Old VI does not run in 8.5

[Paddy1985]

Hi all,

A friend of mine is relatively new to using LabVIEW. He's now working for a compagny that just upgraded their lisence from 6.0 to 8.5. However, due to the upgrade his measurement VI is not running anymore. I offered to help him, however, i'm afraid i'm not skilled enough to solve the problem.

At the opening it can't find the following subVIs:

AI config.vi

AI start.vi

AI clear.vi

AI read.vi

AI read (scaled array).vi

Device reset.vi

AI read one scan.vi

AI single scan.vi

AI singlescan (single-point waveform).vi

I know that this is related to the problem described in http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4342 However, when following these steps i'm still not able to get the VI up and running as i'm not sure how to connect the replacement VIs.

Is there someone who might be able to help me out? (VI is attached)

Many thanks in advance!

Message Edited by MrHond on 12-09-2008 12:13 PM

[Matthew_Kelton]

Those are all Traditional NI-DAQ VIs.  Assuming the hardware ebing used is not supported by DAQmx, you need to install the traditional NI-DAQ drivers, which are not installed by default.  If the card is supported by DAQmx, you can alos update your code to use the new DAQmx versions.

[Coq_Rouge]

You must deinstall your current nidaq and install nidaq 6.9.3. Also read this http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/F185E098C7EC5A3486256D2E00691BB2?OpenDocument

I am using LV8 and nidaq 6.9.3 Works fine.

[Paddy1985]

Hmmz, sounds interesting,

Thank you both for the reactions, i will give it a go ASAP (prob tomorrow) and see if it works!

Any other suggestions are more than welcome!

Patrick

[Matthew_Kelton]

You don't necessarily have to use 6.9.3.  The last version released of Traditional NI-DAQ was 7.4.4.  As long as support for your card was not dropped in a version, you can use this version with 8.x.

[Coq_Rouge]

Just so I am 100 % correct. Some of the older daq card like my nidaq 516 PCMIA is supported up to nidaq 6.9.3. Therfore I have to use nidaq 6.9.3 Labview version higher than 7 was delivered with newer versions. Give your NI office a call ask them which nidaq version your card is supported in.

[Dennis_Knutson · Accepted solution]

Or just go here, select the device type and look up the latest driver version.