NI VISA runtime

[Jousepa]

Hi, I'm going to work with an Aalborg flowmeter. This supplier provides some LabVIEW code that can be run directly as an executable and should work. These blocks use VISA drivers since the communication is via RS232 serial. I have installed the LabVIEW Runtime. The executable opens, but I encounter issues when running the code (error Visa Close)— it seems like the VISA drivers are not active. I'm doing some research and I see there's something called NI-VISA Runtime (https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000YHweCAG&l=es-ES). Should I install it or its not that and runtime should work just fine? If I don’t have the NI Package Manager, what alternatives do I have?

[santo_13 · Accepted solution]

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@Jousepa wrote:

Hi, I'm going to work with an Aalborg flowmeter. This supplier provides some LabVIEW code that can be run directly as an executable and should work. These blocks use VISA drivers since the communication is via RS232 serial. I have installed the LabVIEW Runtime. The executable opens, but I encounter issues when running the code (error Visa Close)— it seems like the VISA drivers are not active. I'm doing some research and I see there's something called NI-VISA Runtime (https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000YHweCAG&l=es-ES). Should I install it or its not that and runtime should work just fine? If I don’t have the NI Package Manager, what alternatives do I have?

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If the implementation used VISA functions, you need either full VISA driver install or at least the VISA runtime if running as part of exe.

[Jousepa]

Fast and clear.

Thanks!!