Can I use NI serial hardware with a non-Windows platform?
Refer to the following table for operating system support for NI serial hardware.
NI-Serial Hardware Operating System Support
| Bus | Windows Vista 32 | Windows Vista 64 | Windows 2000/XP/ Server 2003 | Windows XP x64/ Server 2003 x64 | Linux x86 | Solaris 2.x | LabVIEW Real-Time | Mac OS X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCI-843x | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| PCI-232/485 | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| PXI-843x | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| PXI-842x | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| USB | X | X | ||||||
| ENET | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| ExpressCard | X | X | ||||||
| PCMCIA | X | X | X | X |
X NI-VISA Support
Native OS Support