How to fix .NET Reference error in TLA5201 logic analyzer using Macbook OS X10

[dr3patel]

Dear Labview users,

I am trying to use the TLA5201-Logic Analyzer with Labview 14.0.1 on Macbook with OSx.10.11.2 operating system. After installing the labview drivers from the link posted above, the example VIs are not compiled successfully. It seems to have problems with .NET reference. I have been searching thorugh lots of Ni forums but they didn't seem to help at all as they were all based on Windows based operating system. Any help or suggestion on solving this issues would be very helpful. I am even wondering if anyone outhtere was able to even compile any of the example VIs given for TLA5201 logic analyzer? Please let me know. Thanks!

[Danny_Kaps]

dr3patel,

The first step would be to confirm that the driver is properly installed: the llb and mnu files must be installed in the instr.lib folder for them to usable in LabVIEW. 

However, if that does not work, it is possible we are running into a compatibility issue. Unfortunately, LabVIEW 2014 SP1 for Mac is tested compatible only through OSX 10.10. If VIs are not compiling, this may be due to an unsupported configuration. Since the release of El Capitan is more recent than our current LabVIEW release, we have not been able to exhaustively test all compatibility. Do you have a machine running Yosemite or older that you would be able to test on?

Some documents for reference:

Instrument Control on Mac

http://www.ni.com/tutorial/4361/en/

LabVIEW 2014 SP1 for Mac ReadMe

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/374717b.html

Best,

Daniel

[dr3patel]

Dear Daniel,

Yes, I am running the El Capitan OS on my mac. but yes, all my llb and mnu files are in the instr.lib folder. All the other drivers for other instruments are working fine but not TLA5201. 

Regards,

Dhruv Patel

[ZHOUYHUI]

I also encountered the same problem. How do you finally solve the problem of. net on the Mac

[rolfk]

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@ZHOUYHUI wrote:

I also encountered the same problem. How do you finally solve the problem of. net on the Mac

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Not! .Net drivers won’t run on a Mac and even if you could get it to run magically, LabVIEW on Mac and Linux has no .Net support at all. And no, .Net Core is not an option, your driver is certainly requiring the .Net Framework and can’t run on .Net Core at all.