MATLAB: Am I unable to use NI-SCOPE, NI-DMM, and NI-DCPOWER in combination with Instrument Control Toolbox R2014a

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After installing niScope 3.9.7 (either after manually downloading from the NI website or through the NI-SCOPE hardware support package) I am unable to use niScope:
 
ictObj = icdevice('niScope.mdd', 'DAQ::Dev1',  'optionstring','simulate=true');
connect(ictObj);
Always throws the following error:
  ERROR: Error using icdevice/connect (line 112) The VXIplug&play driver could not connect to the instrument using the specified resource. If this error is not an instrument error, use MIDEDIT to inspect the driver.

Best Answer

Note that this is a generic error message and this discussion refers only to a particular issue in MATLAB R2014a with some NI driver packages installing NI VISA 5.0, which had an issue with a missing header file (vpptypes.h).
The NI-SCOPE package 3.9.7 includes NI-VISA 5.0 which is missing a number of required header files.
Other packages which include NI-VISA 5.0 and may thus run into similar issues are:
  • NI-DMM
  • NI-DCPOWER
To resolve this issue please manually install the latest NI-VISA version (<http://www.ni.com/visa/>) after having installed NI-SCOPE, NI-DMM, or NI-DCPOWER.
If you see this error in a more recent MATLAB release it's probably caused by a different issue.
Note than NI VISA can be installed by a support package since R2015a (<https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/ni-visa-keysight-visa-tekvisa.html Instrument Control Toolbox Support Package for National Instruments VISA and ICP Interfaces>)
 
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