July 2018
Product Security and Critical Updates
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.1
NI-TimeSync is a coordinated set of synchronization protocols that can be used to synchronize time between multiple systems.
NI-TimeSync 18.1 supports the following operating systems:
Note In 2016 NI-TimeSync dropped support for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and installations of Windows 7 without any service packs. NI-TimeSync will not install or run on an unsupported OS. You cannot deploy or distribute applications that use NI-TimeSync to an unsupported OS. Additionally, after installing NI-TimeSync, you cannot use any installers built on this computer with any version of LabVIEW, LabWindows™/CVI™, NI TestStand™, or Measurement Studio on an unsupported OS.
For more information about the changes to our OS support for 2016, refer to KB 79UC78LS, Why Does my LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, or TestStand Built Installer Fail on Windows XP/Vista and Server 2003?.
Note Support for Windows 32-bit operating systems may require disabling physical address extension (PAE). To learn how this might affect your system and what actions you might need to take, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code PAESupport.
1NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.2. 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.
3 System Configuration does not support non-R2 versions of Windows Server.
4 Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 requires disabling Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC). To learn how this affects your use of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2 and what actions you must take, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code MAXSupportIEESC.
5 IEEE 1588-2008 protocol instances on ARM-based targets running NI Linux Real-Time are configured to be "slave only" by default. For more information about this issue, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code ARMTargetSlaveOnly.
6The NI-TimeSync property node installed is not supported on NI Linux Real-Time targets. The NI-Sync API can be used with NI Linux Real-Time targets.
NI-TimeSync 18.1 supports the following application software versions, including service packs.
| Application Software | Versions Supported by NI-TimeSync |
|---|---|
| LabVIEW | 2015 SP11, 2016 SP1, 2017 SP1, 2018 |
| LabVIEW Real-Time Module | 2015 SP11, 2016 SP1, 2017 SP1, 2018 |
1To use the NI-Sync 18.1 API on Linux RT targets with LabVIEW 2015 SP1, you must have the LabVIEW 2015 SP1 f3 or later patch installed.
Visit ni.com/security to view and subscribe to receive security notifications about NI products. Visit ni.com/critical-updates for information about critical updates from NI.
NI-TimeSync 18.0 and later are incompatible with NI-Sync 17.0 and earlier.
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. For a list of known issues with NI-TimeSync 18.1, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code NITimeSync1810KnownIssues.
For a list of bug fixes for NI-TimeSync, visit ni.com/info and enter the Info Code NITimeSyncFixList.
You can automate the installation of most NI products using command-line arguments to suppress some or all of the installer user interface and dialog boxes. However, starting with the August 2012 releases (products using NI Installers version 3.1 or later), you may need to perform additional steps before or during a silent installation of NI software.
If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.0, the .NET installer may run before any NI software installs and may require a reboot before the installation of NI software begins. To avoid a .NET reboot, install .NET 4.0 separately before you install NI software.
For more information, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
Microsoft Windows 10 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. Windows 10 introduces several new capabilities and also combines features from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. For more information about NI support for Windows 10, visit ni.com/windows10.
When you install NI software on Microsoft Windows 8.1, you will notice a few additional tiles in the Apps view, including shortcuts to NI application software products such as NI LabVIEW, Measurement & Automation Explorer (NI MAX), and NI Launcher. For more information about NI support for Windows 8.1, visit ni.com/windows8.
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