June 2021
This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module.
You can find more release information on ni.com.
Limitations on Windows (64-bit), macOS, and Linux
Product Security and Critical Updates
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Unsupported Windows Operating Systems
The Control Design and Simulation Module provides tools with which you can analyze open-loop model behavior, design closed-loop controllers, simulate dynamic systems, and deploy models and control systems to real-time hardware. The Control Design and Simulation Module also provides tools to complete the entire system identification process, which involves building mathematical models of a dynamic system based on a set of measured stimulus and response data samples.
Use the Control Design Assistant to load and save models, perform analysis on systems, and design controllers. Refer to the Control Design Assistant Readme for information about the Control Design Assistant.
Use the System Identification Assistant to create a project that encompasses the whole system identification process. Refer to the System Identification Assistant Readme for information about the System Identification Assistant.
In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, the Control Design and Simulation Module has the following requirements:
Refer to the LabVIEW Readme for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW.
The Control Design and Simulation Module supports the following operating systems:
| Windows | Windows 10 (version 1909) Windows Server 2016 Note Refer to Unsupported Windows Operating Systems for more information about support for Microsoft Windows OSes. |
| macOS | macOS 11 (x86_64 only) or 10.15 |
| Linux | openSUSE LEAP 15.2 openSUSE LEAP 15.1 Red Hat Enterprise 8 Red Hat Enterprise 7 CentOS 8 CentOS 7 Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 18.04 |
The following features are available on Windows:
Download the Control Design and Simulation Model installer from ni.com/downloads. NI software includes NI Package Manager to handle the installation. Refer to the NI Package Manager Manual for more information about installing, removing, and upgrading NI software using Package Manager.
(macOS, Linux)
NI provides a repository add-on for all supported drivers that you can install using your Linux distribution's native package manager.
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(Windows) Refer to the LabVIEW Help, accessible from Help»LabVIEW Help from LabVIEW, for information about the Control Design and Simulation Module.
(macOS and Linux) Launch LabVIEW and select Help»Control Design and Simulation Module to launch the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module Help.
Refer to the LabVIEW Control Design User Manual for conceptual information about using the control design functionality of the Control Design and Simulation Module. Open this manual by navigating to the labview\manuals directory and opening CD_User_Manual.pdf.
Refer to the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module Algorithm References manual for information about algorithms implemented in the Control Design and Simulation Module and their corresponding references. Access the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module Algorithm References manual by navigating to the labview\manuals directory and opening CDreference.pdf.
(Windows) Refer to the LabVIEW System Identification VIs Algorithm References manual for information about algorithms implemented in the System Identification VIs and their corresponding references. Access the LabVIEW System Identification VIs Algorithm References manual by navigating to the labview\manuals directory and opening SIreference.pdf.
Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. Navigate to the Control and Simulation folder to access the LabVIEW examples for the Control Design and Simulation Module. You also can find the LabVIEW examples for the Control Design and Simulation Module in the labview\examples\Control and Simulation directory and the (Windows) labview\examples\System Identification directory. 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 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.
If the NI product you are installing uses Microsoft .NET 4.6.2, 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 4.6.2 separately before you install NI software.
For more information about automating the installation of NI products, refer to Automating an Installer in the NI Package Manager manual.
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.
The Advanced Signal Processing Toolkit no longer supports Windows Vista/XP/7/8.x, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, or any 32-bit Windows operating system. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2021, may not install or execute correctly on these operating systems. For detailed information about NI operating system support, visit https://www.ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.
NI Software will drop support for Phar Lap ETS Real-Time Operating System starting in 2022. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2022, may not install or execute correctly on this operating system. For high-level information on the support roadmap for Phar Lap and its replacement, NI Linux Real-Time, visit ni.com/r/xf35k1. To find out what hardware is supported on PXI controllers running NI Linux Real-Time, visit ni.com/r/b7g5wi.
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