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Installing Toolkits for old LV Versions
sgregor249
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11-09-2009 03:04 PM
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Hi All,
I have a PC with many versions of LabVIEW installed from 7.1 to 2009. I want to install RT, DSC, and DAQmx for LabVIEW 7.1, but I am having some problems. Except for DSC, I already have these toolkits installed for more recent versions of LabVIEW. When I start the DSC installation, a splash screen comes up saying initializing installer, then the attached error message is generated. Similar errors are generated when I try to install RT and DAQmx. I have seen this problem before and I know that it has something to do with installing toolkits to old verions of LabVIEW.
NI has directed me to http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/58BE852CB35237C786256A290079DF39 for assistance, but this doesn't help because I do not get far enough into the installation to select a path to install to.
Does anyone know how I can get these addons installed to my old version of LabVIEW without having to uninstall all NI Software first?
Christian Mergl
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11-25-2009 03:25 AM
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Hi,
The problem is that DSC, RT and DAQmx are not Toolkits. LV DSC and RT are Modules, and DAQmx is a driver. There can only be one DAQmx on a system, but you can have different Modules to your Versions. There are also some Modules which can be installed for more then one LabVIEW Version, like the Vision Development Module 2009 which supports LV 8.6.x as well as LV 2009.
Due to the hughe span of different LV Version you have on one system I would setup everything I really need again from the scratch on to get sure it works without problems. But that's just my opinion.
Christian
PJS
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11-25-2009 06:11 AM
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Some of us are using virtual machines in order to have a 'clean' matched copy of LabVIEW versions installed. Each VM has its own version of LabVIEW complete with the matched drivers and toolkits.
There is some cost involved (beefy harddrive and memory plus the cost of the vmware), but it makes it much easier to maintain different versions without worrying about version conflicts.
Nothing is perfect, but this works well for us.
Paul
Christian Mergl
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11-25-2009 06:19 AM
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I like PJS' post!
Virtual Machines is a "quite" good solution if you are using more then two different LabVIEW Version or you want to use the same version with different localized distributions. But you need lots of memory.
Christian
