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[ww.brown]

Thank you for noting this!!  The password has been changed.  WWB

[ww.brown]

Thanks for all your help on this.   Much appreciated.

I will probably transition to the LabVIEW Community Edition soon.

I would like to install and run LCE on my PC and laptop.  I understand only one device can be running my LCE at a time.  Correct?

William

[Gregory]

I haven't seen anything that says you can only run it one machine at a time.

[Darren · Accepted solution]

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@ww.brown wrote:

I understand only one device can be running my LCE at a time.  Correct?

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Assuming you are adhering to the license agreement and using the product for non-commercial use, there is no limit to the number of systems you can have running LabVIEW Community Edition.

[Bob_Schor]

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@Darren wrote:

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@ww.brown wrote:

I understand only one device can be running my LCE at a time.  Correct?

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Assuming you are adhering to th agreement and using the product for non-commercial use, there is no limit to the number of systems you can have running LabVIEW Community Edition.

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There is another restriction on the use of the Community Edition, which is listed at the bottom of the Web page describing the Community edition:

 LabVIEW Community edition is not for use at degree-granting institutions such as universities,

vocational schools, and certification programs.

Bob Schor

[Darren]

LabVIEW Community Edition cannot be used by professors for course instruction or research, but it can be used by any student for non-commercial use.

NI Community Edition Software Usage Details - NI

[rolfk]

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@Bob_Schor wrote:

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There is another restriction on the use of the Community Edition, which is listed at the bottom of the Web page describing the Community edition:

 LabVIEW Community edition is not for use at degree-granting institutions such as universities,

vocational schools, and certification programs.

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We were told that this is meant to mean for use in classroom or lab settings on university owned computers. It does not apply for students on their own personal devices.

Basically what Darren said.

[Bob_Schor]

I'm now back in Academia, where the University pays for access to the Academic Licenses for its students and faculty.  When students come to me and say if they could install LabVIEW on their own PC so to use it in conjunction with their Capstone Project, my answer (particularly before the Community Edition was avaiable) was "Yes, we have an Academic License, but bring your laptop to me and let me install LabVIEW for you and help you set it up".

i've tried to understand the major difference between "Academic" and "Community" editions.  One interesting distinction was that Community Includes LINX (Raspberry Pi/Arduino) and G Web, whilt Academic provides access to advanced academic modules (FPGA, Real-Time, etc.).  As it happened, my "introduction to LabVIEW" was in an Academic environment (LabVIEW 7) which relied on LabVIEW Real-Time ,,,  and in a brief sojourn in governmental environment, I was introduced to the joys of FPGA (we were running under a Full License with additional licenses for R.T, FPGA, and App Builder). 

It is much simpler being back in Academia, and using the Academic license (unless, I suppose, I want to dabble in using an Arduino or other microprocessor, or building a <$100 LabVIEW/Linux "Watts" machine).

Bob Schor

[rolfk]

You shouldn't call in Linx anymore. The official name is LabVIEW Hobbyist Toolkit, and if you install that into a Professional LabVIEW installation you have pretty much the same as the Community Edition in functionality, except that you may use the work also for commercial projects.

The Academic volume or site license is generally a bit more than the Professional version as it includes also pretty much all of the other Toolkits including Realtime, FPGA, Vision, OPC UA, Ethernet/IP, Digital Filter Design, Diadem, Multisim, Teststand, Ultiboard and a dozen or more others. It is in size more similar to the Full NI Software Suite.

Not sure why it would be harder to dabble in Arduino or other low cost Linux platforms when you have access to the Academic license. Maybe because it's to easy to just use whatever the Academic license offers rather than having to deal with the hassles of yet another development system? 😁