LabVIEW: (Hex 0x436) Failed to load shared library niwd4c.* when deploying FPGA project in LabVIEW

Issue Details

I have a LabVIEW FPGA project containing niwd4c.dll. When I try to deploy my FPGA project in LabVIEW, the deployment progress shows that the deployment was unsuccessful. The error screenshot is shown below:

 

Why am I getting such error when deploying my LabVIEW FPGA project?

Solution

This error occurred because NI LabVIEW Watchdog Support for LabVIEW was not installed in your PC and RT Target. There are few steps that you can follow to troubleshoot and resolve the issue:

1. Repair your LabVIEW and ensure that LabVIEW Real-Time Module and NI CompactRIO Support for LabVIEW had been installed in the PC.
2. Try to repair LabVIEW Real-Time Module and NI CompactRIO driver, and check if the below items are available in NI Package Manager after the repair.
    
3. Ensure that NI-Watchdog driver was installed in the RT target, as shown below:
    

By following the above troubleshooting steps, you should be able to deploy the LabVIEW FPGA project successfully on your RT target.