Sorry for answering an old(er) Post -- I'm new to this Forum (I've been active on the main LabVIEW forum for a decade), and have recently "resurrected" a 6-year-old myRIO. Here are the steps for connecting myRIO and myPC:
- Install LabVIEW on myPC. If you are installing a recent (e.g. LabVIEW 2019 or 2020) version of LabVIEW, you do it by going to NI's site and looking for Software Downloads. You'll want to have a current LabVIEW License (I'm not sure that LabVIEW Community Edition will support myRIO ...).
- You start by downloading and installing NIPM, the NI Package Manager, which then acts as the Installer.
- I recommend that you install 32-bit LabVIEW (on, of course, 64-bit Windows 10). I also recommend that you install LabVIEW, not LabVIEW NXG.
- A lot has been written on the main LabVIEW Forum about How to Install LabVIEW, so I'll be brief (and tailor this to installing a LabVIEW + myRIO system, no other Bells nor Whistles):
- Install just 32-bit LabVIEW. No Device Drivers, no other software. Choose only the AddOns (I forget what they are called, "Additional Stuff?") that you are pretty sure you will want/need. Reboot (after each of the following steps, also reboot).
- Install LabVIEW Real-Time (since the myRIO is a LabVIEW Real-Time Target). Again, nothing else. Reboot.
- Install Drivers. You want DAQmx and VISA. You (probably) don't need IEEE-488.2. Reboot.
- Install the myRIO Toolkit appropriate for your LabVIEW version. You might need to hunt for it in NIPM. Reboot.
- Start LabVIEW, activate its licenses. Open MAX. Plug in your myRIO using its USB connector and, if everything goes well, you'll hear the little "USB sound" and a Welcome to myRIO app will run, inviting you to configure myRIO.
- You might need to use MAX to update the firmware of the myRIO, as it needs to be consistent with the myRIO Toolkit you just installed.
Bob Schor
