Why am I unable to include NI-Serial in an Installer?

[ChrisNagy]

Using LabWindows 8.1, I am setting up an Installer.  I am unable to locate the NI-Serial driver under the "Drivers and Components" tab.  the other drivers I need (NI-DCPOWER, NI_SWITCH) are there.  How do I include NI-Serial in my build kit?

[Mert_A.]

Hi Chris,

Which version of NI-Serial do you have installed? Take a look in your Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\MDF\Manifests directory and look for an XML file that starts with "NI-Serial".  If you find one, please post it back to this thread.  If you don't find one that could indicate you're using an old version of NI-Serial that does not support redistribution, or some sort of installation/upgrade problem occurred.

Mert A.
National Instruments

[ChrisNagy]

Mert:

I am using NI-Serial 1.8 .  I am unable to attach it.  Apparently, the NI Forums do not allow .xml files.  if you could e-mail me, I will reply with the attachment.

--CJN

[Mert_A.]

You can just change the extension of the file to something like .jpg and attach it that way.

Thanks.

Mert A.
National Instruments

[ChrisNagy]

File attached.  Change .jpg to .xml

[Mert_A.]

Chris,

It seems the version you have installed is not deployable.  You have version 1.8.0, which came from the standalone NI-Serial installer and was the last version that was not deployable.  An NI Driver CD that was released shortly after contained a minor revision of NI-Serial (1.8.1) which enabled deployment.

You can download and install the most recent version (3.3) of NI-Serial from our website.  Let me know if you have any concerns or problems.

Mert A.
National Instruments

[ChrisNagy]

Mert:

Version 3.3 worked as advertised.  Thanks for the help.

---CJN