National Instruments (NI), is pleased to announce the availability of FlexLogger 2019 R3. This solutions helps you build flexible, scalable data-logging systems with CompactDAQ hardware, no programming required.

You can use sensor-specific configuration workflows to quickly set up, visualize, and log a mix of synchronized analog sensor, digital pulse frequency, and CAN measurements. FlexLogger automatically saves metadata documenting your test configuration, so you can quickly trace test results and make comparisons across multiple tests. You can interactively review test results in the integrated data viewer to visually inspect your data and draw conclusions.

FlexLogger 2019 R3 Release notes - Date: 28.06.19

- Added hardware support for the FD-11605
- Alarms for input channels, including the following features:
Alarm history pane
Event triggering from alarms
- Reset values on output channels
- Additional measurement types for counter input modules:
Angular position
Linear position
Pulse
- Hardware filter support for FieldDAQ
- Support for custom I/O plugins created with the FlexLogger Plugin Development Kit 1.0
- Boolean logic for analog channels
- Digital input event triggering
- Output support for LIN
- LIN master support
- Offline FlexLogger manual access



About FlexLogger. NI said that FlexLogger configuration-based data-logging software for validation test offers intuitive workflows and integrated data management. FlexLogger helps automotive test departments quickly capture accurate, well-documented data to verify system functionality in real-world conditions and comply with strict government regulations.

Technology innovations in areas like active safety, electrification and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication are disrupting how the automotive industry designs, tests, and produces vehicles. Rapidly evolving components and systems including sensor fusion, high-capacity batteries, and deep learning demand a higher volume of testing with accurate, traceable results to exceed safety-critical expectations for quality and reliability. These trends are pulling automotive test departments in different directions, intensifying challenges to build increasingly complex, mixed-measurement test systems under compressed timelines, while managing the explosive growth of collected data.

Engineers can use FlexLogger to help simplify test configurations and extract key insights with sensor-specific workflows to acquire and log synchronized, mixed measurements. They can integrate analog sensors, digital pulse frequencies, CAN signals, and calculated channels that are all logged to the universal Technical Data Management Streaming (TDMS) file format, so data can be correlated and analyzed to accurately characterize an entire system. These capabilities also address similar challenges faced by test departments in other industries including heavy equipment, aerospace, appliances and academic research.

For example, heavy equipment manufacturers like CNH Industrial design and produce variations of powertrain systems for different vehicles like agricultural machines, construction equipment, trucks and buses. Each system has unique specifications for functionality and performance, which means every test has different requirements to integrate new sensors and industrial protocols.

These configuration-based workflows are the cornerstone that now empowers technicians to streamline test development, integrate new measurements and manage data using NI's flexible software platform and modular hardware. For example, leveraging NI's data management expertise, FlexLogger automatically logs descriptive metadata about the test configuration including sensor and hardware acquisition settings for easier traceability. Test departments can improve access to data and effectively communicate results to the organization using DIAdem data management software to find, analyze and report on FlexLogger data.

About CompactDAQ. CompactDAQ is a portable, rugged data acquisition platform that integrates connectivity and signal conditioning into modular I/O for directly interfacing to any sensor or signal. Use CompactDAQ with LabVIEW software to customize how you acquire, analyze, present, and manage your measurement data. From research to development to validation, NI provides programmable software, high-accuracy measurements, and local technical support to ensure you meet your exact measurement application requirements.

About National Instruments. Since 1976, National Instruments has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI's graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company's long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.

Product: FlexLogger
Version: 2019 R3 build 7.0.0.50221
Supported Architectures: x64
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System Requirements: PC *
Supported Operating Systems: *
Required Software: *
Size: 5.2 Gb Gb

FlexLogger has the following minimum system requirements:

Operating Systems:
Windows 7 (SP1) 64-bit ***
Windows 8.1 64-bit **
Windows 10 64-bit
Windows Embedded Standard 7 (SP1) ***
Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1) 64-bit
Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit
RAM/Processor:
Pentium 4 G1 equivalent (Intel i5 equivalent or higher recommended)
4 GB disk space
4 GB RAM
Video:
1024 x 768 resolution (1366 x 768 or higher recommended)
Required Software: *
NI-DAQmx software 19.0 or higher
NI-XNET software 19.0 or higher

* Required drivers are included with the FlexLogger installer.

** NI software installs VC2015 Runtime and .NET 4.6.2. Windows 8.1 requires Microsoft updates to support these items. Refer to Microsoft KB2919442 and KB2919355 for more information about how to install these updates.

*** NI software is signed with a SHA-256 certificate. Windows 7 SP1 requires Microsoft updates to support SHA-256. Refer to Microsoft KB3033929 for more information about how to install this security update.