LabVIEW Version 6.1 Release Notes
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1. 11 Configuring LabVIEW with the Motif Window Manager 11 Notice to Sun SPARCstation 5 Users eceeeseeesesteeneeseeeecsaeeseeeesseens Known Issues with LabVIEW 6 1 0 Documentation Clarifications and Additions LabVIEW National Instruments NI NI 488 2 ni com and NI DAQ are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation Product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies 321778D 01 2001 National Instruments Corp All rights reserved November 2001 How to Proceed If you are upgrading from a previous version of LabVIEW read the LabVIEW Upgrade Notes included with your upgrade package before you continue with this installation You need to consider several issues before you convert VIs to LabVIEW 6 1 Read the Required System Configuration section and follow the instructions in the nstallation section After you install Lab VIEW read the Where to Go from Here section for information about getting started with LabVIEW Also read the Documentation Clarifications and Additions section before you use LabVIEW 6 1 LabVIEW Release Notes 2 ni com Required System Configuration The following table describes the minimum system requirements needed to run LabVIEW 6 1 Media and System Platform Requirements Important Notes All Platforms Distributed on CD ROM LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Help contain only2. and the Windows Measurement amp Automation Explorer Youneodaminimumot mera help tm you mst i 32 MB of RAM and at least Pe ee 65 MB of disk space for the To view and control a front panel remotely typical LabVIEW using a Web browser National Instruments installation or 300 MB for recommends that you have Internet Explorer the complete LabVIEW 5 5 Service Pack 2 or later installation Windows NT LabVIEW runs on To use ActiveX functionality in LabVIEW Windows NT 4 0 Service you must have Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 3 or later Pack 3 or later and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 or later Windows XP Refer to the National Instruments Web site at ni com info and enter the info code winxp for information about LabVIEW support of Windows XP LabVIEW Release Notes ni com Platform Media and System Requirements Important Notes Power Macintosh LabVIEW requires System 7 6 1 or later You need a minimum of 32 MB of RAM and at least 100 MB of disk space for the typical LabVIEW installation or 325 MB for the complete LabVIEW installation You must have at least 32 MB of RAM You might need more memory depending on the size of the application you design in LabVIEW and the amount of data that your application manipulates National Instruments recommends that you have 64 MB of RAM For more accurate timing install the Apple QuickTime extension When you use QuickTime timing accuracy shou
3. enter the following command INSTALL The INSTALL script prompts you to enter the directory where you want to install LabVIEW which is typically usr local or opt The script uses rpm to install on systems that support the rpm format or extracts the rpm archives directly on other systems B Note Refer to the README document on the LabVIEW installation CD for custom installation instructions and other information Refer to the Common LabVIEW Launch Errors on UNIX section if you encounter errors when you launch LabVIEW after installation Installing LabVIEW on a Network If you have a license for each LabVIEW client complete the following steps to install LabVIEW on a network LabVIEW Release Notes 1 Install the LabVIEW Full or Professional Development System on the server Each local computer should use its own labview ini file for LabVIEW preferences If a labview ini file does not already exist on a local computer you can create this text document using a text editor such as Notepad The first line of labview ini must be labview Macintosh The preference file is LabVIEW 6 1 Preferences UNIX The preference file is labviewrc Modify the command line option of the LabVIEW icon in Program Manager as follows W LABVIEW LABVIEW EXE pref C LVWORK labview ini where W LABVIEW is the path to labview exe and C LVWORK is the path to labview ini Macintosh Place the preference file in the System P
4. remove individual components ni com Macintosh Complete the following steps to install LabVIEW for Macintosh 1 Insert the LabVIEW installation CD 2 Runthe Install LabVIEW program 3 Follow the instructions that appear on your screen UNIX Solaris 2 1 To enable superuser privileges type su root and enter the root password 2 Insert the LabVIEW installation CD On Solaris 2 5 1 or later versions the CD automatically mounts when you insert the CD If this feature is disabled on your workstation you must mount the CD by entering the following command mount o ro F hsfs dev dsk c0t6d0s2 cdrom 3 If your CD was mounted automatically type the following command cd cdrom cdrom0 solaris2 or If you used the mount command in step 2 enter the following command cd cdrom solaris2 4 Enter the following command INSTALL 3 Note Refer to the README document in cdrom cdrom0 solaris2 or cdrom solaris2 for custom installation instructions and other additional information 5 Follow the instructions on your screen Refer to the Common LabVIEW Launch Errors on UNIX section if you encounter errors when you launch LabVIEW after installation National Instruments Corporation 7 LabVIEW Release Notes Linux 1 Log in to your system as root 2 Use mount mnt cdrom to mount the CD To change the current directory to the mounted CD enter the following command cd mnt cdrom 4 Torun the installation script
5. 16 bit color graphics LabVIEW requires a minimum color palette setting of 256 colors 16 bit color is recommended The LabVIEW Help requires a minimum color palette setting of 256 colors with a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels 16 bit color is recommended The LabVIEW Tutorial requires a sound card and a video card capable of playing avi files LabVIEW uses a directory for storing temporary files Some of the temporary files are large so keep several megabytes of disk space available for this temporary directory The default for the temporary directory is tmp You can change the temporary directory by selecting Tools Options and selecting Paths from the top pull down menu If LabVIEW aborts unexpectedly it might leave files behind in the temporary directory Remove old files occasionally to free disk space National Instruments Corporation 3 LabVIEW Release Notes Media and System Platform Requirements Important Notes All Windows Refer to the installation You must have at least 32 MB of RAM You Versions instructions that appear on might need more memory depending on the your screen for information size of the application you design in about the size of the LabVIEW and the amount of data that LabVIEW system you your application manipulates National are installing Instruments recommends that you have LabVIEW runs on any OTMB GERAM system that supports To use the LabVIEW Help
6. IEW runs on SPARC stations with Solaris 2 5 1 or later Linux LabVIEW runs on Linux for Requires GNU C Library Version 2 1 3 glibc2 also known as libc so 6 RedHat Linux 5 0 or later includes the glibc2 run time library Installation Windows LabVIEW Release Notes Note Refer to the National Instruments KnowledgeBase at ni com if you encounter errors during installation After installing LabVIEW if you are a new user you should complete the LabVIEW Tutorial Start the LabVIEW Tutorial by clicking the LabVIEW Tutorial button in the LabVIEW dialog box Windows Insert the LabVIEW 6 1 installation CD and follow the instructions that appear on your screen Windows 2000 NT XP Complete the following steps to install LabVIEW for Windows 1 Log on as an administrator or as a user with administrator privileges 2 Insert the LabVIEW 6 1 installation CD and follow the instructions that appear on your screen The LabVIEW 6 1 installer program might install multiple National Instruments products Each product is listed in the Add Remove Programs Control Panel located at Start Settings Control Panel Use the Add Remove Programs applet to modify the current LabVIEW installation or to remove it altogether If you modify the current installation a list of LabVIEW components appears similar to the list of components that appeared if you selected a custom installation In the list that appears you can add or
7. RELEASE NOTES pO INSTRUMENTS Las VIEW Version 6 1 Contents These release notes introduce you to LabVIEW describe the system requirements for the LabVIEW software and contain installation instructions The LabVIEW 6 1 Professional Development System includes the LabVIEW Full Development System HOW to ma 010 c 0 PEE TEE AEE EE ORAE E 2 Required System Configuration cece cceesseeeeceecseeseeseeseeeeees 3 Installation csitsa ie nae Aine te Nee CRS ae ea 6 WAINGOWS o csesccssseciccesden sbi dunaseds ceurucous casavacance ands sevbdenasiacsseegceviossouseaters 6 Macintoshi 25 sasevsnsssscccuissevs cagecsesssgates tut canebtcaviesnststuansestevendncpoactaveees 7 ONIX trae Gh Ga AEN A ER 7 SOLATIS Diss stds food Sos sect ens oie r te laa EA ine Sea cutee eee 7 JEENE D e REEE TEE TE A 8 Installing LabVIEW on a Network sssssssssesesssessrsssssesiseseserereseseees 8 Hardware Installation and Configuration Notes 00 0 ccc eee 9 WANdOWS sixes cs visa auras ets Gan aera E 9 Low Level Register O cece essescesesecseeseseessssseaeeens 9 Macintoshiiy ccccassvesscavsinesetsceseeosstepaavennie encased ue ecbaraneanananeeaiiess 9 SION E EAEE E eae uch E O A O nc pteaecee ceive 10 Where to Go from Her 3 oes c csessesnored oessvvivesac tatiana A 10 Common LabVIEW Launch Errors on UNIX seeren 11 Configuring Window Managers on UNIX ssesesesessssssisissisrrerisesesese 11 Configuring LabVIEW with the Tab Window Managet
8. ld increase from 16 6 ms resolution to approximately 1 ms resolution System response varies depending on background applications other extensions networking activity and disk caching National Instruments recommends that you use Netscape 6 0 or later to view the LabVIEW Help All UNIX Versions LabVIEW requires an X Window System server such as OpenWindows CDE or X11R6 You need a minimum of 32 MB of RAM with 32 MB of swap space storage You need at least 65 MB of disk space for the typical LabVIEW installation or 150 MB for the complete LabVIEW installation You must have at least 32 MB of RAM You might need more memory depending on the size of the application you design in LabVIEW and the amount of data that your application manipulates National Instruments recommends that you have 64 MB of RAM To save space install only the VIs you plan to use LabVIEW does not require a specific graphical user interface GUI such as Motif or OpenLook because LabVIEW uses Xlib to create its own GUI National Instruments recommends that you use Netscape 6 0 or later to view the LabVIEW Help National Instruments Corporation 5 LabVIEW Release Notes Media and System Intel x86 processors with kernel version 2 0 x or later LabVIEW runs on most major Linux distributions such as RedHat Mandrake SuSE and Debian Platform Requirements Important Notes Sun LabV
9. o Sun SPARCstation 5 Users A bug exists in some early revisions of the SPARCstation 5 This bug can cause LabVIEW and other programs to hang the system when executing certain floating point operations When this condition occurs you must physically reset the computer to recover The problem exists in the firmware of the computer and can occur when running any version of the operating system B Note This bug has been reported only on early revisions of the 70 MHz and 85 MHz SPARC station 5 To determine whether your SPARC station 5 is affected perform the following steps AN Caution Following these steps temporarily interrupts the operation of your computer so you should warn anyone who might be using your computer remotely LabVIEW Release Notes 1 From your SPARC station 5 console hold down the lt Stop L1 gt key located near the upper left corner of your keyboard and press the lt A gt key to break into the PROM monitor 2 One ofthe following two prompts might appear Type b boot c continue or n new command mode gt Type go to resume ok In the first case select n to go to new command mode where you see an ok prompt If you already have an ok prompt skip to step 3 3 At the ok prompt enter the following module info You then see information similar to the following lines CPU FMI MB86904 Rev 2 5 70 0 MHz SBus Divide By 3 23 3 MHz 4 Enter go to exit the monitor and resume operation of
10. on Verify that the appResFilePath parameter in the configuration file correctly sets the path to the labview rsc file Configuring Window Managers on UNIX This section describes procedures for configuring LabVIEW window managers on UNIX operating systems Configuring LabVIEW with the Tab Window Manager If you use the Tab Window Manger twm you can change environment settings so twm interacts better with LabVIEW With twm you cannot close the floating palette menus in LabVIEW if these windows do not have titlebars To correct this problem add the following line to your twmrc file in your home directory DecorateTransients This line adds titlebars to the floating windows so you can close them Configuring LabVIEW with the Motif Window Manager If you use the Motif Window Manager mwm you can change environment settings so that mwm interacts better with LabVIEW By default mwm does not incorporate the window position requests of an application This behavior causes LabVIEW windows such as the Panel Block Diagram National Instruments Corporation 11 LabVIEW Release Notes Context Help and File dialog boxes to appear in inconsistent locations on your screen To change the mwm behavior use the xrdb command to set the following two mwm settings mwm clientAutoPlace False mwm positionIsFrame False To add the two entries you also can edit the following file manually SHOME Xdefaults Notice t
11. on your desktop Low Level Register 1 0 LabVIEW for Windows 98 95 has a set of VIs named In Port and Out Port that you can use to read or write hardware registers Windows 2000 NT applications cannot manipulate hardware directly If you need to communicate with a hardware device in Windows NT you must write a Windows NT driver or refer to the National Instruments Web site at ni com for drivers that might provide a solution Macintosh To configure your DAQ hardware run the NI DAQ Configuration Utility To configure channels on your devices use the DAQ Channel Wizard National Instruments Corporation 9 LabVIEW Release Notes Sun The LabVIEW installer prompts you to choose the NI 488 2 driver for the GPIB hardware you are using The installer then installs that driver automatically iy Note LabVIEW does not work with the GPIB 1014 series VME devices or the original GPIB SCSI box It does work with the GPIB SCSI A box The VXI device drivers for Solaris are included with your VXI controller hardware B Note National Instruments periodically updates device drivers You can download the latest drivers from the National Instruments Web site at ni com Where to Go from Here LabVIEW Release Notes Refer to the LabVIEW User Manual and the LabVIEW Help for more information about LabVIEW 6 1 features Refer to the LabVIEW Documentation Resources section of Chapter 1 Introduction to LabVIEW in the LabVIEW User Manual for m
12. ore information about the LabVIEW documentation resources available from National Instruments Access a PDF version of the LabVIEW User Manual and all other LabVIEW manuals by selecting Help Search the LabVIEW Bookshelf The printed LabVIEW manuals were not updated for LabVIEW 6 1 Refer to the LabVIEW Bookshelf for updated PDFs of the LabVIEW manuals You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 0 or later installed to view the PDFs Refer to the Adobe Systems Incorporated Web site at www adobe com to download Acrobat Reader 10 ni com Common LabVIEW Launch Errors on UNIX The following table lists common errors that might occur when you launch LabVIEW for UNIX Refer to the Required System Configuration section for more information about solving these and other installation problems Error Message Description Probable Cause Solution Xlib connection to 0 0 Probable Cause Trying to run LabVIEW as a user who does refused by server not have permission to open a window on the display server Typically seen after running the su command to temporarily become a different user such as root superuser client is not authorized to connect to server internal error during Solution Exit the su command and launch LabVIEW as the connection authorization login user check Executable version Probable Cause Version of LabVIEW executable does not doesn t match resource match version of labview rsc file Soluti
13. references folder UNIX You can specify a common preference file with the following command line option labview pref path to labviewrc 8 ni com B Note pref must be lower case Additionally each local computer must have its own LabVIEW temporary directory You can specify this directory in LabVIEW by selecting Tools Options and selecting Paths from the top pull down menu 4 On each computer that has National Instruments hardware you must install the driver for that device Refer to the Hardware Installation and Configuration Notes section for more info about driver versions Hardware Installation and Configuration Notes All National Instruments devices include the drivers and other software you need LabVIEW also includes the drivers and other software you need to use National Instruments hardware Although the drivers are the same the version numbers might differ Always use the latest available drivers You can find the version number of an installed driver by using Measurement amp Automation Explorer Macintosh and UNIX Run the Get Device Information VI You should configure your National Instruments hardware before you use LabVIEW Windows Use Measurement amp Automation Explorer to configure your devices Launch Measurement amp Automation Explorer by selecting Start Programs National Instruments Measurement amp Automation Explorer or by double clicking the Measurement amp Automation Explorer icon
14. your system 12 ni com If your CPU Revision number 2 5 in this example is earlier than 3 2 and your CPU clock speed 70 0 MHz in this example is less than 110 MHz your computer has this problem Contact Sun and ask to have your CPU firmware upgraded to swift_pg 3 2 or later where swift is the code name used by Sun for the SPARCstation 5 firmware The Sun Bug ID number for this problem is 1151654 If you have a SPARCstation 5 with this bug National Instruments strongly recommends upgrading your firmware Sy Note This problem can affect programs other than LabVIEW For example the GNU C compiler also can produce code that hangs your system in versions prior to 2 6 0 Known Issues with LabVIEW 6 1 If you use TestStand to call shared libraries DLLs built in LabVIEW 6 1 you must use TestStand 2 0 1 TestStand 2 0 1 is a free upgrade from TestStand 2 0 Refer to the readme txt document for additional descriptions of known issues with LabVIEW 6 1 Documentation Clarifications and Additions Refer to the readme txt document for documentation clarifications and additions Windows XP Refer to the National Instruments Web site at ni com info and enter the info code winxp for current information and known issues when using LabVIEW in Windows XP National Instruments Corporation 13 LabVIEW Release Notes
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