Windows系统下（Linux和MAC系统下请自行了解清楚）NI的各种软件、模块、工具包、驱动程序，使用NI许可证管理器来激活的，绝大部分的都可以使用NI Lincense Activator来激活，以下链接可下载：
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视觉论坛的各种资源，除了视觉相关的模块有使用外，大部分的都不会使用，所以仅提供资源不能提供技术支持。资源的下载地址一般会同时提供NI官方地址和百度网盘的下载地址。某些工具包NI的地址失效或没有NI的下载地址，那视觉论坛也没有办法，只能尝试使用百度网盘地址下载；如果百度网盘的下载地址失效过期，可联系论坛客服更新。现在NI的下载服务器对我国IP地址不是很友好，有些时候速度很慢或大的资源下载很容易出错，这样会造成安装过程各种类型报错而无法安装。建议在下载完成后，对下载资源做校验和验证（NI一般会提供MD5或SHA256等），与官方或视觉论坛提供的校验和对比，一致就可以安装，如果不一致，则需要重新下载。视觉论坛早期下载的资源，那时候NI没有这么多限制，基本上都是正常下载的资源；后期下载的资源，都与NI的正确校验和对比过，保证是正确的资源才上传到百度网盘，所以百度网盘的资源基本上是正确的。校验和工具下载地址：
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NI-VISA5.4Windows Driver 美国国家仪器虚拟仪器软件架构VISA5.4Windows版驱动下载
NI-VISA为使用GPIB、串行、PXI和其他类型仪器的用户提供支持。
NI-VISA是一个NI仪器驱动程序，是虚拟仪器软件架构(VISA) I/O标准的具体实现。虚拟仪器软件架构(VISA)这一标准用于配置和编程基于GPIB、VXI、PXI、串口(RS232/485)、以太网/LXI和/或USB接口的仪器系统以及故障分析。NI-VISA包括实用程序、底层控制功能和范例，可帮助您快速创建应用程序。
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NI-VISA 5.4 for Windows Readme
June 2013
Using NI-VISA 5.4
Supported Platforms
Supported Development Environments
Installing and Uninstalling NI-VISA 5.4
Agilent/HP Controller Support
WHQL Signing USB Hardware
Creating and Digitally Signing Catalog Files
Known Issues and Bug Fixes
New Features and Improvements
Important Information
Using NI-VISA 5.4Supported Platforms
NI-VISA for Windows supports the following platforms:
Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit version only)1,2
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit version only)1
Windows 8 x64 Edition (64-bit version)
Windows 8 (32-bit version)
Windows 7 x64 Edition (64-bit version)
Windows 7 (32-bit version)
Windows Vista x64 Edition (64-bit version)
Windows Vista (32-bit version)
Windows XP Service Pack 3
LabVIEW Real-Time (Phar Lap ETS and VxWorks) 2013/2012/2011/2010
NI Linux® Real-Time
LabWindows/CVI Real-Time (Phar Lap ETS) 2013/2012/2010/9.0
LabVIEW Mobile Module 2013/2012/2011/2010
LabVIEW Touch Panel Module 2013/2012/2011/2010
While this distribution targets all these platforms, you can run setup.exe only on the Windows variants.
1 NI-VISA does not support the Windows Server non-R2 editions.
2 Support for Windows Server 2003 R2 may require disabling physical address extensions (PAE). To learn how this might affect your use of Windows Server 2003 and what actions you might need to take, visit ni.com/info and enter the info code PAESupport.
Supported Development Environments
NI-VISA for Windows supports the following development environments. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support.
| NI Application Software | Versions Supported by NI-VISA |
| LabVIEW | 2013/2012/2011/2010 |
| LabWindows/CVI | 2013/2012/2010/9.0 |
| Measurement Studio | 2013/2012/2010/2009 |
Measurement Studio Examples
The directories that the Measurement Studio examples install to depends on which component is installed, the version of Visual Studio or the .NET Framework the example supports, the version of Measurement Studio installed, and the operating system. For detailed information on examples for Measurement Studio, refer to Where to Find Examples in the NI Measurement Studio Help.
Microsoft Visual Studio Support
The following table lists the programming languages and Microsoft Visual Studio versions supported by this version of NI-VISA. Earlier versions of NI-VISA support other application software and language versions. For more information on Visual Studio compatibility with earlier versions of VISA, refer to ni.com/info and enter the info code NETlegacydrivers. To find and download an earlier version of a driver, refer to ni.com/downloads.
| Programming Language | Visual Studio Versions Support by NI-VISA |
| Visual C++ MFC1 | 20082 |
.NET Framework 3.5 Languages
(Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET) | 2008 |
.NET Framework 4.0 Languages
(Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET) | 20103 |
.NET Framework 4.5 Languages
(Visual C# and Visual Basic .NET) | 20124 |
1 NI-VISA includes limited support for Visual Studio C++ MFC. For more information, visit ni.com/info and enter the info code visamvs03.
2 Requires Measurement Studio 8.6 — Measurement Studio 2009.
3 With Windows XP, Service Pack 3 or later is required.
4 Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, or Windows Server 2008 R2 is required.
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If you are using the NI-VISA .NET Library, the .NET 3.5 Framework, .NET 4.0 Framework, or .NET 4.5 Framework is required.
Support for 64-bit applications is available in NI-VISA 4.5.1 and later for Visual Studio 2008 support, NI-VISA 5.0.3 and later for Visual Studio 2010 support, and NI-VISA 5.4 and later for Visual Studio 2012 support.
Installing and Uninstalling NI-VISA 5.4
NI-VISA 5.4 does not support Windows 9x/NT/2000. To run your VISA application on Windows 95, you must install NI-VISA 2.6.1 or lower. To run your VISA application on Windows 98/Me, you must install NI-VISA 3.0.1 or lower. To run your VISA application on Windows NT, you must install NI-VISA 3.3.1 or lower. To run your VISA application on Windows 2000, you must install NI-VISA 4.6.2 or lower.
Before you install NI-VISA 5.4, National Instruments recommends that you uninstall any versions of VISA prior to NI-VISA 2.0.1.
After uninstalling NI-VISA, some DLLs and executables may remain in the NI-VISA directories. To complete the uninstall process, you must restart your machine.
Note: The uninstaller application does not notify you when rebooting is necessary. If you plan to reinstall NI-VISA, you always should reboot the machine after running the uninstaller.
You can programmatically install NI-VISA. You also can programmatically control which features of NI-VISA are enabled for installation, allowing you to install a subset of the NI-VISA feature list. Refer to the spec.ini file in the same directory as this readme for more information about installing NI-VISA programmatically and selecting which features to install.
Agilent/HP Controller Support
NI-VISA now works with Agilent/HP GPIB and VXI controller cards. To use this feature, go into MAX, select Tools»NI-VISA»VISA Options, choose the Passports tab, and enable the NiVisaTulip.dll Passport. NI-VISA automatically finds and accesses any GPIB or VXI devices. However, NI-VISA does not configure the Agilent/HP hardware; you still must do that with the Agilent/HP I/O Config utility.
If you have both National Instruments and Agilent/HP controllers in the same system, you must configure the cards at different system addresses, such as GPIB0 and GPIB1. If both vendors try to use the same interface address, NI-VISA reports an error from viFindRsrc or VISA Find Resources.
WHQL Signing USB Hardware
To WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) sign your USB hardware using the NI-VISA driver for Windows XP/2000, as part of this process you need a PDB (Program DataBase) file for the underlying driver (NiViUsbK.sys).
NiViUsbK.pdb is provided for this purpose. It is in <NI-VISA Installation Directory>WinNTNIvisaUSB.
Creating and Digitally Signing Catalog Files
On Windows Vista and Windows 7, if you generate an INF file using the NI-VISA Driver Wizard, the INF file installs correctly by itself. However, a warning dialog notifies you that Windows cannot verify the publisher of this driver software. To avoid this dialog, you must create and digitally sign a Windows Catalog (.cat) file.
For more information about creating and signing catalog files, Microsoft has a Kernel-Mode Code Signing Walkthrough whitepaper that describes the details of this process. The generated catalog file should reference only the INF file.
Known Issues and Bug Fixes
For a list of Known Issues of NI-VISA 5.4, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code NIVISA54KnownIssues.
For a list of Bug Fixes for NI-VISA, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code NIVISAFixList.
New Features and ImprovementsNI-VISA 5.4
Added support for NI Linux® Real-Time
NI-VISA 5.3
Improved performance of viRead for a HiSLIP resource.
NI-VISA 5.2
Added support for IVI VISA Plug-in specification. NI-VISA 5.2 can enumerate and communicate with third-party PCI/PXI devices with specification-compliant plugins that are installed on the system.
Improved performance of viWrite for a HiSLIP resource.
NI-VISA 5.1
Added support for HiSLIP.
Added support for USB resources on PharLap-based LabVIEW RT targets.
Updated the VISA Interactive Control stand-alone application. Refer to the NI-VISA Help for more information on the updates to VISAIC.
NI-VISA 5.0.3
Added support for .NET Framework 4.0
NI-VISA 5.0.1
Added support for IPxi interface in VISA-COM layer.
NI-VISA 5.0
Added the ability to launch Instrument Driver Finder from MAX.
Added a page in the Driver Development Wizard to auto-detect USB devices and auto-populate device info.
Added the ability to custom install VISA passports on Real-Time targets.
Added support for 64-bit formatted I/O.
Added the ability to configure IEEE 1588-2008 clocks on networks.
NI-VISA 4.6.2
Added support for Windows 7 (32-bit version), Windows 7 x64 Edition (64-bit version), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit version only), and Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit version only).
NI-VISA 4.5.1
Added support for 64-bit user mode in .NET 3.5 Framework. You can now create 64-bit applications with .NET Framework 3.5. For additional information, refer to Working with 64-bit .NET Support for NI-VISA in the NI-VISA .NET Framework 3.5 Help. This help file is installed by default at Start»All Programs»National Instruments»VISA»Documentation»NI-VISA .NET Framework 3.5 Help.
NI-VISA 4.5
Added a page in MAX to allow viewing and changing the Conflict Resolution Manager settings.
NI-VISA 4.4
Added support for using NI-VISA with 64-bit applications on Windows Vista x64 Edition. VXI, GPIB-VXI, and FireWire resources are not currently supported for 64-bit applications.
Added automatic detection of LXI (TCP/IP) devices that support the mDNS and DNS-SD technologies.
Added support for USB and TCP/IP resources on VxWorks-based LabVIEW RT targets.
NI-VISA 4.3
When using the MAX Copy Configuration API, you can now specify "ni-visa" as the product. All documented modes are supported.
NI-VISA 4.2
The default installation directory has changed from "C:VXIPNP" to "C:Program FilesIVI FoundationVISA". Upgrades over previous versions of NI-VISA use the previous installation directory.
The default path to the configuration file visaconf.ini has changed to "C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataNational InstrumentsNIvisa" on Windows XP/2000 and to "C:ProgramDataNational InstrumentsNIvisa" on Windows Vista.
Added support for Windows Mobile 5.0 on x86 processors.
NI-VISA 4.1
The NI-VISA Driver Wizard generates new INF files that work on Vista. If you want to run your VISA based drivers on Vista that previously required an INF file, you will need to regenerate a new INF file using the new Driver Wizard.
On Pocket PC 2003/Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, the NI-VISA configuration file visaconf.ini was installed as read-only. This caused problems with serial port detection. Now it is writeable.
In MAX, the IP address of TCPIP INSTR and SOCKET resources was not shown when the resource was configuring using a hostname. This IP address is now shown.
NI-VISA Server now warns if it is launched and there are no permissions set to allow clients to connect.
The NI-VISA Driver Wizard now has an option for PXI Express devices that provide a way to read the slot number using a sequence of register-level accesses.
The enabled/disabled state of Passports is preserved across upgrades of NI-VISA.
NI-VISA 4.0
Added support for 64-bit data transfers in register-based operations, to support the VISA 4.0 specification.
NI-VISA Updates and Notifications
National Instruments posts information about critical updates and security notifications on ni.com. Visit ni.com/info and enter Info Code updates to access this information.
Automating the Installation of NI Products
You can automate the installation of most NI products using command-line arguments to suppress some or all of the installer user interface and dialog boxes. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.
If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, the .NET installer may run before any NI software installs and may require a reboot before the installation of NI software begins. To avoid a .NET reboot, install .NET 4.0 separately before you install NI software.
For more information, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
For more information on silent installations of individual NI products, refer to KB 4CJDP38M, Automating the Installation of a Single Installer.
For more information on silent installations of suited NI products, such as NI Developer Suite, refer to KB 4GGGDQH0, Automating the Installation of a Suited Installer.
To determine what version of NI Installers your product contains, refer to KB 4CJDR18M, How Can I Determine the Type and Version of My National Instruments Installer?.
How to Use NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8
When you install National Instruments software on Microsoft Windows 8, you will notice a few additional tiles on the Start screen, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX), and the new NI Launcher.
Using NI Launcher
NI Launcher helps you find and launch installed NI products. It provides you with a method of finding NI products similar to the Start menu in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. To use NI Launcher, click the NI Launcher tile on the Start screen. NI Launcher launches the desktop and opens a menu containing a list of NI products. Click any NI product to launch it.
| Note MAX does not appear as a desktop shortcut when installed on Microsoft Windows 8. You can launch MAX either from the Start screen or from within NI Launcher. |
Pinning Frequently Used Applications
For convenience, you can pin your most-used NI applications, such as MAX, to either the Start screen or the Taskbar on the desktop, as necessary:
| Current Application | Icon Location | Pin to Action |
| Windows 8 Desktop | Desktop Taskbar | Right-click application and select Pin to Taskbar |
| Windows 8 Desktop | Start screen | Right-click application and select Pin to Start |
| Windows 8 Start screen | Desktop Taskbar | Right-click application and select Pin to taskbar from the menu bar on the bottom of the screen |
Finding All Programs
If you want to find a particular application or related files, such as documentation files, from the Start screen, you can access all installed files by right-clicking anywhere on the Start screen and selecting All apps. A list of all installed software and related files appears, in alphabetical order by creator or type.
For more information about NI support for Windows 8, visit ni.com/windows8.
NI-VISA Drops Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 in 2016
NI-VISA will drop support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 as of July 1, 2016. Versions of NI-VISA that ship after July 1, 2016 will not install or run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. For detailed information about NI application software product life cycles, visit ni.com/info and enter one of the following Info Codes:
| Product | Info Code |
| NI LabVIEW | lifecycle |
| NI LabWindows™/CVI™ | cvi_lifecycle |
| NI Measurement Studio | mstudiolifecycle |
| NI TestStand | tslcp |
| NI DIAdem | ddlcp |
| NI SignalExpress | selcp |
| NI VeriStand | nivslifecycle |
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