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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.



Related Links:
NI-VISA Software Downloads
Products and Services: NI-VISA
Product Manuals: NI-VISA Help
National Instruments and Linux: Frequently Asked Questions

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Report Date: 10/14/2002
Last Updated: 01/22/2009
Document ID: 2QDASEPG

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