GPIB-USB-HS will not recognise any instruments in LabVIEW but somewhat does in MAX - help

[Todd_SD]

I'm seeing this same issue.  I believe it is a problem with MAX 5.1 and NI-488.2 3.0.  With the latest NI-DAQ drivers installed yesterday, my MAX was upgraded to 5.1 and my GPIB says "no instruments found".  However, I run the device in a virtual machine with just the 488 drivers installed and MAX 5.0, and my instrument works perfectly.  I'm going to try downgrading the GPIB drivers to see if that helps and then downgrade DAQmx if needed.

[BMFoley24]

If everything you try fails - you may have to uninstall labview completely then re-install.  That is how I fixed my problem.....5 hours of uninstalling and re-installing.

[Todd_SD]

Thanks for the suggestion.  That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid since National Instruments has done a horrible job with the speed of installation.  Even with the fastest SSD and computer on the market, it still takes over 30 minutes to install Labview and NI-DAQ.  That is just pathetic.  I'm hoping NI does something about their installations in the future. /end gripe

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@Todd_SD wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion.  That is exactly what I'm trying to avoid since National Instruments has done a horrible job with the speed of installation.  Even with the fastest SSD and computer on the market, it still takes over 30 minutes to install Labview and NI-DAQ.  That is just pathetic.  I'm hoping NI does something about their installations in the future. /end gripe

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How do you propose speeding up the installation?????

It is what it is with brand new install of software.

[BMFoley24]

some grease or oil may help, couldn't hurt

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@BMFoley24 wrote:

some grease or oil may help, couldn't hurt

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Right. Meaning you have no clue.

[BMFoley24]

Quite the opposite... meaning: it can't get any worse than it already is, so try grease or oil.

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@BMFoley24 wrote:

Quite the opposite... meaning: it can't get any worse than it already is, so try grease or oil.

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Your original complaint was about speeding up the process.

Come up with a solution if you have one.

Your response shows that you don't. As they say, "put up or shut up".

[Todd_SD]

nyc, It was me that diverted the attention of this thread and I apologize, but still your responses are unhelpful.

Getting back to the orignal thread, there is definitely some incompatibility between MAX 5.1 and NI-488.2 3.0.  I uninstalled 488 and reinstalled to version 2.73 and that solved the problem.  I'll submit this as a bug.

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@Todd_SD wrote:

nyc, It was me that diverted the attention of this thread and I apologize, but still your responses are unhelpful.

Getting back to the orignal thread, there is definitely some incompatibility between MAX 5.1 and NI-488.2 3.0.  I uninstalled 488 and reinstalled to version 2.73 and that solved the problem.  I'll submit this as a bug.

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Well, your moaning about something that is the SAME with all bigtime software is unhelpful as well. Have you tried installing Visual Studio 2010 Professional???? It took us almost the entire workday to get it installed including all the updates.