Supported NI-VISA Operating Systems and Features
Hardware: PXI/CompactPCI>>Controllers
Problem: Does VISA have all the same functionality on other platforms as it does in Windows?
Solution: The table below lists the current versions and features of NI-VISA that are supported on the various operating systems.
| |
Vista (x64) 64-bit User Mode |
Vista (x64) 32-bit User Mode |
Vista (x86) |
Win XP (x64) |
Win XP/2K (x86) |
Windows Mobile/CE (ARMV4) |
Windows Mobile/CE (x86) |
LVRT VxWorks (PPC603) |
| Current Release |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
| GPIB |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
|
|
|
| GPIB-VXI |
|
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
|
|
|
| VXI |
|
|
|
|
YES |
|
|
|
| RS-232 |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| RS-485 |
NEW* |
YES* |
YES* |
YES* |
YES* |
|
|
|
| PCI |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
|
|
|
| PXI |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
|
|
|
| TCP/IP |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
NEW |
| LXI Discovery |
NEW |
NEW |
NEW |
|
NEW |
|
|
|
| Remote Client |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
|
|
| Remote Server |
|
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
|
YES |
| ENET Serial |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| USB |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
YES |
YES |
NEW |
| 1394 |
|
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
|
|
| VISAIC |
|
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
|
|
| Graphical Config |
NEW |
YES |
YES |
|
YES |
|
|
YES |
| |
LVRT ETS (x86) |
LVRT RTX (x86) |
Linux (x64) 64-bit User Mode |
Linux (x64) 32-bit User Mode |
Linux (x86) |
Mac OS X (PPC) |
Mac OS X (x86) |
| Current Release |
4.4 |
4.0 |
|
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
| GPIB |
YES |
|
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| GPIB-VXI |
YES |
|
|
|
YES |
YES |
YES |
| VXI |
|
|
|
|
YES |
|
|
| RS-232 |
YES |
|
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| RS-485 |
YES* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| PCI |
YES |
YES |
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
PXI
|
YES |
|
|
|
YES |
|
|
|
TCP/IP
|
YES |
|
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| LXI Discovery |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Remote Client |
YES |
|
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Remote Server |
YES |
YES |
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| ENET Serial |
YES |
|
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| USB |
|
|
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| 1394 |
YES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| VISAIC |
YES |
|
|
NEW |
YES |
|
|
| Graphical Config |
YES |
|
|
NEW |
YES |
YES |
YES |
* Requires NI-Serial Driver and Hardware
**Support is provided for Mac OS X version 10.3 and higher.
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Report Date: 10/14/2002
Last Updated: 01/22/2009
Document ID: 2QDASEPG
