IVI Installer

I created an IVI Specific Driver using LabWindows/CVI 2009. Created installer and installed this driver.
After installation I do not see the driver on InstrumentsIO -> Instr Drvers panel in LabView.
What do I need to do or how do I need to create installer in order to see the driver on InstrumentsIO -> Instr Drvers panel in LabView.

Eddie_B,
The installer that you ran put files in their necessary places, but did not necessarily create a way for those files to interface with LabVIEW. Take a look at the DevZone tutorial Conversion of an Instrument Driver from LabWindows/CVI to LabVIEW and follow the steps outlined there. That will create a wrapper for the library in LabVIEW.
Then, if you want to see the VIs you have created in your functions palette, you can edit the palette to look as you wish. See the LabVIEW help Edit Controls and Functions Palette Set Dialog Box for instructions on how to do that.
I hope this helps,
Jen W
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
ni.com/support

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Do I need licenses for an installer?

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Does anyone know how to remove IVI drivers..?

I am trying to install hp34401a_LV61 'installer' and keep recieving an error about ivi traditional / third party drivers need to be uninstalled.....
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Most likely you have the traditional driver for the hp34401a.
If that is the case, you need to remove the hp34401a folder located in the LabVIEW\instr.lib directory. Removing this folder should be enough to remove the traditional driver.
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I have installed the IVI files from IVI foundation website but the installation only includes all the files for IVI-COM not IVI-C.
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Solved!
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I think someone at the ivi foundation is lying but of course NI has them.
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Hi,
we use TS4.2.1. LV2009 and CVI2009 (SP1) on Vista64 PC.
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I attach the screenshot.
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Luigi Magni (System Engineer - CTA)
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Ciao Andrea,
thanks for the prompt reply.
After the suggestion of Claudio I installed in the order the following Visual Studio redistributable:
VS2005SP1 x64
VS2008SP1 x64
VS2010 x64
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This reply the first point.
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This reply the second point.
For the fourth point the behaviour is still the same if I edit use the shortcut menu...
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Ciao Luigi,
I'm posting you R&D questions in case you work during the week end...
Did the customer verify that the 64 bit redistributable is installed as mentioned in the link you sent?
After clicking OK, what happens - does the edit window close entirely?
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Does the same behavior occur in any of the operator interfaces? (press ctrl + shift + alt +insert to enable editing in the full featured operator interfaces)
I understand you don't want to risk the installation on the vista 32 bit machine. We should have one in the office so we might be able to test it for you. I installed your software on my XP 32 bit machine and obviously I had no problems.
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Let's answer to these questions to move on to the next step.
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Luigi Magni (System Engineer - CTA)
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Ivi.dll problem because ivi_support_c.dll could not be found

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I have a labview program to controll the HP6613C DC power source, written on Labview 6. It used the vi files of hp66xxbc.llb. It is working well on the old version labview.
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Where can I get IVI Engine 2.0 ?

Hello:
I am trying to install ni-scope software downloaded from
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I am very sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you. Please find the IVI compliance package 2.0 in the following location:
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I have two problems.
My computer operating system is Windows2000, Pentium 4.
1. When I installed LabView 6.1, a error message box showed the following information.I chose "Yes" to complete installation. Repeat trials were the same situations. MAX worked well.
2.After installed LabWindows/CVI and LabView 6.1, I installed IVI toolset. After installation, I started MAX, then another error message box appeared. I deleted config.mxs by following its suggestion, but there was no change.
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How to solve there
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Hi,
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Hope this helps.
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I have been developing a testing application that will eventually use a PXI-4070 DMM (currently simulating it in NI MAX). I had been using the IVI DMM functions, but ran into a problem when I couldn't do a diode test (diode test is apparently not officially standardized by IVI yet). So I switched to using the NI-DMM functions. For the most part, it was a pretty seamless transition, but there is one thing I have not been able to replicate with the NI-DMM simulation that I could do with the IVI-DMM. When I used the IVI-DMM functions, and ran the VI, a popup opened that allowed me to enter in the simulated value that I wanted the DMM to read. I can't get this to work with the NI-DMM functions. Is it possible? If so please let me know how to activate. Thanks.
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IVI Distribution Question

Would it be legal to distribute NI's IVI engine installation package
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driver? There is no licensing information included with the free IVI
engine download, so my initial thought would be that it is okay, as long
as it has not been changed in anyway.
We are looking into this since, unlike VISA, IVI is not distributed with
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Therefore we wish to make the IVI engine available to those who, as
unlikely as it may seem, do not have web access, or who do not wish to
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Scott
P. Scott Royer III
Software System Engineer
Hamilton Software, Inc.

The IVI engine is freely distributable as is all the software available for
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Best Regards,
Chris Matthews
Measurement Studio PSE
National Instruments
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with a driver, in order to make sure that users can use the>driver? There
is no licensing information included with the free IVI>engine download, so
my initial thought would be that it is okay, as long>as it has not been changed
in anyway.>>We are looking into this since, unlike VISA, IVI is not distributed
with>instrumentation hardware, and thus is only available via the web.>Therefore
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of downloading the engine.>>Thanks,>>Scott>>P. Scott Royer III>Software System
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Delploying IVI-specific drivers

Whats the requirements for an IVI-specific driver to be listed in the Teststand-4.2.1 deployment tools Drivers and components list ? According to the windows software tool I've installed 6 IVI-specific drivers ( see picture)
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Markus,
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- Since not all instrument drivers are from NI, they will not appaer as "NI component" in the deployment utility.
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