PXIE 4610 activation (switching on x10 amplification)

[ChemPC]

I am using a DAQ PXIe 6363 and wanted to use the PXIe 4610 amplifier (hopefully this equates to signal conditioning) to boost current to around 200 mA.

I have install the PXIe 4610 in a PXIe 1075 with controller PXI 8133 running windows 10, LabVIEW 20 and DAQmx 20.  The PXIe6363 works well (AO and AI) as do the other cards (mixture of PXI and PXIE cards).

Card fits properly in Hybrid and PXIE slots but is not recognized by NI MAX so I cannot "activate" the amplification using MAX or channel function in LabVIEW.

I did a complete reinstall of LabVIEW and DAQmx and removed other cards (apart from the PXIe6363).  I tried the PXIe4610 in a number of different slots but MAX is still not seeing the PXIe 4610.

I can create a "simulated" PXIe 4610 device in MAX ("add manually") but not a real device.  (I was hoping to IMPORT the simulated device to MAX).  The simulated device passes "SELF TEST" (driver check?).

One concern I had was that I am using Windows 64 bit and 64 bit LabVIEW and 64 bit DAQmx.  I am not aware from Devices and Modules No Longer Supported in NI-DAQmx 17.6 and Later - NI about lack of support for the PXIe4610 and the PXIe4610 is listed as supported in the "Help" section of MAX.

The "getting started guide" (after PXIe-4610 - NI) does not appear to mention any specific "driver" requirement.

Do I need to go back to the Windows 10 "Device Manager"  or install any other "drivers?"

I have examined the PXIe 4610 board and can see no superficial damage.  I do not think that there are fuses on the board itself.  I cannot see any DIP switches.

Is this a case of back to NI for assessment/repair?

Thanks for any tips or extra things to try.

[santo_13]

Actually, the getting started manual specifies that you need DAQmx.

As per this page, the latest version of DAQmx should support 4610

If you're able to create a simulated device, it means you have the right driver. It is just weird that it could not be detected by NI MAX, I would suggest a database reset

BTW, what slot are you installing the 4610?

Refer to this article on how to programmatically control the amp (if it shows up in MAX) - https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA03q000000YL7LCAW&l=en-US

[ChemPC]

Many thanks for confirming and tidying up my question.

I have tried a reinstall of LabVIEW and DAQmx (getting that down to about 2.5 hours now!) to make sure the driver (DAQmx) is up to date and I am hoping that does the same as a database reset.  The reinstall "tidied up" a couple of other (small) niggles (different cards) so it was worth the reinstall anyway.  The reinstall does not take much longer than "repair" so seems a much better way to go.

I did try and use  " DAQmx Physical Channel Property Node " on a simple VI  block diagram with:

ActivePhysicalChans and AO.PowerAmp.ChannelEnable

AO.PowerAmp did not come up as option I was not able to set the correct physical channel to something (SLOT 2 in the chassis) and MAX just has slot 2 as empty (and/or unknown: have to go back and check that again for the description in the field in MAX).  I was also not able to set the ActivePhysicalChans and then select AO either.

Of course the "reboot" option has been tried several times but I do not have the option of a second chassis for PXIe (the other chassis is a PXI) to test "connections.  However, other cards seem to work OK in various slots tried.

I think the latest service packs are installed for Windows10 and I have reinstalled PXI  Platform services (I hope that works for PXIe too (NI PXI Platform Services Hardware Support - NI indicates it should).

I will have another go with " DAQmx Physical Channel Property Node " but not sure how this works if the system cannot "see" the hardware (in Slot 2 but tried in a number of slots:  at least 4 different slots: Hybrid and PXIe)

I do have a NI Elvis board so I might rig up a Amplifier circuit to keep me going!

[santo_13]

I am just skeptical that the card is damaged, ideally, when you put a PXI instrument into a slot, the PXI chassis will be powering the slot and querying about it. Even if the driver is not installed, NI MAX will say something is present in that slot with details about the model returned by the card.

Have seen in multiple cases where the user did not install the required driver and even in that case they were able to see the instrument in NI MAX just that it could not be controlled/identified correctly.