November 2008
This file contains information about NI Sound and Vibration Assistant 7.0. This file also provides you with help resources you can use while working with the Sound and Vibration Assistant. Refer to the Getting Started with the NI Sound and Vibration Assistant manual for information about getting started with the Sound and Vibration Assistant. You can access this PDF by selecting Help»Getting Started with»Sound and Vibration Assistant in the Sound and Vibration Assistant.
This file contains the following information:
The Sound and Vibration Assistant is a powerful interactive tool that extends existing NI LabVIEW SignalExpress technology. The Sound and Vibration Assistant simplifies the process of acquiring, analyzing, and displaying sound and vibration signals by offering the following:
Use the Getting Started with the NI Sound and Vibration Assistant manual to familiarize yourself with Sound and Vibration Assistant features and functionality.
The Sound and Vibration Assistant 7.0 provides the following new features:
The Sound and Vibration Assistant requires a minimum of 1 GB of RAM and a Pentium 4/M or equivalent processor.
If you use the Sound and Vibration Assistant with National Instruments data acquisition hardware, you must install NI-DAQmx 8.5 or later.
Refer to the Getting Started with the NI Sound and Vibration Assistant manual for information about installing the Sound and Vibration Assistant. National Instruments strongly recommends that you restart the computer after installing the Sound and Vibration Assistant. You also must activate the Sound and Vibration Assistant using the NI License Manager.
You can access the Sound and Vibration Assistant Help, part of the LabVIEW SignalExpress Help, by selecting Help»Sound and Vibration Assistant Help and navigating to the LabVIEW SignalExpress Step Reference»Sound and Vibration Assistant Steps book on the Contents tab. You also can view the step and control-level help in the dynamic help and hover help windows in the right pane of a Sound and Vibration Assistant project.
You can access the Sound and Vibration Assistant example projects by selecting Help»Open Example»Sound and Vibration Assistant in the Sound and Vibration Assistant. Use the example projects in the Tutorial subdirectory with the Getting Started with the NI Sound and Vibration Assistant manual.
The Sound and Vibration Assistant example projects are intended for use with National Instruments dynamic signal acquisition hardware. If you use any other device that does not support the specific measurements in the example project, you must change the Measurement Type to a measurement type supported by the device you want to use. You can change the Measurement Type on the Channel View tab or on the DAQmx Acquire Step Setup tab.
The following list describes known issues at the time of release.
The following item is the ID and title of a subset of issues fixed between the Sound and Vibration Assistant 6.0 and 7.0. If you have a CAR ID, you can search this list to validate that the issue has been fixed. This is not an exhaustive list of issues fixed in the current version of the Sound and Vibration Assistant.
Bug ID | Fixed Issue |
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124659 | Data loaded by UFF 58 step can not be logged correctly. |
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