Sound and Vibration Assistant Missing After Installing the Sound and Vibration Toolkit

Issue Details

I ran either the Sound and Vibration Software Installer or the Developer Suite Installer, but Sound and Vibration Assistant was not installed. How do I install the Sound and Vibration Assistant?

Solution

Method 1: If Installing Directly from the Sound and Vibration Software Installer:

• From the Features screen, choose the Sound and Vibration Assistant option below NI Sound and Vibration as seen below:

• Note: The Sound and Vibration Assistant along with the  Express VIs are not included in Sound and Vibration Toolkit 2016 and later. If you are installing a version of Sound and Vibration Toolkit later than 2015 you will not see the option above to install Sound and Vibration Assistant and you will need to install an earlier version of toolkit. It's functionality was replaced by the NI-DSA Soft Front Panel

• From the Product List, expand Sound and Vibration Option, and choose Custom Install for the NI Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite as seen below:

• Once the Developer Suite Installer gets to the Sound and VIbration Installer, it will open up a dialog similar to Figure 1. In this dialog, you can choose the Sound and Vibration Assistant option.

Method 3: If you've already installed Sound and Vibration directly or from the Developer Suite.

• Go to Add/Remove Programs, and look for the National Instruments entry. From there, find NI Sound and Vibration 2014 as seen below, and select Modify.

• Once the installer runs, it will open a dialog similar to Figure 1. In this dialog, you can choose the Sound and Vibration Assistant option.

Additional Information

DSA Soft Front Panels are a stand alone application that allows you to configure applications that are designed to let you use NI DSA hardware very quickly to do common signal generation and spectral measurements tasks. For more details on DSA Soft Front Panels please refer to the Dynamic Signal Analysis HW Soft Front Panels example.