This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for NI-DMM 21.3.
You can find more release information on ni.com.
NI-DMM Release Notes: Known issues, bugs fixed since the last release, and other notes about this release
NI-DMM Manuals: New features, behavior changes, and other documentation
If you plan to use LabVIEW NXG, refer to LabVIEW NXG Support and Considerations.
Overview
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Application Software Support
Installation Instructions
Product Security and Critical Updates
Supported Hardware
Behavior Changes
Accessing the Help
Finding Examples
LabVIEW NXG Support and Considerations
IVI Compliance Package Functionality
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Unsupported Windows Operating Systems
NI Software Drops Support for Phar Lap ETS Real-Time Operating System in 2022
Legal Information
Overview
NI-DMM is an NI instrument driver that communicates with all NI programmable digital multimeters (DMMs). NI-DMM is an interchangeable virtual instrument (IVI)–compliant instrument driver, and it features a set of operations and properties that exercise the functionality of the DMM and includes examples.
System Requirements
NI-DMM 21.3 has the following requirements:
Minimum System Requirements
Processor—2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor or equivalent
RAM—1 GB, 800 MHz DDR2 RAM
A screen resolution of 1,024 x 768
Recommended System
Processor—2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 or equivalent
RAM—4 GB, dual-channel 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM
Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW.
Supported Operating Systems
NI-DMM 21.3 supports the following operating systems:
Windows 10
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
NI Real-Time Phar Lap ETS
NI Linux® Real-Time
Note Refer to Unsupported Windows Operating Systems for more information about support for Microsoft Windows OSes.
Note NI-DMM no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.x, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. NI-DMM 21.3 will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI-DMM 21.3 to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI-DMM 21.3, you cannot use any installers built on this computer with any version of LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI™, NI TestStand™, or Measurement Studio on an unsupported OS.
NI-DMM 21.3 supports the following application software versions, including service packs. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.
Application Software
Versions Supported by NI-DMM
LabVIEW
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
LabVIEW Real-Time Module
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
LabVIEW NXG
5.1
LabWindows™/CVI™
2015 and later
LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module
2015 and later
Microsoft Visual Studio Support
If you are using the NI-DMM .NET Class Library, the .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The NI-DMM .NET Class Library can be used with the Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET programming languages in any Visual Studio version that can target the .NET Framework 4.0 or the .NET Framework 4.5.
To use the .NET API, you must select the .NET Framework 4.0 Languages Support or the .NET Framework 4.5 Languages Support packages in the NI-DMM installer to install the .NET class libraries in addition to the NI device driver. For information about versions of the .NET Framework and the drivers each supports, as well as the download location of the installer files, refer to .NET Resources for NI Hardware and Software.
Installation Instructions
NI installs NI-DMM using NI Package Manager. If you do not already have NI software installed, NI-DMM installs NI Package Manager to handle the installation of your NI software. Visit ni.com/r/NIPMDownload to download NI Package Manager. Refer to the NI Package Manager Manual for more information about installing, removing, and upgrading NI software using NI Package Manager.
Install an ADE, such as LabVIEW or LabWindows™/CVI™.
Visit ni.com/downloads/drivers and search for NI-DMM.
Click NI-DMM 21.3 and then the download link and run the executable (.exe) file.
Follow the instructions in the installation prompts. You may see access and security prompts during installation. Accept the prompts to complete the installation.
When the installer completes, select Restart in the dialog box that prompts you to restart, shut down, or restart later.
Note
If Windows Update is enabled, the installation process might hang if Windows Update interferes with the installation of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Run-Time. Visit ni.com/r/exjq43 for more information and steps to resolve this issue.
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.
Product Security and Critical Updates
Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. For information about critical updates from NI, refer to Available Critical and Security Updates for NI Software.
Behavior Changes
NI-DMM 21.3: The NI-DMM Soft Front Panel has been replaced by InstrumentStudio, which is automatically installed when you install the NI-DMM driver. You can access InstrumentStudio in one of the following ways:
From the Windows start menu, select National Instruments»InstrumentStudio [year]. This launches InstrumentStudio and runs a soft front panel populated with devices detected on your system.
From Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), select a device and then click Test Panels.... This launches InstrumentStudio and runs a soft front panel for the device you selected.
The deprecated NI-DMM Soft Front Panel remains available for download. Visit Download and Install Legacy NI-DMM Soft Front Panels for more information.
NI-DMM 21.3: The NI-DMM Waveform Demo application is no longer included with NI-DMM. It remains available for download as a LabVIEW example.
Supported Hardware
The following list details the hardware models supported in NI-DMM 21.3.
PXI Amplifier Module
PXI-4022
PXI Digital Multimeter
PXIe-4080
PXIe-4081
PXIe-4082
PXI-4072
PXI-4071
PXI-4070
PXI-4065
Digital Multimeter Device
PCI-4070
PCIe-4065
PCI-4065
USB-4065
Accessing the Help
Refer to the NI Digital Multimeters Help, accessible from Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DMM»NI-DMM Documentation, for information about NI-DMM.
Finding Examples
You can access all the installed NI-DMM examples at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»NI-DMM»NI-DMM Examples and online at ni.com/examples.
Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW or LabWindows/CVI to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for NI-DMM are located in the LabVIEW XXXX\examples\instr\niDMM 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.
The NI Example Finder offers two ways to access all installed LabVIEW example VIs and their descriptions:
Click the Browse tab to locate modulation examples by task at Hardware Input and Output»Modular Instruments»NI–DMM or by directory structure at instr»niDMM.
Click the Search tab to search all installed examples by keyword. For example, search for "DMM" to locate all NI-DMM examples.
LabVIEW NXG Support and Considerations
The following sections detail considerations for using LabVIEW NXG with NI-DMM.
LabVIEW NXG Operating Systems and System Requirements
Software support for LabVIEW NXG differs in the following ways:
System requirements—Only 64-bit (x64) processors are supported.
Operating system—Only 64-bit operating systems are supported. Refer to the Supported Operating Systems section for more information.
LabVIEW NXG Hardware Support
407x and 406x DMMs
PCI-4065
PCI-4070
PCIe-4065
PXI-4065
PXI-4070
PXI-4071
PXI-4072
USB-4065
408x DMMs
PXIe-4080
PXIe-4081
PXIe-4082
LabVIEW NXG Help
View context help in LabVIEW by pressing and hovering over an object.
Search for items using the search bar in the upper right corner of the LabVIEW window. You can also view context help for the search results.
Additional documentation is available online at ni.com/manuals.
LabVIEW NXG Examples
Launch LabVIEW and click the Learning tab.
LabVIEW lessons are located in the Lessons tab, and LabVIEW Examples are located in the Examples tab. Follow the instructions in the lessons and examples.
IVI Compliance Package Functionality
NI-DMM no longer installs IVI Compliance Package. NI-DMM supports IVI configuration and runtime, but no longer installs the following IVI components:
LabVIEW and CVI IVI class driver APIs for developing IVI interchangeable applications
IVI Class Simulation drivers
IVI-COM Adapters
To use these features, you must install ICP separately. ICP is included in the Software Platform Bundle media. A stand-alone web distribution is available from ni.com/downloads.
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.
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:
For more information about silent installations of individual NI products, refer to Customize and Automate Installation of a Single Installer.
For more information about silent installations of NI products in a suite, such as NI Developer Suite, refer to Customize and Automate Installation of a Suited Installer.
To determine what version of NI Installers your product contains, refer to Determine Type and Version of My NI Installer.
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.
Unsupported Windows Operating Systems
NI-DMM no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.x, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2021, may not install or execute correctly on these operating systems. For detailed information about NI operating system support, visit https://www.ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.
NI Software Drops Support for Phar Lap ETS Real-Time Operating System in 2022
NI Software will drop support for Phar Lap ETS Real-Time Operating System starting in 2022. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2022, may not install or execute correctly on this operating system. For high-level information on the support roadmap for Phar Lap and its replacement, NI Linux Real-Time, please visit ni.com/r/xf35k1. To find out what hardware is supported on PXI controllers running NI Linux Real-Time, please visit ni.com/r/b7g5wi.
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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:
Notices are located in the \_Legal Information and directories.
EULAs are located in the \Shared\MDF\Legal\license directory.
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