Keysight IO Libraries Suite 2025 For Linux

What's New?

• Introduced web-based GUIs for Connection Expert, Interactive IO, IO Monitor, and IO Control. See section: How to launch IO Control Application in Release Notes? Note: Desktop versions of these applications will no longer be available.
• Added support for the following new versions of Linux platforms:
  • Ubuntu 24.04
  • CentOS/RHEL 9.4
• IO Libraries Suite installation process has undergone a major change.
  • Installation: Now, the installers will be; the prerequisite installer and the main installer (including the kernel drivers). Refer to the Installation Section in the Release Notes for more details.
  • Uninstallation:
    • Prerequisites cannot be uninstalled except through the system's package manager.
    • The prerequisite uninstaller is available under /opt/keysight/iolibsprerequisites/uninstall. It only removes itself.
    • The main product uninstaller is available under /opt/keysight/iolibs/uninstall. For a complete and clean uninstallation, use the package manager.
  • Repair Operation:
    • There is no explicit “Repair” option; re-run the respective installer to perform a repair.
• Upgraded KDI utility to its latest version KDI 3.8.
• For a list of tested versions of Linux OS flavors and their kernel versions, please refer to the Release Notes.
• For more information on offline installations and packages you must have as prerequsites, please refer to the Release Notes.

Defect fixe(s)

• Fixed crash issues when two PnP events occur closely for PCI-GPIB/USB-GPIB and USBTMC.
• Fixed intermittent PnP event notification errors for USBTMC/USB-GPIB in the discovery service.
• Fixed intermittent issues with USBTMC detection when a plug-in event occurred during the initial discovery and before monitoring started in the discovery service.
• Fixed incorrect connection status displayed after clicking the 'Check Connection Status' button.
• Fixed segmentation fault reported in newer Ubuntu and CentOS versions.

This release closely follows the prior releases of Keysight IO Libraries Suite (for Linux). Below is a list of supported and unsupported features (in comparison to the Windows product):

Major features supported:

• Utilities including Connection Expert, the Instrument Discovery Service, Interactive IO, and IO Monitor.
• Programming libraries for VISA and SICL.
• IO Interface supported: LAN (HiSLIP, VXI-11/SICL-LAN, and SOCKET), PCI/PCIe GPIB, USB/GPIB, USBTMC, RS-232, Remote GPIB, Remote USB, and Remote RS-232.
   

Major features NOT supported:

• PXI/AXIe
• VXI
• Remote IO Server

For more information on these products, consult the IO Libraries Suite Help that installs with the product, or the Keysight IO Libraries Suite web page at www.keysight.com/find/iosuite.