TestStand 2017 Now Available!

[inniwhoni]

TestStand 2017 is now available bringing improvements to help build more robust test systems that take advantage of new NI platform technologies. Some of the major features of the new release includes:

Data Streams: You can use the new Data Streams CSV step types to perform file CSV file I/O operations from directly within a TestStand sequence. Advanced users can use the accompanying Data Streams API to create custom implementations of data streams for additional file types.

Crash Recovery for TestStand Applications: You can register custom sequences to respond to a crash in your TestStand application to return hardware or other system assets into a known state. TestStand 2017 also automatically generates a log

TestStand Deployment Utility Updates: In addition to MSI-based installers, the TestStand 2017 Deployment Utility now supports building package-based distributions, suitable for use with SystemLink. The TestStand 2017 Deployment Utility also adds support for deploying LabVIEW NXG code modules.

Early Access Support for LabVIEW NXG: TestStand 2017 provides early access support for LabVIEW NXG with a new LabVIEW NXG Adapter. The LabVIEW NXG Adapter is suitable for developing simple test systems, or augmenting existing test systems.

High-level feature summary: ni.com/teststand/whatsnew/

Detailed Help Topic: What’s New in TestStand 2017

Regards,

Kevin Flanagan

Product Support Engineer | Automated Test Software R&D

National Instruments

[J.C._Andersen]

Hi.

Just out of curiosity, what happened to the new release plan that NI announced in 2014 about only releasing new TestStand major versions every two years? I know that technically you have released version 2017 in January of 2018, but it seems a bit out of sync.