NI Announces LabVIEW Compatibility Program 

美國國家儀器發布LabVIEW兼容計劃

August 7, 2007 -- National Instruments (NI)announced a new program to validate that third-party products are compatible with the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical programming environment.

8月7日消息——美國國家儀器公司(NI)宣布一項新計劃,以確證第三方產品可以兼容美國國家儀器公司的LabVIEW圖形化編程環境。

Beginning in August, companies can verify their products are compatible with NI LabVIEW using requirements provided by National Instruments. Once companies meet the requirements and their application for the Compatible with LabVIEW Program (Program) is approved by NI, they receive the new Compatible with LabVIEW logo subject to the terms of the Program agreement. NI is establishing the Program to help customers make more informed purchasing decisions and take the guesswork out of selecting new technology.

從八月份開始
，這些公司可以利用國家儀器提供的要求核實他們的產品兼容NI的LabVIEW。一旦這些公司符合要求而且他們的“兼容 LabVIEW 計劃”申請得到NI的批準，他們將收到“兼容LabVIEW”的新標識語，符合程序協議的條款。NI正在製定方案

，以幫助用戶作出更明智的采購決策，並免除了選擇新技術的猜測工作。

“LabVIEW has evolved into a premier integrated design, control and test platform for desktop, industrial and embedded applications, and the popularity of the platform has grown tremendously,” said Jack Barber, manager of the National Instruments Alliance Partner program. “There are virtually thousands of products claiming to be compatible with LabVIEW and by providing compatibility standards, we can help customers narrow their searches and choose the tools that best meet their needs. Additionally, this program encourages third-party vendors to produce high-quality products and offers them an opportunity to differentiate themselves from the competition.”

國家儀器聯盟夥伴計劃部經理Jack Barber表示：“LabVIEW已經演化成一種用於桌麵、工業和嵌入式應用的首要集成設計、控製和測試平台，而這個平台的普及也大大地增長了。幾乎是數以千計的產品聲稱可以兼容 LabVIEW
，而er通tong過guo提ti供gong兼jian容rong標biao準zhun，我wo們men可ke以yi幫bang助zhu客ke戶hu縮suo小xiao他ta們men的de搜sou索suo範fan圍wei，選xuan擇ze能neng夠gou最zui好hao地di滿man足zu他ta們men需xu求qiu的de工gong具ju。此ci外wai，這zhe項xiang計ji劃hua鼓gu勵li第di三san方fang的de廠chang商shang生sheng產chan高gao質zhi量liang產chan品pin，並bing提ti供gong他ta們men一yi個ge區qu別bie於yu競jing爭zheng對dui手shou的de機ji會hui。”

To participate in the program, companies can download the Compatible with LabVIEW Guidelines from www.ni.com/labviewtools and compare their products against a checklist of requirements. The guidelines include specifications on documentation, style and function. For example, APIs must use consistent control styles, and virtual instrument libraries must be present on the palettes and organized appropriately. After evaluating their products, companies submit their completed checklists to National Instruments for evaluation. After confirming the requirements have been met and approving the product (which is at National Instruments’ discretion), National Instruments provides the Compatible with LabVIEW logo to the company for placement on its qualifying product and packaging.

參加計劃的公司可以從www.ni.com/labviewtools下載“兼容LabVIEW指引”並比較他們對產品的清單要求。指引包括規格文件,方式以及功能。例如
，API（應用編程接口）必bi須xu使shi用yong一yi致zhi的de控kong製zhi方fang式shi，虛xu擬ni儀yi器qi庫ku必bi須xu在zai調tiao色se板ban上shang展zhan現xian，而er且qie組zu織zhi得de當dang。在zai對dui他ta們men的de產chan品pin評ping估gu之zhi後hou
，這zhe些xie公gong司si向xiang國guo家jia儀yi器qi遞di交jiao完wan整zheng的de清qing單dan以yi備bei評ping估gu。經jing過guo確que認ren條tiao件jian符fu合he而er且qie批pi準zhun產chan品pin（由國家儀器公司判斷）之後，國家儀器將為申請的公司提供“兼容LabVIEW”的標識語，貼在其符合資格的產品及包裝上。

The Compatible with LabVIEW Program is available for domestic and international products with application-specific toolkits, analysis routines or hardware API libraries. Furthermore, National Instruments recognizes the Compatible with LabVIEW products on the LabVIEW Tools Network, providing a single Internet source for LabVIEW users searching for products related to LabVIEW. Customers can start looking for the Compatible with LabVIEW logo on products later this year.

“兼容LabVIEW計劃”適用於美國國內和國際的特定應用工具、分析程序或硬件API庫產品。此外
，國家儀器公司在“LabVIEW 工具網”上承認這些“兼容LabVIEW”產品，為LabVIEW用戶對LabVIEW相關的產品搜索提供一個專一的互聯網資源。客戶可以在今年晚些時候開始看到貼有“兼容LabVIEW”標識語的產品。

About National Instruments
關於國家儀器

National Instruments is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 25,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 10 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 4,300 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past eight years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

美國國家儀器公司正在改變工程師和科學家們在測量

、自動化和嵌入式應用領域進行設計、建模和配置係統的方式。NI為客戶現貨供應NI LabVIEW等軟件以及模塊化的高性價比硬件，而且客戶遍布全球超過2萬5千家不同的公司，沒有一個客戶的銷售額超過總收入的3％
，也沒有任何一個行業的銷售額超過銷售總額的10％ 。NI總部設於美國德克薩斯州的奧斯汀，在將近40個國家中設有分支機構，共擁有4300多名員工。在過去連續八年裏，《財富》雜誌評選NI為全美最適合工作的100家公司之一。

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