Set HID Driver from NI-VISA Driver Wizard as Default

[P.J]

I've made an application based on the USB-RAW Bulk and Interrupt examples to communicate with my custom device. In order for my device to be recognised by VISA and MAX, I had to generte the  driver with the Driver Wizard. This set up works, but if i plug in a different device (same VID&PID) windows automaticly uses the hid.dll driver. What can I change, to make every device (my custom device with fixed IDs) recognised by VISA, even on first connection?

[MelanieE]

Hi PJ,

the assignment of drivers to devices is done by Windows. I attached a link that can help you with this issue:

How Windows determines the most suitable device driver to install during Setup
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/279112/how-windows-determines-the-most-suitable-device-driv...

Best,

Melanie

[AF001]

Do you know way to aumaticly update the driver, with a .bat file ?

On XP , i used DEVCON. It worked perfectly.

Devcon update c:\windows\inf\custom.inf USB\VID_12BF&PID_F021*

But it give failed on Win7

[MelanieE]

Hi AF001,

the drivers under Windows 7 are usually updated by Windows Update or for NI drivers via NI Update Service.

Best,

Melanie

[gdargaud]

I had the same issue. HID was preempting my custom VISA driver. I messed around for an hour with devcon without success and I eventually found a most simple way to switch driver:

- right click your .inf and [install]

- open [System][device manager]

- my device appears on 2 separate lines under the HID category, one is HID (delete this one), and one is USB

- right-click that one and [Replace Driver]

- go through all the choices (3 in a row) to select manually

- and finally you'll see a list that includes your already installed custom driver. Select that, reboot and tadum!, it appears in MAX !!!