communication between PCI-6602 and PXIe-4492

[beej]

I recently moved the PCI-6602 card from an old windows machine to a new one.  With the 6602 card, I need to send 5 individual signals out to trigger lasers and cameras.  Matlab is currently not recognizing the 6602 card, so relevant questions I'm attempting to debug:

1. Does 6602 work on Windows 10, or is this only for older systems?

2. Will I need a new download of Measurement & Automation Explorer on the new computer / where can I get this if this isn't a new order from NI?

Once that works, we also have a new PXIe-4492 card to synchronize pressure sensors with cameras.  Basically, once the incoming pressure reading reaches a certain value, it will trigger the camera to start recording and the pressure data to be saved.  I'd also like to send a signal to begin the laser system on the 6602 side.  Both will be controlled by the same computer, ideally, but we are not sure how to interface them.  We know it can't be impossible but are not sure to start, so any ideas would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks so much!!

[niarena]

for any hardware, you need the driver, I don't know what driver can work with NI Hardware and other software, but the default driver for the NI 6602 is DAQmx, if the driver supports the card, you can check compatibility with the OS on the driver readme

http://www.ni.com/download/ni-daqmx-16.0/6120/en/

http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/374768k.html

In this case, the DAQmx 16 supports the 6602 on Windows 10

The Measurement & Automation Explorer is installed with different installers, it does not have a standalone installer

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/F046BF3874E45BFF862574E2006EA83B

I recommend you to post one issue at a time. Your system seems doable, with Labview it would be a matter of modifying examples of digital output signals and implement it with some synchronization examples, I could not tell on other environments, nevertheless, the synchronization is the tricky part. Start by recognizing the card on the computer and generating a digital output.