NI-Industrial Communications for DeviceNet and LabVIEW Compatibility

[OhaiLabViewPeople]

I am currently tasked with updating a facility. The current facility utilizes the old unsupported PCI-DNET cards and the older DeviceNet drivers. Upon updating, the card will need to be replaced with the current card, PCI-8532, and the drivers updated to the new NI Industrial Communications for DeviceNet... While looking at the Drivers I noticed that Windows 7 is supported in what seems like 32 and 64 bit versions: http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/53530/en/ 

However, while looking at the information for LabVIEW integration with the NI Industrial Communications for DeviceNet drivers I am unsure if 64 bit LabVIEW is in fact supported: https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/compatibility/17/ni-industrial-communications-for-device....

Also, the help document always references 32 bit LabVIEW: https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/375166c.html

Could anyone please provide some clarity: do the new DeviceNet drivers support 64 bit LabVIEW installation?

Thank you for your time and assistance,

[billko · Accepted solution]

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@OhaiLabViewPeople wrote:

I am currently tasked with updating a facility. The current facility utilizes the old unsupported PCI-DNET cards and the older DeviceNet drivers. Upon updating, the card will need to be replaced with the current card, PCI-8532, and the drivers updated to the new NI Industrial Communications for DeviceNet... While looking at the Drivers I noticed that Windows 7 is supported in what seems like 32 and 64 bit versions: http://www.ni.com/product-documentation/53530/en/ 

However, while looking at the information for LabVIEW integration with the NI Industrial Communications for DeviceNet drivers I am unsure if 64 bit LabVIEW is in fact supported: https://www.ni.com/en/support/documentation/compatibility/17/ni-industrial-communications-for-device....

Also, the help document always references 32 bit LabVIEW: https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/375166c.html

Could anyone please provide some clarity: do the new DeviceNet drivers support 64 bit LabVIEW installation?

Thank you for your time and assistance,

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You certainly did your homework.  Although the drivers will install into the operating systems listed, the only drivers available for LabVIEW are for LV 32-bit.

That being said, usually LV 32-bit is recommended for ALL operating systems, regardless of 32 or 64 bit flavors, unless you absolutely need the extra memory access that LV 64-bit gives you.  The biggest reason is exactly what you see here - that there are much more things available for LV 32-bit than LV 64-bit.