August 2014
This file contains important information about the NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 software, including system requirements, installation instructions, and new features and changes.
Product Security and Critical Updates
Automating the Installation of NI Products
How to Use NI Software with Microsoft Windows 8.x
NI Software Support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
The NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 software contains an extensive library of VIs and properties in LabVIEW for you to program applications for your DNP3 devices.
The following list indicates the NI hardware products supported by the VIs in NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3.
The following table lists the NI application software supported by NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3.
| NI Application Software | Versions Supported by NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 |
|---|---|
| NI LabVIEW | 2011 (32-bit), 2012 (32-bit), 2013 (32-bit), 2014 (32-bit) |
| NI LabVIEW Real-Time Module | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Note You can install NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 with only one version of LabVIEW on a computer. If you want to install NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 with another supported version of LabVIEW on the same computer, you must uninstall existing NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 and then install it under the target version of LabVIEW.
Note Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW.
Before installing the NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 software, log on as Administrator or as a user with Administrator privileges. The NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 software setup program must have Administrator privileges because the program modifies the configuration registry of your system. Double-click the setup.exe file in the root directory of the NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 installer and follow the instructions on the screen to install NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3. After you complete installing NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3, you can program DNP3 applications and deploy them on targets.
Note Refer to the Activation Instructions folder in the root directory of the NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 installer for instructions about how to activate the NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 software.
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NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 14.0 contains the following new features and changes:
The following two error codes help you troubleshoot issues that may happen in deploying DNP3 applications on NI PXI Express controllers with Windows OS:
| Error Code | Error Description |
|---|---|
| -44247 | You can only use PXI Express embedded controllers to run your DNP3 applications when you use the Windows platform. |
| -44199 | Only PXI Express embedded controllers are supported to run DNP3 application on Windows. If you use the PXI Express embedded controllers, please download the DNP3 Run-Time Engine from the National Instruments Web site. |
NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 versions are now aligned with the versions of major NI application software products. This alignment gives you information about the year the driver was released and the most recent software version the driver was designed to work with. Driver versions now start with a two-digit year indicator: NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 14.0. For example, NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 14.0 is the version released with LabVIEW 2014. The last version released under the old numbering scheme is NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 2.1. The first version released under the new numbering scheme is NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 14.0.
Refer to the NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 API for LabVIEW Help, accessible from Help»NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 in LabVIEW, for information about NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3.
Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. Navigate to the Hardware Input and Output»NI-Industrial Communications»DNP3 folder to access the examples. You can modify an example VI to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into a VI that you create.
You also can find the examples for NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 in the labview\examples\DNP3 directory.
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 about automating the installation of NI products, refer to the following KnowledgeBase articles:
When you install National Instruments software on Microsoft Windows 8.x, 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.
NI Launcher helps you find and launch installed NI products. It provides you with a method of finding NI products similar to the Start menu in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. To use NI Launcher, click the NI Launcher tile in the Apps view. NI Launcher launches the desktop and opens a menu containing a list of NI products. Click any NI product to launch it.
| Note NI MAX does not appear as a desktop shortcut when installed on Microsoft Windows 8.x. You can launch NI MAX either from the Apps view or from within NI Launcher. |
For convenience, you can pin your most-used NI applications, such as MAX, to either the Start screen or the Taskbar on the desktop, as necessary:
| Current Application | Icon Location | Pin to Action |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 8.x Desktop | Desktop Taskbar | Right-click application and select Pin to Taskbar |
| Windows 8.x Desktop | Start screen | Right-click application and select Pin to Start |
| Windows 8.x Start screen | Desktop Taskbar | Right-click application and select Pin to taskbar from the menu bar on the bottom of the screen |
If you want to find a particular application or related files, such as documentation files, from the Start screen, you can access all installed files from the Apps view. To get to the Apps view, right-click anywhere on the Start screen and select All apps (Windows 8) or click the down arrow on the bottom left of the screen (Windows 8.1).
For more information about NI support for Windows 8.x, visit ni.com/windows8.
National Instruments NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 will drop support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 as of July 1, 2016. Versions of NI-Industrial Communications for DNP3 that ship after July 1, 2016 will not install or run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003. For detailed information about NI application software product life cycles, visit ni.com/info and enter one of the following Info Codes:
| Product | Info Code |
|---|---|
| NI LabVIEW | lifecycle |
| NI LabWindows™/CVI™ | cvi_lifecycle |
| NI Measurement Studio | mstudiolifecycle |
| NI TestStand | tslcp |
| NI DIAdem | ddlcp |
| NI SignalExpress | selcp |
| NI VeriStand | nivslifecycle |
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