VISA Test Panel doesn't work on Non-Developer Environment

[Quevvy]

I'm trying to make an executable to be installed on other machines. I have included VISA support and NI MAX along with the runtime environment software. In order to see how flexible my code needs to be, I'm trying to use NI MAX to see how to read/write to the different instruments. However, the VISA Test Panel button is completely grayed out and cannot be clicked. While it is not working, I've been using Hyperterminal, but I need more details than Hyperterminal can provide (but NI MAX can). I can see the COM Ports correctly and they can be written to/read from using LabVIEW (it's the output format that I need to know).

I'm using LabVIEW 2013, but it also happened with LabVIEW 2012 SP1 f4.

Thanks,

Quevvy

[Dennis_Knutson]

LabVIEW is irrelevant to MAX and VISA test panels. Have you simply tried installing the full version of NI-VISA?

[Quevvy]

LabVIEW is definitely relevant in this case: it was installed using an installer BUILT IN LabVIEW.

But installing the full version of NI-VISA worked.

[Dennis_Knutson]

It is as irrelevant since you did not have to install LabVIEW at all.