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[anze994]

Hey,

I need some information regarding IMAQ vision and Modbus library.

At the moment I have LabVIEW professional licence and it’s still in evaluation period.

Do I need after that period to purchase those library's or can I just use JKI and install them (or by any other path). I'm asking because I can't build .exe in this evaluate period with those two in my source code. 

I wish you the best in 2022. 😁

Best regards 

  

[Bob_Schor]

LabVIEW Vision is a pair of Products (and licenses) that you need to purchase from NI.  LabVIEW Vision Development Module (VDM) includes the products that you see in your screenshot, while the Vision Acquisition Software is sort-of a Run-Time License that (I believe) includes the IMAQ and IMAQdx drivers (and you would need for any deployed executable.  Call NI to learn more.

It looks like the ModBus library you reference can be installed from the LabVIEW Tools Network via VIPM.  LabVIEW Vision, on the other hand, requires NI's Package Manager, NIPM (and a separate NI License, as mentioned above).  It is not part of the Professional License package.

Bob Schor

[anze994]

thank you for explanation.

[altenbach]

This is the LabVIEW forum and every single question here is about LabVIEW. Please pick a less redundant and more useful subject line next time. In this case it could have read "Questions about IMAQ vision and the Modbus library". Right?

[natasftw]

A few small clarifications to Bob's post.

Vision Acquisition is the driver connection.  It's what allows LabVIEW to interact with the cameras. 

Vision Development Module is a set of functions to process the images.  If you don't need that processing, you can get away with just the VAS (IMAQ) installer.

You'll want to understand pricing for all of the components you're mentioning as you build out your system.

LabVIEW Professional - You'll need some version of this license for your development machine.  If you want to build applications, you'll either need Professional or you'll have to add on "Application Builder" to one of the others.  If I remember right, Professional is the more cost effective option at this point.
LabVIEW Runtime - This is what you'll install on other machines to run your application.  It doesn't have a cost.
VDM - This is the package you'll need for the development machine if you're using the processing functions.
VDM Runtime - This is required for any system you send your application to. 
VAS - This license is per machine and needs to be on any system you want to use.

One slight nuance, VDM and the VDM Runtime used to include VAS (Check to see if they still do).  Generally, you'll want to buy those and get the included VAS instead of purchasing VAS for each system.

[anze994]

Yeah, you are 100% wright. I didn't pay attention. I'll do better job next time.