Installation Guide

This section provides a step-by-step installation process to help you quickly complete the installation of Agent for LabVIEW in LabVIEW.

Pre-Installation Checklist (5 minutes)

Before starting, please confirm the following:

  • Operating System: Windows 10/11

  • LabVIEW: 2018 or higher version

  • VIPM: 2021 or higher version recommended

  • Network: Able to access model service provider APIs (required for initial configuration)

Optional components:

  • AI Vision Toolkit for GPU/AI Vision Toolkit for OpenVINO (if you wish to complete text-to-image, image-to-image, image fusion, and image understanding), download: https://www.virobotics.net/product_AIVT_GPU

  • Python (only needed when running Python code generated by the Agent)

  • C++ (only needed when running C++ code generated by the Agent)

Version Selection (32-bit / 64-bit)

Please confirm your LabVIEW architecture first, then download the corresponding installation package:

  • 64-bit LabVIEW -> Install 64-bit Agent package

  • 32-bit LabVIEW -> Install 32-bit Agent package

How to check:

  1. Open LabVIEW

  2. Click Help -> About LabVIEW

  3. Check the 32-bit / 64-bit indicator in version information

Step 1: Download Toolkit

  1. Open download page: https://www.virobotics.net/download

  2. Select the installation package matching your LabVIEW bit count (32-bit or 64-bit)

  3. Download the latest version .vip file to local

Step 2: Install Using VIPM

  1. Close LabVIEW

  2. Start VIPM as administrator

  3. Choose one of two installation methods:

    • Double-click the .vip file directly

    • In VIPM, click File -> Open Package, then click Add To Library & Install

  4. Accept the license agreement (please note this includes i3.json) and continue

  5. Wait for installation to complete and confirm status is No Errors

  6. Click Finish

Step 3: Post-Installation Verification (Required)

  1. Open the Block Diagram

  2. Right-click the function palette and navigate: Functions -> Addons -> VIRobotics -> AI Agent

  3. If you can see the corresponding functions, the installation was successful

Next Steps: Activation and API Configuration

After installation, please continue reading and completing:

After completing this section, run examples for end-to-end verification.

Common Errors and Handling

1) Error: This package is not compatible with any LabVIEW version on this computer

Troubleshooting order:

  1. Confirm installation package bit count matches LabVIEW bit count (32 for 32, 64 for 64)

  2. Confirm LabVIEW version >= 2018

  3. Upgrade VIPM to 2021 or above

  4. Retry running VIPM as administrator

2) Cannot double-click .vip for automatic installation

Handling:

  1. Start VIPM as administrator

  2. Manually open .vip through File -> Open Package

  3. Click Add To Library & Install

3) Error: Missing VCRUNTIME140.dll

Handling:

  1. Download and install VC++ Runtime:
    https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

  2. After installation, restart VIPM / LabVIEW

  3. Reinstall the toolkit

Technical Support

If you encounter issues during installation or configuration, please first consult FAQ, or contact if still unresolved:

Release Notes

The toolkit is continuously updated. For the latest changes, please refer to Change Log or the version description in VIPM.