PID Control Toolkit for LabWindows/CVI, Version 2.1

Readme File

This file contains information about the PID Control Toolkit for LabWindows/CVI, version 2.1.

Contents

Minimum System Requirements
Installing the PID Control Toolkit
Activating the PID Control Toolkit
After Installation

Minimum System Requirements

To use the PID Control Toolkit for LabWindows/CVI, you must have the following items:

• LabWindows/CVI 7.0 or later
• Windows Vista/XP/2000

Installing the PID Control Toolkit

If you already have an earlier version of the PID Control Toolkit installed on your computer, you must uninstall it before installing this version. The toolkit does not support side-by-side or downgrade installations.

Complete the following steps to install the PID Control Toolkit for LabWindows/CVI:

1. Insert the PID Control Toolkit CD into the CD drive. If the CD does not run automatically, open Windows Explorer, right-click the CD drive icon, and select AutoPlay.
2. On installation startup, the National Instruments PID Control Toolkit screen appears. Click Install Toolkit.
3. In the User Information panel, enter your name and organization and the serial number found on your Certificate of Ownership card. LabWindows/CVI uses this serial number when you run the NI Activation Wizard.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen. When the PID Control Toolkit has been successfully installed, click Finish.

Activating the PID Control Toolkit for LabWindows/CVI

The first time you launch LabWindows/CVI after installing the PID Control Toolkit, you are prompted to activate the toolkit. Complete the following steps to activate the PID Control Toolkit for LabWindows/CVI.

1. Click Activate Products.
2. Select the Automatically activate through a secure Internet connection option and click Next. Your computer must be connected to the Internet for this option to work. If you do not have Internet access on your computer, refer to the LabWindows/CVI Release Notes.
3. Enter the serial number with the number found on your Certificate of Ownership card. Click Next.
4. Fill in the necessary information and click Next.
5. Check the option if you would like to receive a confirmation email of your activation and click Next.
6. After a brief moment, you should receive a message indicating whether the PID Control Toolkit has been activated or not. Click Next.
   
   

   Note  If your activation was not successful, you can update the serial number, get help from National Instruments, or evaluate the toolkit.

7. Continue to follow the instructions on the screen.
8. When you successfully activate, click Finish. LabWindows/CVI displays a window indicating when this license expires.

For more information about activation, refer to the LabWindows/CVI Release Notes.

After Installation

• You can find example programs in the following location:
  
  • LabWindows/CVI 8.1.1 and Earlier—Examples are located in \Program Files\National Instruments\CVIx.x\samples\pid.
  • LabWindows/CVI 8.5 and Later—On Windows Vista, examples are located in \Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\CVI\samples\pid. On Windows XP/2000, example programs are located in \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\National Instruments\CVI\samples\pid.
• If you plan to use the PID Control Toolkit with an external compiler, a library file for the current compatible external compiler is in the Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\CVI\Extlib directory.

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