NI Vision Acquisition Software Release Notes

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NI Vision Acquisition Software Release Notes

June 2015

This file contains important information about National Instruments Vision Acquisition Software, including installation instructions, new features, fixed issues, and known issues.

Overview
System Requirements
NI Application Software Support
New Features
Updates and Improvements
Installation Instructions
Configuring NI-IMAQ
Configuring NI-IMAQdx
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Known Issues
Documentation and Examples
How to Use NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8
NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
Legal Information

Overview

NI Vision Acquisition Software allows you to acquire, display, and save images; control digital I/O on National Instruments image acquisition devices; and configure your driver software and hardware.

NI Vision Acquisition Software includes the following drivers:

• NI-IMAQ is driver software for the following device types:
  
  • NI 17xx smart cameras
  • analog cameras
  • parallel digital cameras
  • Camera Link cameras
    
• NI-IMAQdx is driver software for the following device types:
  
  • NI 177x smart cameras
  • GigE Vision-compliant cameras
  • USB3 Vision-compliant cameras
  • IIDC/DCAM-compliant IEEE 1394 cameras
  • DirectShow-compatible cameras
  • Basler and Axis IP cameras
    
• NI-IMAQ I/O is driver software for controlling reconfigurable input/output (RIO) on image acquisition devices and real-time targets. The following hardware is supported by NI-IMAQ I/O:
  
  • NI CVS-1457RT
  • NI CVS-1458
  • NI CVS-1458RT
  • NI CVS-1459RT
  • NI EVS-1463RT
  • NI EVS-1464RT
  • NI PCI-8254R
  • NI PCIe-8255R
  • NI PCIe-8237R
  • NI PCIe-1473R
  • NI PCIe-1473R-LX110
  • NI 1483 FlexRIO Adapter Module
    
  
  

Refer to the NI Vision website at ni.com/vision for the latest information about NI Vision Acquisition Software.

System Requirements

The development computer must meet the following requirements to run NI Vision Acquisition Software:

Processor	Pentium 4 1 GHz or equivalent
Memory	512 MB RAM
Display	1,024 × 768 resolution video adapter with a 16-bit display
Minimum Recommended Free Hard Disk Space	NI Vision Acquisition Software	3.5 GB
	NI-IMAQ	1.5 GB
	NI-IMAQdx	1.5 GB
	NI-IMAQ I/O	2.5 GB
Operating System	Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit) Windows 8.0 (32- and 64-bit) Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) Windows Vista SP1 (32- and 64-bit) Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit)

NI Application Software Support

The following table lists the NI application software versions, including service packs, supported by the NI Vision Acquisition Software. The installer specifically allows side-by-side installations of NI Vision Acquisition Software for each of the supported versions of LabVIEW, enabling you to use the NI Vision Acquisition Software with multiple versions of LabVIEW. National Instruments recommends that you install LabVIEW, LabVIEW Real-Time, and any other supported development environment before installing NI Vision Acquisition Software.

NI Application Software	Versions Supported by NI Vision Acquisition Software
NI LabVIEW	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
NI LabVIEW Real-Time Module	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
NI LabVIEW FPGA Module	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
NI LabWindows/CVI嬡/td][td] 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
NI Vision Development Module	7.1 or later
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection	2.5 or later

NI Vision Acquisition Software .NET Support

NI Vision Acquisition Software February 2014 was the last version to release updated support for the .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 3.5, and .NET language integration into Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. Visual Studio 2010 and later are not supported.

New versions of NI Vision Acquisition Software will not provide new .NET feature support or development. It is recommended that you begin new development in other supported development environments.

Remote Target Support

NI Vision Acquisition Software February 2013 was the last version of NI Vision Acquisition Software to provide support for the NI 1454, 1455, and 1456 Compact Vision Systems. NI Vision Acquisition Software February 2012 was the last version of NI Vision Acquisition Software to provide support for the NI 1762 and 1764 Smart Cameras. New software features of NI Vision Acquisition Software will not work on these devices.

New Features

This release of NI Vision Acquisition Software includes the following new features.

NI-IMAQ 15.0

• Support for LabVIEW 2015 (32- and 64-bit)
  

NI-IMAQdx 15.0

• GigE Vision 2.0 Extended ID support
• Support for NI CVS-1458 running Windows Embedded Standard 7
• Support for LabVIEW 2015 (32- and 64-bit)
  

NI-IMAQ I/O 15.0

• Support for NI CVS-1458 running Windows Embedded Standard 7
• Support for LabVIEW 2015 (32- and 64-bit)
  

Updates and Improvements

The following list describes issues in previous versions of NI Vision Acquisition Software that are fixed in this release. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of NI Vision Acquisition Software.

ID	Fixed Issue
410920	The NIIMAQdx.h header file does not properly specify the calling convention for the GCC compiler when compiling for Windows.
492589, 520774, 520779, 521799	Various crash and stability issues with NI Vision Acquisition Software in MAX.
508394	The PXIe-1435 is not listed in the supported device list for NI-IMAQ examples in NI Example Finder.
515572	Unplugging a USB3 Vision device from an an NI Linux Real-Time target occassionally crashes the system.
516218	The "DeviceCode" Conditional Disable Symbol is not being added to NI Compact Vision Systems, Embedded Vision Systems, or Smart Cameras.
520012	Calling the IMAQdx Close Camera VI on an invalid camera session takes 5 seconds to complete.
521633	NI-IMAQdx delays up to 2 seconds when exiting MAX during device discovery.
524295	Reading a USB3 Vision camera family name on an NI Linux Real-Time target sometimes returns bad data.
524086	Some NI-IMAQdx devices were reporting an "Attribute not supported by camera" error when opening the camera session due to missing support for some of the Representation types in the the device XML file.
525470	Acquiring an 8-bit Bayer image from certain FireWire cameras crashes the application.
526572	No cameras are visible under Devices and Interfaces in MAX on Embedded Vision Systems and NI 177x Smart Cameras when software is installed via Recommended Software Sets with the default selections.
527182	NI 1483 examples cannot deploy to real-time targets due to subpanels on the VI front panel.
528720	Acquiring from a GigE Vision camera in Listener Mode causes a crash on embedded targets running the NI Linux Real-Time operating system when GenICam Events are enabled on the camera.
526569	The 16-bit controls on the Acquisition Attributes tab for NI-IMAQdx cameras in MAX are not active when using a multibyte Bayer pixel format.

Installation Instructions

Complete the following steps to install NI Vision Acquisition Software:

Note: You must have administrator access to install NI Vision Acquisition Software.

• Insert the NI Vision Acquisition Software installation media.
• If you do not have autorun enabled, double-click autorun.exe. If you have autorun enabled, autorun.exe runs automatically.
• Follow the onscreen instructions.
  

NI-IMAQ and NI-IMAQdx integrate with NI Meas