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Error: NI Service Locator Is Not Running? This document has been archived and is no longer updated by National Instruments Primary Software: LabVIEW Development Systems>>LabVIEW Full ni help server could not be found Development System Primary Software Version: 7.1 Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A Secondary could not find labview service port from service locator Software: N/A Problem: When I try to open the NI Example Finder, I get Error: NI Service Locator 340c6cb9 is not running. How can I fix this error? Solution: Many times, this error can be fixed by restarting the NI Service Locator. Follow these steps to do this: ni service locator GotoStart»Control Panel»Administrative Tools»Services Right-click on theNI Service Locatorand selectStop Wait a minute until the service has stopped, and then right-click and selectStart Restart LabVIEW and see if you still get this error LabVIEW 2010, 2011, and 2012: For LabVIEW 2010-2012, the NI Service Locator was integrated into the NI System Web Server. GotoStart»Control Panel»Administrative Tools»Services Right-click on theNI System Web
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Serverand selectStop Wait a minute until the service has stopped, and then right-click and selectStart Restart LabVIEW and see if you still get this error If you follow the steps above, and you still cannot open the NI Example Finder, make sure that any personal firewall software, such as Norton Internet Security, ZoneLabs ZoneAlarm, or McAfee, has given server permissions to the NI Service Locator. If you still get this error contact National Instruments Technical Support. Note: The NI Service Locator is a service that runs in the background of the operating system. This service enables the proper execution of several features including the LabVIEW Example Finder and some help options in LabVIEW. If this service is not running or is not running correctly, some of these features will not execute correctly. Related Links: KnowledgeBase 4OBHQQQX: NI Service Locator Will Not StartKnowledgeBase 5DM7PAYV: Why Is There No "NI Service Locator" Entry in my List of Services KnowledgeBase 2U9LH4LJ: What Network Activity Does LabVIEW 7.0 Perform at Startup? KnowledgeBase 2XQF5NWQ: My Personal Firewall Seems to Increase LabVIEW
1.0 Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A Secondary Software: N/A Problem: When I try to open the NI Example Finder I get the message: Error: NI Service Locator is not running. I tried to manually start the NI Service Locator by opening up the Windows Services window, but as soon as I press start the NI Service Locator it immediately stops again or I receive a message that says: The NI Service Locator service on the local computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/8C00F1144B2CD73E86256DEF00698AC3 work to do, for example, the performance logs and alerts service. The NI Service Locator then stops again. Why wont Windows let me start the NI Service Locator? Solution: NI Example Finder uses a local TCP/IP connection to communicate with applications such as NI Service Locator and HelpServer. Some personal firewalls, such as McAfee, block these applications from starting. After disabling the http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/2F55B93405ED07AA862574A300826580 personal firewall, the NI Service Locator can be restarted using the following instructions: Windows 7 Log in as an administrator or as a user with administrative privileges Select Start»Control Panel»System and Security»Administrative Tools»Services Right-click on the NI Service Locator and select Stop Wait a minute until the service has stopped, and then right-click and select Start Restart LabVIEW and see if you still get the error Windows 2000/XP Log in as an administrator or as a user with administrative privileges Select Start»Settings»Control Panel»Administrative Tools»Services Right-click on the NI Service Locator and select Stop Wait a minute until the service has stopped, and then right-click and select Start Restart LabVIEW and see if you still get the error Note: With LabVIEW 2010, the NI Service Locator was integrated into the System Web Server. When following the above steps with LabVIEW 2010, replace NI Service Locator with NI System Web Server. The error message in versions earlier than LabVIEW 2010 will look like this: For LabVIEW 2010 and later versions the error message looks like this: To allow NI Service Locator to run with a personal firewall ru
Development Systems>>LabVIEW Full Development System Primary Software Version: 7.0 Primary Software Fixed Version: N/A Secondary Software: N/A http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/227453F884CE035386256E55007A303D Problem: What is the NI Service Locator? What is the purpose of it? If something goes wrong, how do I troubleshoot it? Solution: The NI Service Locator facilitates communication between National Instruments support programs and services, such as the NI Example Finder and RT Proxy. These programs and services use local dynamic TCP ports to communicate with could not each other. The NI Service Locator manages these dynamic ports.Since the Locator runs as a background service, it requires no user interaction. If you suspect there is a problem with the NI Service Locator, you can see the current status of the Locator by browsing to http://localhost:3580/dumpinfo?. This will return a report that details NI Service ni example finder Locator's current connections.Note:From LabVIEW 2010-2012 the NI Service Locator was integrated into the NI System Web Server. The executable for the web server in these versions is located at