This file contains important information about the ECU Test System Software Suite 21.0, including installation instructions. The ECU Test System Software Suite is a collection of NI software for developing, executing, debugging, and deploying test programs on the ECU Test System (ECUTS).
You can find more release information on ni.com.
ECU Test System Software Suite Release Notes: Known issues, bugs fixed since the last release, and other notes about this release
Included Components
Installation Instructions
Microsoft Visual Studio Support
Product Security
New Features and Behavior Changes
Accessing the Documentation
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Legal Information
Included Components
The ECU Test System Software Suite includes the following major components:
ECU Test System Maintenance Software 21.0
InstrumentStudio 2020
IVI Compliance Package 20.0
LabVIEW (64-bit) 2020 SP1
TestStand (64-bit) 2020
TestStand ECU Software Toolkit 21.0
NI Switch Executive 2020
NI System Link Client 19.0
NI-488.2 20.0
NI-DAQmx 20.1
NI-DCPower 20.6
NI-DMM 20.0
NI-FGEN 20.0
NI PXI Platform Services 20.5
NI-SCOPE 20.0
NI-Serial 20.0
NI-SLSC 20.0
NI-SWITCH 20.0
NI-VISA 20.0
NI-XNET 20.5
RMX-410x Power Supply Driver for IVI-C 1.3
Installation Instructions
The ECUTS is delivered with the ECU Test System Software Suite 21.0 installed. If you need to install the ECU Test System Software Suite yourself, download the installer from ni.com/downloads. NI software includes NI Package Manager to handle the installation. Refer to the NI Package Manager Manual for more information about installing, removing, and upgrading NI software using NI Package Manager.
Notes
Use the serial number that is included with your software to activate the ECU Test System Software Suite. For more information on activating the ECU Test System Software Suite, refer to NI Software Activation.
Microsoft Visual Studio Support
If you are using NI .NET Class Libraries, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The NI .NET Class Libraries can be used with Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET in any Visual Studio version that can target .NET Framework 4.0 or .NET Framework 4.5.
For information about versions of the .NET Framework and the drivers each supports, refer to National Instruments .NET Driver Support.
Product Security
Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products.
New Features and Behavior Changes
Refer to the readme for each component of the ECU Test System Software Suite for more information about new features and behavior changes in the ECU Test System Software Suite 21.0.
Accessing the Documentation
You can access ECUTS documentation from the ECUTS Documents shortcut on the desktop or from the %Public%\Documents\National Instruments\ECU Test System directory. The documentation set is composed of the following PDFs:
Document
Description
ECUTS-16000 and ECUTS-16001 Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information
Lists the safety requirements for your system.
FDT-16041 Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information
Lists the safety requirements for the FDT-16041 field diagnostic tester.
ECUTS-16000 and ECUTS-16001 Specifications
Lists the technical specifications for your system.
ECUTS-16000/16001 User Manual
Contains primary help content for your system, including:
An overview of supported hardware and software
Site preparation and bring up information
Basic procedures
Maintenance and repair information
For the most recent revisions of documentation and for newly released documentation, visit ni.com/manuals.
Note To view PDFs, you need to have a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. You can install the viewer from www.adobe.com/reader.
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
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.
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End-User License Agreements and Third-Party Legal Notices
You can find end-user license agreements (EULAs) and third-party legal notices in the following locations after installation:
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