July 2023
This file contains installation instructions and compatibility information for NI-SCOPE 2023 Q3.
You can find more release information on ni.com.
Automating the Installation of NI Products
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 11
Using NI Software with Microsoft Windows 10
Unsupported Windows Operating Systems
NI no longer supports Phar Lap ETS Real-Time Operating System
NI-SCOPE is an NI instrument driver that enables you to implement multirecord acquisition, continuous acquisition, multiboard synchronization, more than 50 measurement and analysis functions, and the functionality of traditional oscilloscopes. NI-SCOPE is an interchangeable virtual instrument (IVI)–compliant instrument driver, and it features a set of operations and properties that exercise the functionality of the oscilloscope and includes an interactive soft front panel and examples.
NI-SCOPE 2023 Q3 has the following requirements:
NI-SCOPE 2023 Q3 supports the following operating systems:
1 This operating system is not supported for the following features:
Note NI-SCOPE no longer supports any 32-bit Windows operating system. Refer to Unsupported Windows Operating Systems for more information about support for Microsoft Windows OSes.
NI-SCOPE 2023 Q3 supports the following application software versions, including service packs. If you are not using NI application software, refer to Microsoft Visual Studio Support or Python Support.
| Application Software | Versions Supported by NI-SCOPE 2023 Q3 |
|---|---|
| LabVIEW | 2020 and later |
| LabVIEW Real-Time Module | 2020 and later |
| LabWindows™/CVI™ | 2019 and later |
| LabWindows/CVI Real-Time Module2 | 2019 and later |
2No support for the PXIe-5110/5111/5113, the PXIe-5163, or the PXIe-5164 and PXIe-517x reconfigurable oscilloscopes.
If you are using the NI-SCOPE .NET Class Library, .NET Framework 4.0 (minimum) is required. The NI-SCOPE 2023 Q3 .NET Class Library can be used with Visual C# or Visual Basic .NET in any Visual Studio version that can target .NET Framework 4.0 or .NET Framework 4.5.
To use the .NET API, you must install the .NET class libraries or the .NET wrapper in addition to the NI device driver. For information about versions of the .NET Framework and the drivers each supports, as well as the download location of the installer files, refer to .NET Resources for NI Hardware and Software.
For more information on installing and using Python, refer to the niscope module.
Download the NI-SCOPE installer from ni.com/downloads. NI software includes NI Package Manager to handle the installation. Refer to the NI Package Manager Documentation for more information about installing, removing, and upgrading NI software using Package Manager.
As part of the NI-SCOPE installation, the following software is installed. To completely remove the NI-SCOPE installation from your system, you must also remove all of the following packages:
Notice Several of the software packages listed above are shared with other NI software packages. If you attempt to remove a piece of software that something else is dependent on, a message launches to warn you about the software dependencies. You can choose to either uninstall all of the software or to leave the shared software installed. If you choose to uninstall the shared software, some of your other NI software may no longer function correctly.
When installing NI-SCOPE, the "NI-SCOPE Support for LabVIEW" package will be recommended if you have already installed LabVIEW 2022 or later and installs to the LVAddons directory. This package supports applications using NI-SCOPE with LabVIEW 2022 or later.
LVAddons directory location: C:\Program Files\NI\LVAddons
Visit NI Hardware and Operating System Compatibility to view driver, desktop operating system, and real-time operating system support for individual hardware devices.
To view information for your device:
Note: Some compatibility information may only be available in the archive attached to the NI Hardware and Operating System Compatibility page. For historic driver and OS support information, refer to the readme for the relevant driver version.
Note The deprecated NI-SCOPE Soft Front Panel remains available for download. Visit Legacy Soft Front Panels for NI-SCOPE for more information.
NI-SCOPE ships with several examples for LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, Measurement Studio, MSVC, Visual C++, and Microsoft Visual Basic that will help you develop your software. These examples illustrate how to perform the most common operations with your hardware. To find the examples, go to Start»Programs»National Instruments»NI-SCOPE Examples.
Select Help»Find Examples from LabVIEW to launch the NI Example Finder. LabVIEW examples for NI-SCOPE are located in the labview\examples\instr\niScope 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 documentation.
Microsoft Windows 11 is the latest version of the Windows operating system and features significant changes compared to previous versions. For more information about NI support for Windows 11, refer to NI Product Compatibility for Microsoft Windows 11.
For more information about NI support for Windows 10, refer to NI Product Compatibility for Microsoft Windows 10.
NI-SCOPE 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 no longer supports Phar Lap ETS Real-Time Operating System. 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.