visa and executable

[1000a]

Hello everybody!!

I have a problem with VISAs and executable labview files.

I have done a VI that use a serial port visa and which have a control to let the customer choose with which serial port he wants to work. The program works correctly in Labview. However this program is going to be used for one of my colleage whose PC doesn't have Labview. Then, I have done an executable file which in my computer also works. However, not in my colleague's one. He had downloaded the run-time engine (8.6.1) and when he runs the program instead of having a list with all the serial port of the PC, there is only ASRL5.

How can I get the complete list of port? I think this mistake has to be related to the run-time engine (because in my PC everything is OK), but where is exactly the mistake?

Thanks!

Mila

[Dennis_Knutson]

The LabVIEW runtime is only one of the components that you might need for an executable. In this case, you need to install the VISA runtime.

[1000a]

Could you give me the link of the VISA runtime for Windows? Because I find it for Linux, Mac Os,...but not for windows.

Regards,

1000a

[1000a]

By the way, I also tried to create a installer (not to have to install the VISA runtime), but if I just add the Labview runtime, it creates it perfectly, however if I tried to add the VISA run-time, the process gets block. :-s

Regards,

1000a

[Dennis_Knutson]

You can click the Support link at the top of the page, click Drivers and Updates, and then click Instrument Connectivity. The windows version is here.

What exactly do you mean by 'process gets block'?

[1000a]

Hello,

Thanks for the link.

When I said "it gets block", I mean that sometimes I have to cancel the process because after 15 minutes the installer isn't done however the Labview seems as it wouldn' t be doing anything. I have just tried right now and it has sent me a message about "distribution needed". It has said that it needs Microprocessor SDK. So probably it is a problem of licence. In the box it is said that we have "Labview Professional Development Systems, windows, includes 1 year standar service".  So with this package I can't create this installer, can I?

[ninlmartijn · Accepted solution]

Hello 1000a,

You do have some products installed in trial mode. Please uninstall these products, upgrade the VISA API to the latest one and try to create an installer.

Best regards,