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Kuka Robotics Library KR C4 by DigiMetrix - Toolkit for LabVIEW Download
Easy-to-use graphical functions for commanding and controlling KUKA robotics directly from the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment.
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| Version | 4.2.1.6 |
| Released | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Publisher | DigiMetrix |
| License | DM SLA |
| LabVIEW Version | LabVIEW>=12.0 |
| Operating System | Windows |
| Project links | Homepage Discussion |
Description
Note: This installer requires LabVIEW to be run with Administrator privileges. To do so, close LabVIEW, right click the LabVIEW shortcut, and select "Run As Administrator".
With the KUKA library, you can easily integrate robotics into new types of systems and applications for automated test, laboratory automation, and flexible manufacturing - eliminating complex robotics programming expertise.
The library features easy-to-use native LabVIEW VIs for controlling and commanding robots directly from a graphical development environment. With this library, you can program a single LabVIEW application that integrates all aspects of machine control and automation from part-handling and robot control to advanced measurements, inspection, machine vision and HMI.
Using this approach, you do not need to learn specialized robotics programming software, which means you can achieve higher performance and better results in less time. The entire application is developed in NI's powerful LabVIEW Graphical Design Environment.
Product setup overview
The setup procedure for the product is described in the "Controller Setup Manual and library configuration" manual:
o online - www.digimetrix.com/wp-content/uploads/dm_krl_setup.pdf
o offline - C:\ProgramData\DigiMetrix\Kuka Robotics Library\DM_KRL-Setup_manual.pdf
o offline - go to LabVIEW -> Help Menu -> DigiMetrix -> Kuka Robotics Library… -> Library & Controller Setup manual
The setup procedure for DigiMetrix Robotics Library for KUKA consist of the following steps:
1. Checking system requirements
2. Installing DigiMetrix Robotics Library for KUKA
3. Installing and configuring KUKA.PLC mxAutomation software
4. Installing and/or configuring the selected fieldbus on a LabVIEW platform
5. Configuring Automatic External Mode
6. Evaluating examples
Updates
Free updates are included with purchase of a license. You will receive an e-mail message once available a new release.
The latest version can be downloaded from National Instruments Corporation website or through the VIPM.
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Release Notes
version 4.2.1 build 6 -- November 2025
WARNING Get Motion Interrupt Status VI was fixed - output format has changed. Please review exisitng code after update and test carefully.
Bugfixes:
- Set Motion Output (Path) not working
- CVEL Approximation and Orientation control of the TCP parameters ignored in some motion commands
- UDP thread heartbeat counter replaced with U32 value instead of standard loop I32 count for overflow processing
- Fixed possible memory leak at session close
- Fixed Get Interrupt Status
General changes:
- Move enable in T1/T2 modes
- "Get Motion Status (Speed)" does not produce an error if mxAutomation is stopped
- "Get Digital Line", "Get Digital Port" VIs do not return an error if mxAutomation is in error state - to allow digital signal reading during emg.stop or door open, etc.
- Added MOVE_SLIN, MOVE_SPTP, JOG_SLIN, MOVE_AXIS_SPTP, JOG_TOOL_SLIN, MOVE_SLIN_REL, MOVE_SPTP_REL, MOVE_SCIRC, MOVE_SCIRC_REL motion types (added optional 'S' - spline - motion subtype to all motions)
- updated Help file and controller setup manual
- NI TPLAT is no longer a dependency of this VIP package
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