Hi Joe,
Before writing about the NanoVNA related topics I would just say that I have sent you another PM. Not intending to do this onwards - but in this context I found it to be more appropriate.
And then in relation to the NanoVNA, with hopefully the right details, and would appreciate your feedback:
Yesterday I downloaded the previous version of the software for the V2 Plus from this weblink:
https://github.com/joeqsmith/NanoVNA_Software/releases/tag/0.10 I downloaded all files (except the tar.gz file) and had 7-Zip do the unzipping of the files to a specific folder.
As I understand from the manual (r23 version), p.18, the .INI, runtime engine (labview runtime engine), and VISA drivers should be included in this original release (I assume it is this one I downloaded?):
The installer, .INI, runtime engine and VISA drivers will no longer be included. You may download these directly from NI, or just install the originalrelease of the V2+ software.
Unzipping created a folder sequence named "NanoVNA_V2Plus_Installer"->Volume->bin->dp and p0 to p34 folders. I went into the "dp" folder and clicked the "install" icon.
The installation started up, however, before the actual installation began there was an error message saying something like "that the installation needed Labview Runtime version 2011 SP1 to continue" (I am writing this from another harddisk than the harddisk I would like to install the NanoVNA software onto - and I do not exactly remember what the dialog box said).
Anyway, I went to NI labview runtime's download webpage and setup the dropboxes to be "Windows OS, 2011 version, 32 bits" and started download. However, for some reason NI labview runtime download doesn't work - what happens is that the NI webpages switch to a new webpage but "hangs" on this new webpage. There's a small circular clock-like icon that keeps rotating but nothing more happens.
I did this several times (and actually also the day before), and the same happens. I have contacted NI about this but they do not answer their phones here in Denmark (really unusual!) - and I couldn't find another email than their web feedback email which I have sent an email about this So no success yet wrt this. Anyone else here have the correct labview runtime, VISA driver, and maybe INI file to use? Would be very helpful ...
Regarding your question:
What VISA were you installing? Where did you get it from?
I can say that when my Win10 installation crashed I used a VISA driver that I had downloaded from this NI webpage:
https://www.ni.com/da-dk/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-visa.html#442805I do not remember which version I downloaded but I likely would have chosen the newest one. It may also be relevant to say that the Win10 was installed on an older laptop of mine - a Lenovo T61 (4 GB RAM) which I normally use for my CNC mill. It usuall works fine - but this PC has been dedicated to the CNC mill use and overall has not been used for anything else.
I normally use Win7 Pro 64 bits - this OS goes well with other programs I use, and if possible I would much appreciate advice on how to setup the NanoVNA software on this OS. The computer used with the Win7 OS is a Dell Latitude E6420, I3 processor, with 8 GB RAM and Samsung 850 SSD HDD. But I can/will install the Win10 on this computer as well (Win10 Pro, Samsung 830 SSD).
I would appreciate help as to what I may be doing incorrectly - and also if others are able to download the NI labview runtime ...? I even tried to download it on my smartphone
but that didn't work either ...
Jesper