Can Nigel be used during the free trial.

[TimTomas]

I am trying to evaluate it to see if i want to upgrade my installation, but in the free trial of the 2025 q3 software i just get an error when trying to use Nigel at all. Is this supposed to not be available during the evaluation period? 

[Ahmed99]

yes you can

[ahillinaustin]

Hi Tim,

In general, the Nigel AI Advisor is not available as part of the free trial of LabVIEW or TestStand. Nigel requires an active subscription or service program to use, which does not come with the LabVIEW evaluation. 

If you have an active subscription or SSP for LabVIEW, you should be able to get access to Nigel even in eval mode. Make sure the serial number you have with service is connected to your ni.com User Account that you use to log into Nigel. You can confirm the steps here - https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/25/access-nigel-ai-advisor.html 

Hope this helps!

[alexderjuengere]

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@ahillinaustin wrote:

Hi Tim,

In general, the Nigel AI Advisor is not available as part of the free trial of LabVIEW or TestStand. Nigel requires an active subscription or service program to use, which does not come with the LabVIEW evaluation. 

If you have an active subscription or SSP for LabVIEW, you should be able to get access to Nigel even in eval mode. Make sure the serial number you have with service is connected to your ni.com User Account that you use to log into Nigel. You can confirm the steps here - https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/supplemental/25/access-nigel-ai-advisor.html 

Hope this helps!

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according to MS copilot, NI Nigel is included in

- LabVIEW Professional
- LabVIEW+ Suite
- TestStand Development System

you need an valid NI account, and you are prompted to login into that account, when starting NI Nigel