USB Hardware with LabView 6.1

[sche2547]

Is it possible to communicate with the USB-6251 using LabView 6.1? Everything I have read says that the only way is to upgrade LabView, however I am on a limited budget and cannot upgrade at this moment. If this is not possible then is there any other suggestions on the easiest way to communicate with the USB-6251 outside of a National Instruments software package.

[Dennis_Knutson]

What is easiest would depend on your skill with other progamming languages. You can use C, C++, .NET, etc.

[sche2547]

Thank you for replaying. Does that mean it is not possible to use the LabView 6.1 to communicate with the USB-6251?

[Dennis_Knutson]

Everything you read said it requires LabvIEW 7 or higher correct? Everything you read is correct.

If you did a thorough search, I think you would have seen that the only possible way out is to use the call library function node to access the DAQmx dll. This would not be trivial but it would be about what you have do in a text based language - specify the function, define the parameters, etc.

[Paul M.]

If you're in a pinch and only need to acquire data, you can use the Free LabVIEW SignalExpress LE software.

http://digital.ni.com/demo.nsf/websearch/858CB1B5FE22122486256F08006D426D?OpenDocument&node=157200_U...

You can also try the Evaluation version of LabVIEW 8.6 for free for 30 days, which may get you through your project...

http://ni.com/trylabview