The NI LabVIEW Student Software Suite is a powerful bundle of software and modules that can enable you to perform a variety of operations. This package is a popular option because it is a great value. The cost is not much more than the normal LabVIEW software by itself. Be sure to compare LabVIEW student offerings prior to making your purchase.
I will often have users contact me with some confusion regarding the extra modules in the suite and how to download them. So, in this blog, I will show you what you need to do in order to download each of the modules. Note: I am assuming you purchased the package through Studica, so some of the instructions will utilize our website and your user account through our website. If you purchased through a different reseller, then you will likely want to contact them for assistance.
What is Included in the LabVIEW Suite?
The package includes the following:
- LabVIEW
- Digital Filter Design Toolkit
- Modulation Toolkit
- LabVIEW Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit
- LabVIEW System Identification Toolkit
- NI SignalExpress
- LabVIEW Vision Development Module
- NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection
- NI Vision Acquisition Software
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection NI Vision Acquisition Software Each of these modules is included in the suite and you should receive a serial # that will be used to activate all of them when you purchase the program. NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection 2011; Motion Assistant 2.7; LabVIEW FPGA Compile Farm 2011; NI-RIO FPGA C API 2.0; 2011 ARM Compile Farm Toolkit - Client and Worker; Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite 2011; System Configuration 5.0; Driver Software. August 2011 NI Device Driver DVV; NI-DAQmx 9.3.5; NI-VISA 5.1 (Full) NI-VISA 5.1. Ni LabVIEW Run-Time Engine is a free program that offers you full support for executables. The Ni LabVIEW Run-Time Engine allows your browser to display VIs embedded in Web pages. The program permits you to run executables that you build with the Application Builder in LabVIEW 2013. Go to your start menu and type “NI License Manager”. Click on the “NI License Manager” application. Once the wizard is open, click the “Activate software” button at the top of the window. In the box for “LabVIEW 2017 Student Edition”, put in your serial #. The wizard will contact NI’s servers and attempt to activate.
Each of these modules is included in the suite and you should receive a serial # that will be used to activate all of them when you purchase the program.
How to Download
As mentioned above, I’m assuming you purchased the product through Studica. Follow these directions:
- Go to your Downloads page on the Studica website. You will be asked to sign into your account. Go ahead and do so.
- You should see your LabVIEW software suite listed alongside a link to the downloads page. Click on that link and you will be brought to the downloads page.
- On the download page, scroll down to the “NI LabVIEW 2017 Downloads” section. All the links will be listed there. Notice all the modules under the “Additional Toolkit Downloads” section.
- Clicking on any of these links will bring you to the download page on NI’s website.
- For instance, if I click on “Digital Filter Design Toolkit”, I will be brought to this page:
- At this point, click on “I am a current user of LabVIEW Digital Filter Design Toolkit”
- You will be asked to sign into your NI account, go ahead and do so. If you do not have an NI account, go ahead and choose the option to create one. This option will be listed on the sign in page.
- Once you’re signed in, you will be brought back to the download page and you can download the module.
At this point, just wait for the download to finish and then install it.
Activating the Modules
You will be given a single serial # when you purchase the suite through Studica. This serial # is used to activate LabVIEW and all the included modules that were listed above. To activate the software, refer to my previous blog about installing and activating LabVIEW 2017. Specifically, scroll down to the “Licensing: Activate Your Software” section. The process for activating the modules is roughly the same. The main difference is you will be choosing the modules instead of LabVIEW in the license manager for activation.
Conclusion
Hopefully, this helps get you on the right track. If you continue to have issues downloading or installing your suite, you can contact Studica and they can help get you in touch with a support technician who can help you. Again, we only support Studica customers. If you purchased your software through a different reseller, we cannot assist you. Good luck!
National Instruments recently released LabVIEW 2016. With a new version of LabVIEW comes new instructions on installing it. This tutorial will help guide you through the process of downloading and installing LabVIEW 2016 on a Windows computer.
LabVIEW System Requirements
The first thing you want to look at is whether your computer meets the minimum system requirements or not. Refer to the table below to determine if your PC can run LabVIEW 2016:
| Windows | Run-Time Engine | Development Environment |
| Processor | Pentium III/Celeron 866 MHz (or equivalent) or later (32-bit) Pentium 4 G1 (or equivalent) or later (64-bit) | Pentium 4M (or equivalent) or later (32-bit) Pentium 4 G1 (or equivalent) or later (64-bit) |
| RAM | 256 MB | 1 GB |
| Screen Resolution | 1024 x 768 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| Operating System | Windows 10/8.11/7 SP12 Windows Server 2012 R21 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP12 | Windows 10/8.11/7 SP12 Windows Server 2012 R21 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP12 |
| Disk Space | 620 MB | 5 GB (includes default drivers from the NI Device Drivers media) |
| Color Palette | N/A | LabVIEW and the LabVIEW Help contain 16-bit color graphics. LabVIEW requires a minimum color palette setting of 16-bit color. |
| Temporary Files Directory | N/A | LabVIEW uses a directory for storing temporary files. NI recommends that you have several megabytes of disk space available for this temporary directory. |
| Adobe Reader | N/A | You must have Adobe Reader installed to search PDF versions of all LabVIEW manuals. |
| 1 NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.1. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 require Microsoft updates to support these items. Refer to Microsoft KB2919442 and KB2919355 for more information about how to install these updates. 2 NI software is signed with a SHA-256 certificate. Windows 7 SP1, Windows Embedded Standard 7 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 require Microsoft updates to support SHA-256. Refer to Microsoft KB3033929 for more information about how to install this security update. Note You cannot access LabVIEW using a Guest account on Windows. | ||
Basically, if you have a Windows Computer that was purchased in the last 5 – 8 years, then you should be able to run this software. However, it’s stillhighly recommended that you verify that your hardware meets the requirements.
Downloading the Software
You can download the installer from here. You’ll see two options listed, one for the NI Download Manager and another for the Standard Download. It is recommended that you use the NI Download Manager option. Click on the “2016LV-64WinEng_downloader.exe” link under the “NI Download Manager” section to begin the download.
Once the download is done, navigate to the folder where you downloaded the file to and right-click on it and choose “Run as Administrator”
A window will come up asking you where to save a file. Leave the settings default and choose “Save”
Now the installer will start to download. How long the download takes depends on your internet connection and NI’s servers at the time of download.
Once the downloader is done, click the “Open” button:
A window will come up telling you a self-extracting archive wants to create an image on your machine. Click “OK”.
On the window that comes up, click “Unzip”
This may take a while depending on your computer’s hardware.
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Once it’s done extracting, it will tell you the files have extracted. Click “OK”.
Installing the NI LabVIEW Software
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After you’ve finished the above steps, the installer should automatically open. Follow these steps to finish the installation:
- Click “Next” on the main window
- Fill out your name and organization. This information is mostly irrelevant. Hit Next when you are done
- Next, you will be asked for your serial #. You should have received your serial # from Studica. The serial # should look something like this: A12B34567. It’s a 9-digit series of letters and numbers. If you have a physical copy of LabVIEW, the serial # should be located on the DVD sleeve that the DVD came in.If you purchased a digital download version from Studica and you don’t know what your serial # is, follow these steps:
- Go to studica.com
- Click the “Log In” button at the top-right of the page
- Sign in with your account that you made with Studica and then click “Log In”
- Once you’re logged in, click the “My Downloads” option near the top of the page:
- You should see your LabVIEW product listed along with the serial #. You will want to take note of this serial # for future use.
- Once you have your serial #, copy and paste it into the “LabVIEW 2016 (Base/Full/Professional)” field.
- Once you have your serial #, copy and paste it into the “LabVIEW 2016 (Base/Full/Professional)” field.
- On the next window, you can leave the fields default and click “Next”.
- Leave the features on the next window default and click “Next”.
- You can leave the next window default if you want to be informed of updates for your product. If not, you can uncheck the box and click “Next”.
- Accept the license agreements on the next window and click “Next”.
- Accept the license agreements again on the next window and click “Next”.
- On the next window, I recommend Unchecking the box that wants you to disable Windows fast startup. This mostly applies to Windows 8 and newer computers that implement fast startup.
- Lastly, click “Next” on the final window to proceed to the installation.
At this point, the product will begin to install. LabVIEW is a moderately large program so it may take a while to install. How long it takes depends on your computer’s hardware. Expect it to take anywhere between 5 minutes to an hour.
Near the end of the installation, you may get a message like this:
Click on “Decline Support”
Once your installation is complete, you will want to restart your computer.
Activating the Product
Once the software is installed, you need to make sure it’s activated.
- Go to your start menu and type “NI License Manager”.
- Right-click the “NI License Manager” app and choose “Run as Administrator”
- Once the license manager is open, expand the “LabVIEW 2016” section → “Development System” → right-click on “Student Edition” and choose “Activate…”.
- On the window that comes up, leave everything default and click “Next”.
- Put in your Serial # and click “Next”.
- You will then be asked to sign into your NI account. If you do not have an NI account, you must create one. To do this, click the “Create a new account” option underneath the login boxes. Fill out any information that’s asked of you and create your account. Once it’s created, use your new login information to log into your account through the activation wizard.
- On the next window, leave the box checked and click “Next”
- Click next on the next window and your product will attempt to activate.
- It should finish activation without issue. Once the activation is done, you are ready to use your LabVIEW software. If you get a serial # error, you can contact Studica at 888-561-7521 and ask for support. If you are missing a LabVIEW icon from your desktop, then go to your start menu and type “LabVIEW”. You can then open the LabVIEW 2016 software from here by clicking on the icon:
Conclusion:
That should be all there is to installing National InstrumentsLabVIEW 2016 on Windows. If you have issues with the installation, feel free to contact us at 888-561-7521 Monday – Friday and ask for support. Thanks!
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