Modbus palette, available on the Data Communication palette, provides VIs that you can use to build control systems with specific performance or rate requirements using Modbus. By using the Modbus VIs, you can control the requests that Modbus masters generate, determine when to send these requests, and operate on the responses that Modbus slaves send.


Refer to the VI and Function Reference»Data Communication VIs and Functions»Modbus VIs book on the Contents tab in the LabVIEW Help for information about the Modbus VIs.


Known Issues

You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the National Instruments website for an up-to-date list of known issues in the DSC Module.


Bug Fixes

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


ID Fixed Issue
405808 Partial data pages appear to be missing from the destination database after a trace archive
426256 The Read (String) instance VI on the OPC UA Server palette leaks memory
430776 Error -1967353902 occurs when you use serial ports other than COM1 for Modbus

Upgrade and Compatibility Issues

The 2014 DSC Module does not have any upgrade and compatibility issues. For upgrade and compatibility issues specific to previous versions of the DSC Module, refer to the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Release and Upgrade Notes at ni.com.


Accessing the Help

Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help, for information about the DSC Module.


Finding Examples

Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for the DSC Module are located in the labview\examples\lvdsc 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.


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. 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:


How to Use NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.x

When you install National Instruments software on Microsoft Windows 8.x, 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.


Using NI Launcher

NI Launcher helps you find and launch installed NI products. It provides you with a method of finding NI products similar to the Start menu in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. To use NI Launcher, click the NI Launcher tile in the Apps view. NI Launcher launches the desktop and opens a menu containing a list of NI products. Click any NI product to launch it.


Note  NI MAX does not appear as a desktop shortcut when installed on Microsoft Windows 8.x. You can launch NI MAX either from the Apps view or from within NI Launcher.

Pinning Frequently Used Applications

For convenience, you can pin your most-used NI applications, such as MAX, to either the Start screen or the Taskbar on the desktop, as necessary:


Current ApplicationIcon LocationPin to Action
Windows 8.x DesktopDesktop TaskbarRight-click application and select Pin to Taskbar
Windows 8.x Desktop Start screenRight-click application and select Pin to Start
Windows 8.x Start screenDesktop TaskbarRight-click application and select Pin to taskbar from the menu bar on the bottom of the screen

Finding All Programs

If you want to find a particular application or related files, such as documentation files, from the Start screen, you can access all installed files from the Apps view. To get to the Apps view, right-click anywhere on the Start screen and select All apps (Windows 8) or click the down arrow on the bottom left of the screen (Windows 8.1).


For more information about NI support for Windows 8.x, visit ni.com/windows8.


NI LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module Drops Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 in 2016

National Instruments LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module will drop support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 as of July 1, 2016. Versions of LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module that ship after July 1, 2016 will not install or run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. For detailed information about NI application software product life cycles, visit ni.com/info and enter one of the following Info Codes:


Product Info Code
NI LabVIEWlifecycle
NI LabWindows™/CVI™cvi_lifecycle
NI Measurement Studiomstudiolifecycle
NI TestStandtslcp
NI DIAdemddlcp
NI SignalExpressselcp
NI VeriStandnivslifecycle

Legal Information

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