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titleNotice: Free LabVIEW During the COVID 19 Pandemic

We are pleased to inform that National Instruments is now offering free access to LabVIEW to all APU students and academic staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic for at least 70 days.

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LabVIEW License for Education – 6 Months

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LabVIEW is a graphical program commonly used by scientists and engineers for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation. Please follow the guide below on installing it.

Should you have any inquiries or you need technical and application support during the Restricted Movement, please do not hesitate to contact our Virtual Help Centre at 03-8992 5050 during operation hours (Weekdays: 8:00 am – 9:30 pm) or you may log a helpdesk request by sending an email to assist@apu.edu.my.

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LabVIEW is a graphical program commonly used by scientists and engineers for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation. This article will guide you on installing LabVIEW on your workstation.

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LabVIEW license is valid for 70 days.

Follow the following steps in order

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Register NI User Account

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  • If you already have a National Instrument account,

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  •  skip to Login and Download.

Registration form

Go to https://lumen.ni.com/nicif/us/evallvstudent/content.xhtml using your web browser. You will see a form to create an NI User Account.

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Fill in the appropriate fields with the following details:

Role

 Student

School

 Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU)

School Address

 Jalan Teknologi 5

City

 Kuala Lumpur

Province

 Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Postal Code

 57000

Email address

 TP email (Format: TPXXXXXX@mail.apu.edu.my)

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It will show “Enter a valid email address” when you enter

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your TP email. This is normal and you can still click on Create Account to register.

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Once all the details have been entered, click Create Account.

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Confirm account creation

Once you submitted the form, you will be asked to confirm your account. National Instruments (NI) will send an activation email to the email that you registered with. The Email might take up to an hour to receive in your mailbox.

If you didn’t find the confirmation email, check your Spam folder or click Resend.

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Once you find the email titled Please confirm your NI user account, click on the link to activate your account.

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 Once you click on the link, your account will be activated. Click Continue.

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Login and

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Download

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Login

Go to https://lumen.ni.com/nicif/login.xhtml and login to your NI User Account.

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Download Software

After you activate your account/log in to your user account, you will see this website.

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Once everything is done, you will see this page and the download will start. If the download doesn’t start, click Restart the download link.

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Section 3: Installation

Once the download completed, open the downloaded file and the installation process will start.

Step 1 – Install NI Package Manager

Before the LabVIEW install, you will need to install Package Manager.

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On this page, click Next. The installation will proceed and it will take a minute.

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Step 2 – Install LabVIEW and drivers

Once the Package Manager had been installed, the LabVIEW installer will show up.

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The installation will proceed and it will take 15 take 15 minutes to an hour depending on your Internet connection.

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When the installation is completed, you will see this dialog box. Click on Yes if you want the software to update automatically. To prevent unnecessary update checking, click on No.

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Next, you will see a dialog box to opt-in to their Customer Experience Improvement Program. Select “No, I do not want to participate in the NI Customer Experience Improvement Program” and click OK.

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Step 3 – Activate LabVIEW 2019

After the installation is completed, you will be requested to activate LabVIEW. Click on Log in to Activate.

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Since we are given a Serial Number to activate, click on the dropdown box and select Enter a serial number. In all the textboxes, fill in the Serial Number.

Refer to Section 2, Step 2 for the serial number:https://apiit.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ITSM/pages/218857972/NI+LabVIEW+2019+Installation+Guide#Step-2-%E2%80%93-Download-Software

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Click on Reboot Now to complete the installation.

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Section 3: Installation Complete

To launch LabVIEW, in the Start Menu type in “NI LabVIEW 2019” and press enter.

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If you see this when you open LabVIEW, it means your LabVIEW is activated properly.

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Support

If you are facing any difficulties or errors during the installation/activation process, please open a ticket with our HelpCentre – IT Helpdesk or email assist@staffemail.apu.edu.my via your student email address. Please ensure to provide necessary screenshots and error messages for the support team to better understand the issue.