Setting up an NI ELVIS Device

Updated May 1, 2023

Environment

Hardware

  • NI ELVIS
  • NI ELVIS III
  • NI ELVIS II

Software

  • Measurements Live
  • NI ELVISmx Software Suite
  • NI ELVIS III Software Bundle
  • LabVIEW ELVIS III Toolkit

The NI Engineering Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) Engineering Lab Workstation provides a project-based learning experience using online measurements and practical, embedded design.  

This guide explains the difference between Measurements Live and NI ELVISmx and points to the getting started guides for NI ELVIS II and NI ELVIS III. 

Here is how to set up your NI ELVIS device:
NI ELVIS II Getting Started Guide
NI ELVIS III Getting Started Guide  
  • Measurements Live and NI ELVISmx Instrument Launcher are different.
    • Measurements Live provides you with a set of user-friendly instrument soft front panels (SFPs) which allows you to interactively measure and generate data from the hardware instruments on the NI ELVIS III.
    • The NI ELVISmx Instrument Launcher is the software used with the NI ELVIS II or myDAQ so that anyone to easily operate their hardware platform. 

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