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Circuit Design Suite 10.0 Readme for Windows 2000/XP
Circuit Design Suite 10.0 Readme for Windows 2000/XP
January 2007
This file contains important information about Circuit Design Suite, including installation and compatibility issues.
Refer to the Multisim and Ultiboard User Guides for information about getting started with Circuit Design Suite. You can access these PDFs by selecting Multisim User Guide or Ultiboard User Guide in Start»Programs»National Instruments»Circuit Design Suite 10.0»Documentation.
Contents
Before Installation
After Installation
After Uninstallation
Additional Information
- You cannot install Circuit Design Suite 10.0 in the same directory as a previous version of Multisim/Ultiboard. In order to install Circuit Design Suite 10.0 into a directory that contains a previous version of Multisim/Ultiboard, you must uninstall the previous version of Multisim/Ultiboard first. You should also backup the corporate database, located in <INSTALLDIR>\database\CPCOMP_S.PRJ, because the file will be replaced.
- You must login as an administrator to install Circuit Design Suite.
- Before you run the Circuit Design Suite installer, you should temporarily disable any virus protection programs that are running on your machine. If you do not disable your virus protection program, the installer might run slowly, hang, or behave erratically.
- Refer to the Circuit Design Suite Release Notes for details of changes since Multisim\Ultiboard 9. You can access this PDF by selecting Circuit Design Suite Release Notes in Start»Programs»National Instruments»Circuit Design Suite 10.0»Documentation.
- Circuit Design Suite 10.0 is compatible with LabVIEW 8.0 and LabVIEW 8.2.
- Circuit Design Suite 10.0 installs the following additional software components:
- LabVIEW 8.0 Run-Time Engine
- LabVIEW 8.2 Run-Time Engine
- Support and Upgrade Utility
- HI-TECH C51-lite V9.60PLO
- HI-TECH PICC lite V9.60PLO
- The best way to familiarize yourself with Circuit Design Suite is to explore the Multisim User Guide and Ultiboard User Guide, which contains all of the Circuit Design Suite documentation in electronic format. You can access these PDFs by selecting Multisim User Guide or Ultiboard User Guide in Start»Programs»National Instruments»Circuit Design Suite 10.0»Documentation.
- Uninstalling Circuit Design Suite will not remove user data:
- User configuration files and database located in <APPDATA>\National Instruments\Circuit Design Suite\10.0
- Corporate database located in <INSTALLDIR>\database.
- Circuit Design Suite requires that all users have write access to files in the Circuit Design Suite installation directory. The Circuit Design Suite installer automatically gives all Authenticated Users write access to the installation directory.
- Sample files are installed into the Circuit Design Suite installation directory. All users should copy the sample files to their My Documents folder prior to modifying these files.
- For additional information about Circuit Design Suite, refer to the support section of the National Instruments Website at www.ni.com/support/. The Web site contains many electronic support services to help you in your development.
- National Instruments offers a Circuit Design Suite technical discussion forum. You can join the forum at forums.ni.com
- Circuit Design Suite is not supported on Windows XP Professional x64 and has not been comprehensively tested on this operating system. Cursory testing has shown that basic functionality of Circuit Design Suite works; however, several of the assemblers for the Multisim MCU Module do not work correctly.
Copyright
© 2007 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.
Trademarks
National Instruments, NI, ni.com, and LabVIEW are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. Ultiboard is a registered trademark and Multisim and Electronics Workbench are trademarks of Electronics Workbench. Other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
Patents
For patents covering National Instruments products, refer to the appropriate location: the patents.txt file on your CD, or www.ni.com/patents.